Category: Politics

#USElections: Trump Projected Winner of Nevada GOP Caucuses: Poll | ABC News ow.ly/YGBSB

#NSA Targets World Leaders for US Geopolitical Interests | Wikileaks ow.ly/YGBDg

News Corp To Launch Site ‘Heat Street’ For Right-Wing U.S. Politics | Publishers Daily 02/17/2016 ow.ly/YBtwx

#Indonesia bans celebrating Valentine’s Day because it’s ‘not part of Islamic culture’ | Independent #Islamism ow.ly/Yq2wZ

Poll: 38% of #Trump voters in SC say they wish the South had won the Civil War | ThinkProgress #USElections ow.ly/YpXu1

“Disinformation Review” – Neue EU-Taskforce: Infokrieg gegen Russenpropaganda |taz #Propaganda #Russland ow.ly/Yj9Gh

Former Islamic extremist: ‘The far Left is helping ISIS’ | The West Australian #RegressiveLeft #Islamism ow.ly/Yj9z1

[2015] This is the memo that suggests #TonyBlair backed the #Iraqwar a year before invading |Quartz ow.ly/YiSrI

[Video] One Year After #CharlieHebdo | Newseum #FreedomOfSpeech ow.ly/YiQ1z

U.S. Supreme Court Justice #AntoninScalia found dead at West Texas ranch – San Antonio Express-News ow.ly/YiL0B #USSC

Hillary Clinton is a war hawk, says #Wikileaks Assange | IOL #USElections #USForeignPolicy ow.ly/YcSEV

U.S.: Gun Owners Pressure #NRA Over #TedNugent‘s Anti-Semitic Rant | HuffPo #Antisemitism ow.ly/Ycm7q

Obama Celebrates Nine Years of Doing Nothing About #MoneyinPolitics | The Intercept ow.ly/YccV4

“Charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder” – #Auschwitz guard goes on trial in Germany #Holocaust ow.ly/YcTWy

#USElections: More Women Voted for Bernie Than Hillary in #NewHampshire Primary | Gawker ow.ly/Yckkc

U.S. Supreme Court blocks Obama carbon emissions plan | Reuters #ClimateChange ow.ly/Ycdcm

[Podcast] Vox’s The Weeds on the Iowa Caucuses #USElections pca.st/cemv

Join us or die: the birth of #BokoHaram | Guardian #Terrorism #Jihadism ow.ly/Y9H74

Audio: Feel the Bern – das Sanders-Phänomen | tagesschau.de #USWahlen ow.ly/Y70JQ

#JebBush Supports Preemptive U.S. Military Strikes Against North Korea | Democracy Now! #USElections ow.ly/Y7phT

Presidential hopefuls Sanders, Clinton in dead heat – Reuters/Ipsos poll | Yahoo News #USElections #polls ow.ly/Y7vEN

#USElections A Great Moment in TV History 😀 – Botched GOP Debate Entrance Is Hilariously Awkward | Secular Talk ow.ly/Y7ugk

Londoners Alexanda Kotey and Aine Davis identified as Islamic State ‘Beatles’ | Guardian #Terrorism ow.ly/Y61BN

German Police successfully foils planned Berlin Terror Attack – thelocal.de/20160204/polic… #Terrorism #Germany

EU Parliament Unanimously Recognize #DAESH Attacks on Yazidis and Assyrians (Christians) as Genocide – ibtimes.com/isis-genocide-… #Terrorism

UN panel ‘rules in Assange’s favour’ – bbc.co.uk/news/uk-354909… #Wikileaks #Whistleblower

Deutschland: Kanzleramt: Ausmaß der #BND #Spionage war seit 2008 bekannt, berichtet Spiegel Online | ComputerBase ow.ly/XRt9p

Studentenproteste in den USA: Die Debatten-Polizei | ZEIT ONLINE ow.ly/XQoBB

Ted Cruz wins 2016 Iowa caucuses | Politico #USElections ow.ly/XPHFK

#USElections: Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump, Which Could Bolster Him in Iowa | NYT ow.ly/XiSaO

Deutschland: Nach Übergriffen auf Frauen in #Köln: Antragsflut zum Kleinen #Waffenschein |Tagesspiegel #koelnhbf ow.ly/X3ls8

Obamas letzte SOTU – Interview mit @asleipzig – Politik und Emotionen: Obamas Tränen | DRadio Wissen #USPolitik ow.ly/X3kc1

