President Barack Obama to visit a Baltimore Islamic center.
No he's not a Muslim. He's a part of the United Church of Christ. You may remember that they were hand ringing about the president's former pastor Jeremiah Wright making the fiery sermons about the United States and god's law.
Well the White House announced that President Barack Obama will head to the Islamic Society of Baltimore to address religious freedom and acceptance.
President Obama has been criticizing increasing anti-Islamic sentiment in the United States.
"When politicians insult Muslims, whether abroad or our fellow citizens, when a mosque is vandalized, or a kid is called names, that doesn't make us safer," the president said during the 2016 State of the Union.
Fear of terrorist attacks on American soil has risen after attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris. And according to a study by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, attacks on mosques in 2015 were at the highest point since the group began keeping track in 2009.
But presidents visiting mosques is obviously nothing new. President George W. Bush famously visited one just 6 days after the attacks on September 11, in another attempt to quell intolerance.
"The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam," President Bush said when he visited the Islamic Center at Washington D.C. "That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace."
I am expecting the Islamophobia to be off the hook from assholes like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
Pam Geller will be in the spotlight again.
That annoying conservative agitator Sean Hannity or that old fart Rush Limbaugh will likely bemoan about the president refusing to say the polarizing word vomit "radical Islam".
It will be splashed on Matt Drudge's conservative Craiglist.
Ann Coulter would use her Twitter fingers to attack the president on being a sympathizer to Muslims.
And of course it will be more dog whistle to Trumpublicans to question the president's birth or religion.
These clowns on that right wing network going right into him.
While we can't cover most events in the world, I want to assure you that we care! I believe that over in the United States, we're motivated to hashtag activism when it comes to "civilized" countries.
I assure you that over in the United States, no cares about the massacres over in Africa, South America or Asia.
If it happens in Tokyo, Paris, New York, London, Berlin, Rome, Los Angeles, Sydney, Moscow and Washington, DC, the junk food media would run it for weeks until the next tragedy occurs.
Did you know that the folks over at Facebook activated the "I Am Safe" function for users who report their safe in the case of a weather event or a mass murder tragedy?
It certainly was activated during the San Bernardino and Paris tragedies in which mass shooters killed numerous people. The shooters were inspired by the Islamic State.
But they forgotten about Beirut, Lebanon, Baghdad, Iraq and numerous other areas where a tragedy has occurred.
I am wondering in the wake of attacks inspired or carried out by al Qaeda and the Islamic State of the Levant, will Facebook activate the "Am I Safe" option?
Did you know that there were mass attacks in numerous cities?
Kabul, Mogadishu, Pathankot, Zliten, Hurghada, Istanbul and Ouagadougou were hit with mass murder tragedies.
And not to mention the deadly attacks in Jakarta. Individuals who claim allegiance to the Islamic State have tried to detonate a mass explosion around a Starbucks and police station. When they failed at doing it, they decided to let the slugs fly.
And tonight there's a tragedy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso was reported by the international media and Buzzfeed.
Still waiting on "I Am Safe" function.
Yes, terrorism exists in the world.
Mass murders in the world ignored by junk food media and Facebook.
Reasons for it are clearly unknown. But most analysis figured that the social outcast, poverty, corruption in government and foreign intervention are reasons to why terrorists are good at recruiting individuals to fight for their causes.
Soft targets are often looked at as areas where mass shooters go for the most causalities. Terrorism would single out areas such as shopping centers, universities, traffic congested areas, and military bases for plots of massacres.
World News Today send our condolences to the victims of these senseless tragedies in the world.
Final year for President Barack Obama and he vows to do more.
The final State of the Union Address for President Barack Obama had wrapped up and the agenda for the year is set.
Of course, with a Republican majority, will it be possible for the agenda to be accomplished?
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) got his first opportunity to sit in the big kid's chair. As the House Speaker, Ryan is now determined to get the House of Representatives in order. After a continuous year of battles, Ryan is hoping to get the advantage.
Handful of Republican lawmakers, Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito skipped the State of the Union again.
South Carolina's Nikki Haley, the two term Republican governor delivered the response.
Let's cut to the chase.
The president laid out a simple agenda. He wants to raise the minimum wage. He wants to enact reasonable gun control measures. He wants to improve on infrastructure. He asks of Congress to approve his use of force against the Islamic State. He appointed Vice President Joe Biden to head up a committee on how to fight cancer. He asked for more tax cuts. He praised Ryan for his leadership. He knocked on Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, Chris Christie and Rand Paul. He said that his biggest regrets was seeing Washington be so freaking divided.
I didn't get to capture every moment on television but I want to be clear that I enjoyed the speech.
Anyway, here's the video of the president and Haley.
No Tea Party Response or other unofficial Republican responses.
Philadelphia Police nabbed man who tried to shoot up an officer. He claimed that he's devoted to the Islamic State.
Philadelphia Police are hailing a fellow officer for his bravery. He managed to dodge the grim reaper on Friday morning. A man who claims support to the Islamic State ran up on a lawman in an undercover vehicle. He let 13 slugs fly into the cruiser.
The officer returned fire.
Edward Archer is being treated for his injuries along with the officer. Archer will be charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Man ambushes the lawman.
Police Commissioner Richard Ross echoed the statement at a news conference on Friday, saying that Archer confessed to the shooting "in the name of Islam." But Mayor Jim Kenney told ABC-6 that the attack had nothing to do with "being a Muslim or the Islamic faith," and everything to do with mental illness.
