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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, March 21, 2016, at the Verizon Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Israel Lobby’s Dangerous Agenda For US: Attack Free Speech & Criminalize Resistance

Archives for March 2016

Belligerent 15-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed At Trump Rally As GOP Pollster Warns “Someone Will Be Killed”

Just a little over a week after an African American Trump supporter punched a protester donning an American flag button-down and a KKK hood, we get footage of the latest “incident” to occur at a rally for the billionaire, this time in Wisconsin, where a belligerent 15-year-old girl was pepper sprayed after appearing to punch someone .

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com

The funny thing about the violence that occasionally (and by “occasionally” we mean “fairly often”) breaks out at Donald Trump rallies is that once the dust settles, no one will admit they had anything to do with it. Trump supporters will say protesters shouted obscenities and sought to instigate fights in an example of “liberals behaving

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Woman Reports Cop for Stepping On Her in the Donut Line, So He Smashed in Her Face

When the woman attempted to alert the officer’s superiors, he slammed her head into an ATM machine — and placed her under arrest.

Claire Bernish
By Claire Bernish

TFTP --  An ex-transit cop has been found guilty of false imprisonment and official oppression stemming from a Christmas Day incident when he stepped on a woman’s foot and refused to apologize — after cutting in line at Dunkin’ Donuts in 2013. When the woman attempted to alert the officer’s superiors, he slammed her head into an ATM machine —

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Over 5 Million Nigerians Urge Government to Reject Monsanto Crops

Non-profits representing teachers, farmers, artists, environmentalists, and others oppose Monsanto’s efforts to bring GMO crops to Nigeria.

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams
An activist displays a banner reading 'No GMO's X' during an action where Greenpeace quarantines illegal Genetically Engineered (GE) crops. Wearing safety equipment to protect against contamination, they are isolating, cutting and securing the top of the GE maize plants, the part that contains the pollen. In the previous week, Greenpeace took samples from the field to a certified laboratory for analysis. The results confirm the maize being grown in these fields is a patented Monsanto GE maize type, MON810.

Monsanto is poised to begin planting genetically modified varieties of corn and cotton in Nigeria, provoking the outrage of millions. In response to the biotech behemoth's application for the release and marketing of the GMO crops in the West African nation, 100 non-profits representing over 5 million Nigerians on Monday presented the government

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Saudi Arabia’s Slaughter Of Yemen Fueled By Oil Interests Not Democracy

More than 8,900 people have died in the year-long Western-backed Saudi onslaught against Yemen. The kingdom says it’s fighting to promote democracy and to save Yemen from Iran, but analysis of the actions of its lethal coalition reveal another side to the story.

Catherine Shakdam
By Catherine Shakdam
Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, left, walks with Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman as he arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, March 26, 2015.

  (Analysis) -- Friday marked a full year since a Saudi-led coalition launched its attack on Yemen, leaving the poorest nation of Southern Arabia to crack and burn under a brutal display of military force while its civil infrastructure is ground to dust. “For the past year, governments that arm Saudi Arabia have rejected or downplayed

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The Striking Similarities Between ISIS & Israel’s Middle East Agendas

#JSIL, the Jewish State of Israel in the Levant, illustrates that Israel is not held to the same standards as other actors in the Middle East like ISIS, but instead is given a pass for human rights abuses and war crimes that we condemn in groups like Daesh.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
ISIS fighters from hold a celebratory parade after capturing Raqqa, Syria.

What if I told you there’s a group of religious extremists destabilizing the Middle East? Since their arrival in the region, this terrorist group has systematically oppressed the indigenous population and imposed strict rules over the practice of religion, both Islam and Christianity, and even attacked places of worship. During one of this

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Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager Arrested Over Battery Charges

Corey Lewandowski was charged with simple battery, defined under Florida law as intentionally touching or striking a person against their will.

teleSUR
By teleSUR

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign manager was arrested in Florida on Tuesday and charged with battery, police records show. The report from the Jupiter Police Department said Corey Lewandowski, 42, was charged for intentionally grabbing and bruising the arm of Michelle Fields, a reporter at the time for the conservative

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