A Tearful Obama Announces New Executive Actions on Gun Control | Mic #GunsInAmerica #GunViolence ow.ly/WNfa8

#Turkey‘s #Erdogan cites Nazi Germany as effective presidential system | Business Insider ow.ly/WGNnJ

U.S.: Armed right-wing #militia occupies government building in #Oregon | ThinkProgress ow.ly/WDqBN

U.S.: Study: More victims of right-wing terrorism than of Muslim #terrorism in U.S. since 9/11 | NYT ow.ly/WyvFD

Class Differences in Child-Rearing Are on the Rise, Pew Poll Finds | NYT #ClassInAmerica ow.ly/WdTmr

Guns and race: The different worlds of black and white Americans | Brookings #GunsinAmerica ow.ly/W1rMM

Germany: Attacks on refugees double in a year: police | The Local Germany #hatecrimes #Germany #refugees ow.ly/W1s5n

Germans fear for Europe, economy, and the future |The Local #polls #Germany ow.ly/W1qXY

German arms builders buck downward trend | The Local #weapons #Germany #armsindustry ow.ly/W1riy

Judge: Obama Withholding 2,100 Iraq and Afghanistan #Torture Photos ‘Worse than Abu Ghraib’ #USForeignPolicy ow.ly/W1xC3

Germany: Police grab infamous Salafist Muslim convert on suspicion of supporting terrorist group #Islamism #Germany ow.ly/W1si2

#USElections: Supporter yells “Sieg Heil”, “Light Him on Fire” toward black protester at #Trump rally. | Slate ow.ly/VXz9K

One depressing quote perfectly sums up the U.S.’s relationship with #gunviolence | WaPo ow.ly/VKTw9

U.S.: Here’s a map of all the mass shootings in 2015 | PBS NewsHour #gunviolence ow.ly/VKTot

Suspect tried crawling away from 2 #California #cops who shot him to death – NY Daily News #PoliceViolence ow.ly/VTcZz

D: Der Terrorismus der ‘besorgten Bürger’ ist eine Schande für dieses Land: Es brennt in #Deutschland | ZEIT ow.ly/VKSP7

This one is fun: What the rest of the world wonders about America, according to Google | WaPo #US #trivia ow.ly/VKSA0

UK: Kids who question the media or government could be extremists, London parents are warned | Quartz #terrorism ow.ly/VKSt2

How ISIL works: Price controls, vaccination programs, and $40 million a month in taxes | Quartz #terrorism #ISIS ow.ly/VKSbs

Tinfoil hat alert: Trump Praises Leading Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones And His “Amazing” Reputation #USElections ow.ly/VKTdx

Inequality is now killing middle America | Guardian #inequality ow.ly/VKRXf

Differing definitions of #terrorism: When should a shooting really be called ‘terrorism’? | WaPo ow.ly/VKRLu

One map shows why America’s #gunviolence is so much worse than anywhere else | WaPo #GunsInAmerica ow.ly/VKRdo

Nicolas Henin: The man who was held captive by #Isis for 10 months says how they can be defeated | Independent ow.ly/VKQHU

Today’s Muslim Americans are yesterday’s German Americans | Quartz #USElections #nativism #AmericanHistory ow.ly/VKS2c

How fringe attacks on American Muslims became mainstream | WaPo #bigotry ow.ly/VKPSr

Isis uses German arms for terror: report | The Local #terrorism ow.ly/VKQCb

College education may improve your marriage, Pew survey finds #highereducation #academia #sociology ow.ly/VKPpi

When Inequality Kills by Joseph E. Stiglitz | Project Syndicate #inequality #ClassInAmerica ow.ly/VKQq1

U.S. Seeks to Avoid Ground War Welcomed by Islamic State | NYT #terrorism #DAESH #ISIS ow.ly/VKQbu

Germany: Luftwaffe aircraft depart for Syria mission against #DAESH | The Local #terrorism ow.ly/VKsff

Obama’s Speech on Terrorist Threat Is a Plea for Patience and National Unity | NYT #terrorism ow.ly/VBEbs

France elections: National Front leads in regional polls | BBC News ow.ly/VyGQ6

UK: Feminists side with Islamists disrupting ex-Muslim speaker Maryam Namazie at university #FreedomOfSpeech ow.ly/Vwncw

German mission to Syria gets go-ahead from MPs | The Local #Terrorism #DAESH ow.ly/Vw9sA

