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Archives: October 2017
![Trump and the Faustian Bargain of Corker and the GOP](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/trump-and-the-faustian-bargain-o-187x137.jpg)
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Gerrymandering is about Race even when it seems just “Partisan”
By Olga Pierce and Kate Rabinowitz | ( ProPublica) | - - The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case…![Despite Trump, IAEA Confirms Iran’s Compliance with Nuclear Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/despite-trump-iaea-confirms-iran-187x137.jpg)
Despite Trump, IAEA Confirms Iran’s Compliance with Nuclear Deal
TeleSur | - - Despite accusations by the Trump administration against Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal, the U.N. nuclear agency chief denied these claims. The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General…![Yemen: Is Saudi Coalition deliberately Blocking Aid and Fuel to Civilians?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/yemen-is-saudi-coalition-deliber-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Is Saudi Coalition deliberately Blocking Aid and Fuel to Civilians?
Human Rights Watch | - - Houthi-Saleh Obstruction also Heightens Crisis (Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition’s restrictions on imports to Yemen have worsened the dire humanitarian situation of Yemeni civilians, Human Rights…![Former US Allies peeling off under Trump: Turkey halts US Visas](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/former-us-allies-peeling-off-und-187x137.jpg)
Former US Allies peeling off under Trump: Turkey halts US Visas
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US and Turkey have ceased processing non-immigrant visas for one another's citizens. That's right. If you're an American and were planning to…![VP Pence pulls NFL Political Stunt at Taxpayer Expense](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/vp-pence-pulls-nfl-political-stu-187x137.jpg)
VP Pence pulls NFL Political Stunt at Taxpayer Expense
TeleSur | - - "I left today's Colts game because I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem," Pence said. Members of the National…![“Push her down the stairs”: Trump, US Misogyny and Birth Control](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/push-her-down-the-stairs-trump-u-187x137.jpg)
“Push her down the stairs”: Trump, US Misogyny and Birth Control
By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2004, Trump was on Howard Stern’s radio show to talk about his family. After admitting that he had had mixed feelings when…![Trump Finally Ditches the Iran Nuclear Deal, but at What Cost?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/trump-finally-ditches-the-iran-n-187x137.jpg)
Trump Finally Ditches the Iran Nuclear Deal, but at What Cost?
Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - President Trump is set to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, as reported by the global news media. That such a decision was coming was…![What if we Gave Six Wars and No Americans Noticed?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/what-if-we-gave-six-wars-and-no-187x137.jpg)
What if we Gave Seven Wars and No Americans Noticed?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Consider, if you will, these two indisputable facts. First, the United States is today more or less permanently engaged in hostilities in…![Top Ten Renewable Energy surprises in New IEA Report](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/top-ten-renewable-energy-surpris-187x137.jpg)
Top Ten Renewable Energy surprises in New IEA Report
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A new International Energy Agency report contains some startling findings about solar energy dominance and its future. !. Renewables comprised 66% of all…![What’s Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a “Terrorist”? His Whiteness](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/whats-stopping-media-from-callin-187x137.jpg)
What’s Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a “Terrorist”? His Whiteness
Zenobia Jeffries | ( Yes! Magazine) | - - Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances. Just when…![One Day’s News: American Apocalypse?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/one-days-news-american-apocalyps-187x137.jpg)
One Day’s News: American Apocalypse?
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - On Wednesday October 4, the news carried an apocalyptic version of our country with its chaotic national and foreign policy politics; its epidemic…![Rouhani: Ten Trumps couldn’t scrap Iran Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/rouhani-ten-trumps-couldnt-scrap-187x137.jpg)
Rouhani: Ten Trumps couldn’t scrap Iran Deal
TeleSur | - - "The nuclear deal was our moral victory,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. Amid speculation that U.S. President Donald Trump is to “decertify” the Iran Nuclear Deal next week,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/chart2-1-187x137.png)
Plummeting in Polls, will Trump ‘Wag the Dog’ with Iran, N. Korea?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Voice of America reports that on Thursday, Trump met with US military leaders to discuss Iran and North Korea, then staged a…![Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/can-the-west-help-the-rohingya-o-187x137.jpg)
Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?
