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Archives: February 2017
![Top 5 Ways Obama is Behind Leaks, Protests against Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/top-5-ways-obama-is-behind-leaks-187x137.jpg)
![ISIL: In Iraq’s desert, mass grave horror beneath the dirt](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/isil-in-iraqs-desert-mass-grave-187x137.jpg)
ISIL: In Iraq’s desert, mass grave horror beneath the dirt
AFP | (Video News Report) | - - "The sinkhole that could be the largest mass grave in Iraq's latest conflict is barely visible from the road, nothing more than a small…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/zoroastrians-669x960-1-187x137.jpg)
Image of the Day: European Buddhists (?) & Zoroastrians, c. 1650
British Museum | (Safavid Era Painting) | - - School/style: Persian School/Style term details Culture/period: Safavid dynasty term details Date: 1650-1700 (circa) Production place: Made in: Iran "Four men worshipping at a…![Is Trump a bigger danger to the US or Europe?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/is-trump-a-bigger-danger-to-the-187x137.jpg)
Is Trump a bigger danger to the US or Europe?
By Joschka Fischer | (Project Syndicate) | - - BERLIN – Little more than a month after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, it has become clear that nothing good will come of…![After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/after-mosul-can-iraq-survive-wit-187x137.jpg)
After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?
By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | - - The operation to retake Iraq’s second city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State [group] (IS) has entered its crucial phase. The Iraqi…![Trump Official detained, nearly Deported French Holocaust Scholar](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-official-detained-nearly-d-187x137.jpg)
Trump Official detained, nearly Deported French Holocaust Scholar
TeleSur | - - “My situation was nothing compared to some of the people I saw who couldn’t be defended as I was,” Rousso said on Twitter. Henry Rousso, a French historian…![Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/would-trump-let-oscar-winner-mah-187x137.jpg)
Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Mahershala Ali, 43, last night won an Oscar for best supporting actor, in Moonlight . The film treats themes of sexual repression, gayness,…![Turkey’s Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/turkeys-coup-aftermath-and-human-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective
By Banu Gökarıksel | ( Duke University Blog ) | - - Feminist critiques of political power reveal the central function of gender, sexuality, and difference in maintaining that power. Yet, in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/splinterlandspbk-2-180x137.jpg)
Trumpocalypse: How the U.S. Invaded, Occupied, and Remade Itself
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - It’s been epic! A cast of thousands! (Hundreds? Tens?) A spectacular production that, five weeks after opening on every screen of any sort in America…![Iran’s Oscar-Winning Director Hopes Anti-Fascist Movement Grows](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/irans-oscar-winning-director-hop-187x137.jpg)
Iran’s Oscar-Winning Director Hopes Anti-Fascist Movement Grows
TeleSur | - - "We believe there is no best country, best gender, best religion or best color,” the directors of the five Oscar foreign films nominees wrote in a joint statement.…![Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/spurned-reporters-should-dump-tr-187x137.jpg)
Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump was unhappy Saturday that the major media had neglected to report a point made by Herman Cain in an interview on…![As Trump Goes In: Foxing the public over Yemen and Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/as-trump-goes-in-foxing-the-publ-187x137.jpg)
As Trump Goes In: Foxing the public over Yemen and Iran
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) When it comes to reporting the conflict in Yemen, Fox News is exceptionally bad. Fox has been fooling its viewers for years but now, with…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/gazaold-750x590-1-187x137.jpg)
Photo of the Day: Gaza (the Old Town), 1862
The New York Public Library | Francis Frith | - - The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gaza (the…![Did White House interfere with FBI Probe of Russia Ties?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/did-white-house-interfere-with-f-187x137.jpg)
Did White House interfere with FBI Probe of Russia Ties?
By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Brazen attempt at political interference provokes comparisons to Watergate White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus attempted to interfere with…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/image-20170221-18624-16m3tdk-187x137.jpg)
Dear Trump officials: Stop confusing Muslim Conservatism with Terrorism!
