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Juan Cole

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Peak Crisis in Sudan as Army elements side with Youth, Women against Dictator Bashir

Peak Crisis in Sudan as Army elements side with Youth, Women against Dictator Bashir

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Omar Hassan al-Bashir, b. 1944, has been deposed as president of Sudan in the wake of a military coup, according to Alarabiya (United Arab Emirates). Alarabiya also says that current and former government officials have been detained by the coup-makers. As I write, the state television has gone blank and […]

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Zionist OA's Mort Klein uses House Panel on White Nationalism to spread anti-Muslim Blood Libel

Zionist OA’s Mort Klein uses House Panel on White Nationalism to spread anti-Muslim Blood Libel

Juan Cole

Zionist Organization of America head Morton Klein testified Tuesday before a congressional inquiry into white nationalism and promptly excused white nationalism. Klein denied that the Tree of Life synagogue shooter or the New Zealand mosque shooter were animated by right wing ideas. Rafi Schwartz at Splinter observed, “Klein conveniently neglected to mention that the Tree […]

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In Norway Electric Vehicles outsold Gasoline Cars for first Time in History and other EV Success Stories

In Norway Electric Vehicles outsold Gasoline Cars for first Time in History and other EV Success Stories

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Electric cars are coming on like gangbusters, as ranges increase and prices fall dramatically. Here are 6 headlines pointing to the green car future: 1. In Norway, electric vehicles in March, 2019, outsold gasoline-driven cars for the first time. 2. Indeed, electric vehicles in Norway were responsible for 58% of […]

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Would-be Assassin brands Rep. Ilhan Omar as "Muslim Brotherhood," aping Milstein of Canary Mission

Would-be Assassin brands Rep. Ilhan Omar as “Muslim Brotherhood,” aping Milstein of Canary Mission

Juan Cole

A man from Addison, New York, was arrested after he made a menacing phone call to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office, speaking with staff. The FBi says that the man told the staffer, “Do you work for the Muslim Brotherhood? Why are you working for her, she’s a fucking terrorist. I’ll put a bullet in her […]

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Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists would paint a big Red Target On US Troops in Iraq

Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists would paint a big Red Target On US Troops in Iraq

Juan Cole

The notion is illogical because the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is a state actor, not a non-state actor.

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Florida PL's Huge Solar Battery will make as much Electricity as half a Nuclear Plant

Florida PL’s Huge Solar Battery will make as much Electricity as half a Nuclear Plant

Juan Cole

The batteries are now so cheap that it would actually save utilities money if they used them with solar farms compared to just going on on running old coal plants

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Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen

Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The House of Representatives voted Thursday 247 to 175 to end the US involvement in supporting the Saudi-led war effort in Yemen. 16 Republicans voted with the Democratic majority. The Senate had already passed the act, invoking the War Powers act for the first time since it was enacted in […]

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Dear Trump: Top 7 Signs Puerto Ricans might be Americans

Dear Trump: Top 7 Signs Puerto Ricans might be Americans

Juan Cole

When they move to the mainland and reside in a state, they can vote for president

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Senators Grill Rick Perry on Transfer of Nuclear Info to Saudi Arabia Despite "Troubling Actions"

Senators Grill Rick Perry on Transfer of Nuclear Info to Saudi Arabia Despite “Troubling Actions”

Juan Cole

“Many deeply troubling actions and statements that have provoked alarm in Congress”

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