US politics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Marx said that every great event in history happens twice, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce. In this regard, the Red Scare of the late teens and early 20s of the last century, promoted by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, was […]

African-Americans

Other Acts of Terror get Media Anniversaries, but not White Terrorists like Dylann Roof

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By Bryan van Hulst Miranda | ( TeleSur) | – – A year after Roof was charged over the mass-killing of nine Black people in an African Methodist church, it is worth remembering him for what he was. The domestic act of terror at a historic African-American Church in South Carolina on June 17, 2015, […]

Campaign Finance

Kochs’ Victory: House of Reps. Votes to Protect Anonymous ‘Dark Money’ Donors

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TeleSur | – – The House of Representatives approved a bill that campaign finance refomers say will open the door to illegal influence on political campaigns. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to protect the identities of wealthy individuals and others who make anonymous, or “dark money,” donations to politically active nonprofit […]

FBI

Did the FBI Tell Orlando Shooter’s ex-Wife Not to reveal He Was Gay to Media?

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TeleSur | – – In an interview with Brazilian TV, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen claimed the U.S. agency told her to keep quiet about his homosexuality. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation told the former wife of the Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, Sitora Yusufiy, not to speak of his homosexuality or the fact that […]

Featured

British Trumpism? Anti-Immigrant “Britain First” White Terrorist kills Member of Parliament

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The assassin shouted “Britain First!” as he repeatedly stabbed Jo Cox in the stomach with a hunting knife and then shot her with an old revolver several times. He also cut a 77-year-old man who unsuccessfully attempted to intervene. Cox, 41, and mother of two, served […]

Militarization

The over-teched over-priced Weapons that Ate the Pentagon

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By Andrew Cockburn | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – These days, lamenting the apparently aimless character of Washington’s military operations in the Greater Middle East has become conventional wisdom among administration critics of every sort. Senator John McCain thunders that “this president has no strategy to successfully reverse the tide of slaughter and mayhem” in […]

Bill of Rights

Trump’s response to Orlando massacre proves just how dangerous he is

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By Adam Quinn | (The Conversation) | – – Those who’ve been wondering when Donald Trump would switch from the wild bombast of his primary campaign to the sober mode traditionally demanded by a general election now have their answer: never. The dreadful gun massacre at the Pulse club in Orlando, Florida on June 12 […]

Arab Americans

Despite Terrorism fears, 59% of Americans Welcome Syrian, Iraqi Refugees

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | “American attitudes on refugees from the Middle East”: A Public Opinion Poll by Shibley Telhami is just out. Despite the raft of Republican mayors who have pledged to keep Syrian refugees out of their states (that isn’t actually a thing) and the sewage that has spilled from the […]

Featured

Obama: Hating on Muslim-Americans makes you an ally of ISIL, & Unamerican

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama is clearly concerned about the direction of the country and the mainstreaming of anti-Muslim hate speech, especially in the context of impossible-to-prevent lone wolf attacks like that at Orlando. He launched his fiercest attack yet on Donald Trump and warned of a repeat of […]