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Republicans Outraged By Obama Missing Nancy Reagan Funeral .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gKYgXNPZns .. Michelle Bachmann wailing: Why Obama is  not going to the funeral? Obama’s decision immediately drew fire from some conservatives, with former 2012 Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann calling the move “self-centered” and “classless.”

MUSLIM AMERICANS GRAPPLE WITH IMPLICATIONS OF DONALD TRUMP VICTORIES .. .. FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY , Donald Trump’s three primary election  victories  last night represented new momentum for the party’s likely presidential nominee. For Muslims living in the United States today, particularly young people born and raised here, the wins reveal disturbing truths about the views of millions of their fellow citizens. “Trump has managed to tap into and legitimize xenophobic sentiments towards Muslims that were already there for a lot of people,” says Maytha Alhassen, a PhD researcher in American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. “We’re all scared of what could happen to Muslim Americans if he’s elected, but we should keep in mind that laws reflective of his beliefs are already being drafted and proposed today.” In Michigan, which has a large Muslim population, exit polls last night show...

Fear of a Muslim Planet Dominates a Mainstream Republican Conference Zaid Jilani .. .. “You’ve got to start shutting down the mosques that are … practicing sedition,” warned British politician Paul Weston during a session at this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. “You’ve got to stop them speaking in Urdu. You’ve got to put spies in there to see what they’re saying.” CPAC is a mainstream, Republican-allied political conference, and this year’s featured guests included House Speaker Paul Ryan and GOP presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. But the conference also included a number of speakers who fed attendees tales of Muslims conquering Europe, infiltrating our schools, and ending Western civilization as we know it. It began with a  plenary session  featuring Iowa Republican congressman Steve King, along with leading Islamophobes Jim Hanson and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. King warned of “radical Islamists in this country” ent...

Bernie Sanders Won America’s Largest Arab Community by Being Open to Them  .. .. Bernie Sanders’ upset in the Michigan primary Tuesday can be attributed, in part, to a strong showing in Dearborn, Michigan, which has the  largest concentration of Arab Americans  in the nation. Sanders  won almost 60 percent of the vote  there, besting rival Hillary Clinton. Apparently, something about Sanders resonated with residents. “Believing in something unpopular and fighting for those things is true courage and bravery. I feel personally connected to his message of humanism and peace,” Mason Hinawi, a high school student and first-time Dearborn Heights voter, told  The Intercept  about his support for Sanders. “I know a lot of Muslim people my age also taken by his message of peace and his welcoming tone.” An  analysis  by the Dearborn-based  Arab American News  showed that heavily populated Arab neighborhoods in the city went ov...

AP Photo/Carlos Osorio Donald Trump. No Worry. Getting Physical. .. At the Thursday-night Republican presidential primary debate, Donald Trump suggested that he has "no problem" with the size of his genitals, after Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida called out Trump for his personal attacks. "He's [attacked] people who are sitting on this stage today," Rubio said. "He's done so to people who are disabled. He's done it to about every other candidate in this race. If there's anyone who deserved to be attack that way, it's Donald Trump." The real-estate mogul then recalled how Rubio had launched a lewd attack of his own. "But I have to say this, he hit my hands," Trump said. "Nobody has ever hit my hands, I've never heard this. Look at those hands. Are those small hands?" "And, he referred to my hands if they're small, something else is small," Trump added. "I guarantee you there is no ...

i Carly Fiorina speaks at a campaign event last month. The former Republican candidate on Wednesday said she voted in her state's primary for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Carly Fiorina got mad Donald Trump called her ugly She kept grudge She never forgot Months later She got her Chance She said Trump as Horrible Whom she does not like Now she endorses Ted Cruz This comes as a shock Many Big Wheels in the Republican party Raising the red flag for Trump prospects They want to deny him straight shot For the Republican presidential nomination ... Businesswoman Carly Fiorina, who ended her own presidential bid last month, has endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Appearing at a Cruz rally in Miami on Wednesday morning, Fiorina said she voted for Cruz in Virginia's recent primary, and praised his record in challenging Washington's status quo. Calling Cruz a "real constitutional conservative," she said "he is a fearless fighter and reformer, and he did...

Marco Rubio is not Marco Polo Not by any stretch who went to China Marco Rubio he wants some fame He wants to stay in the race to the finish Defeat after defeat does not bother him He is praying to the lord to Win in Florida He believes in prayer so fellow super religious 99 delegates in Florida are the prize He wants like a Florida alligator to swallow He was little Marco by Donald Trump He does not short fuse So he will not melt Florida, Florida he we come Good Luck Marco Rubio: I Know How Old The Earth Is ... Republican races Polls closing at 8 p.m. ET: Mississippi Polls closing at 9 p.m. ET: Michigan Polls closing at 11:00pm ET: Idaho (GOP only) Polls closing at 1:00am ET: Hawaii (GOP Caucuses only) Michigan Previous state Next state Republican Trump 38% Democratic Sanders 51% View: 9.5% reporting   Winning Size of lead Candidate Vote % Del Trump 75...