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Islamophobia
Exit Polls: Tolerant Dutch Reject Wilders' anti-Muslim Hate Speech

Exit Polls: Tolerant Dutch Reject Wilders’ anti-Muslim Hate Speech

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TeleSur | Many see the Dutch vote as a referendum on the viability of the viciously anti-Muslim, anti-migrant politics represented by Geert Wilders. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s center-right VVD Party remained the biggest in Parliament after an election Wednesday with 31 of the 150 seats, the first exit poll said, handing a significant defeat […]

Militarization
Trump bankrupting us w/ Pentagon Budget suited to 1943

Trump bankrupting us w/ Pentagon Budget suited to 1943

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By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – If you are an American male of a certain age — Donald Trump’s age, to be exact — you are likely to have vivid memories of Victory at Sea, the Emmy award-winning NBC documentary series about the U.S. Navy in World War II that aired from […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Natural Gas war on Palestinians

Israel’s Natural Gas war on Palestinians

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Ma’an News Agency | – – Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory does not only exist above ground. Since 1967, Israel has systematically colonized Palestinian natural resources and, in the field of hydrocarbons, has prevented Palestinians from accessing their own oil and gas reserves. Such restrictions have ensured the continued dependence of Palestinians on Israel for […]

Humor
N. Korea Interview interrupted by Unbearable Cuteness

N. Korea Interview interrupted by Unbearable Cuteness

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BBC | (Video News Clip) | – – “There was an unexpected distraction for Professor Robert Kelly when he was being interviewed live on BBC News about South Korea. But he managed to keep his composure and complete the interview successfully.” BBC: “Children interrupt BBC News interview – BBC News”

Arab Americans
To understand Muslim ban 2.0, think of Trump as a Crime Boss

To understand Muslim ban 2.0, think of Trump as a Crime Boss

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By Amir Ahmadi Arian | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Donald Trump is not an aberration. He is the extreme manifestation of an existing foreign policy doctrine – the ‘mafia principle’ – and he is determined to release the whole potential of its violent core. U.S. President Donald Trump. Picture by Pool/ABACA/ABACA/PA Images. All […]

Arab World
New Scientific Evidence that Middle East may become Uninhabitable

New Scientific Evidence that Middle East may become Uninhabitable

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By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – New evidence is deepening scientific fears, advanced few years ago, that the Middle East and North Africa risk becoming uninhabitable in a few decades, as accessible fresh water has fallen by two-thirds over the past 40 years. The water table is falling […]

Donald Trump
Kellyanne "Inspector Gadget" alleges Obama Microwave-Camera Surveillance

Kellyanne “Inspector Gadget” alleges Obama Microwave-Camera Surveillance

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Huffington Post | (Non-Satirical Satire Video Clip) “Kellyanne Conway is backtracking on her claims that the alleged wiretapping of Trump Tower by President Obama may have been more widespread than first thought. Her reversal comes just one day after she suggested “microwaves that turn into cameras” could have been used as a method of surveillance.” […]

Israel/ Palestine
Banksy hotel opens in Bethlehem, eliciting heated reactions by Palestinians

Banksy hotel opens in Bethlehem, eliciting heated reactions by Palestinians

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By Jaclynn Ashly and Reem Alqam | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s infamous separation wall in the occupied West Bank, while cutting off Palestinians from their lands and religious sites, isolating communities, and eroding the livelihood of scores of Palestinians along its route, has become an unlikely breeding ground for […]

racism
Addicted to Racism:  Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry

Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry

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By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | – – Only recently did I realise that people with racist prejudices have something to lose: their short-term delight, the balm for their soul. This is something they have in common with addicts. When they kick their habit, they lose this balm. In recent years, I have wondered […]

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