Republican Party

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – GOP frontrunner Donald Trump openly attributes his success at the polls to the terrorist attacks on Paris last fall, in which Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) was involved. Ever since Mosul fell to the organization (originally al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia) in June of 2014, it has provoked great concern […]

Republican Party

Could Trump losing Wisconsin halt his successful ride?

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Ed Schultz | (RT America) | – – “Ted Cruz is expected to win the Wisconsin primary on the heels of what many are calling a bad week for frontrunner Donald Trump. But what happens if Trump can’t reach 1,237 delegates? Two-thirds of the delegates would become ‘unbound,’ leading to a ‘free-for-all,’ says Matt Schlapp, […]

Bush

One Reason the GOP Bigwigs hate Trump: He told the truth about Bush WMD Lies

Juan Cole

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Recently Donald Trump broke with Republican convention and roiled the party base by boldly stating “You call it whatever you want. I want to tell you. They [the Bush administration] lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction [in Iraq]; there were none. And […]

Displaced and Refugees

Dear GOP: Top Myths about Syrian Refugees, refuted by Actual Facts

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By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – Following the March 2016 bombings in Brussels, Donald Trump stated: We have to be smart … We’re taking in people without real documentation. We don’t know where they are coming from … they could be ISIS-related. Not to be outdone, Sen. Ted Cruz added: We […]

National Security Agency

Is Trump Right on Torture?

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Written by Bridge Initiative Team | ( Bridge) | – – In the wake of the Belgium terrorist attacks, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has double-downed on his position in favor of torture. In a recent telephone interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Trump argued “we have to change our law on the waterboarding thing,” that […]

Far Right

Now that Trump has mainstreamed White Supremacists, are they in Politics to stay?

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By Peter Montgomery | (Otherwords) | – – The GOP frontrunner has turned white nationalists into political players. The staying power of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy has surprised and unsettled people across the political spectrum. Many voters who are angry about the loss of middle-class jobs and frustrated with our broken politics have rallied to […]

African-Americans

Sanders Promises Economic Justice for Muslim, Black Communities

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TeleSur | – – The Vermont senator fielded questions on social justice from members of the the African-American and Muslim communities at a Town Hall in Milwaukee. Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders held a Town Hall meeting tonight in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The senator from Vermont was introduced by African-American Reverend Marcus Hart, and fielded questions from […]

Reproductive Choice

Anti-choicers condemning Trump while pushing laws that punish women (Seth Meyers)

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Seth Meyers | (NBC Late Night Video) | – – “Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s controversial statement that there should be “some form of punishment” for women who seek abortions.” Late Night with Seth Meyers: “Trump’s Abortion Comments: A Closer Look”

Foreign Policy

Is Trump, wrong on everything else, Right on US Foreign Policy?

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By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – It might take someone of Trump’s vapid visibility to drive home the point that “world’s policeman” is not a viable role for the U.S. to play. He wants to cut back on U.S. military commitments overseas. He calls the Iraq War “one of […]