Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Mueller probe is looking into whether Elliott Broidy, former vice chair of the Trump Victory Committee and a one time deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee Finance Committee, has been involved in using his connections in the Trump administration to engage in influence peddling and to seek kickbacks from […]
If you Put an old W. Bush crony in Charge of Iran Policy, doesn’t it Signal a War-Like Intention?
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has appointed Brian H. Hook, the State Department director of policy planning, to head a coordinated “Iran Action Group.” Hook served in several important posts in the George W. Bush administration, indicating his support for lying the country into war with Iraq and the years-long US military occupation of that […]
#NottheEnemy: Ben Franklin warned that attack on Free Press Turns Liberty to Tyranny
Informed Comment is pleased to respond to the call of the Boston Globe for the press to fight back, on August 16, 2018, against Trump’s savage attacks on journalists and the free press. This column is dedicated to James Wright Foley, whom I met in Egypt in 2012, and who was fearless and level-headed in […]
Trump wouldn’t have let her in the Country, but Ilhan Omar is Likely joining Congress
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ilhan Omar, a refugee and a Somali-heritage Muslim woman who veils, has won the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s Fifth District congressional seat, hoping to succeed Keith Ellison. The district, which includes Minneapolis, typically votes heavily Democratic, so she has a good shot at winning the seat. Somalia is one of […]
Defying Trump, Iraq’s PM walks Back Pledge to Boycott Iran, says will avoid Dollar Trade
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi caretaker prime minister Haidar al-Abadi on Monday walked back his pledge last week that Iraq would participate in the US sanctions regime imposed on Iran. Al-Abadi now will only say that Iraq will not trade with Iran in dollars. I suppose that the two could instead use Euros or […]
Multi-Cultural Crowd Rallies in Tel Aviv against Likud Apartheid Law
The Maan News Agency reported that 30,000 people, mainly Palestinian-Israelis but also Jewish supporters, rallied in downtown Tel Aviv on Saturday against the so-called ‘Jewish nationality law’ passed by the far right wing Likud Party and its allies, which places ‘sovereignty’ in the Jewish community of Israel and formally reduces Palestinian-Israelis to second-class citizens, making […]
Trump’s “Space Force”: More ‘Whitey on the Moon’
Repurposed. If they can keep proposing the same brain dead policies, I can keep writing the same article. Trump and Pence want to spend $8 bn to establish a new branch of the US armed forces, the Space Force. I have enormous respect of the US military. My father was a 20-year man. Two of […]
Trump Tweets help Crash Turkish Currency as Pres. Erdogan Lashes Out
Turkish strong man Tayyip Erdogan is complaining about Donald Trump’s playing hard ball with his country, at a time when the Turkish lira is collapsing more dramatically than at any time since 2001, before the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK) came to power. Turkey’s currency has lost a third of its value against the […]
US Editorials called the Polish immigrant Grandparents of Laura Ingraham ‘Undesirables’
Professional bigot Laura Ingraham, ensconced in the primo 10 pm slot at Fox Cable News, has delivered herself of one of her typical Know-Nothing pronouncements on immigration to the US. Laura Ingraham: "The America we know and love doesn't exist anymore. Massive demographic changes have been foisted on the American people, and they are changes […]
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