By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On the eve of former FBI director James Comey’s testimony, Trump seems to be tanking in the polls, and his firing Comey seems to be a big part of the reason why. Nate Silver’s poll of polls finds that the percentage of those who strongly support […]
How Trump Used the London Attacks to Further His Agenda (Cole Rising Up Interview)
Rising Up with Sonali | Sonali Kolhatkar | (Audio and Video Interview) | “Just days before the UK elections, US president Donald Trump has wielded his Twitter account as a weapon once more, accusing London’s mayor Sadiq Khan of making a “pathetic excuse” for the attack that killed 7 people on London bridge last Saturday. […]
Trump’s Ally: Saudi Arabia’s drive for Aristocratic Hegemony in the Middle East
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia is making a drive to become a regional hegemon. It has long used its oil wealth to achieve a great deal of influence among neighbors, of course. But it is now flexing military muscles. From a Saudi point of view, they have suffered decades […]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan uninvites Trump as opposed to Humane British Values
By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | – – Trump’s shameful and out of context attacks on Sadiq Khan, the popular mayor of London, have only reminded us of what a boor Trump is. Britain agrees. Khan told Channel 4 News Monday, “I don’t think we should roll out the red carpet to the president […]
How Trump should have responded to London Attacks if he were Normal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/ Mar-a-Lago Florida (Golf Course) Dear Prime Minister May and Mayor Khan: I was devastated to learn that so many people were killed or wounded on London Bridge Saturday night. The special relationship between my country and the United Kingdom is […]
Who needs Trump: State Policies driving huuje advances in Wind Power
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Anyone who is depressed about Trump’s sabotage of action to halt climate change should take heart from a remarkable development in Kansas.. Governor Sam Brownback, a little-government arch-conservative who has run the state into the ground and ruined its education system and been a disaster in […]
What’s the most effective way to fight terrorism? – Juan Cole on CBS
Reena Ninan | CBS News | (Video Clip) | – – “A new article in The Nation suggests Ariana Grande has a better approach to fighting terrorism than Defense Secretary James Mattis. After a deadly attack at Grande’s concert in Manchester, the singer is now reaching out to victims and thanking them for their strength. […]
Did Trump’s Climate Disavowal just kill Capitalism?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The last time capitalism faced a crisis this deep, it was 1929. People minded the Great Depression. All those people Joe McCarthy persecuted in the 1950s for having joined the Communist Party when they were young and angry had been angry because of the Great Depression. […]
Top 5 Climate Catastrophes to which Trump just Doomed his own Supporters
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Thursday, Trump delivered himself of one of the most brain-dead speeches ever given by an American president, more imbecilic even than Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” or Nixon’s “I am not a crook.” He withdrew from the Paris climate accords, saying that he was elected to represent […]
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