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Not so different: Violent Berkeley riots and Violent Jihadist riots

ALGEMEINER Silencing Milo Yiannopoulos: Berkeley’s Shameful Quashing of a Dissenting Voice by Uzay Bulut February 5, 2017 On February 1, the University of California-Berkeley witnessed a degrading moment for higher education in the United States. A planned talk by Breitbart editor … Continue reading

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Trump’s letter in effect, “returns the US to the status quo ante before the Obama administration—specifically, to the policy outlined in a letter sent from George W. Bush to Ariel Sharon in 2004”

COMMENTARY Israel, Settlements, and the Media by John Podhoretz February 3, 2017 Two important things happened tonight: Donald Trump reversed Barack Obama’s policy toward Israel’s settlements, and the New York Times headline on the story about it was “Trump Embraces Pillars … Continue reading

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Chicago could lose billions under Trump sanctuary cities EO

FORBES Mapping $27 Billion In Federal Funding Of America’s Sanctuary Cities Adam Andrzejewski February 2, 2017 In the President Donald Trump-era, there could be a high-cost to running a sanctuary city…On January 25, 2017, the President issued an Executive Order denying … Continue reading

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“The left in America essentially sees America as a racist, xenophobic, colonialist, imperialist, warmongering, money-worshipping, moronically religious nation”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS America’s Second Civil War By Dennis Prager January 24, 2017 It is time for our society to acknowledge a sad truth: America is currently fighting its second Civil War. In fact, with the obvious and enormous exception … Continue reading

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Me neither: “Ask yourself whether you have ever seen Republicans/conservatives rioting, turning over police cars, looting, setting places of business on fire, and shouting obscenities while marching” [VIDEO]

THE DAILY SIGNAL The Left Holds Itself to Lower Standards of Behavior by Walter E. Williams February 1, 2017 One can only imagine the widespread media, political, and intellectual condemnation of Republicans and conservatives if, after the inauguration of President … Continue reading

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“The biggest falsehood the US needs to expose is that there exists “Palestinian territory” that Israel refuses to “give back””

BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES A Truth-Telling Strategy to Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace by Dr. Max Singer January 29, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The US is usually thought to be biased in favor of Israel, even after its recent acceptance of UNSC … Continue reading

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“A look at 11 influential members of the tribe who will be working alongside the new president”

JERUSALEM POST Meet the Top Jewish Officials in the Trump Administration by Josefin Dolstein January 27, 2017 American Jews are watching the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency with both fear and hope. Many have expressed worries about some of his supporters’ … Continue reading

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Cornell law professor: “Debunking the supposed “#MuslimBan” and other accusations-gone-wild” [VIDEO]

LEGAL INSURRECTION Most claims about Trump’s visa Executive Order are false or misleading by William A. Jacobson January 28, 2017 Yesterday Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on refugees and visa entry procedures. You should read the actual EO, because … Continue reading

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“For his Cabinet picks, Trump ignored Washington-establishment grandees, think-tank Ph.D.s, and academics in general. He owes no allegiance to the Republican pundits who despised him or to the big-name donors who chose not to invest in what they saw as a losing candidacy”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS The World Turned Upside Down by Victor Davis Hanson January 26, 2017 …Obama’s legacy is the near-destruction of the Democrats as a national party, leaving them in a virtual civil war while most of his own initiatives … Continue reading

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Baehr: ‘In general, when Israeli ‎leaders have felt that America was in its corner, it has been willing to make more ‎generous offers to the Palestinians”

ISRAEL HAYOM A peace process like any other by Richard Baehr January 27, 2017 There is a broad sense of relief among pro-Israel Americans and most Israelis that ‎the Obama years are over, and at least as far as U.S.-Israeli … Continue reading

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