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Jared Kushner Has Found A Way To Take Dark Money Bribes From The Middle East

Jared Kushner was in charge of Middle East policy during the Trump administration, and now he is hitting up the…

1 year ago

The Courtyard of Jerusalem’s US Embassy Has Been Named After Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner worked many jobs for Donald Trump was in the White House. He played an important role in the…

2 years ago

Jared Kushner Cancelled an MSNBC Appearance Last Minute, Then Went on Fox News

Despite his complete and utter lack of credentials, Donald Trump has given Jared Kushner a number of different tasks. One…

3 years ago

Fact Checkers Dismiss Eric Trump’s “Laughable” Claim His Father Brought Peace to the Middle East

Donald Trump did not bring peace to the Middle East, despite what his son Eric told the Republican National Convention…

3 years ago

Opinion: The House and Europe Versus Trump and the Barbarians

When the House of Representatives and Europe issue a joint statement condemning Donald Trump and the world's dark forces, you…

3 years ago

Trump Seeks Dershowitz Help with Kushner’s Failed Middle East Peace Plan

In 2017 Donald Trump put his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in charge of creating a plan to bring peace to the…

4 years ago

Report: Mueller Set to Reveal Trump’s Illicit Middle East Connections

Many people believe that the Russia probe is nearing its completion, but now The Daily Beast is reporting that Bob…

4 years ago

Crises in Middle East and North Korea and Trump Takes 18th Golf Trip in 12 Weeks

"Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing…

6 years ago

Donald Trump’s Middle East Policy is Shaping Up to be a Disaster

Blame Trump's uninformed decision-making processes, which is based entirely on the faulty assumption that he is a “smart guy.”

6 years ago

John Kasich Proposes Federal Agency To “Push Christianity” On the Middle East

Kasich subscribes to the Republican delusion that the road to peace depends upon forcing extremist Christianity down Muslim throats

7 years ago

English Petition to Ban Trump Now Stands at 370,000 and Counting

The carefully crafted and nurtured Trump brand has been re-branded as something nobody wants overnight by Trump's radicalization

7 years ago

As His Leads Grow In Iowa And NH, Bernie Sanders Shows His Foreign Policy Chops

Bernie Sanders is building on his leads in Iowa and New Hampshire by showcasing his knowledge of foreign policy, and…

8 years ago

What Everyone Needs to Know About the Islamic State

In this book, Daniel Byman explores global jihadism from its beginnings in 1979 to today, from the mujaheddin to the…

8 years ago

Jerusalem Post Deputy Managing Editor: Obama May Love Jews, But he is an Anti-Semite

We're back to President Obama being accused of anti-Semitism because he won't let Israel dictate America's foreign policy

8 years ago

The Islamic State – Other People’s Business?

Republicans like to blame Obama, but Bush had already created ISIL, and Obama cannot un-create them, because Obama cannot un-invade…

8 years ago

Louie Gohmert Says Iraq War a Mistake. Because Obama

As Jeb has reminded us, Dubya is our problem, not his. Or Gohmert's. Or the Republican Party's, it seems

8 years ago

Now Israelis And Republicans Are Very Angry At The Pope

Recently, although Republicans love the Vatican's support for opposition to equal rights for women and the LGBT community, there has…

8 years ago

W. Part II: Jeb Bush Says He Relies On His Brother For Middle East Policy Advice

Jeb Bush admitted that his brother, former President George W. Bush, was his most trusted adviser on U.S.-Israel policy.

8 years ago

George W. Bush Reminds Americans Why He Was a Failure and An Idiot

It is true, George W. Bush is hapless, but he is also an idiot for not recognizing his own failures…

8 years ago

Delusional Lindsey Graham Has No Chance Of Ever Being President

There is no person in America as self-aggrandizing as Senator Lindsey Graham whose self-imposed image as a brilliant foreign policy…

8 years ago

While Israelis Terrorize Christians, Evangelicals Accuse Obama Of Persecuting Christ

What the evangelical right never, never ever, talks about is the persecution, barbarism, and hatred targeting Christians at the hands…

8 years ago

Obama Relents and Gives Congress Veto Power Over Iran Nuclear Deal

The current President, Barack Obama, will go down in history for providing tens-of-millions of Americans with access to affordable health…

8 years ago

Tom Delay’s GOP Crusade to Establish Theocracy Is Doomed To Fail

The latest indication that Republicans will enjoin the Catholic bishops' and religious right's war against the Constitution, was disgraced former…

8 years ago

Republican And Netanyahu Bloodlust Drives Nuclear Deal Criticism

The neo-con's solution has been fulfilling Netanyahu's twenty-three year campaign for Americans to die in a war with the Islamic…

