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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

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In our National Crisis, We need Public Voices of Optimism — not Gadflies circling a Black Hole

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment) – Who is a public intellectual? What role should they play? Searching the internet yields several answers. Alan Lightman’s The […]

Bahman Fozouni

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The Utter Madness of Nuclear Arsenals, as Global ‘Titanic’ Picks up Speed

By Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com) – Yes, the Doomsday Clock keeps ticking — it’s now at 90 seconds to midnight, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic […]

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Saudis Contradict Blinken: Want Actual Palestinian State now, not Vague 'Peace Process'

Saudis Contradict Blinken: Want Actual Palestinian State now, not Vague ‘Peace Process’

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Tuesday afternoon (6 February 2024), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took part in a joint press […]

Farhang Jahanpour

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Why Cutting the Funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza is a Humanitarian Catastrophe

Why Cutting the Funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza is a Humanitarian Catastrophe

By Emilie El Khoury, Queen’s University, Ontario | – (The Conversation) – Shortly after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its ruling in the […]

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A Trumpian Bacchanalia in 2024?

A Trumpian Bacchanalia in 2024?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I was born on July 20, 1944, almost two years after Joe Biden arrived on this planet and almost a year […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Super Bowl Conspiracy: How the MAGA Republicans are (Taylor) Swift-Boating Themselves

Super Bowl Conspiracy: How the MAGA Republicans are (Taylor) Swift-Boating Themselves

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I love how Republicans are using the romance of pop star Taylor Swift and football great Travis […]

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Israel isn't Complying with the International Court of Justice Ruling - What Happens Next?

Israel isn’t Complying with the International Court of Justice Ruling – What Happens Next?

By Basema Al-Alami, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – More than a week has passed since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) mandated […]

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Federal Appeals Court to Trump: You're a Citizen, not a King, and no you don't have Immunity

Federal Appeals Court to Trump: You’re a Citizen, not a King, and no you don’t have Immunity

By: Jacob Fischler and Ashley Murray – ( Michigan Advance ) – WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for charges he schemed […]

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Greater-Israel Advocates see Gaza Crisis as Opportunity for Expansion

Greater-Israel Advocates see Gaza Crisis as Opportunity for Expansion

Storrs, CT (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The media rightly focused attention on a recent “packed gathering” of Israeli leaders and citizens discussing their […]

Jeremy Pressman

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