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The turmoil and human suffering to come in 2025

The Presidential Election

Trump barely won the presidential election in November. Although he claims that his victory gave him a mandate to implement an extreme right-wing agenda, the numbers say otherwise. His margin of victory was the smallest of any presidential election since 1900. And we should bear in mind that Trump’s vote is unfairly buttressed by widespread right-wing gerrymanding in “red” states. James M. Lindsay cites the following “official” numbers in an article for the Council for Foreign Relations (https://cfr.org/article/2024-election-numbers). 

Why the GOP's hatred of Muslims runs deep and wide

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), which was formed in the 1850s, harbors such rabid hatred toward Arabs and Muslims. One has to wonder why Republicans' hatred of Muslims runs deep and wide. One has to wonder if they have met a Muslim in their home state or if their parents are closely related. Either way, those clowns think that they will not be held accountable for their incendiary comments about Muslims. I kept a tally sheet about those Muslim haters over the years.
 
What did GOP leaders say about Muslims?
 
* Former US Rep.

Letters from Gaza – ‘Alhamdulillah. We Are Not Okay’

Over the past 14 months, I have received hundreds of messages from family members throughout the Gaza Strip. The nature of the messages often conveyed a sense of urgency and panic but, at times, contentment in God’s will. 

 Some of those who wrote these notes have been killed in Israeli strikes, like my sister, Dr. Soma Baroud; others lost children, siblings, cousins, neighbors and friends. It may seem strange that none of those who communicated with me throughout the war have ever questioned their faith, and have often, if not always, begun their messages by checking on me, and my children. 

 The samples of the messages below have been edited for length and clarity.

 Ibrahim: 

 "How are you? We are all fine. We had to leave Shati (refugee camp). The Israelis arrived at the camp yesterday. Our whole neighborhood has been destroyed. Our home, too, was destroyed. Alhamdulillah - praise be to God." 

 Soma: 

Jimmy Carter – Our Honest President

The late Jimmy Carter was an exemplary man. His honesty, modesty and good works set the mark for what American presidents should be like. He was the quintessential Christian gentlemen and a fine naval officer.
Unfortunately, this good man got embroiled in America’s colonial misadventures more often than the social welfare projects and peace plans that he sought to pursue. Chief among these thorny problems was, of course, the Mideast - no place for a decent, honest man - and, as well, the ugly imbroglio in Iran.

Kareem Badawi: The Palestinian victim of the New Orleans terrorist attack

Hey, hatemongers, there are no sleeping cells in America! It is all in your head. To begin with, investigators who briefed President Biden told him that ISIS inspired the suspect in the New Orleans attack had no outside help. In other words, the suspect was not "realized at his mosque in Texas." We also learned that he had posted videos indicating that he had a “desire to kill” the night before the attack and that al-Qaeda was the one who leaked the information that they sent over 1,000 people into the US to commit acts of terror.
 
However, a former CIA officer named Sarah Adams, who is a self-proclaimed global threat advisor who is a self-proclaimed global threat advisor was interviewed on the Shawn Ryan podcast just two weeks ago, has warned that there are more than a thousand al-CIA-da sleepers in the United States right now who are planning major attacks on the homeland. She implies that Biden's open southern border is an entry point for these terrorists. Other hatemongers also claimed that the driver in the New Orleans attack came into the US through the Mexican border. Wrong again!
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