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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries
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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries

Juan Cole

Two-thirds of California’s electricity retail sales are now generated by renewables.

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From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

12/19/2025 By Jasim Al-Azzawi

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

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We've been Sunk by Chickenhawks like Trump, but will the Veterans in Congress Save Us?

We’ve been Sunk by Chickenhawks like Trump, but will the Veterans in Congress Save Us?

By Nan Levinson | ( Tomdispatch.com) – If you still follow the mainstream media, you’re probably part of the 38% of registered voters who knew […]

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Covid-19 Won't be the last Pandemic that Jumps to Humans from Animals, Unless we Take Action

Covid-19 Won’t be the last Pandemic that Jumps to Humans from Animals, Unless we Take Action

President Trump’s misinformation campaign regarding Covid–19 serves only to highlight his gross incompetence and callous disregard for human life. It also has the unfortunate consequence […]

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A Nation of Trolls:  Is it Even Worthwhile to Discuss with Trumpies Anymore?

A Nation of Trolls: Is it Even Worthwhile to Discuss with Trumpies Anymore?

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Mark Twain Should we […]

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In our Era of Plague and Depression, Ecstasy:  Juan Cole on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam for NIAC (Video):

In our Era of Plague and Depression, Ecstasy: Juan Cole on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam for NIAC (Video):

Juan Cole is interviewed. “We are living in an era of plague, economic depression, and civil unrest. We worry about our loved ones every day […]

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Amid Pandemic Spike, Israel cuts Electricity to Palestinian Hamlets in Apparent Pressure to accept Annexation

Amid Pandemic Spike, Israel cuts Electricity to Palestinian Hamlets in Apparent Pressure to accept Annexation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestinians are saying that Israel, the Occupation Authority, cut off their electricity last week. Akram al-Waraa at Middle East Eye […]

Juan Cole

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Iran? N. Korea?  If Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose to wag the dog?

Iran? N. Korea? If Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose to wag the dog?

By Paul Rogers | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – With the US presidential election less than four months away, Donald Trump trails Joe Biden in the […]

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The Other Black Lives Matter Protests are in Africa: Sudanese wanted Democracy, not a Long Military-Civilian Transition

The Other Black Lives Matter Protests are in Africa: Sudanese wanted Democracy, not a Long Military-Civilian Transition

By David E Kiwuwa | – In the last few days, tens of thousands of people have, once again, taken to the streets of Sudan’s […]

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Donald Trump
Trump, Convicted of University Fraud, wants to Defund the Universities to Stop People Thinking

Trump, Convicted of University Fraud, wants to Defund the Universities to Stop People Thinking

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump notoriously set up a phony “university” to bilk prospective students of millions of dollars. He lost a civil suit […]

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Syrian Refugee Children Are Still Being Robbed of an Education

Syrian Refugee Children Are Still Being Robbed of an Education

By Breanna Small and Bill Van Esveld | ( Human Rights Watch ) – June 30 was possibly the most important day of 2020 for […]

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