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Jon Stewart Blows Doors Trump’s Executive Orders Bulls—t! BOOM! DONE! By Eileen Fleming The first ten days in the era of Trump brought US twenty Executive Orders. Jon Stewart blessed America on Tuesday night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert by portraying Donald J. Trump. With a dead animal on his head and a very…
The Women’s March began when Teresa Shook Launched The Women’s March With one Facebook Post By Eileen Fleming Teresa Shook, a virgin activist literally shook the world when she responded to the election of Mr. Trump by venting at Facebook. In an interview with The Washington Post, the redheaded retired lawyer said: I wasn’t that…
Vice President Pence meets with Jordan’s King Trump administration moves to reinforce ties with moderate Arab World leaders. Speaks with leaders of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia the day before Vice President Michael Pence, representing President Donald Trump, held its first meeting on Monday Jan. 30, 2017 with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan…
DHS reports less than 1 percent of travelers challenged at airports The Department of Homeland Security responded to assertions that all Muslims are being stopped at the border, saying that President Trump’s new immigration policies have resulted in less than 1 percent of more than 325,000 international travelers being inconvenienced at airports The Department of…
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Poll shows most Americans oppose embassy move to Jerusalem Most Americans oppose moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to an IRmep poll fielded through Google Consumer Surveys. IRmep conducted the survey January 27-29 as speculation continues about whether the Trump administration will break with twenty years of precedent and move the…
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Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu Tweets Breaking News Supreme Court to rule in a few weeks if Vanunu will be allowed to leave Israel By Eileen Fleming On Monday from Jerusalem Mordechai Vanunu took to Twitter to report on today’s Supreme Court appeal seeking to end the restrictions placed upon him when he emerged from…
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“1984” by George Orwell is 2017’s Must-Read Since Mr. Trump’s election sales of “1984” and other dystopian tales have surged. By Eileen Fleming New York Times Book Critic MICHIKO KAKUTANI wrote on January 26: “1984” shot to No. 1 on Amazon’s best-seller list this week, after Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Trump, described demonstrable…
New poll: 41 % of Americans support refugee settlement New poll by Arab American Institute shows plurality of Americans stand with refugees and the undocumented, contrasting policies outlined by President Trump. Also … Muslim, Arab and Civil rights groups decry Trump immigration plans A plurality of Americans support refugee resettlement and undocumented immigrants, contrary to policy…
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Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’ The New York Times Headline ran on Thursday THIS AMERICAN Responds By Eileen Fleming Just days after Mr. Trump ignited the “running war’’ with the media, chief White House strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, poured some gasoline on that fire arguing that news organizations had…
EU boosts support for Libyan independence Following the popular uprising in Libya in 2011, the EU made significant efforts, including through the diplomatic track, to assist Libya’s transition towards an inclusive and stable democracy and to support the UN mediation efforts in that process. To this end, the EU provides assistance to Libya and the…
Plight of Syrians competes for Oscar This year’s Academy Awards Oscar presentation of Hollywood Film Oscars includes only two submissions addressing Arab World issues, one on the plight of Syrian refugees and the terrorist war in Aleppo, Syria, and the other a historical drama set during the Algerian civil war of the 1990s. By Ray Hanania Once again…
Liberty a state of being free Liberty is freedom from arbitrary or despotic control “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”-George Orwell By Eileen Fleming It is the best and the worst of times courtesy of Mr. Trump, whom I call The…
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Despite End of World fear mongering, Embassy move not likely President Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric came to an abrupt halt this past week on many issues including one that Arab activists who have been asleep at the wheel for the past eight years have now grasped as an electrical charge for their protests, screams and continued…
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Controversy of Islamist Politics on Other Belief Systems By Hakim Khatib Terrorist attacks have been randomly sweeping the world. While uncertainty around bloody conflicts in West Asia and Africa, sectarian politics in Arabia and Iran, Integration issues in Europe and North America and lack of democracy in Muslim majority states have become the norms of…
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Real News is reported from The Source The real news about Vanunu Mordechai’s “struggle for freedom” Was Tweeted by Vanunu on Sunday that he will return to Supreme Court on January 30 By Eileen Fleming Due to The Media Blackout and Media Silence over Israel’s nuclear weapons, Israel’s nuclear whistle blower talks to the World…
Arab Palestinian Investment Company – APIC Issues 35 Million US Dollars Bonds On January 18, 2017, Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC) issued new five-year bonds with a total nominal value of US$35 million in a private subscription with the participation of nine banks and companies from Palestine, Jordan and Bahrain. APIC’s General Assembly recently approved…
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This American is a work in progress: The Invigorator is Donald J. Trump The Resistance to The Invigorator is a rapidly growing diverse passionate fired up movement of patriots. A PATRIOT is defined as a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies and detractors. By Eileen Fleming Trump declared…
Presidents Obama, Trump and the “complacency of hope” Why change needs to be defined not by eloquent and inspiring promises, but by a new energy in the Arab World to define itself, defend itself and fight for its own justices. The Arab World can’t rely on American presidents, inspirational words or on foreign powers Published in the…
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