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Author: Juan Cole
Should Bannon Resign? He and Milo Fake-Newsed Hillary as Pedophile
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The interview that emerged on the internet of practicing Catholic Milo Yiannopoulos expressing approval of some instances of priest pedophilia with boys has…
Netanyahu rejected offer by Kerry & Arab Leaders of Comprehensive Peace Talks
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Last year this time, Secretary of State John Kerry was trying to put together a huge peace deal between Israel and the Arab…
Trump invents Sweden Terror Attack, Lies about Immigrant Crime
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump made up another alleged terrorist attack at his rally on Saturday, this one about a figment of his imagination that did not…
Top 8 Signs someone is a White Terrorist, e.g. plotting to Blow up Mosque
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. If you appoint yourself to carry out surveillance of a mosque congregation who have never given any evidence of being violent, you…
Tomorrow, they will say, “Donald Trump rants and raves at the press.”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So Trump did rant and rave at the press on Thursday. But not at all the press. He has never attacked Breitbart, the…
Trump plots to keep Palestinians Stateless forever
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Trump-Netanyahu Show on Wednesday was par for the course in American and right wing Israeli discourse about the Palestinians. Nobody brought up…
All of Putin’s / Trump’s Men
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The NYT has broken the story that several Trump associates are under investigation by the FBI for their contacts with Russian intelligence and…
Photo of the Day: Sad Girl, Happy Girl, Iran 1900 (Sykes)
British Museum | Sir Percy Sykes | - - Two rural Iranian girls of the Qajar era, 1900, one sad, one mischievous. Via British Museum Museum number: Sykes.453 Description: Lantern slide, showing…
Questions about Judgment: Trump appointed Flynn in the First Place
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The sudden resignation of Trump National Security Adviser Mike Flynn on Monday evening clearly was actually a firing. Flynn was given a pink…
After Miller’s Mega-Lies, time to rev back up the Reality Based Community
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Stephen Miller, a snot-nosed kid with a bad attitude, advertised as White House senior policy adviser, delivered himself of some stern jeremiads on…
Can Peak Gerrymandering by GOP be Challenged by Progressives?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In a dramatic outcome that could well change national politics, a Federal court last November found Wisconsin's highly gerrymandered electoral districts to be…
Could NSA Flynn face Criminal Charges over Russia Ties?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn (Ret.) is the National Security Adviser of President Trump. Very serious questions continue to swirl around his relationship with…
The real Victors in Judges’ ban on Trump’s Ban: US Universities
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied the Trump administration's request that the Executive Order banning Muslims…
Spicer: Trump can Criticize Iraq War but no one can Slam Trump’s Yemen Raid
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - - One-man fake news channel Sean Spicer, Trump's spokesman, said Wednesday that anyone who criticized the botched raid on Yakla in Yemen that killed innocent…
Syrian refugees ‘detrimental’ to Americans? The numbers tell a different story
By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | - - President Donald Trump wants to close the door on Syrian refugees, barring them indefinitely from settling in the U.S. In an executive…
Yemen withdraws blanket approval for US action after Trump’s botched Raid
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The the Arab press, reports that that government has withdrawn blanket permission from the Trump administration to conduct raids and drone strikes on…
“This Land:” The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - By beginning with Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" and then switching to Woody Guthrie's "This Land is your Land," Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta,…
Yes, Trump, Some Americans also murder: Some are Your White Supremacists
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In an interview with Bill O'Reilly airing Sunday afternoon, O'Reilly observes of Russian President Vladimir Putin: "He’s a killer, though. Putin’s a killer.”…