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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Republicans dislike Biden more than Putin by over 2-to-1: No Rallying around the Flag

Republicans dislike Biden more than Putin by over 2-to-1: No Rallying around the Flag

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by Shibley Telhami and Stella Rouse at the University of Maryland finds that Republicans dislike President […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
GOP's Voter Suppression Laws are a Five-Alarm Emergency for Democracy

GOP’s Voter Suppression Laws are a Five-Alarm Emergency for Democracy

By Robert P. Alvarez | – ( Otherwords.org ) – “Voter suppression” is a divisive and highly politicized term. But for the slate of bills […]

OtherWords

France
Whoever Wins France's Election, its Muslims Fear Islamophobia has Become Endemic

Whoever Wins France’s Election, its Muslims Fear Islamophobia has Become Endemic

By Rayan Freschie | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As the French election looms on the horizon, Muslims in France are less interested […]

Middle East Monitor

Africa
Timbuktu Manuscripts Online promise to re-balance the African Continent’s place in World intellectual History

Timbuktu Manuscripts Online promise to re-balance the African Continent’s place in World intellectual History

By Charles C. Stewart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | – The ancient Timbuktu manuscripts of Mali were back in the headlines following internet giant […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Ketanji Brown Jackson joins a Court that once Ruled Black Women had no Rights at All

Ketanji Brown Jackson joins a Court that once Ruled Black Women had no Rights at All

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An unprecedented ceremony at the White House on Friday celebrated the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy reform in decades”

Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy reform in decades”

By Kerstine Appunn and Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany wants to fight the climate crisis and its heavy dependence […]

Julian Wettengel

Russia
Syria’s dire economy and years of fighting send young ‘mercenaries’ to fight in Ukraine

Syria’s dire economy and years of fighting send young ‘mercenaries’ to fight in Ukraine

By Raseef22 | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – Following years of a devastating war that continues to fragment the country, Syria is now exporting professional […]

Global Voices

Agriculture
IPCC report: We can't Meet Climate Goals, without Deeply Slashing our CO2 Emissions

IPCC report: We can’t Meet Climate Goals, without Deeply Slashing our CO2 Emissions

Jack Marley | – The world has the means to avert the greatest ravages of global heating – but we must deploy them immediately, while […]

The Conversation

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Wind generation for First Time Outstrips both Coal and Nuclear in US

Wind generation for First Time Outstrips both Coal and Nuclear in US

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ben Storrow of Climate Wire tweeted this week that “Last Tuesday, total U.S. wind generation exceeded 2,000 GWh, making wind […]

Juan Cole

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