By Z. Fareen Parvez | (The Conversation) | - - The Trump administration has been using the phrase “radical Islam” when discussing the “war on terror.” From his inauguration address to remarks…![Top 5 Hypocrisies of Trump Friday](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/top-5-hypocrisies-of-trump-frida-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 Hypocrisies of Trump Friday
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Friday, Trump was making news again, after having appeared to be subdued (or muzzled?) by his staff midweek. But he addressed the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/Visualizing-spills-data-from-unconventional-oil-and-gas-activity-750x278-1-187x137.jpg)
Study finds 6 600 spills from fracking in just four US states
The Watchers | - - Each year, 2 to 16 percent of hydraulically fractured oil and gas wells spill hydrocarbons, chemical-laden water, hydraulic fracturing fluids and other substances, according to a study published…![I Cover Hate. I Didn’t Expect It at My Family’s Jewish Cemetery](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/i-cover-hate-i-didnt-expect-it-a-187x137.jpg)
I Cover Hate. I Didn’t Expect It at My Family’s Jewish Cemetery
by Ariana Tobin | ProPublica | - - When it comes to death, my family honors all of the Ashkenazi Jewish traditions: We name our children after dead relatives, we sit shiva…![Oscar Nominee Asghar Farhadi between US Muslim Ban and Ayatollahs’ Censorship](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/oscar-nominee-asghar-farhadi-bet-187x137.jpg)
Oscar Nominee Asghar Farhadi between US Muslim Ban and Ayatollahs’ Censorship
By Kevin Hagopian | (The Conversation) | - - Politics loom over this year’s Oscars, with many bracing for what the winners will – or won’t – say when they ascend the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/417380C-1-187x137.jpg)
With Trump, has the Israeli Right Wing caught the Car?
By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - The president of the United States can hardly be taken seriously, saying much but doing little. His words, often offensive, carry no…![“Get out of my Country!” White Terrorist Shoots Asian-American Engineers in Wake of Trump Visa Ban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/get-out-of-my-country-white-terr-187x137.jpg)
“Get out of my Country!” White Terrorist Shoots Asian-American Engineers in Wake of Trump Visa Ban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is alleged that Adam W. Purinton, a regular at a bar and grill, went up to two Indian-American patrons on Wednesday night…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/bacevichamericaswar-180x137.jpg)
Did David Brooks & the NeoCons pave the Way for Trump?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Apart from being a police officer, firefighter, or soldier engaged in one of this nation’s endless wars, writing a column for…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/1487-1-187x137.jpg)
Self-Radicalized? US ‘Moderate’ and Far Right at CPAC
TeleSur | - - Although the so-called "moderate" right wishes to distance itself from the far right, the list of speakers at the CPAC conference shows they have more in common than…![Film about Israeli imprisonment of Palestinians wins top award in Berlin](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/film-about-israeli-imprisonment-187x137.jpg)
Film about Israeli imprisonment of Palestinians wins top award in Berlin
IMEMC | - - A film depicting the torture, humiliation and violence experienced by Palestinians imprisoned by Israel won the first ever “Silver Bear” award at the Berlinale international film festival. The…![Buyers’ Remorse: Americans think Trump is bad at almost Everything](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/buyers-remorse-americans-think-t-187x137.jpg)
Buyers’ Remorse: Americans think Trump is bad at almost Everything
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The vast majority of Americans in a new Quinnipiac opinion poll do not believe that Donald J. Trump is level-headed or shares their…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/dry-1-187x137.png)
Red state rural America is acting on climate change – without calling it climate change
By Rebecca J. Romsdahl | (The Conversation) | - - President Donald Trump has the environmental community understandably concerned. He and members of his Cabinet have questioned the established science of climate…![Trump v. Islam](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-v-islam-187x137.jpg)
Trump v. Islam
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Trump the businessman is at war with Trump the ideologue over the question of Islam. Donald Trump rode to power on…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trmpnet-1-187x137.jpg)
Is Israel’s Netanyahu running Rings around the inexperienced Trump?