Archer's mother told Philly.com that her son had been hearing voices, and Ross said investigators are not yet sure whether he was truly radicalized. Late Friday, a U.S. Muslim advocacy group told Reuters that Archer didn't appear to be a mosque-going Muslim.
"At this hour, it does not appear that he was an observant or mosque-going Muslim" in the local community, said Jacob Bender, executive director of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
The officer, identified as 33-year-old Jesse Hartnett, was sitting in his patrol car around 11:30 p.m. at 60th and Spruce Streets when a gunman fired nearly a dozen shots through the driver’s side of the car.
Jesse Hartnett survived a point blank shooting by nutjob.
“When you look at the video, this is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen,” Commissioner Ross said. “This guy tried to execute the police officer. The police officer had no idea he was coming. It’s amazing he’s alive.”
“We’re thankful to God he’s here today because it easily could’ve been a police funeral.”
Hartnett was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he underwent surgery for a broken arm. Ross says the officer’s arm suffered significant damage and that he has a long road to recovery. As of Friday night, he was listed in stable condition and police officials say he will need several surgeries to repair his arm.
World News Today send our prayers to Jesse Hartnett.
Archer could face LIFE in the iron college if he's convicted of attempted murder. Archer is innocent until proven guilty.
The Republican Party is the best recruitment tool for the Islamic State.
Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant want Republicans in the White House. They believe the Republican Party and its conservative allies are stupid. They see their rhetoric as a reason to inspire individuals who feel lost, forgotten, hated and hurt. The terrorists can prove to the inspired that Western nations are bigoted to Islam. They can say that Israel's influence on the world is the reason to why Muslims suffered at the hands of Western powers.
Republicans will try to cut government agencies. Some of those government agencies are essential to the health and safety of the United States. They will unwittingly allow terrorists a loophole.
Still up in the polls. Donald Trump's rhetoric is extreme but Republicans love it.
They will continue to relax gun laws. It will be more easier for a person to obtain a firearm now that Republicans continue to block gun control regulations.
The terrorists take advantage of the opportunities Republicans leave them.
People who get inspired by rhetoric by Islamic State will leave their families to join the extremist group. These are probably people who were bullied by society. They were spurned by a relationship. They were loners. They were the "NICE GUYS and GALS" who many never expected to be involved in terrorism.
Even in intelligence, the terrorists are getting better at alluding the spies. The terrorists believe that the United States will bankrupt trying to fight a faceless enemy.
The United States is actively attacking the group. The U.S. airstrikes are happening daily in Syria and Iraq. President Barack Obama is cautious about putting more troops back into Iraq and possibly Syria.
The Republicans are crowing that the president isn't doing not enough.
Sarker Haque got a shiner after a bigot came into his store and punched him in the face.
Since the San Bernardino attack, many in the conservative media shifted focus to terrorism. The Republicans and their conservative allies have the only muscle they can use when fighting terrorism.
It's their tongues. Their tongues are slobbering with rhetoric that could inspire attacks on innocent civilians who are worshiping Muslims.
Now I don't blame the agitators for the rise in hate crimes. I am done trying to fault these people for spewing hate. They are allowed to spew hate. The fault of the actions carried out solely goes to the person who committed the crime. But let's do a poll before I go into my post.
Who's responsible for the rise in hate crimes against Muslims?
The word vomit de jour is "radical Islam". The agitators and candidates running for president have been on this kick about President Barack Obama not mentioning "radical Islam". They want the president to show leadership. Given a solution to handle terrorism, the Republicans and their conservative allies have two things on their mind: military boots on the ground or bomb them to hell.
Remember we have the freedom of speech to spew whatever nonsense we can agitate to the public with. It's unfortunate that the consequences could inspire people to violence.
Man assaults a cashier as a restaurant in New York.
A handful of sponges soaked up the rhetoric and reacted towards their fellow Americans. And what for reason? Because they believe if you're a worshiping Muslim, you're a terrorist.
A handful of Republican primary voters support the Trump idea of banning Muslims from entering the country. What's worse is the fact that religious tests are the very thing our founding fathers opposed.
A man in New York has been charged with a hate crime after he launched a profanity-laced, violent outburst at a restaurant in Manhattan.
The workers at this restaurant called Salt and Pepper was disturbed by the ignorance of Robert Murino. This 26-year old sponge soak was drunk and he began throwing his temper tantrum at Muslims.
He was caught on surveillance video hitting a worker with the five finger knuckle roll. He was ordered to leave the restaurant. He decided he didn't like the way he was being talked to, so he decides to pick up chairs and toss them over the counter. Some of the chairs ended up smashing the food case and food counter.
Tahir Mohmood was working behind the counter. He said that the sponge soak got violent after he started throwing his word vomit at paying customers about Muslims. He decided to throw his five finger roll at Tahir.
"You Muslim guys, you motherfuckers" was the word vomit chanted by Murino.
Tahir tried to defend himself from the blows and the flying chairs. While he went crazy, a witness Lina Parvin called the law. She was hiding under the counter crying.
Hate continues in the Western world.
"I feel so sad, that at night I can't sleep you know. I can't sleep the whole night because I'm really afraid," said Lina.
Murino was busted by the NYPD and was charged with criminal mischief and assault. They will likely charge him with a hate crime.
While that was going on in Manhattan, another man gets five finger rolled by another sponge soak.
The sponge soak managed to deck a Queens store owner. This happened by a man who wanted to "kill Muslims".
