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Rupert Murdoch's Fox postpones Pirro, as his Sky Channel is Pulled from NZ Airwaves for airing Shooter's Video

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox postpones Pirro, as his Sky Channel is Pulled from NZ Airwaves for airing Shooter’s Video

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – World-straddling press lord Rupert Murdoch’s media is under pressure in the wake of the massacre of 50 worshipers by a white supremacist terrorist at a Christchurch mosque. Murdoch’s Fox News is known for pushing white nationalist themes and for demonizing Muslims, and his Sky News Australia is not very different. […]

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Dear Sen. Anning re: Mosque Shooting:  The  Qur’an Forbids Murder and Commands Peacemaking

Dear Sen. Anning re: Mosque Shooting: The Qur’an Forbids Murder and Commands Peacemaking

Juan Cole

the servants of the All-Merciful who walk humbly upon the earth—and when the unruly taunt them, they reply, ‘Peace!’

Donald Trump
New Zealand: Is Trumpism now replacing ISIL as a major Cause of Stochastic Terrorism?

New Zealand: Is Trumpism now replacing ISIL as a major Cause of Stochastic Terrorism?

Juan Cole

This phenomenon of white nationalists inspired to violence by Trump is hardly new or unusual

Bernie Sanders
In Historic Rebuke to Trump, Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen

In Historic Rebuke to Trump, Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen

Juan Cole

Thousands of children have starved and 16 million persons are food insecure in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

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Dear Tucker Carlson:  Iraqis Invented Civilization and, like, Literacy when "White Men" were Painting themselves Blue

Dear Tucker Carlson: Iraqis Invented Civilization and, like, Literacy when “White Men” were Painting themselves Blue

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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tucker Carlson has been playing David Duke with a northeast accent and bow tie for some years, but in radio interviews with Bubba the Love Sponge from a decade ago released by Media Matters, he gave up the dog whistle for butchering and barbecuing the dog. Mediamatters4america: “Tucker Carlson makes […]

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Rupert Murdoch Provocateur Tucker Carlson Exposed in Bubba the Love Sponge Interview (TYT Video)

Rupert Murdoch Provocateur Tucker Carlson Exposed in Bubba the Love Sponge Interview (TYT Video)

Juan Cole

Media Matters for America has released an interview Tucker Carlson

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Even Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot Slams Netanyahu's Racism: 'It is not a matter of ... Arabs or Jews"

Even Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot Slams Netanyahu’s Racism: ‘It is not a matter of … Arabs or Jews”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Can Wonder Woman take down Israel’s combative, far right wing prime minister over his disturbing racism? Actress Gal Gadot, who played the Amazonian superhero in the blockbuster DC Entertainment film, has weighed in. As her character, Diana, said in the film, “I am the man who can.” Embed from Getty […]

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America's Long History of Hysteria about Women's Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar

America’s Long History of Hysteria about Women’s Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar

Juan Cole

In fact, nothing is more American historically than veiling and debates on veiling.

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In Bellwether, Norway Wealth Fund Dumps Oil Exploration Stocks as Bad Investment

In Bellwether, Norway Wealth Fund Dumps Oil Exploration Stocks as Bad Investment

Juan Cole

Investing in hydrocarbons for long-term income is the Blockbuster Trap

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