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St. Louis Board of Aldermen Passes Resolution to Remember Anthony Lamar Smith, Who Was Killed by Now-Former Police Officer Jason Stockley
As protests over the acquittal of former Police Officer Jason Stockley continued throughout the city of St. Louis, the Board of Aldermen on Friday voted unanimously to approve a resolution honoring the man he killed in 2011: Anthony Lamar Smith. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that on the same day, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson…
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Trump Adds North Korea to His Infamous Travel Ban: Power Move or More Child’s Play From the Idiot in Chief?
We all laughed over the weekend when, in response to Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry saying that he didn’t want to go to the White House, Donald Trump responded with something akin to, “Yeah! Well, I disinvite you anyway!” It was yet another juvenile moment in a long line of juvenile moments this…
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Former Sheriff David Clarke Uses Expletive in Response to Reporter Who Asked About His Security Detail
Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke is still using the title “sheriff” even though he quit his job last month. He apparently also has lost the round-the-clock security detail that was afforded to him while he was sheriff, and when a local reporter asked him about it last week, he fired back with an expletive in…
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Melania Trump Wants the Next Generation to Live by the Golden Rule, but What About Her Husband?
During a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, first lady Melania Trump (damn, that was hard to type) called on world leaders to teach young people the importance of living by the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The theme of Trump’s speech seemed to…
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Paul Manafort Offered to Give Private Briefings on Presidential Election to a Billionaire Russian Oligarch: Report
On July 7, 2016, less than two weeks before Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, his then-campaign manager Paul Manafort wrote an email to a Russian billionaire with close ties to the Kremlin and offered to provide him with briefings on the presidential race. Portions of the email written by Manafort to aluminum magnate…
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Serena Williams, Emotional About Motherhood and in Love With Her Baby Girl, Pens a Heartfelt Open Letter to Her Mother
Tennis great Serena Williams is just 18 days into her new status as a mother, and she’s loving it. It must be amazing to look at someone so beautiful and know that you had a hand in her creation. Serena looked at baby Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. and saw herself reflected in everything about her…
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Youth Football Team in Ill. Takes a Knee During the National Anthem Before Game Sunday
Children understand things that are happening around them more than we think and more than we give them credit for. A great example of this is the Cahokia Quarterback Club, which decided as a group to take a knee during the national anthem before the team’s football game Sunday in Belleville, Ill. The team consists…
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Heinz Family Foundation Honors Pediatrician Who Brought National Attention to Flint, Mich.’s Lead-Contaminated Water Crisis
On Thursday, the Heinz Family Foundation honored pediatrician and public health advocate Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha by making her the recipient of the 22nd Heinz Award in the public policy category. The accolade includes an unrestricted cash award of $250,000. Hanna-Attisha is being recognized for stepping forward to expose the elevated lead levels in children in…
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Donald Trump Jr. Gives Up His Secret Service Protection as Mueller’s Russia Investigation Intensifies
When you are the adult son of a sitting president, you are entitled to protection by the Secret Service for as long as your parent is in office. Donald Trump Jr., our president’s oldest son, has decided he no longer wants that protection, according to multiple reports published Monday evening. The younger Trump is an…
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Family of Md. Man Who Died Days After a Violent Encounter With Police Files Lawsuit
Tawon Boyd called 911 for help on Sept. 18, 2016. After ending up in a physical struggle with the Baltimore County police officers who answered that call, he died in a hospital three days later. Now his family has filed a lawsuit against the police officers, a paramedic and an EMT who responded to that…
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