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Stephen Colbert and I:  The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship
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Stephen Colbert and I: The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Paramount Global corporation has fired late night comedian Stephen Colbert even though Colbert dominated his time spot. Paramount owns […]

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

07/19/2025 By Arzu Geybullayeva

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

07/19/2025 By The Conversation

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Domestic Surveillance
Before he Was President, Obama Championed Extensive Surveillance Reforms (Brandeisky)

Before he Was President, Obama Championed Extensive Surveillance Reforms (Brandeisky)

Kara Brandeisky writes at ProPublica When the House of Representatives recently considered an amendment that would have dismantled the NSA’s bulk phone records collection program, […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Obama’s Reassurances about Domestic Surveillance are not Reassuring

Obama’s Reassurances about Domestic Surveillance are not Reassuring

President Obama gave a news conference on Friday in which he addressed the controversy over Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding NSA spying on the American people. […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Burma's Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers

Burma’s Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers

While the issue of the mistreatment Rohingya Muslim minority has most involved Burma, it has roiled politics throughout Southeast Asia. Buddhist extremists have persecuted the […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Where is our Amsterdam? Lavabits, Snowden & Wikileaks Censorship recall age of Absolutism

Where is our Amsterdam? Lavabits, Snowden & Wikileaks Censorship recall age of Absolutism

The long struggle against censorship in the 18th century at the time of oppressive kings in Europe involved the hand-copying and circulation of unpublished anonymous […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Barbecuing the Planet:  With Fracking, we’ll go on investing 3x in Hydrocarbons what we will in renewables (Klare)

Barbecuing the Planet: With Fracking, we’ll go on investing 3x in Hydrocarbons what we will in renewables (Klare)

Michael T. Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: When it comes to energy and economics in the climate-change era, nothing is what it seems.  Most of us […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
The Miranda Warning in 2013 is Worded a little Differently (Jamiol Cartoon)

The Miranda Warning in 2013 is Worded a little Differently (Jamiol Cartoon)

courtesy of Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

US politics
Sanjay Gupta: We have been Systematically Misled on Dangers of Marijuana

Sanjay Gupta: We have been Systematically Misled on Dangers of Marijuana

Dr. Gupta with Piers Morgan

Juan Cole

Egypt
"After the Ruler undermined Democracy, the people wanted the Military..." Egypt 1952 (video)

“After the Ruler undermined Democracy, the people wanted the Military…” Egypt 1952 (video)

Egyptian Revolution of 1952 “the Communists called it a military dictatorship . . .” “Gen. Muhammad Naguib was considered a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer . . […]

Juan Cole

Russia
And another thing!  Russia denies Visas to US Officials involved in Torture, including Yoo, Addington

And another thing! Russia denies Visas to US Officials involved in Torture, including Yoo, Addington

The food fight between the United States and the Russian Federation has revolved around relatively minor issues in the two countries’ relationship like whether Obama […]

Juan Cole

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