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Donald Trump
As 100K Iranians Protest Trump; some thank Americans for defending Muslims

As 100K Iranians Protest Trump; some thank Americans for defending Muslims

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TeleSur | – – Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Friday to swear allegiance to their clerical leaders and reject U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning that he had put the Islamic Republic “on notice,” state TV reported. On the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the U.S.-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, marchers […]

Donald Trump
Is Steven Bannon marching America toward Messianic Apocalypse?

Is Steven Bannon marching America toward Messianic Apocalypse?

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By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – What does it mean for international relations when the most powerful country in the world becomes a pariah state? [In] Der Spiegel’s instantly infamous Donald Trump cover Donald Trump is holding up the severed head of the Statue of Liberty. It’s a striking image […]

Corruption
White House, Inc.:  Kellyanne Con Artist Pitches Ivanka Line

White House, Inc.: Kellyanne Con Artist Pitches Ivanka Line

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TeleSur | – – Ivanka Trump has said she would step away from her company when her father took office in the White House. A top aide to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday promoted the clothing and jewelry line named after his daughter Ivanka, one day after the president’s tweet criticizing a retailer for […]

Donald Trump
Somali Muslims in MN mobilize for Love and Tolerance

Somali Muslims in MN mobilize for Love and Tolerance

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By Christopher Zumski Finke | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – The large refugee community in Minnesota is a big target for bigotry, and tensions are expected to get worse. But they’ve got a plan. In November 2015, Asma Jama, a Somali-born woman living in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, was waiting for her pasta […]

Turkey
Turkey's Referendum on a Presidential System provokes Fears on Both Sides

Turkey’s Referendum on a Presidential System provokes Fears on Both Sides

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By Ali Murat Yel | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey is facing a possible referendum in April regarding a constitutional amendment that would change the current system from a parliamentary to a presidential one. Despite heated debates in the public arena, in which the left has alleged that a presidential system will move Turkey […]

Donald Trump
The Catch-22 of Trump's Muslim Ban: First, Bomb them, then Demand Vetting

The Catch-22 of Trump’s Muslim Ban: First, Bomb them, then Demand Vetting

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By M. Safa Saracoglu | (Informed Comment) | – – On January 30, 2017, the President issued an executive order suspending entry of people from seven countries for 90 days. This ban proclaimed that people coming from these nations “would be detrimental to the interests of the US.” The suspension was designed to “temporarily reduce […]

Civil Rights
We want our Muslim Physicians Back!  How America reclaimed a victim of Injustice

We want our Muslim Physicians Back! How America reclaimed a victim of Injustice

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By Charles Ornstein | (ProPublica) | – – In a clandestine mission that had the makings of a hostage rescue, the Cleveland Clinic and its lawyers arranged for medical resident Suha Abushamma to fly back to the United States yesterday, more than a week after she was forced to leave because of President Donald Trump’s […]

Donald Trump
Pope Francis Says Building a Wall ‘Not a Christian Gesture’

Pope Francis Says Building a Wall ‘Not a Christian Gesture’

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TeleSur | – – “A Christian can never say ‘I’ll make you pay for that.’ Never! That is not a Christian gesture,” said Pope Francis. Pope Francis said Wednesday that society should not create “walls but bridges” to encourage good relations among people, adding it was wrong to be spiteful and say “I’ll make you […]

Israel/ Palestine
Rights group warns Israel could could launch ‘wide-scale’ military offensive in Gaza

Rights group warns Israel could could launch ‘wide-scale’ military offensive in Gaza

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Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — In the wake of multiple airstrikes launched by the Israeli army inside the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Gaza-based al-Mezan Center for Human Rights expressed concern that Israel could be leading up to a wide-scale military offensive. Meanwhile on Wednesday, four Israeli bulldozers raided the […]

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