Fatima Food Mart owner Sarker Haque told the junk food media, that this sponge soak came into his store last Saturday and began serving him a five finger roll.
Brigitte Gabriel is a right wing extremist who appears on right wing networks.
"He punched me here," said Sarker, motioning towards an ice cream cooler. After being decked in the face, he tumbled over towards the floor. Sarker told him "What the hell you doing? What's wrong with you?"
The sponge soak said that he wanted to "kill Muslims".
Sarker was fighting back tears when he told the junk food media that he emigrated from Bangladesh to make a life in the United States.
The sponge soak was identified as Piro Kolvani. He would have put Sarker in the hospital. If it wasn't for the actions of a Latino customer, Sarker would have been dead.
Kolvani will likely be charged with a hate crime.
"It doesn't matter what color or nationality you are," said Sarker. "We are in America. Everybody came from somewhere,"
There was a young girl in The Bronx was attacked by three boys at her middle school. The girl was a sixth grader who was playing recess. The three boys grabbed her hijab and tried to rip it off. They were taunting her. They referred her to "ISIS" the junk food media's portrayal of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Vandalism. The ignorance sprayed on a mosque.
The boys put the girl in a headlock and punched her. They tried to pull off her hijab. The NYPD responded to the call and reported the attack at P.S. 89. It was called to school administrators.
The boys were placed in juvie time out. They face a court date for the allegations. The names of the victim and attackers were withheld.
The principal declined any comments when the junk food media swarmed up on the school.
The young girl and her family will likely file a lawsuit against the school and attackers.
Down the road, the Philadelphia Police and the FBI are investigating the deliberate act of hate at a mosque. There was a severed pig head left at the door of the mosque.
Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter said that these cowards will be brought to justice.
The head was found outside the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society early Monday morning.
Pork and products with byproducts of pork are haram or forbidden, in Islam.
Surveillance video shows a red truck driving by the mosque. On the return, the red truck stopped and someone decided to toss a butchered pig's head towards the door.
"It's too early in the investigation to determine if it is a hate crime, but I aniticapte that will be the direction the investigation will go," said Philadelphia top cop Leeloni Palmiero.
An earlier threat came to the mosque. A man said on a voicemail, "Are you happy about what happened in France?" "God is a pig!" and "God is pork!"
The Bonnie & Clyde of anti-Islam. Pam Geller and Robert Spencer peddle Islamophobia.
Nutter didn't spare anyone in his press conference. He slammed Trump, Ted Cruz and Benjamin Carson for their rhetoric. He called Trump an "asshole".
Now you know there were more incidents that happened besides what I've explained today.
It also goes to the recent incidents in California.
A sponge soak named Denise Slader threw coffee in the face of Rasheed Albeshari after he filmed the woman go into a verbal tirade about how Islam is the "devil religion". A park ranger intervened and told Slader to leave, she gets more irate when Rasheed told the ranger that she solely instigated the situation. Rasheed and his friends were praying in a park in San Francisco.
There was a fire at a mosque in southern California. In the deeps of Coachella, a community is gripped by a callous act of terrorism. In the wake of the San Bernardino attacks, Muslims in California are fearing the backlash.
The Islamic Center of Palm Springs was attacked by a firebomb. The fire was contained to the front lobby. No injuries were reported by the law.
They are Americans who want to worship in peace.
People inside heard a "loud boom" and started seeing flames. Imam Reymundo Nour said this incident is a result of the stroking fears of politicians and those in the junk food media.
A spokesman for the Riverside County Sheriff's office declined to state whether the event is considered an act of terrorism or an arson.
The mosque is 75 miles from San Bernardino. The attack has went into its second week and conservatives are still egging it on. The sponges keep soaking up the narrative that American Muslims are secretly plotting for the destruction of the United States.
The mosque was hit by gunfire in November 2014 in what authorities investigated as a possible hate crime. No one was injured in this attack but this case is still under federal investigation.
These incidents have Muslims fearing terrorism from their fellow Americans.
Democratic lawmaker Rep. Rual Ruz of California said that this act is tragic. He believes this is a result of a hate crime.
What we should call these incidents explained as acts of terrorism.
This sponge soak got irate at a man who was doing a Muslim prayer at a San Francisco park.
The rhetoric of Donald Trump and the other clowns running has created this negative backlash.
Now a California state worker may face a cannon firing after a video showing her getting into a verbal tirade with a man who was holding a Muslim prayer at a San Francisco park.
Rasheed Albeshari whipped out the camera and filmed the woman holding a coffee cup berating him over his religion.
When a park ranger told the woman to move along, she gets into another verbal argument with Rasheed and then tossed the hot stuff on him.
The name of the woman was released by the San Francisco Chronicle. Denise Slader is now getting her share of death threats from the trolls and outraged.
Albeshari who lives in San Francisco and drives for Uber and Lyft when not studying at the City College of San Francisco decided to get out of the car and take a video of the incident. He said he and his friends had initially gone to the park to barbecue and play volleyball.
“I would have never thought this would happen specifically, in California and in the Bay Area," he said, adding that he moved to the region from North Carolina.
Still, he said, the Bay Area is home.
"This is where I live and I'm going to stay here, I'm going nowhere, because I love this place, even though this lady tried to make a hateful place but she failed," he said.
Albeshari, 31, said he's been flooded with messages and calls of support since he posted the video.
"It's just amazing how Americans are," he said. "It's overwhelming to see all that support."