By Avi Shlaim | (Via OpenDemocracy.net ) | - - Trump is unencumbered by any knowledge of the Palestinians, their history, their politics, or their legitimate struggle for statehood. At the press…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/fy2016-fig1-1-187x137.png)
Trump endangering rest of Us to hunt down the Law-Abiding Undocumented
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Gen. John Kelly's ramping up of deportation measures against undocumented residents of the US, in accordance with Donald Trump's campaign promises, contains many…![Under Saudi Bombardment, 33% of Yemenis Food Insecure](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/under-saudi-bombardment-33-of-ye-187x137.jpg)
Under Saudi Bombardment, 33% of Yemenis Food Insecure
TeleSur | - - The U.N. says almost half a million children in the country are at risk of death from famine as Saudi Arabia’s war in the country completes a second…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/375567C-1-187x137.jpg)
Like Shoplifting: Israel gives Azarya 18 mos. for Killing subdued Palestinian Assailant
Ma'aN News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- After being found guilty of manslaughter for the filmed, execution-style shooting of 21-year-old Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, 20-year-old Israeli soldier Elor Azarya was sentenced…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/ghostriders_hc-180x137.jpg)
The Misuse of American Military Power and Mideast Chaos
By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - The United States has already lost -- its war for the Middle East, that is. Having taken my own crack at combat soldiering in…![Should Bannon Resign? He and Milo Fake-Newsed Hillary as Pedophile](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/should-bannon-resign-he-and-milo-187x137.jpg)
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…![Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden (Colbert)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/never-fjorget-what-happened-in-s-187x137.jpg)
Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden (Colbert)
Stephen Colbert | (Video Clip from The Late Show) | - - "In response to Trump's false claims of a terror attack, Sweden's Prime Minister asked, 'What has he been smoking?' Stephen…![CPAC, OK with alt-NeoNazism, drops Milo over Teen Sex Comments](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/cpac-ok-with-alt-neonazism-drops-187x137.jpg)
CPAC, OK with alt-NeoNazism, drops Milo over Teen Sex Comments
TeleSur | - - Milo Yiannopoulos will not be allowed to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference following the discovery of his comments supporting pedophilia. Breitbart editor and self-described "occasional fellow…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/pssprtirq-1-187x137.jpg)
Confusion over U.S. Travel Ban Grounding Foreign Correspondents
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - New restrictions on immigrants and refugees coming to the United States are also posing challenges for foreign correspondents…![Forget the Tweets: The Impact on You of Trump’s Deregulation, Privatization of Everything](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/forget-the-tweets-the-impact-on-187x137.jpg)
Forget the Tweets: The Impact on You of Trump’s Deregulation, Privatization of Everything
By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - Beyond the campaign rhetoric and Twitter controversies over domestic and foreign policies, the question remains what actual policies the Trump administration is…![Netanyahu rejected offer by Kerry & Arab Leaders of Comprehensive Peace Talks](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/netanyahu-rejected-offer-by-kerr-187x137.jpg)
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…Danger as Turkey votes on Presidential System while in State of Emergency
By Arzu Geybullayeva | (Globalvoices.org) | - - On April 16, Turks will head to polls to yay or nay constitutional amendments which have been approved by the 550 seat parliament where…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/image-20170217-10217-esukl-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Russia scandals could be about to get much, much worse
Luca Trenta | The Conversation | - - Whatever one thinks of the Trump administration’s policies, it is difficult to ignore that the new president’s tenure has so far been characterised by…![Eight People Flee U.S. Border Patrol to Seek Asylum in Canada](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/eight-people-flee-u-s-border-pat-187x137.jpg)
Eight People Flee U.S. Border Patrol to Seek Asylum in Canada
TeleSur | - - As the U.S. looks to tighten its policies on refugees and illegal immigrants, people seeking refugee status have been pouring over the Canada-U.S. border. Eight asylum-seekers, including four…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trp-1-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/DP235233-1-187x137.jpg)
Garden Party, 1640: Iranian Lady entertains European Gentleman
Metropolitian Museum of Art | Isfahan Tile | - - "At the center of this scene, a lady leans on a bolster pillow and languidly holds out a filled cup. Making somewhat…![Are Republicans Shielding Trump from Special Prosecutor and Russia Inquiry?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/are-republicans-shielding-trump-187x137.jpg)
Are Republicans Shielding Trump from Special Prosecutor and Russia Inquiry?
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | Meanwhile, some experts say there is a case for appointing a special prosecutor. Republicans are dismissing the mounting call to thoroughly investigate the Trump campaign's connection…![Not Over: Trump Ban still ruining life of Iraqi Interpreter for US Military](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/not-over-trump-ban-still-ruining-187x137.jpg)
Not Over: Trump Ban still ruining life of Iraqi Interpreter for US Military
by Megan Rose | ProPublica | - - In 2006, when I arrived at Camp Taqqadum in Iraq to embed with the U.S. Marines, I was immediately invited for tea by the…![Dutch Far-Right Leader Vows to Rid Nation of ‘Moroccan Scum’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/dutch-far-right-leader-vows-to-r-187x137.jpg)
Dutch Far-Right Leader Vows to Rid Nation of ‘Moroccan Scum’
TeleSur | - - Geert Wilders hopes the global upsurge in anti-establishment and xenophobic feeling that has helped propel Trump to power will propel him to power. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/content_k-bigpic-1-187x137.png)
