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For all the anticipatory rhetoric about a potential wave of Electors refusing to endorse Trump, it may come as a surprise that the first "faithless elector" to emerge in Monday's Electoral College vote was in Minnesota has refused to vote not for Trump but for Hillary Clinton.

As the Hill reports, Muhammad Abdurrahman, a former Bernie Sanders delegate to the Democratic National Convention, attempted to vote for no candidate, according to The Associated Press's Kyle Potter.

US President-elect Donald Trump has done a U-turn on his campaign promise to stay out of unnecessary costly wars in the Middle East that destroy countries and remove leaders and is now following Hillary Clinton and advice from neocons to create ‘safe zones’ in Syria. Safe zones in Syria means that the neocons are risking a nuclear confrontation between East and West and are hoping to cut a deal with Russia to control the Middle East while they focus on Iran and China. The only hope for stopping a nuclear confrontation between Russia and the U.S.

“He came. He saw. I was toast.”

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This December, 2016, marks the 225th anniversary of the ratification of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution which would become known as the “Bill of Rights.”  To secure passage of the Constitution, the framers of the document (the Federalists) had to agree that it would contain explicit language on individual rights.

Following the shooting death of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, The US State Department has issued a travel 'Security message' warning US citizens to avoid the area near the Embassy compound "due to an ongoing security incident."

Ankara, #Turkey - ongoing security incident near US Embassy. All US citizens should avoid area near Embassy compound until further notice. pic.twitter.com/5EABdgBO4o

— Travel - State Dept (@TravelGov) December 19, 2016