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Facebook donated $25,000 to Virginia governor, sought refund from Mississippi Republican

FPI / February 14, 2019 Facebook has not asked for donations given to Virginia’s Gov. Ralph Northam and Secretary of State Mark Herring, both of whom have admitted to wearing blackface in the past, to be refunded. Some observers say the social media giant is practicing a double standard on the issue of racism in […]

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Global index finds corruption rampant; U.S. drops out of top 20 least corrupt

FPI / February 14, 2019 Two-thirds of the 180 countries surveyed in the Transparency International (TI) 2018 global corruption index were rated as corrupt. The failure to curb corruption is “contributing to a worldwide crisis of democracy,” TI says. The 2018 research shows “a disturbing link between corruption and the health of democracies, where countries […]

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Analysis: Democrats face uphill battle to ‘legitimately’ win 2020 election

FPI / February 14, 2019 President Donald Trump is taunting the bevy of Democrats lining up to challenge him in 2020. Following acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 8, Trump tweeted: “The Democrats in Congress yesterday were vicious and totally showed their cards for everyone to see. When […]

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Fired FBI deputy director McCabe trumpets key role in Russia probe

FPI  / February 14, 2019 Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said that he launched the agency’s investigations into President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia after speaking with the president following the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. “I was very concerned that I was able to put the Russia case on absolutely […]

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Green New Deal faces withering scrutiny as California hits brakes on rail dreams after spending billions

FPI  / February 13, 2019 Since the Democrats’ Green New Deal calls for phasing out air travel, Rep. Liz Cheney asked a panel of so-called environmental experts how to prioritize who in the future gets to fly and for what reasons. During a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources hearing on Feb. 12 titled […]

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ISIS executioner reportedly killed in showdown Syria battle

FPI / February 13, 2019 A notorious Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist from Indonesia, who was filmed beheading a Western hostage in 2016, was killed in a battle with U.S.-backed forces amid the terror organization’s last stand in Syria, reports say. Muhammad Saifuddin was killed in eastern Deir Ezzor province on Jan. 29 when he was […]

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Book describes ‘clerical culture of secrecy’ about homosexuality

FPI / February 13, 2019 Some 80 percent of priests working at the Vatican are homosexual and the more homophobic a cleric was, the more likely he was to be gay, according to the new book “In the Closet of the Vatican”. The book by French journalist and author Frederic Martel unveils “a clerical culture […]

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Poll finds media coverage of Trump White House damaged its credibility

FPI / February 13, 2019 Public opinion has turned against the media in the 754 days since President Donald Trump took office, according to a new poll. An IBD/TIPP poll which asked about “the public’s perception of the mainstream news media” found that “fully half the country says its trust in the media decreased over […]

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Meanwhile, portions of U.S.-Mexico border wall are under construction

FPI / February 13, 2019 Lawmakers in D.C. continue to haggle over how much, if any, funding will go toward President Donald Trump’s border wall. Meanwhile, on the ground at the U.S.-Mexico border, the wall is being built. “We’ve actually started a big, big portion of the wall today at a very important location, and […]

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NY Times op-ed: Take down existing walls and open the border

FPI / February 12, 2019 Democrats must push for the U.S.-Mexico border to be demilitarized and all border barriers destroyed to allow migrants to freely flow into the United States, an op-ed in The New York Times says. “Democrats should follow their voters, who increasingly want more open borders, and reframe the immigration debate by […]

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Bolton answers Khamenei’s slap on regime’s 40th anniversary: Time’s up

FPI / February 12, 2019 The Iranian regime should make the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution count, because there might not be many more such celebrations, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton warned. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said last week that the slogan “Death to America”, which Iranians regularly shout at rallies, is […]

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Documents: FBI rushed to accommodate Clinton days before election

FPI / February 12, 2019 The FBI, prodded by Hillary Clinton’s lawyer, moved swiftly in the days preceding the 2016 presidential election to stress that the agency concluded that material found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop would not change the conclusion that Clinton should not be charged for mishandling classified information, newly released documents reveal. Documents […]

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Rush Limbaugh on a nation adrift: ‘With no God, there’s no right or wrong’

FPI / February 12, 2019 During radio host Rush Limbaugh’s Feb. 5 broadcast, a caller voiced concern on how the next generation of Americans “aren’t being taught about God.” Limbaugh responded: “It’s not just they’re not being taught about God. God is being systematically eliminated. Now, to people who might… Not everybody believes in the […]

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Democrats moving bill to criminalize private gun sales

FPI  / February 11, 2019 House Democrats plan to move legislation this week that would ban the private sale of guns. The House Judiciary Committee will mark up the bill, known as the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, on Feb. 13 and send it to the House floor for a vote, committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler told […]

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UK woman arrested for calling trans activist a man on Twitter

FPI  / February 10, 2019 A British woman was arrested in her home in front of her two young children on charges of calling a woman transgender activist by her former male name – or “deadnaming” – in a Twitter argument. In comments posted to the Mumsnet online forum, Kate Scottow of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, said she […]

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