Slader told KTVU that she "wanted to tell them about Christ and that what they're doing, what they believe in, their Allah that he was praying to right there in the park openly, is not of god, it's of the devil."
She said that "the self-defense part of me as a human being kicked in, and I hit the camera with my umbrella."
A man who answered the phone at Slader's Castro Valley home on Wednesday morning said she was not available to speak.
I'm an American. I have a right to pray in my country.
The incident posted on social media went viral. The junk food media had to find out whether this woman resided in the area. It turns out that she not only lives in San Francisco, but works at the iron college.
She is a program technician in the parole division. A spokesman for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says that Slader is treading on thin ice.
The law may charge Slader with a hate crime. That crime alone could have her seeing the inside of the job she once worked for. A hate crime charge in California could carry up to ten years.
Slader is innocent until proven guilty.
World News Today wishes Rasheed Albeshari and his family well on their journey.
#Islamophobia After praying, this lady approached us and started yelling at us that we're brainwashed for believing in Allah, "Allah is evil" she said. I started video taping her, I ,also, was hit by an umbrella before taking a shower of coffee right on my face. And what happened next was this..
Posted by Rasheed Albeshari on Monday, December 7, 2015
Sofia Vergara joins entertainers in a public service announcement demanding Congress pass reasonable gun control laws. I can imagine Republicans are going to ignore them. I can see conservative agitators call them "limousine liberals".
Amy Schumer, Julliane Moore, Jennifer Anniston, Sarah Silverman, Sofia Vergara, Sarah Silverman, Nathan Lane, Debra Messing, Kevin Bacon, Michael J. Fox, Olivia Munn, and Kristen Schaal joined the president in a PSA. The entertainers plea to Congress do something about gun violence.
The PSA is called "We Can End Gun Violence".
"This new video sends a clear message that we will rally together to help end gun violence. The gun safety movement has grown tremendously over the past few years and what’s more: we’re winning. We’re defeating the gun lobby in statehouses across the country and making it clear that we won’t sit idly by while 88 Americans are killed by gun violence every day and hundreds more are injured," President Barack Obama said.
The recent San Bernardino shootings are now being morphed into an Islamic State themed terrorist attack. The terrorists murdered 14 people and injured 31. They were killed in a hail of gunfire.
The one before that was Colorado Springs. The terrorists was shooting at law enforcement and residents fleeing from the Planned Parenthood location. The terrorist murdered 3 people and injured 12. The law managed to apprehend the terrorist. He will face a jury on capital murder.
The one that didn't catch too much attention was in Colorado Springs. The terrorist went on to murder 4 people and injure many before the law put him down quickly.
The one before that was Umpqua Community College. The terrorist went on to murder 10 people and injure many before he would take his own life.
And we can go on and on and on and on....
The #NotOneMore campaign is launched by the Organizing for America campaign. The president is pressing for reasonable gun control laws.
Now Americans are starting to notice that gun violence is the number one threat in the United States.
#BlackLivesMatter, the Council on American Islam Relations (CAIR), Planned Parenthood, and other organizations are rallying people to demand change. They are demanding for Congress to change course or face an usurping.
Amy Schumer.
It's starting to work in a slow, painful and yes frustrating way.
People in the city of Chicago are calling for the firing of Rahm Emmanuel. The embattled mayor has seen his city seen mass murder on a daily basis. Even the police force is committing mass murder.
The people of Baltimore managed to get Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to fire herself out the cannon. Baltimore has seen many mass murders within this year. That doesn't include the death of Freddie Gray.
Jon Stewart of Comedy Central came to The Daily Show recently to slam House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate leader Mitch McConnell for failing to pass a simple law. He demands Congress pass the 9/11 Responders Health bill. Stewart was frustrated with lawmakers inserting partisan pork into bipartisan bills so they can blame the president for a government shutdown.
Stewart retired from the show and passed it to Trevor Noah.
These latest actions are starting to get attention by the junk food media. The junk food media is also getting tired of being labeled "liberal" by the agitators and presidential candidates. The junk food media gave the Republicans 3:1 television coverage.
And yet, the conservative concern trolls ignore all the pleas.
I've seen it in the comment section. I've seen it in the social media pages. I've heard it on radio, teleivsion, print, and internet websites. All I hear from conservatives is tongue and nothing more.
Republicans are so freaking inept. The Republican candidates running for president, the Congress and the conservative agitators spent more time pissing off Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims and women.
Liberalism (or perhaps progressive views) are on the rise in the United States. Conservatives are trying to delay and/or deny the inevitable.
They don't see that their policies are out of touch with the United States. The rise of Donald Trump is possibly one of the recent surges in conservatism.
I can imagine that annoying conservative agitator calling them limousine liberals.
Not going to dent him. The negative is actually helping him.
The junk food media had said this before about Donald Trump's poll numbers being in trouble.
The Republicans said that "we don't know if this could hurt Trump with the voters".
And like the last time, he ended up surging. The Republicans believe that political correctness is making their candidates too soft. They overwhelmingly support Trump when it comes to handling terrorism.
Given his lack of experience in foreign policy, many Republicans believe that if you're too much of a fixture in Washington, DC, you're a nobody to them. Even Ted Cruz suffers. He's supposed to be the anti-government lawmaker. But since he's a fixture in Washington, many Republicans don't support him.
Republicans really have a real mess on them. The insurgents still support The Donald despite all the extreme rhetoric coming out his mouth.
