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 Anti-Defamation League found that anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. rose by 57 percent in 2017
Split in Rebel Yemeni coalition, as Saleh turns on Houthis, seeks peace with Saudis
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 […]
What’s Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a “Terrorist”? His Whiteness
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 […]
GOP Rep. urges US Terror alliance with ISIL against Iranian civilians
NIAC | (Video News Clip) | – – NIAC Action: “Shocking: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Suggests Tehran ISIS Attack Was “Positive”
US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions
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 […]
For First Time, a US President backs a Fascist France
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 […]
Pundits, stop Swooning: Trump still covering for Radical White Nationalist Extremists
By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | – – The president’s obsession with Muslims and immigrants gives cover to a simmering white nationalist movement at home. Donald Trump began his recent speech to Congress with a line seemingly designed to appease his critics. “As we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month,” he […]
CPAC, OK with alt-NeoNazism, drops Milo over Teen Sex Comments
TeleSur | – – Milo Yiannopoulos will not be allowed to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference following the discovery of his comments supporting pedophilia. Breitbart editor and self-described “occasional fellow traveler with the alt-right,” Milo Yiannopoulos, has for some time now been notorious for his sexist, transphobic, racist and far-right views. But it’s […]
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