Obama’s directive and DOJ’s lawsuit against North Carolina seen as controversial To many, the debate over the “Bathroom Bill” – the North Carolina law known formally as HB2, mandating that transgender people use the restroom corresponding to their biologically assigned gender – is a nonissue, an inherent distraction from the …
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“The people of Flint have been harmed through the failure of state officials to provide professional and accountable basic services mandated by federal law and expected by any person living in a major city.” The NAACP announced Wednesday afternoon that it has filed a federal class action lawsuit against …
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“I didn’t mean punishment for women like prison,” he insists. Donald Trump has added another layer to his controversial and combative campaign, waffling back from yet another previous statement upon realizing it drew unfavorable public outcry from much needed election demographics. Speaking to the New York Times magazine in an …
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Conservative governor tells GOP delegates “Obama is turning bathrooms into courtrooms issues. I want you to know, I am working with the governor of North Carolina, and we are going to fight back.” On International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, Texas Governor Greg Abbott had something peculiar to say …
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Prosecutors allege the officer sought “retribution” for an earlier altercation Another day means more problems for the Chicago Police Department. A veteran Chicago police officer was arrested Tuesday and charged with official misconduct, a felony, after a video emerged of him punching and shoving a 24-year-old mentally disabled …
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Faced with the prospect of being fired, Chicago detective opts to quietly step down two days before police board hearing. Dante Servin, a Chicago police officer whose 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed Rekia Boyd was described as “beyond reckless,” has opted to resign from the Chicago Police Department rather than …
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GOP standard bearer caught valuing property at least 90% below its original value, and attorneys are forced to revise mid-day. Donald Trump, the Republican nomination for president and billionaire businessman, has to date successfully deflected all consideration that he should publicly release his tax returns before the general election …
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Officer Jason Stockley arrested, charged with 2011 shooting where defendant can be heard saying he’s “going to kill this (expletive deleted), don’t you know it.” A disgraced former St. Louis police officer has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Anthony Lamar Smith – an incident …
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Arrested for not possessing a valid driver’s license and held in custody because she couldn’t make bail. A disturbing story is breaking this morning regarding a 22-year-old mother to a 3-year-old daughter who died in police custody last Tuesday, allegedly due to the failure of local jail officials to …
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Told police at the time of their arrest “Donald Trump was right: All these illegals need to be deported” Two South Boston brothers, Scott Leader and Steven Leader – fresh off an August summer night of heavy drinking and emblazoned with the fiery rhetoric of Donald Trump’s recently declared candidacy in …
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Waffles on question regarding emails prior to 2013 by Congressional Committee member Elijah E. Cummings He has “no memory.” Michigan Governor Rick Snyder says it’s possible that he deleted emails about the Flint Water Crisis, but added that it’s “unlikely.” The embattled Governor made written statements public in response to …
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Reporter handed a sweater to put on mid-broadcast It was a breezy 71 degrees this weekend in Los Angeles, but that didn’t stop one local TV station from awkwardly making their female meteorologist cover up her “unprofessional attire” with a sweater right in the middle of her Saturday weather …
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“Unfortunately, for seven and a half this years this animal we call president– because he’s an animal, OK?” Wow. Trumpism has officially gone wild. We first reported on Carlos Beruff – the affluent, combative real estate developer running for Florida’s Senate seat currently occupied by Marco Rubio – …
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Brave mother confidently destroys the GOP argument that gender identity is simply a man “saying he feels like a woman today” Hope Tyler, mother to a transgender teen in North Carolina, is a brave woman, and tired of GOP lawmakers continuing to stigmatize her child and the trans community. Speaking …
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“Climate scientists have been warning about this since at least the 1980s. And it’s been bloody obvious since the 2000s. So where’s the surprise?” Scientists have finished compiling global climate data from April and the result is familiarly grim. Continuing a disturbing trend of seven consecutive months, last month …
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