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…![Antarctica: Iceberg Size of Delaware Poised to Break Away](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/antarctica-iceberg-size-of-delaw-187x137.jpg)
Antarctica: Iceberg Size of Delaware Poised to Break Away
Mark Phillips | "CLimate Diaries" | CBS this Morning Video Report | - - "A massive iceberg in Antarctica is poised to break away at a time of uncertainty over the U.S.…![Trump’s Refugee Ban Is Even Crueler Than You Think](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trumps-refugee-ban-is-even-cruel-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Refugee Ban Is Even Crueler Than You Think
By Max Friedman | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The so-called "Muslim ban" has been compared to U.S. treatment of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. It's actually even more draconian.…![Trump’s Mideast Policy is clear as Pea Soup, but likely bad for Palestinians](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trumps-mideast-policy-is-clear-a-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Mideast Policy is clear as Pea Soup, but likely bad for Palestinians
Jacob Eriksson | (The Conversation) | - - By the standards of his turbulent time in office, President Donald Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was relatively nondescript. In many…![As Antarctica Ice Cover Shrinks, Trump Picks ‘Most Dangerous’ EPA Leader](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/as-antarctica-ice-cover-shrinks-187x137.jpg)
As Antarctica Ice Cover Shrinks, Trump Picks ‘Most Dangerous’ EPA Leader
TeleSur | - - Pruitt, a suspected climate change denier, has expressed plans to roll back climate policies that regulate the fossil fuel industry. The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed Oklahoma Attorney…![Tomorrow, they will say, “Donald Trump rants and raves at the press.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/tomorrow-they-will-say-donald-tr-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/gemini-1-187x137.jpg)
Image of the Day: Gemini Constellation, As Seen in the Heavens, Iran,1630
New York Public Library | Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gemini, as seen in the heavens. Mirror image of f. 91?" Tarjumah-i suwar al-kawâkib (Translation of "Images of the Planets").…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/berriganfamily-180x137.jpg)
The New Patriotism: Loving the Real America to resist Trumpism
By Frida Berrigan | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - So reality has inexorably, inescapably penetrated my life. It didn’t take long. Yes, Donald Trump is actually the president of the United…![How Trumpist White Supremacy Builds On Earlier Far-Right Upsurges](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/how-trumpist-white-supremacy-bui-187x137.jpg)
How Trumpist White Supremacy Builds On Earlier Far-Right Upsurges
By Matthew N. Lyons | (TeleSur) | - - The "alt-right" network has brought together multiple currents, from neo-Nazis to men's rights activists, right-wing anarchists to neo-reactionaries. The day after Donald Trump's…![Israeli, Palestinian officials react to Trump’s shift away from 2-state solution](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/israeli-palestinian-officials-re-187x137.jpg)
Israeli, Palestinian officials react to Trump’s shift away from 2-state solution
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Following a controversial meeting held Wednesday between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli and Palestinian leaders reacted with…![Trump plots keep Palestinians Stateless forever](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-plots-keep-palestinians-st-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/drummergirl-1-187x137.jpg)
Iranian Drummer Woman, 1842
British Museum | - - "Portrait of a young woman; single-page painting mounted on album folio. A woman beats a drum slung over her shoulder. She wears an orange blouse, a green…![Why America needs the Muslim Ms. Marvel now more than Ever!](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/why-america-needs-the-muslim-ms-187x137.jpg)
Why America needs the Muslim Ms. Marvel now more than Ever!
By Katie M. Logan | (The Conversation) | - - During the first few weeks of the Trump administration, we’ve seen increased pressure on Muslim and immigrant communities in the United States.…![Pentagon To Recommend US Deploy Ground Troops in Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/pentagon-to-recommend-us-deploy-187x137.jpg)
Pentagon To Recommend US Deploy Ground Troops in Syria?
TeleSur | - - Countries opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will meet on Friday for the first time since Donald Trump's U.S. administration took office. The U.S. Defense Department may recommend…![Human Cost of Trump’s Muslim Ban continue to Mount](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/human-cost-of-trumps-muslim-ban-187x137.jpg)
Human Costs of Trump’s Muslim Ban continue to Mount
By Jody Mashek | (Otherwords.org) | - - I've seen firsthand how the White House's cruel ban is impacting moms and kids here in the United States. Legal challenges to Donald Trump’s…![Farewell to doublespeak: Israel’s vision for the future is terrifying](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/farewell-to-doublespeak-israels-187x137.jpg)
Farewell to doublespeak: Israel’s vision for the future is terrifying
By Ramzy Baroud | Ma'an News Agency | - - Empirical historical evidence combined with a little common sense are enough to tell us the type of future options that Israel has…![All of Putin’s / Trump’s Men](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/all-of-putins-trumps-men-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/qajargirls-1-187x137.jpg)
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…![Psychologists: Trump’s Rage makes him incapable of Serving safely as President](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/psychologists-trumps-rage-makes-187x137.jpg)
Psychologists: Trump’s Rage makes him incapable of Serving safely as President
TeleSur | - - "We believe that the grave emotional instability indicated by Mr. Trump’s speech and actions makes him incapable of serving safely as president.” U.S. President Donald Trump suffers from…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Has Trump quietly surrendered to Russia and China?
Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - If there’s a single consistent aspect to Donald Trump’s strategic vision, it’s this: U.S. foreign policy should always be governed by the simple…![Trump & Co.: The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-co-the-weak-of-will-the-st-187x137.jpg)
Trump & Co.: The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown?
By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - WHERE are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter? All,…![Questions about Judgment: Trump appointed Flynn in the First Place](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/questions-about-judgment-trump-a-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/ladyinGreen-1-187x137.jpg)
Image of the Day: Persian Lady in Green, 1600
British Museum | Safavid Painting | - - Painting: Portrait of a Lady in Green, Iran, 1600 British Museum Description: Recto Painting. Portrait of a lady in green. Ascribed to Riza-yi Abbasi.…![Immigrant Cali Sikhs open Temples to Oroville Dam Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/immigrant-cali-sikhs-open-temple-187x137.jpg)
Immigrant Cali Sikhs open Temples to Oroville Dam Refugees
TeleSur | - - At least seven Sikh temples opened their doors to evacuees. "DO NOT TRAVEL NORTH TOWARD OROVILLE," was the message the Yuba County Office of Emergency Services blasted on…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/408847C-1-187x137.jpg)
Israeli Gov’t Secretly funding illegal squatter Settlements in Palestine: Haaretz
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The recently dismantled illegal settlement outpost of Amona was funded through a million-dollar loan from the Israeli government, a report by Israeli newspaper…![Al-Qaeda Rising? After Aleppo defeat, Syrian Rebels turn on Each other](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/al-qaeda-rising-after-aleppo-def-187x137.jpg)
Al-Qaeda Rising? After Aleppo defeat, Syrian Rebels turn on Each other
By David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | - - 2017, it seems, will be no less chaotic than its predecessor -- an aphorism made plain by a mere glance at the…![SNL Spicey on ‘Extreme Vetting’: The Blondes Get In](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/snl-spicey-on-extreme-vetting-th-187x137.jpg)
SNL Spicey on ‘Extreme Vetting’: The Blondes Get In
NBC | Saturday Night Live Cold Open Skit | - - "Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) and Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon) take questions from the press (Bobby Moynihan, Mikey Day, Vanessa Bayer, Sasheer…![After Miller’s Mega-Lies, time to rev back up the Reality Based Community](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/after-millers-mega-lies-time-to-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/ozd-1-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Long Nightmare: Remembering the Night of the Coup
Cüneyt Özdemir | (Duke University Middle East Studies Center | - - Cüneyt Özdemir is a columnist and investigative journalist with 28 years experience reporting from Turkey and the Middle East. An…![Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/why-designating-muslim-brotherho-187x137.jpg)
Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad
Human Rights Watch | - - (Washington, DC) – A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump administration is reportedly considering, would threaten the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/bsoci-1-187x137.jpg)
Is the answer to Alt-NeoNazism Bernie’s Democratic Socialism?
TeleSur | - - Maria Svart of DSA speaks to teleSUR about how her organization is using Sanders’ vision to fight Trump and neoliberalism within the Democratic party. While the U.S. has…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/menonconceit-180x137.jpg)
Could Trump’s War of Words with China turn Hot?
By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Forget those “bad hombres down there” in Mexico that U.S. troops might take out. Ignore the way National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put…![Can Peak Gerrymandering by GOP by Challenged by Progressives?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/can-peak-gerrymandering-by-gop-b-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/DP247599-1-187x137.jpg)
Image of the Day: “Jonah and the Whale” (Persian Miniature)
Metropolitan Museum of Art | (Persian Miniature Painting) | - - "Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles [A medieval World History]) Inscription: In Persian, on the…![Give us your Huddled Scientists: France woos US Climate Researchers, Inventors in age of Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/give-us-your-huddled-scientists-187x137.jpg)
Give us your Huddled Scientists: France woos US Climate Researchers, Inventors in age of Trump
By Frédéric Simon | EurActiv.com | - - The United States of America. Home of the free. Land of the brave. And, until Donald Trump became president, a beacon of science, research…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/sf-1-187x137.png)
Racist Trump blocks UN Envoy for Libya because, Palestinian
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) slammed the United States for objecting to a proposal by the United Nations to appoint former Palestinian Prime…![Renewables now creating more jobs than Coal, Oil and Gas](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/renewables-now-creating-more-job-187x137.jpg)
Renewables now creating more jobs than Coal, Oil and Gas
TeleSur The findings of a new U.S.report bolster climate justice movement arguments that transitioning to renewables will not only save the planet but save the economy. The U.S. Department of Energy found…![Could NSA Flynn face Criminal Charges over Russia Ties?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/could-nsa-flynn-face-criminal-ch-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/gordonnuremberg-180x137.jpg)
Telling the difference between Friends and Strange Bedfellows in the Age of Trump
By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - You know you’re living in a looking-glass world when former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks out against one of Donald Trump’s executive…![As 100K Iranians Protest Trump; some thank Americans for defending Muslims](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/as-100k-iranians-protest-trump-s-187x137.jpg)
As 100K Iranians Protest Trump; some thank Americans for defending Muslims
TeleSur | - - Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Friday to swear allegiance to their clerical leaders and reject U.S. President Donald Trump's warning that he had put the Islamic…![Is Steven Bannon marching America toward Messianic Apocalypse?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/is-steven-bannon-marching-americ-187x137.jpg)
Is Steven Bannon marching America toward Messianic Apocalypse?
