Leid Stories – 11.16.15

Terrorist Attacks in Paris and the Rise of the Orwellian State;

Democratic 2016 Candidates Go Blank on Foreign Policy and Rise of ISIS

French journalist Gilbert Mercier, cofounder and editor in chief of the independent online magazine News Junkie Post, says that Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris that claimed the lives of more than 130 people will be used by France and other global powers to justify unprecedented authoritarian rule. Mercier recently published The Orwellian Empire.

The second Q&A session (not “debate”) with Democratic presidential hopefuls Saturday—featuring former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley—astutely avoided making any connection between U.S. foreign policy and the rise of ISIS.