Last night, Trump called for a ban of all Muslims entering the United States. The remarks grew a loud applause from his supporters, widespread condemnation from the Democrats and even the Republicans.
Trump made his remarks down in South Carolina on the commemoration of the Pearl Harbor attacks.
He read from a paper remarks from the junk food media. Trump at first blast the junk food media for being dishonest in his quoting. He called the junk food media, "scum". He reads a poll from the Center for Security Policy, about foreign sentiment about America from Muslims.
The Southern Poverty Law Center said that the Center for Security Policy and its founder Frank Gaffney are anti-Islam and openly called for profiling of Muslims in the United States.
Trump gets riled up by the tragedy in San Bernardino. As he read from the paper he called for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. That remark got a thunderous applause from his crowd.
He said "we have no choice".
He finished reading the paper by saying the sentiment from Muslims towards America is hateful.
He was on the USS Yorktown and told a crowd that American Muslims justify attacks on the country and support Shir'a law. The comments he read came from the Center for Security Policy.
For the Republicans, they likely agree with Trump's remarks. They just don't say that shit in the public venue. They say this shit behind closed doors and through dog whistle politics. Matter of fact, they wished they could have said what Trump said but they don't say it like that.
They usually motivated by the words "radical Islam". Trump's remarks are equal to what the Republicans and their conservative allies say about Muslim everyday.
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Anyway, the comments attracted major controversy. The Republican candidates quickly condemned him. Several fellow Republican presidential candidates were quick to condemn Donald Trump’s call Monday to end all Muslim entry to the United States.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham was first to respond, calling the statement "downright dangerous" to the United States, and he was quickly followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who called it "ridiculous" and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush who called Trump "unhinged."
Jeb Bush said via Twitter. "His 'policy' proposals are not serious."
John Kasich slammed Trump's "outrageous divisiveness," while a more measured Ted Cruz, who has always been cautious about upsetting Trump's supporters, said, "Well, that is not my policy."
Trump's plan also drew criticism from the heads of the Republican Party in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the first three states to vote in next year's presidential primaries.
New Hampshire GOP's chairwoman Jennifer Horn said the idea is "un-Republican. It is unconstitutional. And it is un-American," while South Carolina chairman Matt Moore said on Twitter, "As a conservative who truly cares about religious liberty, Donald Trump's bad idea and rhetoric send a shiver down my spine."
Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Trump's proposed ban would apply to "everybody," including Muslims seeking immigration visas as well as tourists seeking to enter the country.
His campaign did not immediately respond to questions about whether it would also include Muslims who are U.S. citizens and travel outside of the country, including members of the military, or how a determination of someone's religion might be made by customs and border officials.
Instead, Trump said via a campaign spokeswoman: "Because I am so politically correct, I would never be the one to say. You figure it out!"
There are more than 5,800 servicemen and women on active U.S. military duty and in the reserves who self-identify as Muslim and could be assigned to serve overseas. Trump said in an interview Monday night on the right wing network, "They'll come home." He added, "This does not apply to people living in the country, except that we have to vigilant."
It was also unclear whether Trump's ban would apply to Muslim allies in the fight against Islamic State militants. Ari Fleischer, a former aide to Republican President George W. Bush, tweeted, "Under Trump, the King Abdullah of Jordan, who is fighting ISIS, won't be allowed in the US to talk about how to fight ISIS."
But at Trump's rally in South Carolina, the proposed ban struck supporter Shelley Choquette as reasonable, because "it's not going to be forever. I think everybody needs to be checked."
Religion can factor into immigration decisions, but that typically happens when people are fleeing religious persecution. People of a particular religion may get favorable treatment by the United States, as when Russian Jews sought to leave the Soviet Union.
In the late 1800s, Congress passed legislation broadly aimed at halting Chinese immigration. But said Leti Volpp, a University of California expert on immigration law, "there is no precedent for a religious litmus test for admitting immigrants into the United States."
"Excluding almost a quarter of the world's population from setting foot in the United States based solely upon their religious identity would never pass constitutional muster," Volpp said.
Trump's proposal comes a day after President Barack Obama spoke to the nation from the Oval Office about the shootings in San Bernardino, California, which Obama said was "an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people."
The FBI said Monday the Muslim couple who carried out the massacre had been radicalized and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one case within days of the attack last week that killed 14 people.
Trump's campaign has been marked by a pattern of inflammatory statements, dating back to his harsh rhetoric about Mexican immigrants. He has taken a particularly hard line against Muslims in the days since the Paris attacks, advocating enhanced surveillance of mosques due to fears over radicalization.
"Donald Trump sounds more like a leader of a lynch mob than a great nation like ours," said Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "He and others are playing into the hands of Islamic State. This is exactly what Islamic State wants from Americans: to turn against each other."
White House spokesman Josh Earnest accused Trump of playing on people's fears and trying to tap into "a darker side, a darker element" of American society.
From the Democratic presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders said "Trump and others want us to hate all Muslims" and Hillary Clinton called the proposal "reprehensible, prejudiced and divisive."
On Capitol Hill, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona said, "It's just foolish."
But will it hurt Trump in the campaign? "I have no idea," McCain said. "I thought long ago that things he said would hurt his prospects, and he continues to go up."
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has also spoke out against the comments of Trump. The civil rights organization strongly believes the rhetoric from Republicans is sparking a rise in Islamophobia. They think that Trump is a demagogue.
Liberty University president says that people should strap up if the Muslim threat comes to Lynchburg.
