Republican Party

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 […]

Displaced and Refugees

Non-Christian Refugee

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees

Top 10 Reasons Governors are Wrong to Exclude Syrian Refugees

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Some half of US governors have announced their opposition to their states taking in Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks. Although they can bother refugees, they can’t actually dictate to people who are here legally where they can live. But anyway, here are the reasons for […]

Islam-hatred

Trump: We Should Strongly Consider Closing Mosques

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Who’s going to step in after Paris to demagogue? Donald Trump of course. He would hate to do it, but he would “have to consider” closing mosques in the U.S. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you […]

Republican Party

Can we Take another Year of GOP Candidates’ ‘Bright Ideas’?

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By Martha Burk | (Otherwords.org) | – – Can we really take another year of nasty rhetoric and nonsense proposals? We’re officially just under a year away from Election Day 2016. We’ve already been bombarded for months with red-hot anti-tax, anti-woman, anti-immigrant, and anti-poor rhetoric from a fool’s dozen Republican candidates. Can we really take […]

National Security State

No, Sending thousands of US Ground Troops won’t Fix the ISIL Problem

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by DAVID SCHANZER for ISLAMiCommentary David Schanzer Last night’s attacks will increase calls for more vigorous military action than the coalition has mustered to date. But despite the horrific attacks, the reasons against a large-scale land invasion by U.S. and NATO forces against ISIS in Iraq and Syria remain. Such an invasion will deepen the […]

Foreign Policy

Fair Weather Friends: GOP says ‘We’re all French’ Now; but remember Freedom Fries?

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By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – France has been hit twice by radical Islamist terrorism in the last year to punish it for its strong military support for Obama’s war against ISIS known as Operation Inherent Resolve. First there was the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January, which led people across America […]

Immigration

Trump’s “Deportation Force” Too Nuts For Even Bill O’Reilly

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Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump has elaborated on his immigration policy. He plans on assembling a “Deportation Force” to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. Bill O’Reilly thought it was a bit far-fetched. Ana Kasparian (The Point) and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the […]