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The post-election backlash against democratically chosen President-elect Donald Trump continued over the weekend, with rioters shutting down streets in cities across the country, while demonstrators “mourned” the Trump victory in public events at college campuses, high schools, and in at least one elementary school in Manhattan. One 7-year-old child who voted Trump in a school mock election was thrown out of his house by his irate mother. In Portland, Oregon, riots again shut down parts of the city on Saturday, with demonstrators shutting down several streets. The Portland Police Department reported that the rioters targeted police with road flares and...

She could have said, “You people who are rioting are being hysterical. This is not the end of the republic, contrary to numerous such statements by my friends and allies. On the contrary, it shows that the republic still works and that dissent is still possible even after years of being stigmatized and demonized by the mainstream shapers of opinion. People who abide by the law have nothing whatsoever to worry about. Stop rioting and go home.” Instead, she spoke about how Muslims and gays are “scared to death,” which just stokes the hysteria of the rioters and provides them...

Longtime Clinton insider Sidney Blumenthal claims that a group of “right-wing agents” in the FBI staged a coup d’etat to prevent Hillary Clinton from behind elected president “It was the result of a cabal of right-wing agents of the FBI in the New York office attached to Rudy Giuliani, who was a member of Trump’s campaign,” said Blumenthal, who emailed frequently with Clinton while she was secretary of state. “I think it’s not unfair to call it a coup,” added Blumenthal, who served in the Bill Clinton White House aide and was said to be an informal adviser to Hillary...

Among the speakers at today’s anti-Iran nuclear deal rally in Washington, D.C., was Sarah Palin, who worked a vicious comment about the #BlackLivesMatter movement into her remarks before shifting gears to focus on the topic at hand. [...] “Oh, and you know, since our president won’t say it, since he still hasn’t called off the dogs, we’ll say,” Palin said. “Police officers and first responders all across this great land, we’ve got your back, we salute you! Thank you, police officers!”