Ted Cruz Hearing Features Crackpot Anti-Muslim Witness
At a Senate hearing today sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, a well-known anti-Muslim activist denounced both of America’s Muslim congressmen for supposed ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The title of the hearing, “Willful Blindness: Consequences of Agency Efforts to Deemphasize Radical Islam in Combating Terrorism,” indicates that Cruz intentionally pandered to the magical thinking of […]
New Trump adviser deletes his #SleazyDonald tweets
Jason Miller had some cleaning up to do when he joined Trump. …Miller had some backtracking to do on social media before accepting the job. As a top operative for the Cruz campaign, he regularly bashed Trump, who at the time was their fiercest primary rival. As the accusations flew against “Lyin’ Ted,” so too […]
SPLC president urges Congress to not ignore terrorism from radical right
SPLC President Richard Cohen testified today about the threat of radical-right terrorism before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. He delivered the following oral remarks to the subcommittee chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz, in addition to written testimony: Thank you, Senator Cruz, it’s good to see you again. Our […]
US Government: Muslims Are the VICTIMS of “Between 82 and 97% of Terrorism-Related Fatalities”
The Little-Known Secret to Destroying ISIS Propaganda ISIS and Al Qaeda terrorist attacks on Westerners is evil. And as a white American from a Judeo-Christian background, I am repulsed by the fact that ISIS is targeting Christians in Syria and Iraq with brutal murder … including crucifixion. [And these crimes are invariably not reported by the Western media.] […]
Australia mosque targeted in firebomb attack
A suspected petrol bomb has struck outside an Islamic centre in the city of Perth, Australia, as hundreds of worshippers attended an evening prayer service inside. The explosion outside the Thornlie Mosque on Tuesday night caused no injuries but damaged four vehicles, with one completely gutted by the fire, police said. Anti-Islamic graffiti was later […]
Fear Sells – Islamophobia is Big Business
According to a report released today by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Center for Race and Gender at UC Berkeley, 33 Islamophobic groups had access to at least $205,000,000 in total revenue between 2008-2013. Not bad business for fear-mongering and inciting hatred and bigotry, after all, we all know fear sells. We […]
This Exhibit Makes You Think Twice About Your Webcam
It’s unsettling, even before you enter. Stenciled on the ground, just outside the entrance to the International Center of Photography’s (ICP) new museum in Manhattan, are words informing visitors that once you enter, you “consent to being photographed, filmed and/or otherwise recorded” and “surrender the right to the use of such material throughout the universe […]
Outing the CIA’s ‘Undertaker’
The following is an excerpt of Spooked: How the CIA Manipulates the Media and Hoodwinks Hollywood (Hotbooks/Skyhorse), which will be published on June 28, 2016. Remote even by the standards of Pakistan’s tribal areas, the Shawal Valley is surrounded by steep mountains that descend into thick forests interspersed with boulder-strewn alpine rivers. The valley is […]
Reporting Syria: ‘There’s a direct threat for everyone’
Beirut – He is mourned and remembered far beyond Syria and the modest patch of earth where he now rests. The death of Syrian citizen journalist Khaled al-Essa has raised further questions about the risks facing journalists and media activists covering the conflict in Syria. Al-Essa, 24, from Kafranbel in the northern Idlib countryside, had […]
UN urges UK to end xenophobic attacks after Brexit vote
The United Nations raised alarm as a series of racist incidents against minorities and foreigners were reported in the United Kingdom, following the country’s decision to leave the European Union. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Tuesday that “racism and xenophobia are unacceptable in any circumstances” around the world. “I […]