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - What does it mean for international relations when the most powerful country in the world becomes a pariah state? [In] Der…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-3.26.58-AM-1-187x137.png)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/kacit-1-187x137.gif)
White House, Inc.: Kellyanne Con Artist Pitches Ivanka Line
TeleSur | - - Ivanka Trump has said she would step away from her company when her father took office in the White House. A top aide to U.S. President Donald Trump…![Somali Muslim in MN mobilize for Love and Tolerance](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/somali-muslim-in-mn-mobilize-for-187x137.jpg)
Somali Muslims in MN mobilize for Love and Tolerance
By Christopher Zumski Finke | ( Yes! Magazine ) | - - The large refugee community in Minnesota is a big target for bigotry, and tensions are expected to get worse. But…![Turkey’s Referendum on a Presidential System provokes Fears on Both Sides](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/turkeys-referendum-on-a-presiden-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Referendum on a Presidential System provokes Fears on Both Sides
By Ali Murat Yel | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkey is facing a possible referendum in April regarding a constitutional amendment that would change the current system from a parliamentary to…![The Catch-22 of Trump’s Muslim Ban: First, Bomb them, then Demand Vetting](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/the-catch-22-of-trumps-muslim-ba-187x137.jpg)
The Catch-22 of Trump’s Muslim Ban: First, Bomb them, then Demand Vetting
By M. Safa Saracoglu | (Informed Comment) | - - On January 30, 2017, the President issued an executive order suspending entry of people from seven countries for 90 days. This ban…![Spicer: Trump can Criticize Iraq War but no one can Slam Trump’s Yemen Raid](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/spicer-trump-can-criticize-iraq-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/abush1-378x230-1-187x137.jpg)
We want our Muslim Physicians Back! How America reclaimed a victim of Injustice
By Charles Ornstein | (ProPublica) | - - In a clandestine mission that had the makings of a hostage rescue, the Cleveland Clinic and its lawyers arranged for medical resident Suha Abushamma…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/pj1-1-187x137.jpg)
Pope Francis Says Building a Wall ‘Not a Christian Gesture’
TeleSur | - - "A Christian can never say 'I'll make you pay for that.' Never! That is not a Christian gesture," said Pope Francis. Pope Francis said Wednesday that society should…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/415983C-1-187x137.jpg)
Rights group warns Israel could could launch ‘wide-scale’ military offensive in Gaza
Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- In the wake of multiple airstrikes launched by the Israeli army inside the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Gaza-based al-Mezan Center for…![Syrian refugees ‘detrimental’ to Americans? The numbers tell a different story](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/syrian-refugees-detrimental-to-a-187x137.jpg)
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](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/yemen-withdraws-blanket-approval-187x137.jpg)
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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/52RaMf5n-1-187x137.jpg)
Could Trump stumble into a Mideast War? It has happened before to Headstrong Presidents
By Guy Laron | (Informed Comment) | - - An American President enters office after his progressive predecessor courted a major Middle Eastern country. The new president is not satisfied with what…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/splinterlandspbk-1-180x137.jpg)
Trump’s Larcenies to Come: The Looting of America
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - It started in June 2015 with that Trump Tower escalator ride into the presidential race to the tune of Neil Young’s “Rockin’…![Sen. Elizabeth Warren silenced on Floor for Reading King Letter re: Sessions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/sen-elizabeth-warren-silenced-on-187x137.jpg)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren silenced on Floor for Reading King Letter re: Sessions
CNN International | (Video News Report with text Appendix) In an extremely rare rebuke, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren was cut off while speaking on the Senate floor. She had been reading a…![Trump’s Travel Ban is to Keep US Snow White: Take it from a Chronic Interviewee](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trumps-travel-ban-is-to-keep-us-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Travel Ban is to Keep US Snow White: Take it from a Chronic Interviewee
By Walden Bello | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - Trump's ban isn't about national security. It's about race, religion, and cultural exclusion. As a citizen of the Philippines…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/db178_fig3-187x137.png)
Trump’s Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump on Monday continued to troll the world, this time by alleging at CENTCOM that the media is not covering terrorist attacks. He…![Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/israeli-parliament-gives-legal-c-187x137.jpg)
Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians
Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | - - "Israel's parliament has passed a law to legalise about 4,000 squatter homes built on privately owned Palestinian land." Al Jazeera English: "Israel…![Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/feature-not-bug-trumps-chaos-the-187x137.jpg)
Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government
Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | - - WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has become clear that he intends to roll…Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban
By Dina El-Rifai | (Otherwords.org) | - - I’m a Muslim woman and a social justice advocate. I’m terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban.” As I watched administrative chaos…![Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/speaker-of-british-house-of-comm-187x137.jpg)
Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here
TeleSur | - - "An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor," Bercow concluded. The speaker of the United…![“This Land:” The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/this-land-the-pro-immigrant-radi-187x137.jpg)
“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,…![Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/will-trump-use-the-next-isil-att-187x137.jpg)
Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?
