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Juan Cole

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Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – We need your help! Informed Comment is almost unique in systematically reporting on US foreign policy and Middle East affairs from a Left perspective. We hope readers have enjoyed and benefited from Informed Comment’s major redesign this past year. We also carried original reporting, and began […]

Corruption
If Cohen and Pecker are Guilty of Campaign Finance Felonies, isn't Trump?

If Cohen and Pecker are Guilty of Campaign Finance Felonies, isn’t Trump?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The special counsel’s investigation into hush money Trump paid to a Playboy model and a porn star turns out so far to be much more significant than Robert Mueller’s investigation of Trump’s collusion with Russia in 2016. The law on campaign finance violations, while not air tight, is far clearer […]

Donald Trump
Is Saudi Crown Prince using Kushner to Manipulate Trump?

Is Saudi Crown Prince using Kushner to Manipulate Trump?

Juan Cole

Rising up with Sonali featured an interview with me on “Saudi Crown Prince Might Be Manipulating Trump Through Kushner” by Sonali Kolhatkar. Watch @jricole explain how “Saudi Crown Prince Might Be Manipulating Trump Through Kushner?” by @RUWithSonali on #Vimeo https://t.co/DgfKGfPJV1 — Rising Up W/ Sonali (@RUWithSonali) December 12, 2018

Islam
The Rightwing ‘American Spectator’ doesn’t Want you to read my ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace ‘

The Rightwing ‘American Spectator’ doesn’t Want you to read my ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace ‘

Juan Cole

Harrod’s argument is one of the most grievous fallacies of anachronism ever to be committed in the history of humankind.

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Top 6 Reasons Dems shouldn't Allocate a single Cent for Trump's Idiotic Wall

Top 6 Reasons Dems shouldn’t Allocate a single Cent for Trump’s Idiotic Wall

Juan Cole

Southwest border arrests of undocumented entrants are as low as they have been in 50 years

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Trump's App't of Nauert at U.N. is a National Security Threat to the U.S.

Trump’s App’t of Nauert at U.N. is a National Security Threat to the U.S.

Juan Cole

To plumb the depths of Nauert’s ignorance about international affairs it would be necessary to deploy the Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1)

Bahrain
Is Kushner Covering for Bin Salman Murder Charge so Israel can Usurp Palestinian West Bank?

Is Kushner Covering for Bin Salman Murder Charge so Israel can Usurp Palestinian West Bank?

Juan Cole

Khashoggi’s last words were”I can’t breathe!”

Donald Trump
Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff

Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff

Juan Cole

Revised By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump announced Saturday that his chief of staff, John Kelly, will leave at the end of the month. It has been reported that the two men are not speaking. Kelly was often seen as a force for stability in the Trump administration, but as I […]

Corruption
Trump is now an Unindicted Felon: US Att'y for Southern District of New York

Trump is now an Unindicted Felon: US Att’y for Southern District of New York

Juan Cole

The US Attorney’s office maintained that Cohen’s payoff to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougall constituted a infraction against US election laws.

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