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Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov aims a weapon during the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi.Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov aims a weapon during the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi.

Israel, Saudi Arabia, Defense And Oil Spent Nearly One Trillion Urging DC For More War In 2015

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UPDATE: Gag Order Lifted On Case Of Pro-Palestine Activists Caught In Israeli Right-Wing Sting

In an act of entrapment, members of a right-wing NGO recorded a left-wing activist making inflammatory comments about a made-up sale of Palestinian land to Israeli settlers.

Richard Silverstein
بواسطة Richard Silverstein
Guy ButGuy Butavia greeting supporters outside Jerusalem courtroom (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)avia greeting supporters outside Jerusalem courtroom (photo credit: Oren Ziv Activestills)

SEATTLE (01/25/2016) --- Earlier this month, MintPress News reported on the sleazy tactics of Israel’s premier news magazine, “Uvdah,” which aired a segment smearing a leading Jewish human rights NGO that protects the rights of Palestinian farmers. Two spies from Ad Kan (“No More”), an astroturf settler group created largely for the purpose of

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Michigan Militia Joins Michael Moore To Protest Flint Water Crisis

The two seemingly conflicting parties have placed the health of their fellow citizens above partisan hatred.

Carey Wedler
بواسطة Carey Wedler
A member of the Genesee County Volunteer Militia group, stands outside an army recruiting center off in Flint Township. The militia intends to Join Michael Moore to protest the Flint water crisis. (Photo: Mlive)

Flint, MI — The water crisis in Flint, Michigan has inspired an unlikely partnership: a local militia group is coordinating with outspoken liberal filmmaker Michael Moore to demand accountability and clean water for residents. Moore, a Flint native who first gained notoriety for his his documentary on the town’s economic hardships, has spoken

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Police Target Prominent Civil Rights Lawyer That Cost City Big In Lost Lawsuits

Although the right to film police is protected by the First Amendment, the well-known advocate laments: “They’ve got the guns, and badges, and they want total control of the situation they’re in.”

MintPress News Desk
بواسطة MintPress News Desk
BLM protesters outsideof the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct Nov. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

MINNEAPOLIS --- Perhaps few people are more aware of their constitutional rights than Jordan Kushner, a lawyer renowned for defending the civil rights of everyone from Black Lives Matter activists to people dressed like zombies. Now he's facing trial for exercising his own fundamental First Amendment rights. In November, Kushner attended a

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Pentagon Expands ISIS Strikes To Afghanistan

The new rules have not been made public, but are said to allow them to attack “any terrorist group” in Afghanistan, including ISIS.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Pentagon

Amid ever-growing indications that ISIS is establishing itself as a proper faction in southeastern Afghanistan, based around the city of Jalalabad, the Pentagon has reportedly been given broad new authority to launch attacks on ISIS targets in the country. Previously, the US forces in Afghanistan were limited to attacking ISIS targets in that

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Germany Starts Confiscating Refugees’ Valuables; Denmark Finalizes Bill To Do Same

Germany’s southern states are confiscating refugees’ valuables in order to pay for their stay, according to local authorities. It comes as Denmark moves ahead with a plan to do the same, part of a controversial bill aimed at curbing asylum seekers’ rights.

RT
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A Yazidi refugee family from Iraq cries while resting on the seashore shortly after arriving on a vessel from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. About 5,000 migrants are reaching Europe each day along the so-called Balkan migrant route, stoking tensions among the countries along the migrant corridor including Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

"Cash holdings and valuables can be secured [by the authorities] if they are over €750 (US$810) and if the person has an outstanding bill, or is expected to have one,” Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told Bild newspaper on Thursday. The government of Baden-Württemberg has implemented a stricter process, with police confiscating

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Pharmaceutical Industry Synthesizing Marijuana To Patent It… And It’s Already Killing People

Why would we turn to Big Pharma to synthesize what Nature already got right? Millions of people are successfully using medical marijuana to treat an array of disorders and diseases. We do not need huge corporations to fix what is not in fact broken.

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Reagan Ali | Counter Current News
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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.

Many have speculated whether or not the pharmaceutical industry has something to do with the continued prohibition on marijuana. It’s easy to see where these suspicions are coming from, considering the fact that marijuana has been proven as an effective treatment for so many maladies that “Big Pharma” treats with synthetic medicines. Matt

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