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(FILES) This file photo taken on June 23, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump during a signing ceremony for the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, at the White House in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump likes to tweet early in the morning -- often while watching television. But on August 15, 2017, he may have hit the button a bit too quickly.From Trump Tower in New York, where he is spending a few days, the Republican leader retweeted a message from a man who called him a "fascist." It took him about 20 minutes to delete it.The man was replying to a Fox News tweet about the possibility that Trump could issue a pardon to Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who has courted controversy -- and earned a conviction -- over his tough stance on immigrants. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN
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Here's A List Of Countries And Leaders Trump Has Insulted Since His Election
By Jesselyn Cook and Nick Visser
No country is safe, it seems.
Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party candidate for French 2017 presidential election, concedes defeat at the Chalet du Lac in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris after the second round of 2017 French presidential election, France, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
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Did The Outcome Of The French Election Merely Postpone Le Pen?
By Ivan Eland, PhD, Contributor
Director, Center on Peace and Liberty, The Independent Institute
France, Europe, and the world breathed a sigh of relief after the French elections gave “centrist” Emmanuel Macron a resounding
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This Is Emmanuel Macron
He’s never run for office before, he’s married to his high school teacher, and until two years ago, no one had ever heard of him. This is Emmanuel Macron - the next French President.
File photo dated 21/02/17 of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, who has pledged to unite France as defeated opponents gave their allegiance to him in his battle for the French presidency with far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
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Now That Macron Has Won, What's Next for France?
By Lyric Hughes Hale, Contributor
Economics commentator, editor-in-chief of EconVue.com
Macron is the candidate of the pro-market, globalization-happy urban left and center.
A combination of pictures made on April 23, 2017 shows French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron (L) and French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen (R) posing in Paris. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron were on course April 23 to qualify for the runoff in France's presidential election, initial projections suggested. / AFP PHOTO / Eric FEFERBERG AND JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG,JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
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The French Election Marks The End Of France’s Traditional Parties
By Pascal Perrineau, Contributor
Political science professor, Sciences Po; former director, Sci...
For the first time in more than 60 years, the republic's top presidential candidates don’t belong to either of the major parties.
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French Presidential Election Results
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will go head to head in the French presidential election on May 7th, after qualifying in the first round of voting. Here’s where the two very different candidates stand on the key issues.
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French Presidential Election
France is going to the polls, in the first round of its presidential election. Here’s what’s at stake for the European country.
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Fillon’s Suits. Nunez On Reading Aloud. Barbier’s Political Theater. Islamophobia According To Bruckner. The Role Of The Polls.Lacan And The Jihadists
By Bernard-Henri Lévy, Contributor
French philosopher and writer
Now it’s François Fillon’s suits! How far can this travesty of “transparency” go? This digging into petty secrets? This slow
French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech as he visits the International Agricultural Show in Paris, France, February 25, 2017. The Paris Farm Show runs from February 25 to March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool
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French President Hollande Fires Back At Trump Over Paris Comments
Trump remarked in a speech that a friend thought “Paris is no longer Paris” after attacks by Islamist militants.
TOPSHOT - In this picture taken on February 7, 2017 at the Robert Ballanger in Aulnay-sous-Bois suburban Paris, French President Francois Hollande (R) visits a youth worker identified only as Theo, who required major surgery after his arrest, when he claims a police officer sodomized him with his truncheon. The case of the man identified only as Theo, who was sent to hospital with severe anal injuries and head trauma, threatens to revive the contentious issue of policing in France's poor suburbs, which saw the death in custody of another black man last year and major riots a decade ago. / AFP / LE PARISIEN / Arnaud Journois / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo credit should read ARNAUD JOURNOIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Investigators Say French Police Who Sodomized Black Man With A Baton Did So By Accident
By Jesselyn Cook
Protests against police brutality and racism have swept across Paris since the incident.
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As Liberal Europe Withers, Whither the European Union?
By Doug Bandow, Contributor
Contributing writer, policy analyst
A photo taken on December 31, 2016 shows shows French President Francois Hollande delivering his New Year address on television in Paris. / AFP / Olivier MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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In Final New Year's Message, Hollande Takes Subtle Jab At National Front
“There are periods in history when everything may change dramatically. We’re in one of them."
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How About Visiting A Place Where You Can Never Set Foot In?
By Sidonie Sawyer, Contributor
French-American Features and Travel writer ♫.
More info: Lascaux. Tel: 05 53 50 99 10. www.lascaux.fr. Entrance fees: Adults 16 €; 10.40 € ages 5-12. Nocturnal visits
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The Political Future Of France Has Never Been More Uncertain
By Anne Sinclair, Contributor
Editorial Director, Le Huffington Post
The French were clearly angry; the opinion polls gauged the drop in popularity on a daily basis. His adversaries began forming coalitions against him. And a book, which he wanted published despite it being impolitic, finally brought him down.
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This Is How Francois Hollande Gradually Fell From Grace
By Geoffroy Clavel, Contributor
Senior Politics Editor, HuffPost France
To make matters worse, the external shocks, from the military intervention in Mali to the attacks in Paris and Nice, forced François Hollande to constantly rearrange his priorities.
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Foreign Support for Hillary Clinton is Strong Argument against Her Candidacy
By Doug Bandow, Contributor
Contributing writer, policy analyst, one who tilts at windmills
The Korean disparity is even more dramatic. The South enjoys 40 times the GDP and twice the population of North Korea. Nevertheless
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Are Muslims New "Ersatz Juden" Of Europe?
By Mirnes Kovac, Contributor
Journalist and political analyst
It is not strange that in the midst of an intra-European crisis that scapegoats are in high demand. History teaches us that the weakest were always the best candidates for this role. Unfortunately, today this role is reserved for the Muslims of Europe.
Migrant minors queue to take a bus before their transfer by French authorities to reception centres across the country at the end of the dismantlement of the camp called the "Jungle" in Calais, France, November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
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France Moves Calais Child Migrants As Row With Britain Simmers
By Pascal Rossignol, Reuters
The children’s plight has triggered a diplomatic row between Paris and London, with tensions intensifying after President Hollande pressed Britain to accept its share of responsibility for the minors.
TOPSHOT - Riot police disperse migrants trying to get into trucks heading to Great Britain, on September 21, 2016 in Calais. / AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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France Plans To Shut Down 'The Jungle' Migrant Camp In Calais
President Francois Hollande called on London to help deal with the plight of thousands of people whose dream is ultimately to get to Britain.
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