Internal Communist Party papers show how top officials - up to president Xi Jinping himself - describe Uighur resistance in terms like 'virus' or 'cancer' that needs to be 'eradicated’

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And they’re attracting neo-Nazis, white supremacists and armed anti-government groups.

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An unholy alliance of Islamophobic hate group members, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and armed anti-government militia members will rally against the nonexistent threat of sharia, or Islamic, law in the U.S this weekend ( Read more... )

“No amount of money will bring back the victims, but we do hope to lessen their families’ burdens in some way.”


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WASHINGTON ― In defending President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, the federal government would like the courts to ignore the anti-Muslim statements he made on the campaign trail. But on Wednesday, Trump’s rhetoric came back to bite him again, with a federal judge saying Trump’s own words “betray” his administration’s claim that his travel ban ( Read more... )

On Monday, sans the usual gaggle of reporters and photographers, President Trump signed a revised and somewhat downsized version of his now-infamous refugee and travel ban, commonly called the “Muslim ban.” The changes to the original order are substantial. Iraq is no longer on the list of restricted points of origin, and the administration also ( Read more... )

Political System Beyond Saving. Nation is Done Forever.

Why Do So Many Americans Fear Muslims? Decades of Denial About America’s Role in the World.

There’s been lots of attention-grabbing opposition to Trump’s “Muslim ban” executive order, from demonstrations to court orders. But polls make it clear public opinion is much more mixed. Standard ( Read more... )

“We need to learn the lessons of history.”

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) gave a staunch defense of the free press Saturday, noting that attacks on the media are “how dictators get started.”

Speaking on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” to be aired Sunday, McCain took a swipe at President Donald Trump’s volleys against the Fourth Estate, particularly a ( Read more... )

Lawyers for the federal government and the states of Washington and Minnesota will face off in court on Tuesday [i.e., today] for what is likely to become the biggest test President Donald Trump has seen yet for his executive order restricting immigration and refugee resettlement from predominantly Muslim countries.

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A group of former high-level government officials, nearly 100 tech CEOs and several state governments have all mounted legal opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration order, stating that it jeopardizes national security and stifles the U.S. economy.

The latest is a declaration filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ( Read more... )

By Robert Kuttner (who also wrote the "The Inevitability of Impeachment," which I posted last week ( Read more... )