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;Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Inside” that former President Donald Trump’s movement was causing “the glorification and endorsement of violence.” Anchor Jen Psaki said, “The FBI director has been saying for years, that racially motivated violent extremism is the largest threat to our country. I know you’ve talked about this. Unfortunately, we have seen white supremacy as a primary motivator at a number of mass shootings in the last few years, including recently in Jacksonville. But the violent rhetoric from not just Trump, but some of the other leading candidates continues to escalate. In addition to what...

On October 17, 2018, a student at a technical college in the Crimean city of Kerch carried out a Columbine-style rampage attack. He committed suicide at the end of his attack. He killed 20 people and wounded 70 more, many of them severely. I will not mention his name. It is included in the excerpt below. There are very restrictive gun control laws in place in Crimea.The murderer legally obtained a shotgun by performing all that was required, including a medical exam, and joining a local gun club. He purchased 150 rounds of ammunition a month before the attack. In...

Thirty years ago Wednesday, shots rang out in front of Sparks Steak House in Midtown, leaving then-Gambino crime boss Paul Castellano dead in the gutter, and signaling the rise to power of John Gotti who would soon become the most famous gangster in America. It was also a development, according to mob experts, that ultimately speeded up the demise of the five mob families in New York City. "It was one of the most singular acts that altered the existence of the New York Mafia," said Phil Scala the retired head of the FBI squad that investigated the Gambino family....

The cover of Rolling Stone magazine has most often been the domain of musicians, actors, comedians, and the occasional politician. But this week,the periodical has raised eyebrows by letting Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev grace the famous front. The issue, which hits newsstands Friday, features an picture of an unsmiling Tsarnaev above the bolded legend "The Bomber." The subhead promises to reveal "[h]ow a popular, promising student was failed by his family, fell into radical Islam, and became a monster."

American youth are behind the maturity curve. Even for those kids whose parents remain together – which is a crapshoot – they don’t necessarily have real mentors. The primary influence on American youth these days is American youth. They grow up surrounded by 20 kids their age and a few teachers, and it continues like this until they graduate from college, which, these days, many consider as necessary as high school. So by the time a person reaches the age of 22, he has little idea how to handle money, little understanding of complex social and political issues, and as...

The FASCISM in Mainstream Islam, even in Western UK http://www.dafka.org/NewsGen.asp?S=4&PageID=1489 UNDERCOVER MOSQUE-A MUST SEE A look into a "moderate" Mainstream Mosque, what "normal Muslim clerics" preach... :::::::::::::::::::::::: I am tired of the MSM's PC preaching to us about "most of Muslims are moderate". 1) Why do normal clerics preach fascism? 2) Why do "normal Muslims" elect and choose fascist leadership? (Bin Laden's popularityy even in those "friendly" Arab nations, "Palestinian" Arabs voting for Hamas, Hezbollah, choosing/backing those clerics). 3) Have we seen any outrage by Muslims over Islamists' crimes in the name of Islam? (Briggite of AmericanCongressForTruth tells of a...

MPs vote to ban 'glorification' (Filed: 15/02/2006) Tony Blair has won a key battle over his plans to toughen anti-terrorism laws, after MPs voted by 315 to 277 to make "glorification" of terrorism a criminal offence. Tony Blair said the measures were 'vital' The result overturns an amendment to the Terrorism Bill by the House of Lords which sought to strike the offence from the legislation. Opposition peers will now have to decide whether to try to reinstate the amendment when the Bill returns to the upper chamber - triggering a constitutional stand-off with the Commons. The result will come...

...Now the CNN of the Arab world has fired its general manager, Mohammed Jassem Ali-Ali. Ali-Ali had set up and run the network since its inception in 1996. He had previously worked for Qatar television; Al-Jazeera is based in Qatar, but repeatedly aired exclusive footage provided by Iraqi officials during the war. The firing came after the London Sunday Times reported that Iraqi intelligence agents had successfully penetrated the network and converted it into an "instrument" of the Iraqi regime. Al-Jazeera spokesmen denied any connection between the reports and Ali-Ali’s removal...