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Benjamin Baird
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December 10, 2021
Welcoming Arab ExtremismAmerican Muslims for Palestine (AMP) has come a long way from its shadowy origins as an instrument of Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. Without moderating its hardline anti-Israel views, AMP has reformed its image and cultivated willing adv...
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May 8, 2021
Islamist Lobby Suffers Loss in Chicago with Defeat of Anti-India ResolutionOn March 24, a coalition of Islamist and anti-India separatist groups failed to convince the Chicago City Council to pass a resolution vilifying India and accusing it of religious persecution. The bill attracted fierce opposition from Chic...
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November 29, 2018
Jihad Tourism?It has been over two years since Omar Mateen slaughtered 49 people and wounded 53 others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, but journalists and authorities are still searching for answers. Just last week, Florida’s St. Lucie County Sch...
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June 13, 2018
A Look at the FBI's 'We Saved Trump by Spying on Him' ExcuseLast month, a New York Times report revealed for the first time that the FBI planted a confidential informant to interact with the Donald Trump campaign in hopes of uncovering a plot to influence the 2016 presidential election. The same ar...
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January 12, 2018
Fire and Fury: Wolff's Gossip Tome No More than Smoke and MirrorsThe Fire and Fury tell-all tabloid currently flying off bookshelves is nothing more than smoke and mirrors, an illusion that relies upon the confirmation biases of President Donald Trump's most enduring critics. Muckraker Michael Wolff...
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October 13, 2017
Vegas Gunman's Use of Bump Stock Reduced CasualtiesIn the hypercharged partisan atmosphere that disgracefully follows any mass shooting tragedy, journalists, politicians, and anyone with an opinion spontaneously become firearms experts. Yet, as this U.S. Army combat infantry grunt can attest, these d...