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Author: Juan Cole
German Politicians think Trump is dangerously close to Neo-Nazis, and they Should know
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The nation of Germany gazed with helpless horror at Trump's disastrous Tuesday press conference, in which he tried to make a false equivalency…
Fascism in Charlottesville: Why it had a monopoly on violence & Intimidation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In his unhinged news conference on Tuesday, Trump equated what he called the "alt-Left" (which is not a thing) with the alt-Right. He…
Why don’t People think Trump’s Denunciation sincere? B/c he Ran on Racism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump finally came out, two days late, to denounce explicitly and by name the hate groups who organized an invasion, hundreds-strong, of little…
Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Steve Bannon ran, and is still likely pulling the strings at, Breitbart, the "Stormfront" in a business suit with a skinny tie. Bannon…
Top 5 Ways White Terrorism means never having to Say you’re Sorry
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I've argued for some time that US media treats white terrorists differently than others. And, I noted recently that the US press seems…
‘Locked & Loaded’ Trump’s 1960s Cowboyism re: N. Korea & Venezuela
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - If you were away from news on Friday, you might like to know that in addition to hot wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq…
If an Iranian president talked like Trump we’d think them all nut cases
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Over the years the smug Western pundits have had a good deal of fun at the expense of unhinged Middle Eastern rulers. There…
Kissinger pushes Iranophobia, fear of ‘radical empire’ as ISIL declines
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Henry Kissinger at 94 is still misinforming Washington about Iran. Now he is warning of an "Iranian radical empire" stretching from Tehran to…
“Fire & Fury” or “Shock and Awe”: it is always the start of a Quagmire
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - If we weren't talking about two nuclear-armed states with unhinged leaders, the war of words between the US and North Korea would be…
Scientists Leak Study on Global Heating Impact b4 Trump can Suppress it
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A draft report on the current impact of global heating on the United States, produced by 13 Federal agencies, has been leaked to…
Can a General ‘Unchaos’ the White House? – Juan Cole Interview
Warren Olney | KCRW. | (To the Point Radio Show) | - - Can a general 'unchaos' the White House? "With the President away, his White House Staff will play — unless…
Gov.’s branding Mosque bombing ‘terrorism’ astonishes US Press
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - This Saturday, a Bloomington, Minnesota mosque was attacked with an improvised explosive device, which destroyed an office with fire and blew out windows…
As Trump leaves Paris Accord, Wind jobs are fastest growing in US next Decade
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - CBS News reports that jobs in the wind energy field will grow 108 percent in the next 7 years. Working on wind turbines,…
UN Report: Muslim Youth going to fight in Syria mostly not Motivated by Islam
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Lizzie Dearden at The Independent reviews a new report by the United Nations Office of counter-terrorism report. Some 25,000 young men are said…
Trump’s Worst Nightmare: Mueller’s Grand Jury Subpoenas Russia Documents
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has empaneled a grand jury in the investigation of Trump's ties to Russia. The Grand Jury in turn has…
Top 5 Great Power Realist Reasons Trump is Wrong on Immigration
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Many of the reactions to Stephen Miller's announcement of Trump's proposed immigration policies have pulled at the heart strings. People on social media…
The Dragon Arrives: 1st Chinese overseas Military Base in Djibouti
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - China has just inaugurated its first military base abroad, in the tiny Red Sea country of Djibouti. Beijing has a long way to…
Top 6 Falsehoods Embraced by new WH Chief of Staff John Kelly
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - John Kelly will get a lot of good will from having fired the foul-mouthed Anthony Scaramucci. But should he? At least Scaramucci had…