Palestinian refugees reacted with dismay on Saturday to a United States decision to halt funding to a U.N. agency, warning that it would lead to more poverty, anger and instability in the Middle East.
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Catholic Church should fight for freedom and unity in Europe

Cardinal Reinhard Marx turns to the legacy of the Polish Solidarnosc movement of the 1980s as a source of fresh hope. The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference spoke to DW about Europe, democracy, and freedom.
Racist Robocalls Target Andrew Gillum, Democratic Nominee for Florida Governor
The calls, tied to a white supremacist entity, came days after Mr. Gillum became the first black person nominated by a major party to be governor of Florida.
The Deadly Toll of the Red Tide
Oops! Has everything to do with climate change but some will deny it until Florida floods and fries. In southwestern Florida, the harmful algal bloom has lasted about 10 months and continues to kill large amounts of marine life.
Louis CK’s comeback shows nine months is long enough, apparently
Choose another career and media needs to ignore you.

We should be asking ourselves how CK’s abuse of power robbed his victims of opportunities – and that he’s is not the victim
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Saudi plans to dig canal turning Qatar into an island
Cutting off what offends you? Dumb.

A senior Saudi official has appeared to confirm Riyadh’s plans to dig a canal separating Qatar from the mainland, turning it into an island. Qatar has been diplomatically isolated from its neighbors for over a year.
Return of the Ugly German?: The Riots in Chemnitz and Their Aftermath
In Chemnitz, refugees find themselves under threat by neo-Nazis and hooligans. Politicians have pledged to take a hard line against right-wing extremist violence, but they look helpless nonetheless. Meanwhile, the right wing seems to have the upper hand in Saxony. By DER SPIEGEL Staff
Associate of indicted Russian admits to Trump inaugural ticket scheme
Dear Mr. Trump: Dude Seriously?
Just about everything that flies of Our Dear Leader’s mouth is ill-thought out or just plain moronic…..his newest batch of stupidity…..
- McCain flap. Trump denied that he had made mistakes in his reaction to the Arizona senator’s death, which saw the White House flag lowered, raised, then lowered once more. He declined to answer when asked whether the Republican would have made a better president than Barack Obama. “I don’t want to comment on it,” he said. “I have a very strong opinion, all right.” Bloomberg notes that press secretary Sarah Sanders stared at him as he delivered the answer.
President Trump gave Bloomberg an interview Thursday that was a doozy even by Trumpian standards. Among other things, he insisted he couldn’t be impeached because he is “doing a great job,” defended his controversial handling of John McCain’s death—and threatened to pull the United States out of the World…
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Editorial: Enough with the dog-whistle politics
Many political attack ads stretch the truth and associations of an opponent to the extreme, but a television ad that began airing locally Wednesday that tried to link Ohio 1st Congressional District candidate Aftab Pureval to Libyan terrorists was an ugly low blow. The ad, funded and produced by a super PAC aligned with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, is a dog whistle that blatantly attempts to remind voters of Pureval’s “otherness” by making a misleading connection between the Democratic challenger and a settlement negotiated with Libyan terrorists by a law firm where he used to work. Never mind Pureval had nothing to do with the settlement the ad references.
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