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File - In this Oct. 4, 2014 file photo, George P. Bush, right, reaches to his father former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush after the senior Bush became emotional when expressing his pride for his son while speaking to supporters at Hardin-Simmons University, in Abilene, Texas. George P. Bush has been helping members of his famous family get elected since age 3 but has never played a larger role as a political surrogate than this cycle, as he tries to help his dad follow his grandfather, George H.W. Bush, and his uncle, George W. Bush, to the White House. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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Washington Marijuana Legalization Side Effect: 3 Teens Face 5 Years In Jail For Possession

A prosecutor in southeastern Washington has charged three teens with felonies for marijuana possession, saying a new law demands the higher level of offense.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
A marijuana plant stands during a press presentation of a legal medicinal marijuana harvest in the La Florida municipality of Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Planting, selling and transporting marijuana is usually illegal in Chile and carries prison terms of up to 15 years. But the law allows medical use of marijuana with the authorization of several ministries.

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - A prosecutor in southeastern Washington has charged three teens with felonies for marijuana possession, saying a new law demands the higher level of offense. The Lewiston Tribune in Idaho reports the teens ages 14, 15 and 17 have been charged in nearby Asotin County with felonies that could net them up to five years in

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Anti-BDS Website Seeks To Ruin Careers, Reputations Of Those Who Support Palestine

Despite calling for more transparency from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, Canary Mission refuses to identify its sponsors or organizers.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell

MINNEAPOLIS --- A website that profiles activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement with the goal of ruining their careers is coming under fire, with some comparing it to McCarthyism. The Canary Mission features profiles of dozens of activists, students, college professors and journalists which the site’s authors accuse

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US Sends 75 Trained Rebels To Syria After First Group Was Quickly Defeated

The fighters crossed over from Turkey on Friday and Saturday and are now located in areas north of the city of Aleppo, said the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Syria

Though there hasn’t been an official announcement from the US on the deployment yet, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that some 75 more US-trained rebels entered Syria Friday by way of the Turkish border and are somewhere near Aleppo. This is the second round of rebels from the Pentagon scheme to create a “pro-US” faction on the

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US To Accept 85,000 Refugees In 2016, 100,000 In 2017

“This step is in keeping with America’s best tradition as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope.”

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
Syrian refugees arrive aboard a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. The US is making plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming budget year, a significant increase from the 1,500 migrants that have been cleared to resettle in the U.S. since civil war broke out in the Middle Eastern country more than four years ago, the White House said Thursday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

BERLIN (AP) — Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged. The U.S. will accept

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GOP Candidate Carson: Muslim Shouldn’t Be Elected President

Carson, a devout Christian, says a president’s faith should matter to voters if it runs counter to the values and principles of America.

Associated Press
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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks in town hall meeting in Baltimore, Thursday May 7, 2015.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn't believe that a Muslim should be elected president. Carson, a devout Christian, says a president's faith should matter to voters if it runs counter to the values and principles of America. Responding to a question

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Land Of The Prejudiced, Home Of The Bigoted: America’s Long History Of Hatred Continues

How many innocent Muslims will die because of hatred born of ignorance and nurtured by both a corporate-owned government needing an enemy to fight and a corporate-owned media willing to fan the flames of jingoistic prejudice?

Robert Fantina
بواسطة Robert Fantina
An American protester in Washington, D.C. holding a sign saying he's Islamophobic.

KITCHENER, Ontario, Canada --- Over the past year or so, and accelerating in the last several months, there have been numerous events wherein Muslims have been targeted for assault or abuse simply because of their religion. For example, on Aug. 14, 2014, Andrea Tantaros of FOX News said this regarding Muslims: “If you study the history of Islam.

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