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Sep 24 2014
News
Congratulations, Assad: You successfully got the US to bomb your enemies instead of you
Almost precisely one year ago, the Obama administration was so enraged with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, whose campaign of terror in the Syrian civil war had killed thousands of civilians, including with chemical weapons, that President Obama was personally making the case for launching off-shore strikes against Assad. For a president who so assiduously avoids military conflict, it was a
VoxSep 22 2014
News
Islamic State appears to release chilling threat
A spokesman for the Islamic State militant group has apparently released a new, chilling message threatening the U.S. and its allies.
In a speech titled "Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful" and released widely over social media Sunday, Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al Adnani urges members of the Muslim faith to take violent action against "disbelievers" by any means necessary.
USA TODAYSep 18 2014
News
Are Conservative Cities Better?
The Republican Party is, more than ever before in its history, an anti-urban party,” the New York Times op-ed page declared after the 2012 elections, a contest that saw the GOP trounced in city after blue-tinged city—and not just at the top of the ballot. Last year, Politico’s Alexander Burns dubbed urban Republicans “perhaps the nation’s most severely endangered political species,” and noted
PoliticoAug 07 2012
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Economists Agree: Extending Tax Cuts Aids Economy
Speaker of the House John Boehner has recently touted a list of 88 economists who warn against the expiration of tax cuts on high-income earners. These economists came together from some of the country's top universities, think-tanks and business organizations to write that the expiration of the tax cuts pushed by President Obama "will hurt the economy and must be stopped before it goes into
TownhallAug 02 2014
News
Obama: After 9-11, US 'Tortured Some Folks'
The United States tortured al Qaida detainees captured after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama acknowledged Friday, in some of his most expansive comments to date about a controversial set of CIA practices that he banned after taking office.
"We tortured some folks," Obama said at a televised news conference at the White House. "We did some things that were contrary to our values."
Newsmax (News)Aug 01 2014
Opinion
Clueless in Gaza
John Kerry is upset by heavy criticism from Israelis — left, right and center — of his recent cease-fire diplomacy. But that’s only half the story. More significant is the consternation of America’s Arab partners, starting with the president of the Palestinian Authority. Mahmoud Abbas was stunned that Kerry would fly off to Paris to negotiate with Hamas allies Qatar and Turkey in talks that
Charles KrauthammerAug 07 2023
Headline Roundup
US Deploys Over 3,000 Troops to Middle East Amid Iranian Tensions
United States Naval Forces Central Command announced the arrival of over 3,000 sailors and Marines to the Middle East on Sunday in response to a series of incidents where civilian ships were allegedly seized by Iranian forces.
Details: Forces from the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived on board the USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall warships. The
The Hill Al Jazeera Fox News DigitalAug 16 2019
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Cancels Visit To Israel And The West Bank
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., says she's canceling her visit to Israel and the West Bank.
Israel's interior ministry announced Friday that it would allow Tlaib to enter the country as a private citizen to visit her aging grandmother, after it banned her and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from going on a political trip amid pressure from President Trump.
In a statement Friday morning,
NPR (Online News)Aug 02 2023
Headline Roundup
Are Age Limits For Politicians a Good Idea?
A series of troubling incidents involving aging politicians reignited debate on the potential impact of imposing an age limit on elected officials.
Age Limits, Competency Tests: A writer in New York Post Opinion (Right bias) noted how aging politicians are not a new issue, but that in the modern climate of “social media, cable news and ubiquitous cameras, there is no curtain to wedge
New York Post (Opinion) RealClearPolitics Al JazeeraAug 05 2019
News
El Paso shooting comes amid global rise in white nationalist violence
Reports that the suspected gunman at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, saw his mass shooting as “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas” has prompted bipartisan calls for the US to treat the threat of domestic “white terrorists” as seriously as the threat of attacks by supporters of al-Qaida or Isis.
But experts who study racist violence say the attack must be understood not just as a
The Guardian