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Why Everyone Is Sitting Back And Letting ISIS Conquer A Key Syrian Town

Strategic maneuvering between Turkey, Syria, and the US-led coalition prevent direct aid to Kobani.

Kurdish fighters trying to expel the ISIS advance against Kobani, a Syrian town that borders with Turkey, are running out of ammunitions and weapons as the terrorist group prepares to capture the Kurdish city in a bid to control most of the northern Syrian border. Should they succeed, ISIS will have a “direct link between its positions in the

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Rush Limbaugh: Obama Wants Americans To Get Ebola As Payback For Slavery

Limbaugh launched into a soliloquy about so-called politically correct liberals who believe that America is responsible for the spread of Ebola in Liberia because that nation was established by freed American slaves.

CREDIT: AP Radio host Rush Limbaugh suggested on Monday that President Barack Obama is refusing to divert flights from Ebola-infected countries and close down America’s borders because he believes that the nation “deserves” to be infected with the virus given its history of perpetuating slavery. Responding to a caller on his nationally

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John Kerry Calls On Code Pink To Support Military Action In Iraq

Kerry referenced his own opposition to the Vietnam War in 1971, but argued that this current effort will advance the very causes championed by the anti-war organization.

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Secretary of State John Kerry directly addressed protesters of President Barack Obama’s war plans against ISIS during testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday as he made the administration’s case for taking military action against the terrorist organization. “I respect the right of Code Pink to protest and to use that

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President Obama Visits Immigration Advocates Fasting For Reform

Over 4,000 people nationwide have fasted in solidarity with Fast for Families pushing for immigration reform.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited Fast For Families on the national mall on Friday, a group of faith, civil rights leaders, and immigrants gathered to pressure the House of Representatives to take up immigration reform. “Since Nov. 12, immigration activists comprising Fast For Families have abstained from all food

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