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The New Colonial Frontier? Rich White People Traveled to Indigenous Community in Yukon and Schemed to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
If I ever say I am past being surprised by the depths of mendacity that people can exhibit, please quickly disabuse me of that motion. “Surprise” is an understatement for how I felt reading about a millionaire Canadian businessman and his actress wife who hired a private plane to fly into a small, isolated indigenous…
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Michigan Cop Fired For Arresting Black Man Who Was Collecting Petition Signatures in His Neighborhood
A video captured by a witness to the arrest that took place on her property shows an unidentified officer falsely accusing Marshall.
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Federal Law Enforcement Might Let Some Capitol Attackers Get Away Without Charges for Insurrection
It shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise, yet it’s still very disturbing to hear that federal law enforcement officials are considering not even charging some of the people who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in a violent attempt to stop the rightful certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral win. Sources…
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Grand Jurors in Breonna Taylor Case Seek Impeachment of Daniel Cameron, Say He Lied to Them and Public
The grand jurors in the case of Breonna Taylor haven’t hid their dissatisfaction with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s handling of the proceedings, a sentiment they aren’t alone in. A number of the jurors have come out to challenge Cameron’s initial description of the guidance prosecutors gave them regarding what charges could be laid against…
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Kyle Rittenhouse's Bail Terms Amended After Footage of Him at Bar Flashing 'White Power' Signs
A judge in Wisconsin has amended Kyle Rittenhouse’s bond conditions to bar the 18-year-old from drinking or associating with known white supremacists and other bigots. Rittenhouse is out on $2 million bail, and has been charged with the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Anthony Huber and 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum and the wounding of another person during…
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Report: Trump Was Planning to Fire His Acting Attorney General This January in Another Effort to Steal the Presidential Election
We all knew Trump was going off the rails in his last few weeks in office—that is “off the rails” for him, a man who has always been a little off kilter to say the least. But now the New York Times has come out with a report revealing that the former president was on…
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Biden Administration Orders National Intelligence Office and FBI to Assess Threat of Domestic Violent Extremism
We can’t say President Joe Biden hasn’t hit the ground running. In his first week in the Oval Office, Biden has already directed federal law enforcement and national intelligence officials to complete an assessment of the threat posed by domestic violent extremism in America. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made the announcement of the…
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Republican Rep. Andy Harris Caught by Capitol Police Trying to Bring a Concealed Weapon Onto the House Floor
If I were a member of Congress, I’d still be looking sideways at some of my colleagues (GOP ones, specifically) even though we’re now weeks removed from the Capitol insurrection and Republicans are suddenly all in for “unity.” That a Republican member of Congress, Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, decided to try and bring a…
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Where Do We Go From Here? Why Biden Needs a Plan for Tackling White Supremacy
Wednesday’s inauguration was a breath of fresh air in many ways. We saw the swearing-in of the first woman, Black person, and South-Asian to be this country’s vice president. We saw a young and brilliant poet, Amanda Gorman, state undeniable truths about this country’s harrowing and recent past and declare powerful hopes for this country’s…
