US politics

TeleSur | – – Democrats have been demanding changes to gun control policy in the wake of the Orlando club shooting. U.S. House Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor Wednesday to protest U.S. Republicans’ refusal to hold a vote on gun control measures, several media outlets reported. Led by civil rights icon John […]

Counter-Terrorism

Is Bombing Fallujah into Rubble from the air really a Winning Strategy?

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By William J. Astore | (Via Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In the era of the long war on terror, Thursday, June 2nd, 2016, was a tough day for the U.S. military. Two modern jet fighters, a Navy F-18 Hornet and an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, flown by two of America’s most capable pilots, […]

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After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it’s the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump’s blatantly racist attacks on immigrants have all along had as their subtext the implication that there is something wrong with those brown-skinned people and maybe it is unwise to let them in. Trump even said “‘it’s time’ for the UK to depart the European […]

Espionage

The Palmer Raids: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled

Juan Cole

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 […]

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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 […]