Republican Party

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Americans are more at risk from violence by armed white Christian fanatics than they ever were from Muslims. Abortion clinics have been targeted for violence by fundamentalist Christians of a violent bent for decades. In 2009, Dr. George Tiller was relentlessly shot to death by Scott […]

Islam-hatred

Muslims Respond To Trump Muslim ID Card Idea With #MuslimID

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AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump suggested Muslim ID cards, resulting in backlash which has yet to deter the 2016 Republican Presidential candidate. Some folks concocted an interesting hashtag in response.” Meet Tayyib Rashid, the @MuslimMarine whose viral tweet launched #MuslimID. My interview: https://t.co/1JypeBZQQk pic.twitter.com/yy9GznolUI — Ismat Sarah Mangla (@ismat) November 21, […]

Far Right

“A Profile in Cowardice” (Political Cartoon)

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Paul Jamiol | Jamiol’s World | – – Via Jamiol’s World

Immigration

“Give us Your Huddled Masses.” But Syrians “Need Not Apply.”

Juan Cole

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Perhaps no words more beautifully define who we are as a people than those etched in that emblem of American freedom that has welcomed countless immigrants to our shores, the Statue of Liberty. At its base, it reads: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your […]

Domestic Surveillance

Trump’s call for Spying on US Muslims recalls FBI bugging of MLK, Black Churches

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Donald Trump supporters beat a ‘Black Lives Matter’ protester at his rally in Birmingham, Ala., Trump himself reminded us of the dark days when a paranoid J. Edgar Hoover had the FBI monitor the Rev. Martin Luther King and black Churches of the Southern Christian […]

Democratic Party

In Bipartisan display of Bigotry, 47 Democrats Join with House GOP to Refuse Syrian Refugees

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By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “Not much is bipartisan these days, but apparently bigotry is something both sides of the aisle can come together on.” “Speaker Ryan and this un-American bill’s supporters falsely claim it will simply pause U.S. resettlement of refugees,” said Karin Johanson of the ACLU. “In fact, […]

Immigration

Ben Carson compares Syrian Refugees to Rabid Dogs

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Don Dahler | CBSN | (Video News Report) | – – “GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson stirred up controversy after he likened Syrian refugees to rabid dogs. CBSN’s Don Dahler has more.” CBSN: Ben Carson’s controversial comments on Syrian refugees

Bill of Rights

Why the National Security State Relishes our being Trolled by Muslim Radicals

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By Tom Engelhardt | Tomdispatch.com) | – – Honestly, I don’t know whether to rant or weep, neither of which are usual impulses for me. In the wake of the slaughter in Paris, I have the urge to write one of two sentences here: Paris changed everything; Paris changes nothing. Each is, in its own […]

Barack Obama

Obama: GOP afraid of little Syrian Girls; Cruz: ‘You want a piece of me?’

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John Iadarola and Elliot Hill | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “President Obama is speaking out against Republican politicians and members of the media demonizing Syrian refugees, implying that we shouldn’t allow them into our country because of the inherent risks associated. Ted Cruz took the opportunity to dare Obama to insult him […]