By Ludovica Marchi | (LSE: British Politics and Policy) | - - Violence in Myanmar has resulted in more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims leaving the country and seeking refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh.Ludovica…![Industrial Mercury (including Coal) & the Communities it has Poisoned](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/industrial-mercury-including-coa-187x137.jpg)
Industrial Mercury (including Coal) & the Communities it has Poisoned
By Joshua Sokol | (Mosaic) | - - From 1932 to 1968, hundreds of tonnes of mercury seeped into the clear waters of Minamata Bay, Japan, causing health and environmental problems still…![Buzzfeed Exposes Breitbart’s Neo-Nazi Roots (TYT Video)](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/buzzfeed-exposes-breitbarts-neo-187x137.jpg)
Buzzfeed Exposes Breitbart’s Neo-Nazi Roots (TYT Video)
Brett Erlich, Nando Vila and Hannah Cranston | (The Young Turks Video) | - - Steve Bannon insists that there's "no room" for neo-nazi's and white supremacists in the alt-right movement, Buzzfeed…![Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/was-ayatollah-khamenei-right-abo-187x137.jpg)
Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump appears likely to attempt to derail the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA]), next week. The deal curbs…![Disrupting Climate Change](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/disrupting-climate-change-187x137.jpg)
Disrupting Climate Change
By Jules Kortenhorst | (Project Syndicate) | - - Despite a surge of apocalyptic weather and fears of runaway climate change, there is still time to stem global warming and save the…![saddamchair](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/saddamchair-187x137.jpeg)
Iraq: How Saddam Hussein’s Ghost haunts Kurdish Referendum
Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | - - Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein tried to exterminate the Kurds in Iraq. Now Iraqis angry about the Kurdish desire to secede are bringing…![countthedeadturse](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/countthedeadturse-180x137.jpeg)
Getting the Story: Combat Journalists and the Fixers they Depend On
By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - We were already roaring down the road when the young man called to me over his shoulder. There was a woman seated between us…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/pic2-1-187x137.png)
Colonial Legacy: When Dutch ‘Policing’ Op tried to bring down Indonesian Republic
By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | - - (This essay irst appeared in Dutch in De Groene Amsterdammer) Inexplicable sounds entered our internment camp Seventy years ago this year the Netherlands…![How We’re Failing the U.S. Citizens of Puerto Rico](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/how-were-failing-the-u-s-citizen-187x137.jpg)
How We’re Failing the U.S. Citizens of Puerto Rico
By Jill Richardson | (Otherwords.org) | - - Wanting federal aid in a natural disaster isn't wanting "everything done for you." It's what we should all expect. Hurricane-struck Puerto Rico wants “everything…![Iran and Turkey tag team Iraqi Kurds over Secession](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/iran-and-turkey-tag-team-iraqi-k-187x137.jpg)
Iran and Turkey tag team Iraqi Kurds over Secession
TeleSur | - - "The only beneficiaries are the Zionist regime and the U.S.," Ayatollah Khamenei said. Warning against alleged foreign plots, the leaders of Turkey and Iran said harsh measures would…![Top 5 signs Donald Trump might be an effing moron](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/top-5-signs-donald-trump-might-b-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 signs Donald Trump might be an effing moron
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Carol E. Lee at NBC reported Wednesday that last summer Rex Tillerson, the secretary of state, called Trump a "f*cking moron." The remark…![Germany and the Rise of a ‘Fascist International’](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/germany-and-the-rise-of-a-fascis-187x137.jpg)
Germany and the Rise of a ‘Fascist International’
John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Germany funds foundations for its political parties. If the far right gets one, we're one step closer to globalizing the alt-right.…![The Trump Presidency: How to Further Enrich the Masters of the Universe (Chomsky)](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/the-trump-presidency-how-to-furt-187x137.jpg)
The Trump Presidency: How to Further Enrich the Masters of the Universe (Chomsky)
By Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - [This interview has been excerpted from Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy, the new book by Noam Chomsky…![How dangerous people get their weapons in America](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/how-dangerous-people-get-their-w-187x137.jpg)
How dangerous people get their weapons in America
By Philip Cook | (The Conversation) | - - The recent mass shooting in Las Vegas that left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured raises two important questions: How do dangerous…![Israel to uproot 100k Palestinians by Annexing their Land](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/israel-to-uproot-100k-palestinia-187x137.jpg)
Israel to uproot 100k Palestinians by Annexing their Land
TeleSur | - - The move would hurt Palestine's aspirations of statehood. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed legislation that would lead to the annexation of nearly 19 Palestinian settlements and…![The Gasoline Car will be History before you Know it](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/the-gasoline-car-will-be-history-187x137.jpg)
The Gasoline Car will be History before you Know it
