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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

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Colonialism
The Last time the US Capitol was stormed, it was by Enemy British Troops

The Last time the US Capitol was stormed, it was by Enemy British Troops

By Matthew Ward | – As rioters forced their way into the US Capitol Building on January 6, astounded CNN presenters noted that this was […]

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Donald Trump
I submit this video as evidence in the Impeachment of Donald Trump: Don Winslow

I submit this video as evidence in the Impeachment of Donald Trump: Don Winslow

Don Winslow Films | Don Winslow | – NEW! #AnatomyofCapitolAttack TURN SOUND ON! I submit this video as evidence in the Impeachment of Donald Trump. […]

Juan Cole

Banking
Letting the Markets go Wild while the People Go Down: A War of the Worlds

Letting the Markets go Wild while the People Go Down: A War of the Worlds

By Nomi Prins | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Sometimes things only make sense when seen through a magnifying lens. As it happens, I’m thinking […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
Terminate Him:  Arnold Schwarzenegger's Poignant Denunciation of Trumpian Fascism

Terminate Him: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Poignant Denunciation of Trumpian Fascism

Arnold Schwarzenegger | Twitter Video | – My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol. […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Four Years Later:  'Welcome to Psychopathocracy,' the Sequel

Four Years Later: ‘Welcome to Psychopathocracy,’ the Sequel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – N.B.: I wrote this essay on January 10, 2017. Four years later, I stand by most of it, and I […]

Juan Cole

American Jews
What were those Horrifying Anti-Jewish Hate Symbols at the Capitol Insurrection? A Scholar of American Anti-Semitism Explains

What were those Horrifying Anti-Jewish Hate Symbols at the Capitol Insurrection? A Scholar of American Anti-Semitism Explains

By Jonathan D. Sarna | – One of the many horrifying images from the Jan. 6 rampage on the U.S. Capitol shows a long-haired, long-bearded […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
"Never before in the History of Civilization have we had such Warming:" 2020 saw $210 billion in Natural Disasters

“Never before in the History of Civilization have we had such Warming:” 2020 saw $210 billion in Natural Disasters

By Charlotte Nijhuis | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was […]

Clean Energy Wire

Donald Trump
Sycophants Said Trump was sent by God, Now he's the Most Disgraced President in History

Sycophants Said Trump was sent by God, Now he’s the Most Disgraced President in History

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – How the mighty have fallen. In the space of a few months, Donald J […]

Middle East Monitor

al-Qaeda
Vanilla ISIL: Social Media is forced to Treat Trump and Trumpists Like Terrorists

Vanilla ISIL: Social Media is forced to Treat Trump and Trumpists Like Terrorists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Not everyone who mobbed the Capitol on 1/6 was a terrorist, but there were many terrorists among them. Some people […]

Juan Cole

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