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Oh man.
So first, is Qatar really a greater supporter of terrorism than Saudi Arabia, home of the Wahhabi? What about Egypt? Wasn’t Egypt the original home of Muslim Brotherhood which has recently sworn off violence, but which has quite an...
by Colorado Blue
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on Tue Jun 06, 2017 at 01:27 PM PDT
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Because of course you can tell someone is a “leader” when he has dozens and dozens of people following his lead.
Buzzfeed News has confirmed more than 50 incidents in 26 states where students have been harassed at school using themes they picked...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Tue Jun 06, 2017 at 12:02 PM PDT
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Trump discovers source of all terrorism—the guy he promised to sell 'beautiful' weapons to last week Donald Trump has discovered the single source of all terrorism. A tiny spot that he can squelch with a few bombing runs—and it’ll be easy, because US bombers are already based there.
Qatar is a Connecticut-sized state that juts out into...
by Mark Sumner
152 comments
on Tue Jun 06, 2017 at 07:20 AM PDT
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Trump claims that we need new “extreme vetting” of visitors from predominantly Muslim countries in order to keep America safe. He’s called it a Muslim “Travel Ban” in order to satiate his bigoted base (and because that’s how he sees it).
I don’t...
by Terion
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 01:20 PM PDT
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As we all well know, Trump and his allies never see the senseless acts of terrorist violence around the world and at home as something that can be learned from. For them, these tragic events are opportunities to push a more totalitarian military...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 09:45 AM PDT
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After Donald Trump’s three-day Twitter rampage over the London attack, as well as his claim that a robbery in the Philippines was a terrorist attack, the AP leads a fact-check with a brutally blunt assessment:
President Donald Trump can’t be...
by Laura Clawson
128 comments
on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 06:23 AM PDT
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Donald Trump fired off a string of tweets on Monday morning using London as proof that the United States need to implement his Muslim ban. But Trump isn’t just applying pressure to the executive order that’s on its way to the Supreme Court. He’s ready...
by Mark Sumner
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 05:59 AM PDT
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www.9news.com.au/…
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Police are investigating links to terrorism after a hostage situation in Melbourne left two people dead and three police officers shot.
Authorities were called to the serviced apartment building on Bay...
by ca cokz
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 04:55 AM PDT
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We are now getting even more worried about Lord Dampnut since his tweeting about the Mayor of London’s call for calm seems ever more baffling as a conservative thought crime of “political correctness”. This meme makes no sense and of course follows...
by annieli
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on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 12:05 AM PDT
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I despise what “radical Islam” is doing but lets be honest they are just following the Christian playbook, they’re just not that far along. They’re at the beheading and burning villages of non believers part of Christian history they still need to...
by streicher187
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 02:43 PM PDT
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Trump said:
Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? That's because they used knives and a truck!
The “argument” seems to be that gun regulation had no effect upon this attack. This argument has multiple problems.
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by Dem
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 01:54 PM PDT
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Turn on your TVs tonight and you will see tens of thousands of mainly young people fighting terrorism. The benefit concert for the victims of the Manchester bombing two weeks ago is packed, filling an entire cricket ground with heads. Many will be...
by Lib Dem FoP
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 01:36 PM PDT
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Alright class, let’s begin today with a quick show of hands. How many people in here today ever thought they wold see the day when the balding, despotic, pocket Stalin wanna be of a President of Russia would show more compassion, caring, and grace...
by Murfster35
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 12:25 PM PDT
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CROSS POSTED AT davidkeithlaw.wordpress.com/...
Islamist extremism is real. It must be named and shamed and maimed and snuffed out. But it does not define Islam or most people who are Muslim. And the fear of it, should not define the rest of us.
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by samsoneyes
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 10:08 AM PDT
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Republicans dug themselves an enormous hole by denying climate change. As the effects worsen, they have no way to gracefully climb back out into the light of day. Unfortunately, they pulled us all in with them. Now what?
We Need a Progressive Policy...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 03:40 PM PDT
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This isn’t complicated. The purpose of terrorism is to terrify people. Terrorists want masses of people to respond irrationally and live in fear. That is how they draw their power. That is their goal. But Britons will have none of it. They keep calm...
by Laurence Lewis
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on Sun Jun 04, 2017 at 09:46 AM PDT
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It’s not enough to bash the idiots running our country. Three terrorists just killed and injured innocent people on London Bridge. Its not only the numbers, it is the fear that anyone enjoying their day and uninvolved in anything dangerous, could be...
by wordmonkey
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on Sat Jun 03, 2017 at 10:05 PM PDT
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The president reacted before authorities had released any information about the suspects.
Because of course he did..
I don’t know the answer to terrorism, at least not in the short term. I know the one way to promote terrorism is to demonize...
by 4CasandChlo
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on Sat Jun 03, 2017 at 08:31 PM PDT
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I can’t even.
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in London tonight, himself first retweets unconfirmed information from the Drudge Report:
Historic tweet from NBC:
How did we come to this?
Then, of course, the Muslim Ban:
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by noweasels
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on Sat Jun 03, 2017 at 08:05 PM PDT
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UPDATE: The incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market have now been declared terrorist incidents by the police. There have been “more than one” fatality.
Hopefully this is just a drink-driving incident but reports are coming live on BBC News...
by Lib Dem FoP
28 comments
on Sat Jun 03, 2017 at 02:34 PM PDT
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