Eleven Months of the Appalling War on Yemen
Nasser Arrabyee reviews the effects of the appalling U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war on Yemen:
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France Awards Top Honor For Fight Against Terrorism To Saudi Royal
Just two months ago France was among the most vocal in condemning Saudi Arabia’s New Year mass executions But on Friday the French president Francois Hollande ‘discreetly’ awarded the country’s most prestigious award, the Legion d’Honneur, to the heir to the Saudi throne, Prince Mohammed bin Naif.
Lawmakers Just Passed A Proposal To Ban Donald Trump From Entering Mexico
Submitted by Claire Bernish via TheAntiMedia.org,
Legislators in Mexico City passed a proposal on Thursday to bar presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering the country.
Though the proposal amounts to a tellingly symbolic gesture, the lawmakers hope the measure will pressure Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to take a more adamant stand against Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric — including his blanket characterization of Mexican immigrants as ‘rapists and criminals.’
"Idiot, Clown, Or Hero?": Europe Ponders The Donald
It was just seven weeks ago when we said the following about Donald Trump and Europe’s increasingly intractable migrant crisis: “Europe’s worsening refugee crisis is in many ways the best thing that could have happened to Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign.”
The Decline and Fall of Rubio
Noah Millman reviews Rubio’s declining performance and concludes that Rubio’s continued presence in the race helps Trump. He adds that party leaders could try to push him out, but they don’t want to: