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Poll: Half In The US Say Presidential Nomination Process Rigged

A Reuters poll found that more than two-thirds of those polled want to see the nominating system changed.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Steve Maskell

More than half of voters in the United States believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is "rigged" and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The results echo complaints from Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic challenger

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Did Bernie Sanders Just Go Full Establishment?

While some Bernie supporters came to the slow and painful realisation that there are no saviours, others took to Twitter and accused him of being a quasi-socialist warmonger and brutal imperialist.

Michaela Whitton | AntiMedia
By Michaela Whitton | AntiMedia
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally in Laramie, Wyo., Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Sanders won the Democratic presidential primary in Wisconsin Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Comments made by Bernie Sanders this week may just have blindsided and disillusioned swathes of his support base. Some of those with higher expectations of the ‘peacenik’ candidate breathed a collective sigh of disappointment after he endorsed Obama’s extrajudicial drone assassination program. At the same time, the Democratic candidate backed

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Why People In The West Still Believe The Official Lies About Syria

The War on Syria is not a “civil” war; the “uprising” was not “democratic”; Assad does not “starve his own people.”

American Herald Tribune
By American Herald Tribune
Smoke rises over a battle-scarred Saif Al Dawla district in Aleppo, Syria, on October 2, 2012

Well-documented facts pertaining to the 9/11 wars, all supported by sustainable evidence, have barely made inroads into the collective consciousness of Western media consumers. The War on Syria is no exception.  Despite the presence of five years of sustainable evidence that contradicts the Western narratives, people still believe the “official”

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‘Unpredictable’ Trump Sends Mixed Foreign Policy Signals

Though Trump insists his goal was not war, he also says he “will not hesitate to deploy military force,” saying America will “only fight to win,” and vowing “victory with a capital V.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pauses during while speaking at a rally in Millington, Tenn. Tough talk about torture is a guaranteed applause line for Donald Trump on the GOP presidential stump. Trump has repeatedly advocated waterboarding, an enhanced interrogation technique that simulates the feeling of drowning. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

In his latest attempt to answer the myriad questions about where his foreign policy stands, Republican front-runner Donald Trump gave a long foreign-policy speech blasting the previous policies of Bush and Obama/Clinton, laying out some of the same broad comments made in the past, reiterating his opposition to the Iraq War and insisting America

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Report: Human Rights, Freedom, Democracy Under Threat In Europe

The EU is facing huge challenges when it comes to freedom, migration, terrorism and human rights, according to the latest report by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
A protester with a red nose poses in front of a police cordon at the Greek-Turkish border at the Greek village of Kastanies on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. Police blocked the protesters from reaching the border post. The demonstrators held two days of rallies in the border area to demand that the government ease border transit restrictions after dozens more refugees and migrants drowned this week which crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

In a report released by Thorbjørn Jagland, Europe is facing major threats to democracy and human rights. Secretary General Jagland said in the report that Europe is currently struggling with many serious challenges, which include terrorism, migration and conflict. "This is being successfully exploited by nationalists and populists in many

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Taking Page From Israel War Tactics, US Military Employs Controversial ‘Roof Knocking’

Tactic criticized by UN commission used “extensively” during Israel’s deadly 2014 bombing of Gaza.

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
Mideast Israel Palestinians Photo Gallery

An Israeli tactic deemed "ineffective" at preventing civilian causalities by a United Nations commission has now been adopted by the United States in its fight against ISIS, according to a U.S. military official. Air Force Maj. Peter Gersten, the deputy commander for operations and intelligence for the U.S.-led coalition, explained at a press

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