By Allison Beth Hodgkins | (Informed Comment) | - - You have to hand to the civil society groups pushing back on the Trump administration’s recent executive orders banning the entry of…![Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/why-trumps-immigration-order-is-187x137.jpg)
Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump
By Barbara Elias | (Informed Comment) | - - For the moment, federal courts have interrupted the president’s immigration order. Judge Robart remarked in his Temporary Restraining Order that there is “no…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/splinterlandspbk-180x137.jpg)
Trump’s Coming “Islamo-China” War . . . or, Whatever
By Ira Chernus | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - What kind of national security policy will the Trump administration pursue globally? On this issue, as on so many others, the incoming…![SNL: Bannon puts Trump up to Disastrous Calls to World Leaders](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/snl-bannon-puts-trump-up-to-disa-187x137.jpg)
SNL: Bannon puts Trump up to Disastrous Calls to World Leaders
Saturday Night Live | (Video Clip) SNL Cold Open![Yes, Trump, Some Americans also murder: Some are Your White Supremacists](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/yes-trump-some-americans-also-mu-187x137.jpg)
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.”…![Cooking the Planet: GOP Congress quietly allows Methane Emissions on Public Land](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/cooking-the-planet-gop-congress-187x137.jpg)
Cooking the Planet: GOP Congress quietly allows Methane Emissions on Public Land
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | Commondreams.org | - - Fossil fuel industry hits paydirt as congress approves measure that gives "away a taxpayer-owned resource for free" The U.S. House of Representatives…![When Germany thinks someone is Killing Democracy . . .](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/when-germany-thinks-someone-is-k-187x137.jpg)
When Germany thinks someone is Killing Democracy . . .
TeleSur | - - The illustrator is a Cuban immigrant who put his views on Trump into a piece of art that is now on the cover of one of the world's…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/imagescms-image-000024827-1-187x137.jpg)
Militia Feuding, Insecurity in East Mosul hold up Advance on ISIL
Mustafa Habib | ( Niqash.org ) | - - The biggest problem in eastern Mosul, post-extremists, is security. The Iraqi army needs to move on, to fight in western Mosul, but they…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/415662C-1-187x137.jpg)
Tel Aviv: Huge Jewish-, Palestinian-Israeli Rally against racist state, home demolitions
Ma'an News Agency | - - TEL AVIV (Ma'an) -- Thousands rallied in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening in protest of home demolitions targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel,…![In Shocker, Federal Judge in Seattle Halts Trump Muslim Ban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/in-shocker-federal-judge-in-seat-187x137.jpg)
In Shocker, Federal Judge in Seattle Halts Trump Muslim Ban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - When Trump issued his executive order halting immigration from seven countries, suspending the refugee program, and banning Syrian refugees indefinitely, I wrote that…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/415069C-2-187x137.jpg)
Mixed Signals: Now, White House Says Israeli Settlement Building May Not Help Peace
TeleSur | - - The tone was more measured than previous pro-Israel announcements, but did not go so far as to condemn settlement activity. The Trump administration said on Thursday that Israel's…![Taking Iraq’s Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/taking-iraqs-oil-187x137.jpg)
Taking Iraq’s Oil
By Edward Hunt | (Foreign Policy in Focus | Originally published in Lobelog. Trump wants Iraq's oil, and he's not interested in sharing. The leaders of the United States have provided many…![Life in an Arab-American community under Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/life-in-an-arab-american-communi-187x137.jpg)
Life in an Arab-American community under Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’
By Tom Brocket | (The Conversation) | - - Life goes on for the parents who drop off their children at homework club, or those rushing in late for embroidery class. As…![Gambia’s ‘Trump’ and the dilemma of the Int’l Criminal Court](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/gambias-trump-and-the-dilemma-of-187x137.jpg)
Gambia’s ‘Trump’ and the dilemma of the Int’l Criminal Court
By Ebrahim Shabbir Deen | (Informed Comment) | - - The stepping down, under duress, of long-term Gambian president Yahya Jammeh clearly illustrates the impact of credible collective security. However, for this…![Trumpworld Fake News: Iran attacks US Navy, Iraqis Massacre Bowling Green,](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trumpworld-fake-news-iran-attack-187x137.jpg)
