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A Closer Look at the Term 'Islamist' – The Takeaway. Playwright, attorney and commentator Wajahat Ali joins the program to help us pinpoint how the term "Islamist" is used and misused. He's also the lead writer of a Center for American Progress report titled "Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America."

Peter King’s Obsession – NYTimes.com. Not much spreads fear and bigotry faster than a public official intent on playing the politics of division. On Thursday, Representative Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is scheduled to open a series of hearings that seem designed to stoke fear against American Muslims. His refusal to tone down the provocation despite widespread opposition suggests that he is far more interested in exploiting ethnic misunderstanding than in trying to heal it.

h/t David at Joho This is the first time in a long time when I haven’t even had to joke about moving to Canada. I did start thinking, where do Republicans threaten to move to? There really is no country that repressive, except for Saudi Arabia, and I don’t think they’d go there because of all the colored people. Perhaps that’s why they are so intent on tearing this country apart, so they have a place to move to. Election 2008, humor