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Juan Cole

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California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov'ts at Climate Summit Falter

California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov’ts at Climate Summit Falter

Juan Cole

19% of California’s electricity is now generated by its 23 gigawatts of solar installations

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Senate Fingers Saudi Bin Salman as Murderer, Demands End of Yemen War

Senate Fingers Saudi Bin Salman as Murderer, Demands End of Yemen War

Juan Cole

The Senate invoked the War Powers Resolution for the first time since it was enacted under Nixon in 1973

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Annual Informed Comment Fundraiser: Support Independent Journalism

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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!”

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