Epstein Secrets

en and his associates had focused on supporting the Mujahedeen, who were fighting to repel the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan with assistance from the United States. But after the U.S.S.R.'s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, al-Qaeda turned its attention to the United States, and in particular to America's mi

l outsider is most evident in his inability to be subtle (read: politically correct) about his bigotry. Republicans have fostered a growing sense of Islamophobia since the September iith attacks, but Trump was the first candidate to call for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States after the ISIS atta

can Muslims jumped nearly 70% compared to 2014. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks these things, counted nearly 900 active hate groups in the United States last year, about 100 more than the year before. Hate crimes reportedly have spiked since Donald Trump's election. The New York Times cites "an alarm

for example, why we needed to be reminded that Black lives matter. EFTA00690384 Various forms of hatred surged during Trump's campaign—especially Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and general support for white supremacy. But his election appears to have emboldened vitriol of all kinds, triggering a rash of har

Stephen Howard gives a fiery sermon on Sunday at Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, N.C. (Eamon Queeney for The Washington Post) THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA: -- "During America's `most segregated hour,' preachers grapple with Trump's politics," by Jaffe and Cleve Wootson in Greenville, N.C.: "Trump's

cism over the president's remarks weren't fair. ... At Greenville's lone mosque, members spent a portion of Friday prayers talking about racism and Islamophobia." In black churches, the political, the spiritual and the moral were unavoidably intermixed: "The Rev. Stephen Howard knew Trump's speech was goin