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By Chris Lefkow | – Washington, DC (AFP) – A US Coast Guard officer who espoused white supremacist views and drafted a target list of Democratic politicians and prominent media figures has been arrested on firearms and drug charges. Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, an admirer of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, was arrested last week […]

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White Terrorists who Pled Guilty to Bombing Minnesota Mosque Wanted to Build Trump’s Wall

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The wall would be “a powerful architectural statement of the determination of the American people to defend their nation and its Anglo-Saxon heritage”

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Why does US Government Ignore Right Wing White Terrorism?

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Washington (AFP) – Robert Bowers, accused of massacring 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue, spewed extreme anti-Semitic invective openly on social media, and had 10 guns registered in his name. Cesar Sayoc, who sent 15 pipe bombs to anti-Trump Democrats and media, tweeted threats to dozens of public figures, including sending a TV commentator a […]

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When Terrorism is a Weapon of the Strong

The Conversation

The Anti-Defamation League found that anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. rose by 57 percent in 2017

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Split in Rebel Yemeni coalition, as Saleh turns on Houthis, seeks peace with Saudis

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Amid a growing problem of malnutrition and cholera outbreaks caused by the Saudi-led war on Yemen, the two branches of the northern Yemeni government have split and are fighting one another. The country is being plunged into yet more misery, and the Saudis are looking to […]

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What’s Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a “Terrorist”? His Whiteness

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Zenobia Jeffries | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances. Just when we think the national mood cannot get any lower after a weekend of the U.S. president taunting the mayor of Puerto Rico following […]

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GOP Rep. urges US Terror alliance with ISIL against Iranian civilians

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NIAC | (Video News Clip) | – – NIAC Action: “Shocking: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Suggests Tehran ISIS Attack Was “Positive”

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US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions

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By Daniel Korschun, Boryana V Dimitrova, and Yoto V. Yotov | (The Conversation) | – – U.S. News and World Report recently published its annual “Best Countries” ranking, based on how thousands of people around the world perceive other nations. Switzerland topped the 80-country ranking, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom. One big surprise […]

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For First Time, a US President backs a Fascist France

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – While she is highly unlikely to win the run-off presidential election on May 7 against the Bill Clinton of France, Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen managed to come in second in the first round on Sunday. She came ahead of the leaders of both major French […]