8 years ago

Finally America Will Re-evaluate Unconditional Backing For Israel

Regardless any Americans' opinion about the Jewish state, giving Israel free taxpayer money is supporting it; like it or not.…

8 years ago

General Accuses Tom Cotton and 46 Other Republican Senators Of Mutiny

Major Gen. Paul D. Eaton stopped short of calling Cotton and 46 Republicans traitors. As a career military man Eaton…

8 years ago

No, Nancy Pelosi’s Trip to Syria Was Nothing Like “Tehran Tom’s” Iran Letter

Attempts to link Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria with Cotton's Iran letter, fail, as Pelosi was even briefed by the…

8 years ago

GOP Iran Letter Was A Push For A Regime Change War And Defense Industry Profits

The truth, and true purpose of the letter, has really never been in question; specifically because the filthy little neo-con…

8 years ago

Iran’s Foreign Minister Schools GOP Traitors on Constitution and International Law

The Iranian may know the Constitution and international law better than the treasonous 47, but it seems he does not…

8 years ago

Netanyahu and the GOP See Peace as an Existential Threat

What Netanyahu and Republicans fear is peace, which would interrupt their cycle of fear, leaving Iran more reasonable than the…

8 years ago

Nancy Pelosi Slams Netanyahu For Insulting America’s Intelligence

What makes Netanyahu and Republicans 'condescending insult' even more infuriating and egregious is that he is demanding half-a-billion dollars more…

8 years ago

Pew Report Details the Sorry State of Religious Tolerance in the World

Pew tells us restrictions on religion were high or very high in 39% of countries and that Muslims are as…

8 years ago

GOP Lunacy In Criticizing Obama’s ISIS Strategy At CPAC

Now they are lining up at the annual Aryan-sponsored conservative conclave to accuse the President of all manner of malfeasance…

8 years ago

Bill O’Reilly’s Call for Holy War Just Articulates What the Right Has Been Doing All Along

We've been victims of holy war for decades. This just turns attention from our own women, children and poor to…

8 years ago

Fox & Friends Host Blows A Gasket After Eric Holder Slams Fox Over Radical Islam Obsession

During Wednesday morning's broadcast of Fox & Friends, co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck flipped out over comments made by Attorney General Eric…

8 years ago

A Republican State Senator Wants to Start a Nuclear War with ISIS

ALEC member state Senator Jason Rapert (R-AR) has a solution to win the war against ISIL, y'all. Drop the nukes!

8 years ago

Morning Joe Wants Obama To Send More Troops To Fight ISIL Than Were Used In Vietnam War

During Thursday's broadcast of Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough whined about the Authorization for the Use of Military Force that…

8 years ago

Obama Limits Use Of Ground Troops in Proposed ISIL Fight Authorization

The following is a Letter from the President to the U.S. Congress regarding authorization for the Use of United States…

8 years ago

The Truth, “No president in history has done more for Israel’s security than Obama”

Republicans hope to paint Democrats as "anti-American" "Nazis" if they don't attend Netanyahu's speech, but President Obama has done more…

8 years ago

Israeli Official: Boehner And Netanyahu Conspired “To Defy and Humiliate President Obama”

Obviously Boehner is frustrated that he has been outplayed and out-maneuvered at every turn by the President, and lacking the…

8 years ago

Anti-Semitic Hate Group Funding Republican National Committee Israel Trip

Now, it is apparently official that the Republican National Committee is closely-aligned with an official hate group according reports the…

8 years ago

Time To Prosecute House Speaker John Boehner For Violating Federal Law

Like every common criminal, or once-convicted felon, who continues to escape punishment for violating the law, Boehner continues his unethical,…

8 years ago

Obama to cut short India trip to pay call on Saudi Arabia

President Barack Obama will shorten his trip to India and divert to Saudi Arabia, paying respects after the death of…

8 years ago

Republicans’ Allegiance Is to Israel; Not America

It is obvious now that America is not in an 'official war,' Republicans need a fear-mongering diatribe from Netanyahu on…

8 years ago

Texas Protesters To American Muslim Group: “Go Home And Take Obama With You”

Over the weekend, a protest formed at a conference in Texas held by a Muslim group titled "Stand With the…

8 years ago

Rudy Giuliani Uses Charlie Hebdo Tragedy To Demand America Become A Police State

During an appearance on Fox & Friends Thursday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani used the terrorist attack on…

8 years ago

Conservative Columnist Predictably Uses French Terror Attack To Criticize President Obama

Shortly after news broke Wednesday morning that three gunmen attacked a French satirical newspaper, Breitbart columnist Ben Shapiro decided to…

