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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Statements On “Radical Islam,” Immigration And President Obama’s Loyalties

Trump’s speech included several inaccuracies that undercut the rationale behind his immigration proposals.

PolitiFact
بواسطة PolitiFact
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he speaks to supporters at his primary election night event at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In the wake of the Orlando shootings, Donald Trump doubled down on his proposed Muslim immigration ban and not-so-subtly insinuated that President Barack Obama's interests are more aligned with the Islamic State than with the United States. Trump has a long history of skepticism about Obama's loyalties, suggesting in years past that Obama is a

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VIDEO: 2 Black Guys Make Cop Look Foolish For Racially Profiling Them In Their Own Neighborhood

While the video is indeed hilarious, it highlights the troublesome and dangerous problem of racial profiling.

Matt Agorist
بواسطة Matt Agorist

Randolph County, NC — In a scathing case of racial profiling, a Randolph County sheriff’s deputy harassed two innocent young black men — because they were in a neighborhood apparently too rich or too white for their skin color. The entire interaction was caught on video. As the video begins, the driver of the vehicle is attempting to explain to

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Americans — Not Foreigners — Have Committed 80 Percent Of Terrorist Attacks In The US Since 9/11

US citizens have committed 80 percent of terrorist attacks since 9/11

Sarah Frostenson | Vox
بواسطة Sarah Frostenson | Vox
Dylann Roof, responsible for a politically motivated killing rampage in a black church is rarely defined as a terrorist by most media.

Omar Siddiqui Mateen, the gunman who killed 49 people in Sunday's horrific massacre, was an American-born citizen. He was raised in the US and he legally obtained his assault rifle. Mateen did reportedly claim allegiance to ISIS during his attack, but the FBI hasn't found evidence that he received direction from abroad. All evidence available

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Former US Official Says US Policies Helped Create ISIS

“Sadly for America and the people of the Middle East, Obama did worse than making no change in US policy, he actually made things worse.”

Tasnim
بواسطة Tasnim
ISIS fighters parade in a commandeered American Humvee taken from Iraqi security forces down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq (AP Photo)

US/Middle East – The US government’s interventionist policies toward the Middle East helped the rise and expansion of the Daesh (also known as ISIL and ISIS) terrorist group in the region, a former US Department of State’s official said. “I don’t think America or any other country “created ISIS” but I do think, in Iraq, America created the

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WikiLeaks’ Assange Enters Year 5 Of Confinement, War On Whistleblowers To Continue Indefinitely

The WikiLeaks founder’s four years of confinement in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London mark him as an ongoing victim of the U.S. war on whistleblowers, but he’s just one of many targeted for speaking out about government corruption and injustice.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears at the window before speaking on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

AUSTIN, Texas --- On Sunday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked the fourth anniversary of the day he entered the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on asylum. Many, including fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and philosopher and political analyst Noam Chomsky, voiced their support for Assange and their hopes for his eventual freedom. But Assange

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Amid Anti-BDS Pressure, Facebook Israel Appoints Long-Time Netanyahu Advisor To Policy Post

The move comes amid calls for Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, to criminalize criticism of Israel on Facebook.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
Am Israeli soldier looks at the IDF's Facebook page at the army spokesperson's office in Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM --- An advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking a top post at Facebook amid calls for increased censorship on the social network. Facebook recently announced that Jordana Cutler would head policy and communications at the social media giant’s Israel office. Cutler currently works as the chief of staff for the

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