Trumpworld Fake News: Iran attacks US Navy, Iraqis Massacre Bowling Green
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So I was watching Chris Matthews' Hardball on MSNBC Thursday evening and Matthews had Kellyanne Conway on to defend Trump's disastrous first two…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/libertykeepout-1-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Statue against Liberty
By Daniel Martin Varisco | ( MENA Tidningen ) | - - In 1886, slightly more than a century after the birth of the United States of America, the government of France…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/prophets-130x137.gif)
Trump’s 5th Bankruptcy: Budget-Busting Trillions to US Department of War
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - At over $600 billion a year and counting, the Pentagon already receives significantly more than its fair share of federal funds. …![In West Mosul, ISIL Extremists pledge ‘Divine Intervention’ will Defeat Iraqi, US Forces](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/in-west-mosul-isil-extremists-pl-187x137.jpg)
In West Mosul, ISIL Extremists pledge ‘Divine Intervention’ will Defeat Iraqi, US Forces
Special Correspondent | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - In eastern Mosul, Iraqi pro-government forces are organizing themselves to begin to fight against the so-called Islamic State [group] [IS]. In western Mosul,…![Trump Counter-Terrorism Program to drop White Supremacists, focus on Islam](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-counter-terrorism-program-187x137.jpg)
Trump Counter-Terrorism Program to drop White Supremacists, focus on Islam
TeleSur | - - He could rename the "Countering Violent Extremism" program to "Countering Islamic Extremism," according to Reuters sources. The Trump administration wants to revamp a U.S. government program designed to…![Here we go Again: Trump Admin Threatens Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/here-we-go-again-trump-admin-thr-187x137.jpg)
Here we go Again: Trump Admin Threatens Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - National Security Advisor Mike Flynn came out on Wednesday to make a brief statement putting Iran "on notice." Flynn complained about Iran's ballistic…![Why Trump’s Muslim ban is bad for business](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/why-trumps-muslim-ban-is-bad-for-187x137.jpg)
Why Trump’s Muslim ban is bad for business
By Shainaz Firfiray | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict immigration from seven countries has sparked widespread criticism from several quarters, including the business world. Not only…![Trump Threatens to Send US Army to Mexico for ‘Bad Hombres’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-threatens-to-send-us-army-187x137.jpg)
Trump Threatens to Send US Army to Mexico for ‘Bad Hombres’
TeleSur | - - It was not clear from the excerpt who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres" — drug cartels, immigrants, or both. President Donald Trump threatened his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/415069C-1-187x137.jpg)
Israel greenlights 3,000 new settler homes hours after ‘Legalization bill’ approved
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Israeli government gave its approval for the construction of more than 3,000 new illegal settlement homes across the occupied West Bank, just…![Trump Can’t Make America Great Again without Immigrants](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-cant-make-america-great-ag-187x137.jpg)
Trump Can’t Make America Great Again without Immigrants
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2016, the US birthrate fell to 59.6 births per 1,000 women, the lowest ever recorded. Birth rates rise and fall over time,…![Trump Donated $10,000 to Beit El Israeli Squatter Settlement](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-donated-10000-to-beit-el-i-187x137.jpg)
Trump Donated $10,000 to Beit El Israeli Squatter Settlement
IMEMC News | - - US president-elect Donald Trump made a $10,000 donation to the West Bank settlement of Beit El in 2003, Washington Post Newspaper revealed, Sunday. The newspaper said that…![Trump sends heavier weapons to Leftist Syrian Kurds to Fight ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-sends-heavier-weapons-to-l-187x137.jpg)
Trump sends heavier weapons to Leftist Syrian Kurds to Fight ISIL
TeleSur | - - A Syrian militia led by the Kurdish leftist group YPG said they received armored vehicles from the U.S. military, the first such support. The U.S. has boosted support…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221855im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/sportswriter-150x137.gif)