The racist right continues to fuel Islamophobia. They are also giving the Islamic State the reason to attack the United States. The Republicans and their conservative allies are playing the "radical Islam" drinking game.
Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, that old fart Limbaugh and that annoying conservative agitator are creating a toxic environment in the United States.
And now you can add Jerry Falwell, Jr. to the list of many agitators who play upon the fear.
He is the president of the ultra-conservative Liberty University. The university is a hub of Lynchburg, Virginia, a community that sits about 115 miles from Richmond. Falwell says that students should go ahead a strap up against "radical Islam".
He is the son of the late religious right leader Jerry Falwell. Falwell was one of the country's notorious right wing extremists. He was anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-immigrant and borderline racist.
Liberty University sits in the city of Lynchburg.
Junior was pissed over the fact President Barack Obama was calling for background checks when purchasing firearms. To the conservatives and oral rifle suckers, background checks is gun control.
He pressed students to carry weapons on campus following Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino.
"It just blows my mind that the president of the United States [says] that the answer to circumstances like that is more gun control," he said to applause.
"If some of those people in that community center had what I have in my back pocket right now …," he said while being interrupted by louder cheers and clapping. "Is it illegal to pull it out? I don’t know," he said, chuckling.
"I’ve always thought that if more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in," he says, the rest of his sentence drowned out by loud applause while he said, "and killed them."
“I just wanted to take this opportunity to encourage all of you to get your permit. We offer a free course,” he said. “Let’s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here.”
Insurgent Nevada assemblywoman Michele Fiore poses with her family and their firearms.
Gun control to a resentful White conservative is "THEY COMING FOR ME GUNS!"
Radical Islam to a resentful White conservative is "MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS", "BOMB THEM BEFORE THEY BOMB US" or "ARABS ARE TERRORISTS!"
Black Lives Matter to a resentful White conservative is "BLACKS ALWAYS BITCHING" or "THEY SUPPORT KILLING POLICE".
Immigration reform to a resentful White conservative is "SECURE THE BORDERS", "CHINA IS BAD", "SYRIA REFUGEES ARE TERRORISTS" or "MEXICANS ARE SCUM".
Planned Parenthood to a resentful White conservative is "BABY KILLING", "BLACK GENOCIDE", "BAD AS THE NAZIS" or "SELLING BABY BODY PARTS".
Liberty University is the hub of presidential candidates. Many Republican and Democratic candidates go to court the evangelical vote. Ted Cruz announced his bid for president there. Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders spoke at the university.
The only muscle the Republicans got is their tongues. They can talk tough but does it mean they'll act the part?
We're almost a week in and the topic of terrorism in the United States has become shiny coin the junk food media is chasing.
The San Bernardino tragedy sparked discussions over immigration, terrorism, gun violence, and profiling.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has become the scare de jour for the Republican Party. The candidates are calling "radical Islam" the number one threat to the United States.
But you and I know that gun violence is the number one threat in the United States, and the Republicans are too damn stupid to understand that.
Last night President Barack Obama delivered a statement to the nation. The 15 minute speech explained his aggressive approach to taking on terrorism.
The Republicans as usual denounced it. They complain that the president doesn't say the magic word whenever he explains his fight against terrorism.
You often notice that the tone of the rhetoric is becoming more angrier.
Muslims are fearing the backlash after the Paris and San Bernardino attacks. This latest attacks were sparked by individuals who pledged their support to the Islamic State.
Did you know that the Republicans rejected a strict background check law when it comes to the firearms?
They strongly rejected the idea to pass legislation to keep these nuts from obtaining firearms. They say that a terrorist or criminal can obtain access regardless of what law is passed. And these are the same people who say that the healthcare law is unconstitutional despite going through two Supreme Court rulings.
In truth, the terrorists want Republicans to win the White House. They believe the Republicans are stupid. The Republicans will let an attack happen. Their anti-government rhetoric will eventually cut a program that could protect the country. The terrorists will often seek opportunities in the United States and their lax gun control laws to stockpile. They will use the benefits of the Republicans to cause another mass murder.
I am tolerant of race, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, political and economic standings.
Everyone has a bias towards something. I admit that I do have strong bias towards things as well.
My biggest bias is towards idiocy and ignorance.
I want you to understand that I do not fear Muslims. I am not afraid of terrorists. I am not going act like a hero in a mass shooting event.
If I have to protect myself, I would use a firearm. But I rather have firearms in the hands of law enforcement, military and those who are qualified to handle them.
I want too see a stricter background check on people who purchase firearms. I want gun owners to have liability insurance and mandatory jail time for misuse of their firearm.
I want Republicans and Democrats to stop bickering over issues that aren't relevant to the country.
Gun violence is the number one threat in our country. Terrorism is a threat but it's not a daily occurrence. We have more gun incidents in our communities. More than most of the modern world.
Anyone who loses a child or a parent to gun violence is terrorized by this.
If the San Bernardino event was classified as terrorism, why don't they have every mass shooting or single gun crime be labeled as terrorism?
Why must we continue to fight each other on who's patriotic?
Why does the junk food media and politicians continue to stroke the fear for ratings and short term gains?
As the Feds determine the motive, conservatives balk at the fact the mass shooters were on social media talking about their support for the Islamic State.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson told Americans to be vigilant throughout the holidays. It seems like everything being said is often ignored by those in the White suburbs of America.
Terrorism exists in the United States. It's not solely acts committed by Muslims.
