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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran
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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran

Mohammad Eslami

Netanyahu traveled to Florida for an extended meeting with President Donald Trump, and the conversation focused heavily on Iran

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“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

12/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

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Domestic Surveillance
Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in "Capn America 2":  "The Whole Society is Corrupt"

Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in “Capn America 2”: “The Whole Society is Corrupt”

(By Scott Huver) BAM! POW! ZAP!: The ‘Winter Soldier’ Screenwriters Dish About Their Story Decisions and Cap’s Future (via Fandango Movie Blog) By: Scott Huver on […]

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Christianity
On Eve of Pope's visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village

On Eve of Pope’s visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village

(By Quinn Coffey) Just weeks before Pope Francis’ first official visit to the Holy Land, a number of Christian holy sites in Israel and Palestine […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
Top 6 Pulitzer Prize "Traitors" in American Journalism

Top 6 Pulitzer Prize “Traitors” in American Journalism

(By Juan Cole) The Pulitzer Prize committee’s opinion that Edward Snowden is a public servant rather than a traitor or criminal, as evidenced in its […]

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Economy
Who Rules America Today?  - Domhoff

Who Rules America Today? – Domhoff

Talk by G. William Domhoff: Who Rules America Today? h/t G. William Domhoff

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History
Mussolini buys Crowds during visit to Libya (1937) - Historical Video of the Day

Mussolini buys Crowds during visit to Libya (1937) – Historical Video of the Day

Italy ruled Libya from 1911 until midway through WW II, with the fascist years being especially harsh. This newsreel gives a sense of how the […]

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Climate Change
Global Solar Power generation Increased by 1/3 In 2013 Alone (with Charts)

Global Solar Power generation Increased by 1/3 In 2013 Alone (with Charts)

With about 37,007 megawatts (MW) of solar PV power installed in 2013, world solar PV power capacity increased about 35% to 136,697 MW. Whereas Europe had dominated annual growth for years up until 2013 (10 years, to be precise), solar PV growth was…

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Domestic Terrorism
US Press once again Declines to Call White Terrorism in Kansas, Nevada, White Terrorism

US Press once again Declines to Call White Terrorism in Kansas, Nevada, White Terrorism

(By Juan Cole) My Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others, judging by the Facebook shares, must be among the more popular pieces I […]

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Economy
8 Plutocrats out-earned 3.6 mn Working Poor & 7 Other Headlines You won't see in MSM

8 Plutocrats out-earned 3.6 mn Working Poor & 7 Other Headlines You won’t see in MSM

(By Paul Buchheit) The following are all relevant, fact-based issues, the "hard news" stories that the media has a responsibility to report. But the business-oriented […]

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Bill of Rights
Christian Sharia Law: Iowa Governor’s Proclamation Destroys Separation Of Church And State

Christian Sharia Law: Iowa Governor’s Proclamation Destroys Separation Of Church And State

  The astroturfed pandemic of Christian self-righteousness continues to plumb new depths, proving that like their Bible, there isn’t a part of the Constitution they won’t ignore, twist, or warp, in an effort to shore up their abjectly amoral personal…

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