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The morally repugnant response to the Cologne sexual assault gang

Does Germany's leadership class secretly want to destroy the European Union? Because that's what they're doing.

Police guard the train station in Cologne, Germany.

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byMichael Brendan Dougherty
January 12, 2016

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