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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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Environment
No Atheists in Foxholes, no Climate Change Deniers at front Lines of Wildfires

No Atheists in Foxholes, no Climate Change Deniers at front Lines of Wildfires

The western US is facing the prospect of worse and worse severe wildfires over the next century, according to a study summarized by The Scientific […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Fourth of July Comes a Day Early to Cairo after Fundamentalist President is Removed (video)

Fourth of July Comes a Day Early to Cairo after Fundamentalist President is Removed (video)

RT has video:

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Countdown to Meltdown: Morsi Refuses to Deal

Egypt’s Countdown to Meltdown: Morsi Refuses to Deal

The Egyptian military’s ultimatum to the Muslim Brotherhood President Muhammad Morsi and his left, liberal & centrist political opposition to find a compromise by 4 […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Snowden Fall-out:  European Denial of Overflight to Bolivian President Angers South America

Snowden Fall-out: European Denial of Overflight to Bolivian President Angers South America

As Bolivian President Evo Morales was returning from Moscow in a private jet after consultations on energy, his pilot was suddenly informed that France and […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Uncle Peeping Tom: US Surveils EU (Jamiol Cartoon)

Uncle Peeping Tom: US Surveils EU (Jamiol Cartoon)

courtesy Paul Jamiol

Juan Cole

Egypt
Feminist Revolutionary Narratives from Egypt and Syria: Hopes and Disappointments (cook)

Feminist Revolutionary Narratives from Egypt and Syria: Hopes and Disappointments (cook)

miriam cooke writes for ISLAMiCommentary * *REVOLUTIONARY NARRATIVES: NAWAL EL SAADAWI AND SAMAER YAZBEK ISLAMiCommentary Editor’s Note: This paper was written by miriam cooke and […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Fundamentalist Morsi Defies both Protesters & Military Ultimatum, says Obama Backs Him

Egypt: Fundamentalist Morsi Defies both Protesters & Military Ultimatum, says Obama Backs Him

Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi’s support in his own government began crumbling on Monday. Ten independent members of the Egyptian upper house or senate (Majlis al-Shura) […]

Juan Cole

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Snowden:  US now using deprivation of Citizenship as a Weapon

Snowden: US now using deprivation of Citizenship as a Weapon

Edward Snowden released a statement from Moscow on Monday, slamming Barack Obama for revoking his passport and rendering him stateless and unable to seek asylum […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Baikonur, Kazakhstan:  Unmanned Russian rocket crashes (spectacular video)

Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Unmanned Russian rocket crashes (spectacular video)

At the Baikonur Space Station in Kazakhstan, an unmanned Russian Proton M rocket booster went sideways and crashed this morning. Here’s the video from Russian […]

Juan Cole

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