US politics

“I am your Retribution:” A Psychoanalyst’s Insight into the Male Rage fueled by Inequality that Propelled Trump to Victory

Los Angeles (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In our post-election blues, many pundits have started a post-mortem exploration of what went wrong with the Democrats’ optimistic outlook of winning the election, by even the thinnest margins. Explanations of Trump’s and Republican’s sweeping victory range from the ravages of inflation on the working class to […]

Featured

What Rough Beast? President Biden’s Gaza Policy Leaves the Middle East in Flames

Juan Cole

This is my summation of President Joe Biden’s Middle East policies for Tomdispatch.com. Check out Tom Engelhardt’s searing introduction. And note his recommendation for my new book, Gaza Yet Stands.. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – President Joe Biden has now joined the ranks of Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush as a president whose Middle East […]

Donald Trump

Netanyahu, Delirious at Trump’s Return, Dumps his Defense Minister to Pursue Complete Occupation of Gaza

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It was no coincidence that Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu chose the US Election Day to fire his Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, when Washington was too distracted to respond. With Bibi, everything is calculated for his benefit, even if it inflicts maximum damage on Israel and its […]

Democratic Party

Gaza: Harris lost because her Party represented War Mongering, Q.E.D.

Shamai Leibowitz

( The Times of Israel) – My beloved grandmother Savta Greta z”l often liked to use the acronym “Q.E.D.” – an abbreviation of the Latin phrase “quod erat demonstrandum” which means “that which was to be demonstrated” — signifying the end of a mathematical proof or logical argument. Essentially, it indicates the argument has been […]

Donald Trump

A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?

Karen J. Greenberg

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As the dust settles over election day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at stake, but the future of the presidency and its powers. Over the course of the first quarter of this century, the American presidency has accumulated ever more power, rendering the […]

Climate Crisis

Newly Elected Trump is Threatening to turn back the Tide on America’s environmental Laws and reverse Climate Progress

The Conversation

By Stephen Lezak, University of Oxford and Barbara Haya, University of California, Berkeley | – The Cuyahoga River, which runs through downtown Cleveland, Ohio, used to catch fire every decade or so. It started in the 1860s, when the river became choked with industrial waste, and the conflagrations continued all the way until the 1960s […]

Climate Crisis

Trump would be an “Extinction-Level Event” for the Planet, Turbocharging Climate Change. Vote Accordingly.

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UC Berkeley scholars warn that “with plans to expand the production of fossil fuels, curtail environmental regulations, dismantle key climate monitoring agencies and even undermine the Endangered Species Act, there is no question that Project 2025 would be disastrous for the climate.” Project 2025, despite his dishonest denials, is Trump’s […]

Democratic Party

As UN warns entire Population of Gaza is at Risk of Death, Bill Clinton says he’s not keeping Score

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bill Clinton is a Rhodes scholar and a voracious reader. He is not a stupid man. He is, however, morally stupid. I’m not referring to his personal life but to his remarks on Israel’s behavior in its total war on little Gaza. Clinton came to Michigan and said, “I understand […]

Donald Trump

The Super-Rich have a long history of Backing Fascism and Buying the White House: It is Happening Again

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Hopping around the rally stage like a drunken monkey, Elon Musk — the world’s most awkward man — demonstrated his subservience to the alpha ape Trump by repeatedly baring his bloated, bone-white belly. Several weeks ago, Musk made a fawning, cringe-worthy spectacle of himself as the primate Cult Leader watched […]