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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries
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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries

Juan Cole

Two-thirds of California’s electricity retail sales are now generated by renewables.

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From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

12/19/2025 By Jasim Al-Azzawi

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

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Will Trump really be Isolationist?  Or will he March us to War?

Will Trump really be Isolationist? Or will he March us to War?

By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – “So is he going to win?” The question washed over me as I slumped in my hard […]

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Islam-hatred
FBI Confirms Rampant Islamophobia: Hate Crimes Surged by 67%

FBI Confirms Rampant Islamophobia: Hate Crimes Surged by 67%

TeleSur | – – While anti-Muslims crimes shot up, Jews still remain the most frequent target of religious-based hate crimes in the U.S. From last […]

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Donald Trump
A Jerusalem Litmus Test

A Jerusalem Litmus Test

By Michael G. Roskin | (Informed Comment) | – – A quick and early litmus test of Trump’s “pragmatism”: Will he move the U.S. embassy […]

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Far Right
Neofascist Trump Appointee Bannon:  "Anger is a Good thing" "if you're Fighting to Take this Country Back"

Neofascist Trump Appointee Bannon: “Anger is a Good thing” “if you’re Fighting to Take this Country Back”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump named Neofascist Stephen Bannon as his White House strategist, a co-equal with incoming White […]

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Arab World
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

By Christopher M. Davidson | (Informed Comment) | – – Swept along on a tidal wave of euphoria, by spring 2011 many had cautiously begun […]

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Iraq War
A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal:  In Memoriam

A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal: In Memoriam

Gwen Ifill/ Juan Cole | (PBS NewsHour) | – – Gwen Ifill, long-time co-anchor of the PBS Newshour, is dead at 61, after a battle […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Real-Life Trolling:  How Provocation Works and How to Respond

Real-Life Trolling: How Provocation Works and How to Respond

By Joshua Cole | ( The Michigan Daily) Yesterday was the anniversary of the attacks in Paris at the Bataclan concert venue and other locations […]

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Democratic Party
Election Postmortem:  Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?

Election Postmortem: Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?

By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | – – According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Labor Unions Step Up Presidential Election […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Sting & Gandhian anti-Terrorism:  Your Paris vacation can help cripple ISIL

Sting & Gandhian anti-Terrorism: Your Paris vacation can help cripple ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Sting, 65, played a concert at the Bataclan Theater where ISIL terrorists killed 90 innocent people […]

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