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Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average
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Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average

Juan Cole

2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, around 1º Celsius (1.8º F.) hotter than the average for 1990-2020

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At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

12/08/2025 By The Conversation

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

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Tehran says it has responded to some letters sent by President Obama

Tehran says it has responded to some letters sent by President Obama

Press TV | “A senior Iranian official says Tehran has responded to some of the letters sent by US President Barack Obama. The secretary of […]

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Top 5 Disasters If GOP Senate derails Iran talks

Top 5 Disasters If GOP Senate derails Iran talks

By Juan Cole | The Republican Party is already conniving at ways to derail the US-Iran negotiations over Tehran’s civilian nuclear enrichment program. When they […]

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Rehab for Empire Addiction:  Uncle Sam on the Couch

Rehab for Empire Addiction: Uncle Sam on the Couch

By Tom Engelhardt (Tomdispatch.com) [What follows is a transcript of a therapy session between the American Empire and a psychiatrist whose name we at TomDispatch have agreed not to […]

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Energy
20 Richest Countries Subsidize Oil & Gas Exploration as much as Whole World Subsidizes Green Energy

20 Richest Countries Subsidize Oil & Gas Exploration as much as Whole World Subsidizes Green Energy

Analysis by Shelagh Whitley (IPS) LONDON, Nov 11 2014 (IPS) – Just a week after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gave its starkest […]

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Israel
Israel Econ. Minister's West Bank annexation plan a wake up call for the West

Israel Econ. Minister’s West Bank annexation plan a wake up call for the West

By John V. Whitbeck (Ma’an News Agency) Naftali Bennett, Israel’s Minister of the Economy and leader of the Jewish Home Party, a major component of […]

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Climate Change
Mr. 2%: Tony Blair’s Secret Oil Contract with Saudis Revealed

Mr. 2%: Tony Blair’s Secret Oil Contract with Saudis Revealed

TheLipTV: “Tony Blair’s secret contract with a Saudi oil company has been revealed as details have emerged that the ex-Prime Minister received £41,000 a month […]

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Climate Change
A Day Late & a Dollar Short:  Obama & China agree on Languid Climate Goals

A Day Late & a Dollar Short: Obama & China agree on Languid Climate Goals

By Juan Cole The good news is that US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached an agreement on limiting carbon emissions […]

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Bill of Rights
Congress has a Bill Ready to Curb NSA Snooping; if You care, Tell them to Pass it!

Congress has a Bill Ready to Curb NSA Snooping; if You care, Tell them to Pass it!

By Mark Jaycox (EFF) Congress continues its path towards becoming the least productive Congress in modern history while on its second vacation in as many […]

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Sea Rise not Distant:  Americans on Coast could see 200 Floods a Year before Mortgage paid Off

Sea Rise not Distant: Americans on Coast could see 200 Floods a Year before Mortgage paid Off

Union of Concerned Scientists: “As sea level rises higher over the next 15 to 30 years, tidal flooding is expected to occur more often, cause […]

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