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

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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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Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately

Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately

TeleSur | – – U.S. president-elect Donald Trump didn’t back down from his hardline stance on immigration Sunday in his first interview since winning the […]

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Do Trump Insiders' links to Netanyahu, Iranian political Cult, Spell Trouble for Tehran?

Do Trump Insiders’ links to Netanyahu, Iranian political Cult, Spell Trouble for Tehran?

By Arash Aziz | ( Globalvoices.org | – – Among the foreign policy think tanks and pundits of New York and DC, few supported Trump […]

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Israel to legalize squatter outposts in Palestinian West Bank, hinting at Annexation

Israel to legalize squatter outposts in Palestinian West Bank, hinting at Annexation

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation Sunday evening unanimously approved a law that would retroactively legalize outposts […]

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America through the Hell-Gate of Horn

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The one thing you could say about empires is that, at or near their height, they […]

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As Der Donald-inspired Hate Crimes grow, US Universities at Risk

As Der Donald-inspired Hate Crimes grow, US Universities at Risk

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A tsunami of reports about hate crimes directed at minorities are coming in from all over […]

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America's Dark Underbelly is now its Face

America’s Dark Underbelly is now its Face

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Spain joins US in slamming Israel’s expansion of Gilo squatter settlement

Spain joins US in slamming Israel’s expansion of Gilo squatter settlement

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The government of Spain released a statement on Friday joining the United States in condemning Israel’s […]

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Afghanistan
Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban

Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban

By RFE/RL’s Afghan Service The leader of a fledgling women’s militia in northern Afghanistan says dozens of volunteers have joined the fight since a handful […]

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Four years of Trump could really sink the planet

Four years of Trump could really sink the planet

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I argued that President Obama’s carbon-reduction plan wasn’t anything to write home about. He wanted to […]

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