"A Conspiracy Fact": Soros, Trudeau Plot "Refugee" Scheme

Ezra Levant of TheRebel.media details the plan George Soros and Justin Trudeau signed to normalize "refugee" settlement in the west (and silence opposition to it.)

Trump Administration Sets Stage for Mass Deportations Debate the FEAR Group vs ACLU

FDR Rejected Anne Frank Twice as a Refugee, Advocate Urges Trump Not To Close U.S. Borders Again

As President Trump prepares to issue a new executive order barring all refugees and visitors from seven majority-Muslim nations, we speak to Steven Goldstein, the executive director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect. He reflects back on how FDR twice denied permission for the Frank family to come to the United States as refugees to escape Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

White House Refuses to Condemn Rise of Islamophobia as Radical Right Enters Political Mainstream

The Southern Poverty Law Center has revealed the number of anti-Muslim groups in the United States tripled last year from 34 in 2015 to 101 last year. The Southern Poverty Law Center and other groups have said hate groups have been energized by the candidacy and then election of Donald Trump. On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer dodged a question about why Trump has not spoken out against anti-Muslim attacks. We speak to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

California Dreaming: Calls for State Secession from USA Grows

Furious opposition to President Donald Trump's leadership and policies is continuing to grow across the U.S. And in the state of California, one in three now think secession may be the only solution.

Moody: Le Pen Brings Trump-like Message to French Election

Fox News executive vice president and executive editor talks rise of France's populist candidate for president

Turkey Reverses Female Army Officers' Headscarf Ban

BBC: A ban on female army officers in Turkey wearing the Muslim headscarf has been lifted by the government.

The military is the last Turkish institution to see the ban removed. It has long been seen as the guardian of Turkey's secular constitution.

Turkey has a secular constitution dating from the days of Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern republic, who did not like women covering their heads.

Wearing headscarves in public institutions was banned in the 1980s. » | Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Germany's Bavaria to Ban Full-face Veil

BBC: The German state of Bavaria has announced plans to ban the full-face veil in government workplaces, schools, universities and while driving.

"Communication happens not only via language but also looks, facial expressions and gestures," said state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann. » | Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster

JIHAD WATCH: NSA McMaster: Islamic State uses “perverted interpretation of religion” »

Joe: President Trump Needs To Speak Out Against Anti-Semitism | Morning Joe | MSNBC

In the wake of rising anti-Semitic incidents around the country, namely bomb threats being made to Jewish community centers, Trump must speak out against anti-Semitism, Joe Scarborough states.

Jean-Claude Juncker Warns Britain of ‘Hefty Bill’ for Brexit

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European commission, makes a speech to the Belgian federal parliament on Tuesday and warns that the British people must prepare to pay a “very heft bill” for leaving the European Union. Although Juncker says the EU must not enter negotiations with “a heart filled with hostility” he does stress that the terms of leaving will not be “cut-price or zero cost”

Read the Guardian article here

Is the US Really in a Position to Lecture Iraq on Democracy, Press Freedom & Protecting Minorities?

Le Pen Refuses Headscarf, Cancels Meeting

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right presidential candidate, canceled a meeting with Lebanon's Grand Mufti after refusing to wear a headscarf. CNN's Melissa Bell reports.

Rogue Nation: North Korea and the Death of Kim Jong-Nam

Senior Donald Trump Aide Warns European Union It Can Expect 'Hostility' after Brexit

THE TELEGRAPH: A senior aide to Donald Trump has warned the European Union that it can expect "hostility" after Britain leaves the European Union, according to reports.

Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist, is understood to have informed Germany's ambassador to Washington that the new US administration hopes to conduct future relations with Europe on a bilateral basis.

The President's aide also told Peter Wittig that he viewed the EU as a flawed construct, sources have told Reuters. » | Laura Hughes, Political Correspondent | Tuesday, February 21, 2017

US - Surge of Anti-semitism Sparks Concern after the Vandalization of a Jewish Cemetery in Missouri

US Immigration Raids Leave Many 'Afraid to Open the Door'

BBC: Hundreds of people have been arrested in immigration raids across the US, leaving many more concerned about how to respond to a knock on the door.

Rajini Vaidyanathan reports from Maryland. (+ BBC video) » | Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Mosul Offensive: New Phase in Battle for Iraq's Second City (Parts 1 & 2)

Austrian Court Approves Extradition of Ukrainian Tycoon Dmytro Firtash

THE TELEGRAPH: An Austrian court on Tuesday approved a US request to extradite a Ukrainian billionaire with ties to an associate of Donald Trump to face trial on bribery charges, in a move that could test the White House's relationship with Russia. » | Roland Oliphant, Moscow | Tuesday, February 21, 2017

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Graeme Wood: The Rise of Islamic State Is the Modern Reformation - Viewsnight

Viewsnight is BBC Newsnight's new place for ideas and opinion. Here, Graeme Wood, national correspondent for The Atlantic argues the rise of so-called Islamic State is a kind of Reformation within Islam. Tariq Ramadan says this argument is "misplaced" and we should not try to "understand Islam through a Christian lens"

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