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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

01/18/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

01/18/2026 By Paul Rogers

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Israeli Rhetoric Hides War Crimes against Gaza

Israeli Rhetoric Hides War Crimes against Gaza

By Chloé Benoist As Israeli forces began their assault on the Gaza Strip, Israel’s leaders and media ramped up a rhetoric offensive, using dehumanizing discourse […]

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ABC News' Diane Sawyer Mistakes Stricken Palestinians for Israelis

ABC News’ Diane Sawyer Mistakes Stricken Palestinians for Israelis

By Juan Cole In the current round of fighting between mighty Israel and the little Gaza Strip, Israeli airstrikes have killed 53 Palestinians. The supposedly […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Saudi ARAMCO Nat'l Gas Plans undercut US Fracking, Point to big Water Problems Ahead

Saudi ARAMCO Nat’l Gas Plans undercut US Fracking, Point to big Water Problems Ahead

By Tina Casey via Cleantechnica File this one under E for ewps, at least as far as the export market for US fracked natural gas […]

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African-Americans
The Return of Jim Crow in North Carolina

The Return of Jim Crow in North Carolina

By Lauren McCauley Rights Groups Call for Halt to 'Worst Since Jim Crow' Voting Law Hundreds of people were turned away outside of a packed […]

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al-Qaeda
Oil and Terrorist Groups:  Iraq's ISIS, others Seeking Black Gold

Oil and Terrorist Groups: Iraq’s ISIS, others Seeking Black Gold

By Michael T. Klare via Tomdispatch Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, South Sudan, Ukraine, the East and South China Seas: wherever you look, the world is aflame […]

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Afghanistan
Bush Trifecta lands on Obama: Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Imploding

Bush Trifecta lands on Obama: Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Imploding

By Juan Cole President Barack Obama of Hawaii had fondly dreamed of bidding turbulent and unrewarding West Asia farewell and turning the attentions of American […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Not Serious re: Terrorism:  GOP House Cut out funding for al-Qaeda, Iraq Records & Research

Not Serious re: Terrorism: GOP House Cut out funding for al-Qaeda, Iraq Records & Research

Representatives on the Hill talk a good game about going back into Iraq or pursuing a global war on terror, but they aren’t actually very […]

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Israel
Mother Of Murdered Israeli Teen Condemns anti-Palestinian Violence

Mother Of Murdered Israeli Teen Condemns anti-Palestinian Violence

“With the Israeli army saying it is commencing a new military operation against Gaza, and Hamas vowing revenge, the words of a mother of a […]

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Surveillance
German who spied on Parliament for NSA recruited by CIA

German who spied on Parliament for NSA recruited by CIA

By Nadia Prupis The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) took part in a spying operation against Germany that led to the arrest of a double agent […]

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