If we treated all mass shootings as an act of terrorism, you would see these assholes in Washington, DC actually pass legislation to get things done. But alas, they're not. They're afraid of political backlash from conservatives and the NRA.
The woman who may have conspired the attacks.
They just don't give any notice to what President Barack Obama says. They're so fixated on listening to ankle biting lawmakers and agitators. Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and the remaining clowns running have no real ideas on how to take on a leaderless group of individuals. All they have in their mindset is kill more people to show how tough America is.
These people flex their tongues when it comes to taking on terrorism. They don't see that human lives matter. They don't even value Black lives.
The people who were neighbors of Syed Farook didn't get that message. They didn't want to tell the law that they felt he was doing something that just didn't seem right. They feared that the junk food media would label them as bigots.
This terrorist is an American born man who married a Pakistani woman. They were proud parents of a 6 month old daughter at some point. The people said he was a "NICE GUY". They didn't think he would do that.
He was dedicated worker. He was a devout Muslim. He lived a modest life. What happened?
What inspired him to commit a mass shooting on his fellow man?
Eight of the 14 victims killed in Wednesday's mass shooting.
These terrorists managed to kill 14 people and wound over 30 people. Many of the victims were one of the terrorist's co-workers and former friends.
The names of the victims. These were obtained from Time Magazine. The magazine released the list of victims from age 26 to 60 years old.
Shannon Johnson, 45, Los Angeles (DOB: 03/06/70)
Bennetta Bet-Badal, 46, Rialto (DOB: 03/08/69)
Aurora Godoy, 26, San Jacinto (DOB: 02/01/89)
Isaac Amanios, 60, Fontana (DOB: 06/29/55)
Larry Kaufman, 42, Rialto (DOB: 08/12/73)
Harry Bowman, 46, Upland (DOB: 06/08/69)
Yvette Velasco, 27, Fontana (DOB: 04/03/88)
Sierra Clayborn, 27, Moreno Valley (DOB: 06/15/88)
Robert Adams, 40, Yucaipa (DOB: 05/02/75)
Nicholas Thalasinos, 52, Colton (DOB: 10/14/63)
Tin Nguyen, 31, Santa Ana (DOB: 04/06/84)
Juan Espinoza, 50, Highland (DOB: 06/24/65)
Damian Meins, 58, Riverside (DOB: 02/02/57)
Michael Wetzel, 37, Lake Arrowhead (DOB: 04/29/78)
Many of those in law enforcement peeped into the social media of the wife. She is allegedly declaring an allegiance to the Islamic State.
Big fucking deal. It doesn't bring back the lives of those lost in this senseless tragedy. For all I know, it's just an opinion. The actions carried out by the terrorist matter. I don't blame no one but the shooters.
This shows me that the U.S. government is devoted to spying on Americans. I can say I pledge support to the extremist group. What they gonna do about it?
I mean if we're that obsessed with the Islamic State, we're giving them the victory. I don't want to give them the satisfaction of winning the war on who's got the bigger balls. I don't give two fucks about the Islamic State or their followers.
The U.S. government hasn't concluded their investigation into how this event happened.
Conservatives are saying that the president won't recognize the threat of "radical Islam". They seriously believe that the president is being "politically correct" when dealing with the threat.
Republicans and their conservative allies say that the president shouldn't politicize mass shootings. This has been the umpteenth time the president gave remarks on mass shootings. He has stressed that his big failure is not signing a law that slows down the gun violence. The Republicans refuse to vote on background checks and gun control regulations. The Islamic State and al Qaeda have followed U.S. politics for a while. They believe that the Republicans are stupid. They rather have Republicans in the White House.
Republicans and their obsession to cutting government and relaxing laws are giving terrorists an opportunity to purchase firearms without being questioned. The relaxing of laws are giving terrorist an opportunity to find areas where they can commit mass murder on individuals.
They seem to miss the message when they are politicizing the event to advocate profiling of Muslims, Blacks and Hispanics. They politicize theses events to scare White folks into stockpiling firearms.
The New York Daily News has had enough of the Republican showboating. The newspaper hits them hard. They aimed at the Republican candidates for taking the time to send their prayers to the victims but offer no legislative action or stump speech about gun violence.
It's getting old. World News Today send our condolences to the victims of this senseless tragedy.
Will the conservatives label this terrorist a "Democrat"?
I am waiting on the media to figure if he's a member of the Islamic State?
I am waiting on the media to find out if he support the Tea Party Movement.
I don't give a flying fuck about the political views this terrorist. The only thing that I care about is the fact that this terrorist and his wife managed to massacre innocent civilians in San Bernardino.
The terrorist was a "NICE GUY" who was married with a child. The terrorist was an inspector for the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, was reportedly in attendance at the department's Christmas party. Coworkers reported that he had been quiet during the early parts of the event and noticed he had left the party abruptly, leaving his coat, before a group photo was taken.
There were some reports that an argument occurred before his departure.
The terrorists Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik went into the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, with 14 dead and 18 injured. The terrorists targeted a party for employees of the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, held in an auditorium with at least 100 people, before fleeing in an SUV.
Conservatives are already placing the blame on the Muslim community. The Muslim community isn't responsible for the actions of one. Nobody I know supports senseless violence.
Just today, I just looked at the comments of the previous story posted yesterday and our resident right wing troll continues vomit on the comment pages with the usual tactics.
Deflection, distraction, diversion and disengage. This is the tactics of conservatives in the junk food media. They are so obsessed with "radical Islam" they fail to recognize the obvious. Gun crime is on the rise and our American lawmakers are inept in getting things done.
