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Gaffney: Shariah-Compliant Twitter

Twitter seems to think 2016 is 1984. It has welcomed in the New Year with a change in the rules governing all of its accounts that is reminiscent of Orwellian thought-control. Or at least that practiced by another, non-fictional totalitarian system: the Islamic supremacist program known as shariah.

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Tennessee 7th Grade Standards Promote Islam, Downplay Christianity

A Breitbart News investigation reveals that the current seventh grade Social Studies standards, developed in 2013 by a group of ten Tennessee educators led by 30-year-old Jared Myracle (author of Common Core for Parents for Dummies), and adopted by the State of Tennessee for public schools for the 2014-2015 academic year, do, in fact, promote Islam and downplay Christianity. This assessment is based upon a review of the 75 learning objectives specified in the standards.

Nine Indiana Schools Close After Bomb Threats

Obama’s Department of Justice Opening ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Office

Likely in response to the attack in a Charleston church where nine were murdered earlier this year, the Obama administration has announced a new office at the Department of Justice aimed at tracking and coordinating investigations into domestic terrorism. They are also teaming up with the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center in the process.

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Media Regurgitates SPLC Talking Points to Trash Pamela Geller

After two Muslims armed with AK-47s tried to gun down anti-jihad activist Pamela Geller and attendees of her “Draw Muhammad” contest, the media launched its own jihad against her — with talking points from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the same organization cited as the inspiration of another would-be mass shooter.

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‘Hate Groups’ Spread Across America…Or Maybe Not

While the media endlessly feeds us messages about how racism is worse than ever, the number of hate groups declined considerably. That sounds like encouraging news. Although hatred, like beauty, lies in the eye of the beholder, and those who have a vested interest in sussing out “hate” are likely to behold plenty of it.

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