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Trump’s 9/11 Statements Turn Muslims Against US – McCain

“I think it has an interesting effect of turning Muslims all over the world against the United States of America, which is 99.44 percent people who practice an honorable religion.”

Sputnik News
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In this March 28, 2012 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

MOSCOW  – In a speech on November 22, Trump made a highly-disputed claim that Muslims worldwide were "absolutely going wild" celebrating after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. "I think it has an interesting effect of turning Muslims all over the world against the United States of America, which is 99.44 percent people who

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Study Confirms Marijuana Extract Obliterates Seizures In Epileptic Children

The findings of this study add to the growing body of evidence that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive extract of cannabis, can provide the best option for treatment-resistant epilepsy.

The Free Thought Project
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Jayden shown taking CBD meds, a derivative of marijuana. (Photo /Jason David/Facebook page: “Jason and Jayden’s Journey”)

The annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society took place in early December, where the largest study presented there confirmed the astounding benefits of medical cannabis to treat seizures. Epilepsy affects one in 26 Americans during their lifetime, “with one-third having a form of the condition that resists treatment or effective

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On Banksy’s Christmas Card Joseph And Mary Can’t Make It To Bethlehem Because of Police State

Banksy’s classic Christmas card shows a picture of Joseph and Mary crossing the desert on their way to Bethlehem and are blocked by the infamous apartheid wall that separates Israel from Palestine and the West Bank.

True Activist
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The card has recently gone viral again because of the holidays, but it is actually a few years old and seems to circulate around this time every year. The piece first appeared at Santa’s Ghetto exhibit in London in 2005, which followed Banksy’s trip to the middle east. Regardless of when the image was created, it sends a powerful message

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Secret Norwegian Government Report Confirms Turkey Helping ISIS Sell Its Oil

“The resolution gives us more flexibility to go after those who are helping ISIS, whether to move funds, to store funds or to earn funds.”

ZeroHedge.com
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Turkish soldiers patrol a road near Hacipasa, Hatay, Turkey. At the peak of Turkey’s oil smuggling boom, the main transit point was a dusty hamlet called Hacipasa on the Orontes River that marks the border with Syria, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Hacipasa has been a smuggling haven for decades, authorities and residents say. The fuel had come from oil wells in Iraq or Syria controlled by militants, including the Islamic State group, and was sold to middle men who smuggled it across the Turkish-Syrian border.

That’s from Adam Szubin, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Treasury. Szubin is referencing a Security Council resolution proposed by Washington and Moscow that calls for a crackdown on Islamic State’s access to the international financial system. As FT reports, the “rare meeting of Security Council member finance

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White House Holds Press Conference With Star Wars Stormtroopers

The parallels cannot be overlooked when it comes to the Sith-led Galactic Empire in Star Wars and the modern day U.S. empire — which is now stretched across at least 100 countries with around 1,000 military installations.

The AntiMedia
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(ANTIMEDIA) The irony was not lost when a White House press conference featured two imperial stormtroopers on Friday, Star Wars Day. It’s not clear whether White House officials knew about the backstory regarding stormtroopers, but the parallels cannot be overlooked when it comes to the Sith-led Galactic Empire in Star Wars and the modern day U.S.

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US Frequently Uses Threat Of Nuclear War, Warns Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg

In Part II of a 13-part discussion hosted by MintPress News, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower tells social justice activist Arn Menconi that the CIA exists to protect the president from being held accountable for the government’s secret foreign policy.

MintPress News Desk
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In this Saturday, June 1, 2013 file photo, Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower responsible for releasing the Pentagon Papers, speaks during a rally in support of Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning, formerly Bradley Manning, outside the gates of Fort Meade, Md. On Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

MINNEAPOLIS --- MintPress News is proud to host “Lied to Death,” a 13-part audio conversation between famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and social justice activist Arn Menconi. Menconi wrote that these interviews are a “mixture of historical, political science and Dan’s sixty-year scholarly analysis as a former nuclear planner for Rand

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