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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market
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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market

Juan Cole

44% of the new car market in Turkiye is now battery electric or plug-in hybrid! That is more than California

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

02/19/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

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Can the Neoconservatives make a comeback via the Ukraine Crisis?

Can the Neoconservatives make a comeback via the Ukraine Crisis?

(By Robert Parry) President Barack Obama has been trying, mostly in secret, to craft a new foreign policy that relies heavily on cooperation with Russian […]

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Climate Change
In Illinois, 91 Communities are now Powered 100% By Green Electricity

In Illinois, 91 Communities are now Powered 100% By Green Electricity

91 Illinois Communities Powered 100% By Green Electricity (via Clean Technica) Article by the WWF. WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2014 – Illinois has embraced renewable electricity on […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney: With Smaller Military how Could my Accomplishments be Repeated? (Editorial Cartoon)

Cheney: With Smaller Military how Could my Accomplishments be Repeated? (Editorial Cartoon)

(By Paul Jamiol) Courtesy Jamiol’s World

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Egypt
Will Russell Crowe as Noah help Egypt Separate Religion and State?

Will Russell Crowe as Noah help Egypt Separate Religion and State?

(By Juan Cole) Darren Aronofski’s biblical epic “Noah” is already provoking controversy in the Muslim world, and has been preemptively banned in three Gulf states. […]

Juan Cole

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Bill O'Reilly says Muslims will Diss Hillary; but 8 Muslim Countries Chose Female Leaders

Bill O’Reilly says Muslims will Diss Hillary; but 8 Muslim Countries Chose Female Leaders

(By Juan Cole) Bill O’Reilly maintains that one downside of having a woman president is that Muslims won’t respect her. For Mr. O’Reilly’s information, here […]

Juan Cole

CIA
CIA: Only Spied On Senate Because They Took Documents Proving We Lied

CIA: Only Spied On Senate Because They Took Documents Proving We Lied

Earlier this week, we wrote about the accusations that the CIA was spying on Senate staffers on the Senate Intelligence Committee as they were working on a massive $40 million 6,300 pages report condemning the CIA’s torture program. The DOJ is apparently…

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Sunni Representation Imperiled in Iraq if al-Anbar can't/ won't Vote

Sunni Representation Imperiled in Iraq if al-Anbar can’t/ won’t Vote

(By Mustafa Habib) Events in Anbar mean that it will be very difficult for the people of the province to vote in the upcoming general […]

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India
India's Elections:  Religious Nationalism and the Future of Democracy

India’s Elections: Religious Nationalism and the Future of Democracy

(via The Economist) Elections in India: Carnival of democracy (via The Economist) LET the contest begin. On March 5th India’s electoral commission, at last, set […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Censorship:  Turkish PM, President tangle over Bruited ban on Facebook, Youtube

Censorship: Turkish PM, President tangle over Bruited ban on Facebook, Youtube

(By Juan Cole) President Abdullah Gul has rejected a suggestion by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey might ban Facebook and Twitter. Nearly half of […]

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