Juan Cole | 2020 Dem Presidential Hopefuls Flee Israel Lobbies' AIPAC After MoveOn.org Boycott Call

22 March 19

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Juan Cole | 2020 Dem Presidential Hopefuls Flee Israel Lobbies' AIPAC After MoveOn.org Boycott Call 

Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and Julian Castro, among candidates for the Democratic Party nomination for president, have all announced that they will not attend the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)."
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Charlottesville, Virginia residents say recent threats of ethnic cleansing directed at local high school are another example of the persistent danger of white supremacy. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty)

Charlottesville Residents Say 'Ethnic Cleansing' Threat Proves Ongoing Danger of White Nationalism
Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
Barnes writes: "More than 4,000 students in Charlottesville, Virginia, were forced to stay home for the second straight day after an anonymous poster threatened to launch an 'ethnic cleansing' at one of the city's high schools."
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Representative Steve King. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)

Rep. Steve King Belittles Hurricane Katrina Victims for Needing Help, Unlike Iowans
Molly Olmstead, Slate
Olmstead writes: "Rep. Steve King - a man who makes news with openly racist, white supremacist, and otherwise offensive comments often enough that his own party finally stripped him of his committee assignments - dredged up an old racist complaint while speaking at a town hall in the overwhelmingly white city of Charter Oak, Iowa, Thursday night."
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Rossana Rodriguez with supporters. (photo: Nicholas Burt/Courtesy People for Rossana)

Chicago's Democratic Socialists on Brink of Transforming City's Politics
Eric Lutz, Guardian UK
Lutz writes: "The democratic socialists say their strong showing in Chicago's election last month is partly a reaction to its entrenched machine politics, along with policies that progressives say have prioritized the wealthy over the interests of black, brown and working-class residents."
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Trump supporters take part in a 'Make America Great Again' rally in Salem, Oregon, March 25, 2017. (photo: Alex Milan Tracy/AP)

Hate Crimes Have Apparently Spiked in Counties That Held Trump 2016 Rallies
Paul Blest, Splinter
Blest writes: "Donald Trump has run a nonstop campaign of white fear ever since the beginning of his first presidential campaign. Now, new research indicates that, for some strange reason, hate crimes are off the charts in the places where Trump campaigned for president in 2016."
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A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone in Germany. (photo: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)

The Hidden US Air War in Somalia: Amnesty Accuses US of Possible War Crimes for Civilian Deaths
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Amnesty International is accusing the United States of covering up civilian casualties in its secretive air war in Somalia targeting the militant group al-Shabab."
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A caribou. (photo: Alamy)

America's Reindeer Have Quietly Gone Extinct in the Lower 48
Karin Brulliard, The Washington Post
Brulliard writes: "This year, in the dead of winter, America's wild reindeer went extinct in the contiguous United States."
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