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A Fourth Woman has contacted Montgomery County with Kavanaugh Rape Allegations

A Fourth Woman has contacted Montgomery County with Kavanaugh Rape Allegations

Juan Cole

The local newspaper in Montgomery County, Maryland, is reporting that investigators there are aware of a fourth accuser (counting attorney Michael Avenatti’s anonymous one). The Sentinel writes: “Government investigators confirmed Monday they’re aware of a potential second sexual assault complaint in the county against former Georgetown Prep student and Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh. While investigators […]

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Top 4 Pieces of Sexual Harassment that Brought us to the Kavanaugh Debacle

Top 4 Pieces of Sexual Harassment that Brought us to the Kavanaugh Debacle

Juan Cole

Les Moonves didn’t know if it was good for the country, but Trump was definitely good for CBS Bottom Line

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Iran: Khamenei Blames Saudi Arabia, Trump's US for bloody Terror attack on Ahvaz

Iran: Khamenei Blames Saudi Arabia, Trump’s US for bloody Terror attack on Ahvaz

Juan Cole

The aim was clearly to spread terror among the civilian population.

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How Rosenstein's Firing Could lead to Trumpian Martial Law and Blood in the Streets

How Rosenstein’s Firing Could lead to Trumpian Martial Law and Blood in the Streets

Juan Cole

The New York Times reports that deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein talked about wearing a wire to record Trump’s insane prattering, and spoke of invoking the 25th amendment, which allows the cabinet to remove the president if he is incapacitated. Rosenstein’s office says that the remarks were facetious. They were recorded in memos by former […]

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The GOP is after Kerry for Iran Meetings, but has a Long History of  Covert Foreign Scandals

The GOP is after Kerry for Iran Meetings, but has a Long History of Covert Foreign Scandals

Juan Cole

Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and now Florida Senator Mario Rubio this week attacked former Secretary of State John Kerry for meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif this past winter and spring for conversations about ways of preserving the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA). Former secretaries of […]

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Annual State Dept. Report on decline of Terrorism forgets to Thank Iran and Hizbullah

Annual State Dept. Report on decline of Terrorism forgets to Thank Iran and Hizbullah

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual State Department report on terrorism says that terrorist attacks were down by 23% world wide in 2017. The report attributed this decline in some large part to the defeat of ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (Obviously, they haven’t disappeared there, and pockets continue to offer resistance, but let’s […]

Corruption
Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?

Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?

Juan Cole

I wrote in my column on Sunday, “Manafort’s Plea Deal is a Constitutional Crisis, we Just don’t Know it Yet:” Manafort has to give to the Federal government over $40 million in ill-gotten gains. Manafort has been convicted of lobbying for pro-Russian politicians and interests in Ukraine, of not registering as a foreign agent, and […]

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Trump's China Tariffs on Solar backfire; American Natural Gas hurt, as US PV sales Soar

Trump’s China Tariffs on Solar backfire; American Natural Gas hurt, as US PV sales Soar

Juan Cole

(Informed Comment) – President Donald Trump’s 30% tariff on Chinese-made solar panels turns out not to have had as severe an impact on the industry as had been feared. Trump was attempting to slow renewables growth in favor of Big Carbon–natural gas and coal, but he failed spectacularly. As it turns out, the Chinese are […]

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US, having created 4 mn Refugees in Iraq, Slashes Immigrant cap to 30,000

US, having created 4 mn Refugees in Iraq, Slashes Immigrant cap to 30,000

Juan Cole

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the Trump administration would slash refugee admissions to 30,000 in 2019, down from 45,000 in 2018 and from 85,000 in fiscal 2016. Refugees come in numbers to the US when there is a crisis in their own country. At the same time, US policies toward refugees in […]

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