It seems like it's going to be a discussion about firearms in the workplace or firearms in the hands of those with mental issues. Mental issues and firearms are often associated with mass murders.
But somehow our inept Congress refuses to do something about it. Congress aided by their agitating friends found a solution to mass shootings. They call for more guns in the workplace. More looser restrictions to own firearms.
These laws mainly apply for White people. Whites people rather not see their restrictions to have firearms impeded. The agitators and some in Congress rather see firearm restrictions on Blacks, Latinos and Muslims.
In the wake of tragedies, the Republicans don't want President Barack Obama to "politiicize" a tragedy for gains. But given that the terrorists may have been inspired by the Islamic State, expect Republicans to "politicize" this. They will find ways to pressure military involvement back in Iraq and Syria. They want the American military to stop the Islamic State but offer no direct strategy to taking the extremist group.
They will use this tragedy as an excuse destroy the Iranian nuclear deal.
Mass shootings are becoming almost a daily occurrence.
See once again, our junk food media will spook the American people with tales of the scary Muslim.
Here's the usual tactics of the junk food media.
Black Shooters = Thugs = Muslim Shooters = Terrorists = White Shooters = Mental Illness Black Drug Dealers = Thugs = Hispanic Drug Dealers = Drug Cartels = White Drug Dealers = Troubled RIGHT WING TROLLS = WHAT ABOUT THIS?
A bullet has no eyes. It will always hit a target.
Stay tuned for the Blame Game. I will take an opportunity to write about it as soon as I can.
While I was at work, I heard about this tragedy in California. Matter of fact, I just shake my head when I heard about it. Another mass shooting in the United States. Just last Friday, a mass shooting.
Every month has been a mass shooting. And it seems to be getting worse by the day.
Here in the United States, we have more gun violence than any other nation in the world.
Our inept lawmakers are ignoring the obvious. The Republican Party and their conservative allies are totally stupid. They say that all criminals are Democrats. They believe that "radical Islam" is a bigger threat than gun violence.
Now I can assure you that many on the left are getting tired of hearing the right sending prayers and thoughts to the families. I am getting tired of hearing agitators complain about "politicizing" events.
I am getting tired of having to hear every agitator point to one group instead of the shooter.
This shit should be politicized. We're not doing enough to stop gun violence.
Tactical units were dispatched.
San Bernardino has experienced a mass shooting today. Three suspects (one man and one woman) emerged upon the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California guns ablazing. These suspects managed to take out at least 31 victims. There were 14 dead and 17 injured.
The shooters reportedly targeted a banquet hosted by the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, held in an auditorium with at least 100 people in attendance.
Initial reports indicated there may have been up to three shooters with rifles. They fled in an SUV.
Syed Farook was leaked to the junk food media as one of the suspects still at large. He has managed to elude authorities for the time being.
Democratic governor Jerry Brown and President Barack Obama were notified about the situation.
The presidential candidates have also been notified and express condolences for the victims.
President Barack Obama went right into it. "Our hearts go out to the victims and their families." He further commented, "People we don't allow to fly could go into a store right now in the United States and buy a firearm and there's nothing that we can do to stop them. That's a law that needs to be changed."
He called for bipartisan cooperation to reduce the frequency of events such as this.
Who will actually be blamed for the mass shooting tragedy in San Bernardino?
This goes right up with the Sandy Hook tragedy.
GUN CONTROL ISN'T ABOUT TAKING YOUR GUNS! IT'S ABOUT KEEPING THEM OUT OF THE HANDS OF STREET GANGS, DRUG CARTELS, PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SEX TRAFFICKING, TERRORISTS, VIOLENT CRIMINALS, ANIMAL POACHERS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL ISSUES OR ABUSIVE FAMILY MEMBERS! WILL IT TAKE THE SHOOTING OF A GUN RIGHTS SUPPORTING REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT TO CHANGE THE TONE? I GUESS NOT! CAUSE GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WAS A GUN SUPPORTING LAWMAKER WHO WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD. SHE BARELY SURVIVED HER SHOOTING. NOW SHE IS PERMANENTLY DISABLED AND NOT ONE OF HER COLLEAGUES IN CONGRESS DONE ONE THING TO CHANGE THE TONE. WHO'S GOING TO BE SHOT BY A PERSON WITH MENTAL ISSUES OR EXTREME POLITICAL VIEWS? HOW MANY COPS WILL BE KILLED BY ASSAULT WEAPONS? HOW MANY INNOCENT VICTIMS AND UNARMED CRIMINALS BE KILLED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT? HOW MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE TO BE SHOT FOR DOING THEIR JOBS AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, RETAIL CLERKS, FEDERAL WORKERS, AND THOSE WHO REPORT THE NEWS? WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO BE BULLIES TO THOSE WHO MAY EVENTUALLY TAKE REVENGE ON ALL OF US AT THE BARREL OF A GUN? I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY THIS! WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE WITH FIREARMS AND THE RISE OF EXTREMISM CAUSED BY HOSTILE POLITICS! PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND CONGRESS BETTER GET THEIR HEADS OUT THEIR ASSES! THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING EVERYDAY AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF IT. I DON'T WANT PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS. I WANT ACTION NOW! NO MORE BULLSHIT ABOUT GUN GRABS AND FALSE EQUIVALENCIES! END THE BLAME GAME! END GUN VIOLENCE!
