* "Gold Star father Khizr Khan condemns Muslim ban:"

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* "Trump vet stunt fits campaign's exploitative pattern:"

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* "Creationist Who Believes in Chemtrails to Head Arizona Senate Education Committee:" http://mic.com/articles/131150/creationist-who-believes-in-chemtrails-to-head-arizona-state-sRead more... )

* This is a massive relief. "French voters reject anti-Muslim, nativist National Front party:"

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* More than 300 are dead in a large earthquake that hit Afghanistan and Pakistan.

* "The worst committee in Congress isn't Benghazi:"

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* "Ben Carson's gun comments draw controversy:" http://on.msnbc.com/1K1TCLSRead more... )

* "Corinthian Colleges Secretly Funded D.C. Think Tanks, Dark Money Election Efforts:" https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/04/bankruptcy-filing-shows-corinthian- ( Read more... )

* "Blocking the EPA's science board from considering science:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/blocking-the-epas-science-board-considering-scienceRead more... )

* Egypt has bombed Libya over an ISIL affiliate murdering Coptic Christian guest workers. It sounds like the Libyan government helped the Egyptians out with intel ( Read more... )

* ISIL has executed the two Japanese AID workers an the Jordanian pilot. There is debate as to whether the pilot was executed not long after he was captured and they were negotiating in bad faith or not. I find the argument that they killed him not long after capture compelling, but it's not proven. I am watching the political situation in ( Read more... )