Donald Trump

In the wake of the white nationalist mob takeover of the U.S. Capitol and Trump’s pending second impeachment, I contacted journalists and activists overseas to get an idea of how the rest of the world currently views us. Among other questions, I asked what issue Americans should be aware of that U.S. politicians and mainstream […]

Congress

Yes, it Was a Coup Attempt, but one Just as Looney as Trump and his Wingnuts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Wednesday 1/6 was clearly an attempted coup on Trump’s part. There is some controversy about this, depending on how analysts define a “coup.” It was of course not a successful coup d’état inasmuch as it failed to overturn the government or even to permanently install an elected president as an […]

Donald Trump

I submit this video as evidence in the Impeachment of Donald Trump: Don Winslow

Juan Cole

Don Winslow Films | Don Winslow | – NEW! #AnatomyofCapitolAttack TURN SOUND ON! I submit this video as evidence in the Impeachment of Donald Trump. Donald Trump engaged in "violent, deadly and seditious acts" which betrayed his trust as President and endangered the security of the United States. pic.twitter.com/j9nJ1McTIo — Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 10, […]

Banking

Letting the Markets go Wild while the People Go Down: A War of the Worlds

Tomdispatch

By Nomi Prins | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Sometimes things only make sense when seen through a magnifying lens. As it happens, I’m thinking about reality, the very American and global reality clearly repeating itself as 2021 begins. We all know, of course, that we’re living through a once-in-a-century-style pandemic; that millions of people […]

Donald Trump

Terminate Him: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Poignant Denunciation of Trumpian Fascism

Juan Cole

Arnold Schwarzenegger | Twitter Video | – My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/blOy35LWJ5 — Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 10, 2021 Also on YouTube.

Donald Trump

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

Juan Cole

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 think its argument has been well substantiated. The one thing I’ve rethought is my conviction that we could fight back against psychopathic policies by appealing to the Congressional majority of […]

American Jews

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

The Conversation

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 man wearing a black “Camp Auschwitz” T-shirt emblazoned with a skull and crossbones, and under it the phrase “work brings freedom” – an English translation of the Auschwitz concentration camp […]

Donald Trump

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

Middle East Monitor

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – How the mighty have fallen. In the space of a few months, Donald J Trump, the 45th President of the United States, has gone from the dizzy heights of Nobel Peace Prize chatter to the infamy of instigating the most disgraceful act of domestic […]

al-Qaeda

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

Juan Cole

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 came armed, or with ties for taking congressional representatives and senators hostage. Some were desperately looking for Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi in order to assassinate them for, in their […]