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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump:  Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?
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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump: Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

06/07/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

06/07/2025 By The Conversation

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Four Years Later:  'Welcome to Psychopathocracy,' the Sequel

Four Years Later: ‘Welcome to Psychopathocracy,’ the Sequel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – N.B.: I wrote this essay on January 10, 2017. Four years later, I stand by most of it, and I […]

Juan Cole

American Jews
What were those Horrifying Anti-Jewish Hate Symbols at the Capitol Insurrection? A Scholar of American Anti-Semitism Explains

What were those Horrifying Anti-Jewish Hate Symbols at the Capitol Insurrection? A Scholar of American Anti-Semitism Explains

By Jonathan D. Sarna | – One of the many horrifying images from the Jan. 6 rampage on the U.S. Capitol shows a long-haired, long-bearded […]

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Climate Crisis
"Never before in the History of Civilization have we had such Warming:" 2020 saw $210 billion in Natural Disasters

“Never before in the History of Civilization have we had such Warming:” 2020 saw $210 billion in Natural Disasters

By Charlotte Nijhuis | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was […]

Clean Energy Wire

Donald Trump
Sycophants Said Trump was sent by God, Now he's the Most Disgraced President in History

Sycophants Said Trump was sent by God, Now he’s the Most Disgraced President in History

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – How the mighty have fallen. In the space of a few months, Donald J […]

Middle East Monitor

al-Qaeda
Vanilla ISIL: Social Media is forced to Treat Trump and Trumpists Like Terrorists

Vanilla ISIL: Social Media is forced to Treat Trump and Trumpists Like Terrorists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Not everyone who mobbed the Capitol on 1/6 was a terrorist, but there were many terrorists among them. Some people […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
First Impeach, then strip Trump of Benefits from the Former Presidents Act

First Impeach, then strip Trump of Benefits from the Former Presidents Act

Austin, Tx. (Special to Informed Comment) – In the aftermath of Trump’s Rally for Fascism that led to the storming of the Capitol, there is […]

Steve Scholl

Donald Trump
Far-right activists on social media telegraphed violence weeks in advance of the attack on the US Capitol

Far-right activists on social media telegraphed violence weeks in advance of the attack on the US Capitol

By Alex Newhouse | – The attack on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 was shocking, but no one following right-wing activity on social […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
50+ Foreign Policy and National Security Experts Call on Biden to Return to Iran Deal

50+ Foreign Policy and National Security Experts Call on Biden to Return to Iran Deal

National Iranian American Council. Note to Informed Comment readers: Juan Cole is among the signatories below. To: President Elect Biden and the Biden administration As […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Dear Rats deserting Trump's Sinking Ship:  All those Times you didn't Resign or Even criticize his Monstrous Deeds

Dear Rats deserting Trump’s Sinking Ship: All those Times you didn’t Resign or Even criticize his Monstrous Deeds

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The rats are deserting Trump’s sinking ship, after he fomented the Great QAnon Capitol Insurrection, with two cabinet secretaries and […]

Juan Cole

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