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The world transportation sector is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions, heat trapping gas that warmed up the Caribbean and contributed to…![26 Gun murders (equiv. 130) in England vs. *11,004* in US Annually](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/26-gun-murders-equiv-130-in-engl-187x137.jpg)
26 Gun murders (equiv. 130) in England vs. *11,004* in US Annually
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Revised There have been 1,516 mass shootings in 1,735 days in the United States. You'll note you don't hear about mass shootings in…![Six things to know about mass shootings in America](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/six-things-to-know-about-mass-sh-187x137.jpg)
Six things to know about mass shootings in America
Frederic Lemieux | (The Conversation) | - - America has experienced yet another mass shooting, this time at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. It…![Giraldi Controversy: No, US wars in Mideast are not for Israel Lobby](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/giraldi-controversy-no-us-wars-i-187x137.jpg)
Giraldi Controversy: No, US wars in Mideast are not for Israel Lobby
By Ian Berman* | (Informed Comment) | - - CIA Veteran Philip Giraldi kicked off a firestorm with his article, “America’s Jews are Driving America’s Wars.” A man of considerable experience with…![Fake News: Fascist Media try to blame Las Vegas Shooting on Left](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/fake-news-fascist-media-try-to-b-187x137.jpg)
Fake News: Fascist Media try to blame Las Vegas Shooting on Left
TeleSUR | - - The Las Vegas strip that comes under the jurisdiction of Clark County has declared a state of emergency in the area. Several right-wing media outlets have spread rumors…![396122C](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/396122C-187x137.jpeg)
Israel to close off Palestinian West Bank, Gaza for 11-day Jewish holiday
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities will completely seal off the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip for 11 consecutive days over the Jewish holiday of…![Too Little, Too Late: Trump dedicates Golf Trophy to Puerto Rico as he readies to Fly there](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/too-little-too-late-trump-dedica-187x137.jpg)
Too Little, Too Late: Trump dedicates Golf Trophy to Puerto Rico as he readies to Fly there
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump dedicated a golf trophy to Puerto Rico Sunday, as he prepared to fly to the island on a propaganda tour. Retired Lt.…![Austria Bans Burqa, Demands Muslim ‘Integration’ before Elections](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/austria-bans-burqa-demands-musli-187x137.jpg)
Austria Bans Burqa, Demands Muslim ‘Integration’ before Elections
TeleSur | - - The move comes ahead of the Oct.15 elections that critics worry might favor anti-immigration parties. Austria has decided to ban the full Islamic veil or Burqa and other…![Rohingya Genocide: Why isn’t the World Community Doing Something?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/rohingya-genocide-why-isnt-the-w-187x137.jpg)
Rohingya Genocide: Why isn’t the World Community Doing Something?
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Rohingya of Myanmar are probably passing through the darkest time in their history, with the international community standing almost idle. While the…![Presidential Quote: “You have to Treat Women Like Sh*t”:](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/presidential-quote-you-have-to-t-187x137.jpg)
Presidential Quote: “You have to Treat Women Like Sh*t”
By Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Back in 1992, a certain New York real estate mogul told a reporter from New York magazine that you have to treat women…![Trump’s Billionaire Cronies feed at Public Trough as he disses Puerto Rico](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/trumps-billionaire-cronies-feed-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Billionaire Cronies feed at Public Trough as he disses Puerto Rico
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump's petulant tweet storm on Saturday accused Puerto Ricans of wanting everything done for them. He expressed these sentiments as his secretary of…![Last Flight Departs as Iraq punishes Kurds’ Secession Vote](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/last-flight-departs-as-iraq-puni-187x137.jpg)
Last Flight Departs as Iraq punishes Kurds’ Secession Vote
TeleSur | - - Domestic flights are still allowed, so travelers are expected to travel to Kurdistan mostly via Baghdad's airport. The last international flight left Erbil airport on Friday as the…![EV Game-Changer: China dumping Gasoline Cars even Sooner](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/ev-game-changer-china-dumping-ga-187x137.jpg)
EV Game-Changer: China dumping Gasoline Cars even Sooner
By Zoran Radosavljevic | EURACTIV.com China announced on Thursday (28 September) it would start phasing out fossil fuel cars and set a 10% minimum quota of “new energy vehicles” in 2019, in…![Iraq: Kurds, United, Confident in Negotiated Settlement](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/iraq-kurds-united-confident-in-n-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Kurds, United, Confident in Negotiated Settlement
Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | - - In the end, the Kurdish people and politicians united around the independence referendum. But what happens next? Some senior politicians believe negotiations with…![Trump’s national anthem outrage ignores decades of Supreme Court rulings](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213253im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/trumps-national-anthem-outrage-i-187x137.jpg)