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• House Votes To Fund DHS Until Sept. 30 — Without Immigration Curbs

  By konigludwig on March 4, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted Tuesday to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of the budget year — without any restrictions on immigration. The vote is a victory for President Obama as Republicans had wanted to… Read More ›

• IDF Generals Say Netanyahu is a Threat to Israeli Security

  By konigludwig on March 1, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  From “Netanyahu a ‘danger’ to Israel, say 200 security veterans” – Middle East Eye A group of Israeli generals have launched an unprecedented attack on the prime minister as he prepares to address US Congress In an unprecedented move, 200… Read More ›

• The GOP’s state budget disaster is the best case for Big Government

  By konigludwig on February 26, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  By Jeff Spross The Republican Party is cutting a swath of destruction through state budgets. In Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback’s experiment in income and business tax cuts has blown a $344 million hole in the budget for this fiscal year,… Read More ›

• A Brief History of the Keystone XL in Nebraska

  By konigludwig on February 15, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Exposed – Nebraska’s Unconstitutional Bill to Push the Keystone Pipeline – Occupy.com Originally published in Prairie Fire, June, 2013. By Kietryn Zychal Retired rancher Randy Thompson has become the face of the fight against TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. His image… Read More ›

• First gray wolf seen at Grand Canyon in 70 years killed by Utah hunter

  By konigludwig on February 11, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Echo, who was spotted near the north rim of the famous Arizona landmark in 2014, was shot by a man who said he mistook her for a coyote A gray wolf killed last year by a Utah hunter was “Echo”,… Read More ›

• OECD Prepares to Close Tax Loophole

  By konigludwig on February 8, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  By Paul Hannon Preparations for an overhaul of the international tax system to make it more difficult for companies to shift profits to low-tax countries advanced on Friday, with an agreement to launch talks on modifying more than 3,000 bilateral… Read More ›

• Fethullah Gulen: Turkey’s Eroding Democracy

  By konigludwig on February 4, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  By Fethullah Gulen SAYLORSBURG, Pa. — It is deeply disappointing to see what has become of Turkey in the last few years. Not long ago, it was the envy of Muslim-majority countries: a viable candidate for the European Union on… Read More ›

• Turkey’s leftists, Kurds celebrate Syriza victory

  By konigludwig on January 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  By Cengiz Çandar Late at night on Jan. 25, more than 500,000 Twitter followers of Selahattin Demirtas, the co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party (HDP) in Turkey, were dumbfounded by seeing him tweet in the Greek Cyrillic alphabet, which… Read More ›

• Tyranny’s False Comfort: Why Rights Aren’t Wrong in Tough Times

  By konigludwig on January 30, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Humans Rights Watch The world has not seen this much tumult for a generation. The once-heralded Arab Spring has given way almost everywhere to conflict and repression. Islamist extremists commit mass atrocities and threaten civilians… Read More ›

• In parting shot, Obama prods India on religious freedom

  By konigludwig on January 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  By Frank Jack Daniel and Roberta Rampton NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama weighed in on one of India’s most sensitive topics as he wound up a visit on Tuesday, making a plea for freedom of religion to… Read More ›