8 years ago

Religious Right: Loving Israel and Hating Islam Bestows Foreign Policy Cred

When Indiana Governor and presidential hopeful Mike Pence went to Israel he met Benjamin Netanyahu but not Palestinian leader Mahmoud…

8 years ago

To Delete Obama’s Agenda From History Republicans Violated Their Pledge To America

There has been an ongoing Republican crusade to eradicate any legislative accomplish this President supported since the Koch brothers took…

8 years ago

Obama Sends 1500 Advisers to Iraq – Fox News Freaks Out

As President Obama sends 1500 troops to Iraq to advise, train, and assist, Fox News sees only a broken promise…

8 years ago

Wesley Clark Calls for a New National Strategy to Unite and Move us Forward

Clark outlines the challenges facing us, which together, he argues, "are exactly the grounds over which a national strategy must…

8 years ago

President Obama Talks Strategy with Anti-ISIL Coalition

President Obama pointed to the ideological component and to the economic conditions which contribute to ISIL's recruitment of young men…

8 years ago

America Must Stay Out of Islam’s Sectarian War

No American should delude themselves that the current violence raging in Iraq and Syria is anything other than an extreme…

8 years ago

Propaganda Demonizing Islam Is Starting to Infect Public Schools

Of course the Americans putting Goebbels's propaganda tactics into practice are Fox News, neo-conservatives, Republicans, and their religious right sycophants,…

8 years ago

Backhanded Way To End War…By A Republican

Former President George W. Bush and his crime family's legacy cost us trillions and our economy is going to Hell…

8 years ago

Lace ‘Em Up: Why Neo-Conservatives Are So Anxious To Put Boots On The Ground

Republicans are itching to bring in ground troops against ISIS. The reason stems from an incessant desire to prove American…

8 years ago

For Republicans ISIL is Only an Excuse to Attack Our President

The suspicion that Republicans are far more horrified by a black president than Islamic terrorists is borne out by the…

8 years ago

With Nothing To Run On Republicans Blow Religious Dog Whistles

Republicans are big on dog whistle politics, particularly going into a midterm election where they have no apparent agenda to…

9 years ago

GOP Senator Claims In Fox News Interview That ISIS Is A ‘Threat To Mainland United States’

During an appearance Wednesday on Fox News' America's Newsroom, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) told anchor Martha McCallum that it was…

9 years ago

Republican Living in Fantasyland Accuses Obama of Living in Fantasyland

Marsha Blackburn says, "Words matter, actions matter . . . You can't just go say [we've] changed all the rules,"…

9 years ago

Ted Cruz Parlays His Execrable Behavior at Arab Christian Conference Into Martyrdom

"They persecuted the Prophets of the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures) who were speaking truth to power and these so-called Christians…

9 years ago

ISIL and the Limits of the Republican Alternate Reality Bubble

The U.S. must tread carefully in Iraq. The GOP's reality bubble will not protect them - or the rest of…

9 years ago

GOP Presidential Hopeful Ted Cruz Booed Off Stage During Arab Christian Conference

In a classic case of not knowing one's audience, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tea Party leader and potential 2016 Presidential…

9 years ago

House Republicans Conspire With War Criminal Dick Cheney to Plot Iraq Strategy

House Republicans met with war criminal Dick Cheney for counsel on dealing with IS, and likely to promote a new…

9 years ago

Fox News’ Sean Hannity Treats Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Like He’s An Expert On ISIS

On Tuesday night's episode of Hannity, host Sean Hannity welcomed Duck Dynasty star and renowned homophobe Phil Robertson on the…

9 years ago

ISIL Will Continue its Terror Campaign Until the World Says Enough! And Means it

The American people will have to decide if they are more tired of war or of the terrorists of ISIL

9 years ago

Hateful Right-Wing Columnist Claims ‘Obama’s Incompetence’ Will Lead To Another 9/11 Attack

In his Sunday column for the Washington Times, Joseph Curl claimed that President Obama has shown his true incompetence when…

9 years ago

Republicans Fearmonger Over ISIS to Distract From Their Ineptitude

What is curious, is that Republicans are campaigning against President Obama who is not running for any political office, but…

9 years ago

President Obama Shows True Leadership By Pushing For Peace Between Israel And Palestine

On Tuesday, an op-ed written by President Obama appeared in Haaretz, Israel's oldest newspaper. This op-ed comes as tensions between…

9 years ago

CBS Allows John McCain And Lindsey Graham To Beat The War Drums Over Iraq And Israel

During Sunday's broadcast of CBS's Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer had on Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain.…

