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TSA To Stop Accepting Drivers Licenses From Some States Beginning In January 2018

The Hill reports: Airline passengers in five states and a U.S. territory will be unable to present their current driver’s licenses at airport checkpoints after Jan. 22, 2018, under new rules announced on Friday by the Department of Homeland Security. The Homeland Security department, which overseas the TSA, said it would begin enforcing a post-Sept. 11 law that directs federal …

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Obama Unveils Executive Action On Guns [VIDEO]

“The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage but they cannot hold America hostage. We cannot make carnage the price of freedom.” USA Today reports: President Obama announced a series of executive actions on guns Tuesday, focusing on the victims of gun violence in a White House event intended to prod Congress to take further action. Speaking to an East …

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Gun Dealers Love Terrorism And Obama

According to federal data released yesterday, December gun sales followed a long pattern of spiking sharply whenever President Obama proposes new gun measures after mass shootings. From the New York Times: The heaviest sales last month, driven primarily by handgun sales, followed a call from President Obama to make it harder to buy assault weapons after the terrorist attack in …

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Saudi Arabia Cuts Diplomatic Ties To Iran

Responding to the torching of its Tehran embassy, yesterday Saudi Arabia cut its diplomatic ties to Iran. A ripple effect is taking place today in pro-Saudi nations. The BBC reports: A number of Saudi Arabia’s allies have joined diplomatic action against Iran after the Saudi embassy in Tehran was attacked amid a row over the execution of a Shia Muslim …

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Breitbart: Hillary Inspired The Trump Video

After ignoring the Trump terrorism video for more than a day, Breitbart has finally responded exactly as we’d expect them to. They write: Let’s think about what that says about the former Secretary of State of the United States. Did she plant the idea in the minds of the brutal terrorist group? Or maybe these are the lovely “rebels against …

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Terrorists Feature Trump In Recruitment Clip [VIDEO]

CNN reports: An al Qaeda affiliate has apparently released a new recruitment video, telling Muslims in America that the country has a long history of racism and discrimination and will turn on its Muslim community. The video purportedly by Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab uses historic civil rights era footage of firebrand Malcolm X and audio of 2016 presidential candidate Donald …

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Bowe Bergdahl: Taliban Asked Me If Obama Is Gay

Teabagistan, as you’d expect, absolutely LOVES this story. Via the New York Post: Bowe Bergdahl compared his first year in Taliban captivity — starved, stinking and chained to a bed — to being tossed in a closet and forgotten. “Picture someone taking a bag, throwing it into the closet, shutting the door and just forgetting about it. That was basically …

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Queen Elizabeth Issues Holiday Message: Light Will Overcome Darkness Of Terrorism [VIDEO]

The Guardian reports: In a year which saw a series of terrorist atrocities, including in Paris and Tunisia, as well as a refugee crisis in Europe, the Queen has highlighted the “moments of darkness” that confronted the world in her Christmas Day address to the Commonwealth. The mass shootings and bombings that killed 130 in Paris last month, and the …

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AFGHANISTAN: Lesbian US Air Force Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen Killed In Suicide Bombing

NBC News reports: Not long after the U.S. military repealed its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, Air Force Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen [on the right in the above photo] married her longtime partner, becoming one of the first American service members to be wed in a same-sex ceremony. On Monday, nearly five years to the day after the repeal was signed …

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VOX: 2015 In Review [VIDEO]

Watch below as Vox recaps the major news stories of 2015. Terrorism, Obergefell, the refugee crisis, and Donald Trump are among the highlighted headlines.

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All Los Angeles Schools Closed Over Terror Threat

The Associated Press reports: All schools in the vast Los Angeles Unified School District have been ordered closed due to a threat, a spokeswoman Ellen Morgan said Tuesday. During a press conference Tuesday officials said they received the electronic threat and were still analyzing it. They said the action was being taken out of an abundance of caution. Schools would …

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Anonymous Issues Warning To Trump, Takes Down Site For Trump Tower: You Are Helping ISIS

The Hill reports: The activist hacking group Anonymous has selected Donald Trump as its latest target in the wake of the GOP presidential candidate’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. “Donald Trump, it has come to our attention that you want to ban all Muslims [from entering] the United States. This policy is going to have a huge …

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Madonna Sings Imagine In Paris [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Madonna stepped off the stage after her Paris concert on Wednesday night and headed to another performance. But unlike her sold-out show at the AccorHotels Arena, this one had just a small crowd of onlookers, swaying and snapping photos with their cell phones. It started with an announcement the Material Girl sent to fans on Twitter, inviting them …

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Christian Terrorist Robert Dear To Court: “I Am Guilty. There Will Be No Trial. I Am A Warrior For The Babies!”

Colorado’s CBS affiliate reports: In a court appearance to determine formal charges, accused Planned Parenthood gunman Robert Dear reportedly announced his guilt–and strongly hinted at a motive. “I am guilty. There will be no trial. I am a warrior for the babies,” Dear reportedly exclaimed before the charges were read. Reporter Rick Sallinger with our partners at KCNC left the …

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PHILADELPHIA: Paper Compares Trump To Hitler, Neo-Nazi Groups Celebrate Call For Muslim Ban

The Philadelphia Daily News has earned international attention this morning for today’s front page. The UK’s Independent reports: Donald Trump has been likened to the historical far-right as his campaign is backed by neo-Nazi fascists, in the wake of remarks calling for all Muslim immigration to be banned. The Tuesday edition of the Philadelphia Daily News, a tabloid with a …

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FRANCE: Eagles Of Death Metal Joins U2 At Paris Concert To Perform People Have The Power [VIDEO]

The BBC reports: US rock band Eagles of Death Metal have appeared on stage in Paris, less than a month after deadly attacks during their performance in the French capital. The band took to the stage to perform at the end of a U2 concert at the AccorHotels Arena. “They were robbed of their stage three weeks ago and we …

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Supreme Court Rejects NRA’s Assault Weapons Appeal: Municipalities May Continue To Ban Them

Some welcome news from the Supreme Court, which today refused hear an NRA appeal arising from an Illinois city which has banned residents from owning assault weapons. The Hill reports: In refusing to take the case known as Friedman v. Highland Park, the court — at least for now — lets stand a lower court’s ruling in favor of the …

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Fox Analyst: Obama Is “Such A Total Pussy” [VIDEO]

Fox News analyst Ralph Peters this morning reacted to President Obama’s speech on terrorism with this: “Mr. President we’re not afraid, we’re angry, we’re pissed off, we’re furious! We want you to react, we want you to do something! You’re afraid! This guy is such a total pussy, it’s stunning.” Host Stuart Varney then chided Peters, saying, “I can tell …

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Donald Trump: What Muslim Sports Heroes?

Donald Trump says he has the “greatest memory in the world” but he can’t remember a disabled reporter who interviewed him many times and he definitely can’t think of any Muslim sports heroes, not even the ones that he sits with at fancy events and calls his “good friend.”

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New York Times Trolls Its Critics

Over the weekend wingnut commentator Erick Erickson was so incensed by a New York Times gun control editorial that he literally shot seven holes in his copy of the paper. Erickson then posted an image of the bullet-riddled paper and asked his followers to do the same. Today a Times reporter trolled Erickson right back.

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