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Former Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26, 2016. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Police tape marks off the burned front lobby of the Islamic Center of Palm Springs in Coachella, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Flames were reported just after noon on Friday. The fire was contained to the small building’s front lobby, and no one was injured. (AP Photo/David Martin)

Donald Trump’s first month in office has already left countless human rights organizations and activists reeling. The ACLU and a small army of lawyers have been working around the clock, pro bono, to fight an executive order that has targeted visa holders, green card holders and DREAMers. One would hope that things couldn’t get any worse in such a short span of time.
And yet, they have.

Kurdish Fighters take positions at the top of Mount Annan overlooking the Tishrin dam, after they captured from ISIS militants, south of Kobani, Syria December 27, 2015. (Photo: Rodi Said)

Guillermo Lasso, center, cheers, accompanied by his wife and his running mate outside the Electoral National Council where supporters were waiting for election results, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP/Dolores Ochoa)

Tom Perez gives a victory speech during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP/Branden Camp)

A crowd cheers as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (AP/Gerald Herbert)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — The world is in the midst of a tremendous political and global shift, with the rise of populism in the United States and Europe, largely in response to broader economic and social trends which have been materializing in recent decades.

This transcript of the speech given by Sen. Bernie Sanders to the J Street 2017 conference in Washington, D.C. on February 27, 2017  was originally published by Haaretz:

Journalist and co-host of “Unauthorized Disclosure,” Rania Khalek.
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A clique of individuals, many of whom hold themselves out as advocates of the Syrian rebels, pressured a Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at the University of North Carolina and convinced the chapter to cancel an event with journalist Rania Khalek.

Newly elected DNC Chairman Tom Perez, right, and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who was named deputy chairman, listen to a question from the media during a press conference at the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP/Branden Camp)
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