9 years ago

Regarding Surge In Iraqi Violence, Majority Of Americans Feel That US Should Not Intervene

CBS News and The New York Times released a poll Monday showing that 50% of Americans feel that the United…

9 years ago

For Reasons They Will Never Admit Republicans Are Responsible For The Attack on Benghazi

Republicans are ultimately responsible for the attack on the Benghazi outpost for several reasons they will never admit, but that…

9 years ago

Senate Hypocrites Ignore Our Needs at Home But Help Israel Push For War With Iran

Republicans can hardly be bothered to do much in the way of meaningful legislation, and yet they find time to…

9 years ago

Eric Cantor Takes Steps to Give Netanyahu Power Over American Middle East Policy

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has taken steps to reassert Netanyahu's power over American Middle East policy to thwart the…

9 years ago

Republicans Show That They Abhor Peace by Criticizing Nuclear Deal With Iran

What the American people are reminded of with the warmonger's criticism of diplomatic efforts is that Republicans abhor peace nearly…

9 years ago

Republican Condemns President Obama For Not Using the Old Testament to Guide Policy

It is astonishing, but one of their champions used the floor of the House to condemn President Obama for not…

9 years ago

George W. Bush Keynotes Event Promoting End Times

One of Jesus Christ's commands to his followers was to spread the good news of the kingdom of god by…

9 years ago

McCain Says He Will Write Op-ed for Pravda – Pravda Says, Say What?

The Communist Party responded by calling McCain a russophobe and a rapacious hawk and Pravda said "OK" as long as…

10 years ago

The Quest to Turn the U.S. Military into the Army of God

Fundamentalist Christianity is determined to turn not only our government, but more frighteningly, our military, into their tool

10 years ago

Hearings on Syria Offer Questions, Answers, and more Questions

The hearings on Syria did not answer every reasonable question about a possible U.S. punitive strike, but they exposed some…

10 years ago

The Vote on Syria Will Be a Reflection of America’s Integrity and Character

The current debate about whether America should take limited military action against the Syrian government is about keeping a commitment…

10 years ago

Where Syria is Concerned Let’s not Become a Global George Zimmerman

It is not hard to know what to think about the U.S. attacking Syria. That's wrong. And it's wrong for…

10 years ago

Joseph Farah Shows No Fact Safe When Standing Between Him and a Dollar

Let's face it: no fact stands a chance when it gets in the way of a fundamentalist Christian and a…

10 years ago

Edward Snowden Highlights the Peculiar Republican Obsession with Russia

Remember when Mitt Romney said that Russia is "without question our number one geopolitical foe"? Thanks in part to Edward…

10 years ago

Insider: A Chain of Errors Led to Romney Looking ‘ill-informed and opportunistic’

A tell all book written by Gabriel Schoenfeld, who describes himself as a "senior adviser" to the Romney campaign who…

10 years ago

House Republicans Praise Exxon for Arkansas Oil Spill That Taxpayers are Cleaning Up

House Republicans praised Exxon and expect Americans to give them a "pat on the back" for saddling taxpayers with the…

10 years ago

A Delusional Liz Cheney Projects Her Father’s Mistakes onto President Obama

The theme of Liz Cheney's fantasy screed was that Republicans had to start fighting back against President Obama or else…

10 years ago

Obama’s Support for Israel’s Iron Dome Gives GOP Fits of Cognitive Dissonance

Facts crash into belief where Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system is concerned. How could Obama have paid for it…

10 years ago

In Foreign Policy Romney Needs to be More than Not-Obama

Mitt Romney is campaigning as not-Obama and in this case at least, he is being entirely honest: he is not…

10 years ago

An Interview with Nonbeliever Nation’s Author, David Niose

I ask David Niose, author of Nonbeliever Nation, a few questions about his book and about recent events in both…

11 years ago

Meme of Desperation – Bush Gave Middle East 10 Years of Peace

In a breathtaking revision of history, we are being told that President Bush gave the Middle East ten years of…

11 years ago

Right Wing Christian Religious Leaders Dream of Holy War With Islam

Fed by Netanyahu and Republicans at home, America's right wing Christian fanatics are jonesing for a holy war against Islam.

11 years ago

The Value Voters Summit Was An All-Inclusive Un-American Hate Group

The Values Voters Summit was not an expression of American values or a representation of the Constitution's guarantee of freedom…

11 years ago

Unfortunately, America is Stuck with These Idiots

I blame the First Amendment. Don't get me wrong: I'm not making excuses for bad behavior by Islamic fundamentalists or…

11 years ago

Occupy the Bible

The Religious Elite like the Wealth Elite wants us to subordinate our interests to their own. We can Occupy the…

11 years ago