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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?
China

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Juan Cole

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

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Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

01/11/2026 By Minnesota Reformer

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Climate Change
Elon Musk's Nevada Gigafactory may Save the World

Elon Musk’s Nevada Gigafactory may Save the World

By Juan Cole KRQE: “Official: Tesla picks Nevada for Gigafactory” Clean Technica points out that the battery-making factory is on track to reduce battery prices […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank

Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank

Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – Israel should immediately reverse its illegal appropriation of a large swath of land in the occupied West Bank south of […]

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Climate Change
America is a Gas Hog and we're not going on a Diet even if Global Warming Kills Us

America is a Gas Hog and we’re not going on a Diet even if Global Warming Kills Us

By Michael T. Klare Considering all the talk about global warming, peak oil, carbon divestment, and renewable energy, you’d think that oil consumption in the […]

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Eastern Europe
Natural Gas Battle: Ukraine vs Russia - An Animated History

Natural Gas Battle: Ukraine vs Russia – An Animated History

AJ+ “While the West threatens further crippling sanctions on Moscow for invading and supporting Ukrainian rebels, Russia controls the nozzle that supplies Europe and Ukraine […]

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Iraq
 Paying For The Caliphate: When Extremists Become Bad Bank Managers In Mosul

Paying For The Caliphate: When Extremists Become Bad Bank Managers In Mosul

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org Dinar worries: some Mosul locals fear that extremists will take all of thier money. Up until now, […]

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European Union
Obama & Cameron find little Enthusiasm at NATO for new Iraq War

Obama & Cameron find little Enthusiasm at NATO for new Iraq War

By Juan Cole The NATO summit in Wales was supposed to be all about getting out of Afghanistan. Instead, two new issues dominated it– the […]

Juan Cole

Christians
Duck Dynasty star to Hannity: Convert or kill ISIS  (Chris Hayes)

Duck Dynasty star to Hannity: Convert or kill ISIS (Chris Hayes)

Chris Hayes, “All In”: “The Duck Dynasty patriarch offers his advice on dealing with ISIS: convert or kill them” “Partial Transcript from Hannity: HANNITY: Welcome […]

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Human Rights
 Mosul’s First Death By Stoning: Extremists Distract With Displays of Savage Justice

Mosul’s First Death By Stoning: Extremists Distract With Displays of Savage Justice

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org Mosul locals were invited to witness the city’s first death by stoning late last week – extremists […]

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Israel
Gaza: 100,000 Palestinians Left Homeless, Fear unexploded Bombs in Rubble

Gaza: 100,000 Palestinians Left Homeless, Fear unexploded Bombs in Rubble

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — UNRWA researchers and engineers will begin evaluation and assessment of damages to the homes of the displaced across the Gaza Strip […]

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