Ex-US Intelligence Chief on Islamic State’s Rise: ‘We Were Too Dumb’ |SPIEGEL ONLINE #DAESH #terrorism ow.ly/VmHwn

#Germany to send 1,200 troops to aid ISIS fight | The Local #terrorism ow.ly/VmGyF

Saudi Arabia=IS – Wahabism is the problem – Saudi Arabia beheading by Political Cartoonist Arend van Dam ow.ly/VjcsP #SueMeSaudi

#Saudi Arabia’s threat to ‘sue people who compare them to #Isis‘, prompts huge reaction from Twitter | Independent ow.ly/VjbWL

Half Of People Who Went To College In The Recession Haven’t Graduated | FiveThirtyEight #GreatRecession ow.ly/V6WJD

Great documentary on Netflix: ‘Best of Enemies’ – Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley in 1968 #AmericanHistory #1960s #USElections

Highways Destroyed America’s Cities – Can tearing them down bring revitalization? | Atlantic ow.ly/V6VIo

Germany: Report says that German schools currently trump the US and UK in several categories | The Local #education ow.ly/V6XIl

#Frankreich: #Islamismus in der Arbeitswelt: Wie wehrt man sich gegen Radikalisierung in Firmen ow.ly/V6XxE

Why the West should not support the Saudis: #SaudiArabia, an ISIS That Has Made It | NYT #Wahabism ow.ly/V83Oq

That other ‘Islamic State’: #SaudiArabia advertises for eight new executioners as beheading rate soars | Guardian ow.ly/V6Xn6

When German bureaucracy has the wrong priorities: Teacher fined for painting over swastikas |The Local #Antisemitism ow.ly/V6XZr

Comedian John Oliver on fear of refugees wiping everyone out and #Thanksgiving in #AmericanHistory ow.ly/V6X5X

Former Drone Operators Say They Were “Horrified” By Cruelty of Assassination Program | Intercept #drones ow.ly/V6VVZ

Report: #Israel provided key intelligence to Germany on imminent terror attack | Jerusalem Post #Hannover #Terrorism ow.ly/V6W5e

Glenn Greenwald: Why the #CIA is smearing Edward #Snowden after the #ParisAttacks |LA Times ow.ly/V6VBH

For those with Muslim-sounding names, air travel has an extra indignity: bigotry | Guardian ow.ly/V6X03

Pew poll on #religion and #science: What U.S. Religious Groups Think About Science Issues ow.ly/V6WS7

When people call for bombing innocent civilians to fight terrorists, I fear this immoral act will just create more terrorists.#terrorism

#USElections: Doubling Down, #JebBush Adds Last Name Filter To His Test For Refugees | ThinkProgress ow.ly/V5S98

#Warmongering on #CNN: Former CIA officer Michael Scheuer: We Should Bomb Even Hospitals, Universities To Fight ISIS ow.ly/V5R65

Pew Report: 40% of U.S. Millennials Favor Limits on Speech Offensive to Minorities | Newsweek ow.ly/V3VQu #FreedomOfSpeech

#USElections: The Most Important Moments From Bernie Sanders’ Speech Defending Democratic Socialism | Mother Jones ow.ly/V3W0C

#USElections: @realDonaldTrump endorses #torture out of pure sadism: ‘Even if it doesn’t work they deserve it’ ow.ly/V3gCO

More efforts from billionaire #KochBrothers to destroy American democracy: The Koch intelligence agency |POLITICO ow.ly/V0ssD

We Found Where @realDonaldTrump‘s “Black Crimes” Graphic Came From | Little Green Footballs #USElections ow.ly/V0rWd

Racist @realDonaldTrump tweet about blacks killing whites isn’t just false — it’s neo-Nazi propaganda #USElections ow.ly/V0rMI

Bigots going after random Muslims after #ParisAttacks are playing into terrorists’ hands by alienating them further from society. Bad idea.

UK: Paris attacks: #Hatecrime against British Muslims soars following terrorist atrocity | Independent ow.ly/V0pXw

The most counterproductive bigoted reaction to #terrorism: Armed protesters stalk peaceful Muslims at #Texas mosque ow.ly/V0oeU

At least 27 dead in #Mali hotel attack claimed by Al-Qaeda affiliate | Yahoo #terrorism ow.ly/UVYme

Palestinian ‘Apostate’ Gets Saudi Death Sentence for Writing Poetry |New Indian Express #FreedomofSpeech ow.ly/UVY3M