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  • Senate Confirms Steve Mnuchin as Trump’s Treasury Secretary

    Former OneWest Bank head Steve Mnuchin was confirmed as treasury secretary late Monday by the Senate in a 53-47 vote. Politico reports that Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia was the only Democrat to vote for the man progressive groups have branded the “foreclosure king” for his tenure at OneWest Bank, formerly known as IndyMac.…

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  • 19-Year-Old Makes History as Youngest Person to Run for Office in Ga.

    A 19-year-old Spelman College student is making history as the youngest person to run for office in Georgia after the DeKalb Board of Elections allowed her name to be added to the ballot for the new city of Stonecrest’s election for City Council. Fox 5 Atlanta reports that Mary Pat Hector’s candidacy was challenged by…

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  • Reported ICE Immigration Sweeps in Southern Calif. Prompt Angry Response in Los Angeles

    Civil rights groups in Los Angeles said Thursday that they had been alerted by “credible sources,” including attorneys, that immigration sweeps were taking place in the greater L.A. area, prompting more than 100 protesters fueled by fear and outrage to march in the streets of downtown L.A. on Thursday evening. As the Los Angeles Daily…

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  • Could This Be 1st Step in Impeachment Process? Democrat Files ‘Resolution of Inquiry’ on Trump

    A senior member of the House Judiciary Committee introduced a Resolution of Inquiry on Thursday that directs the Department of Justice to provide the House of Representatives with any and all information relevant to an inquiry into President Donald Trump and his associates’ conflicts of interest, ethical violations (including the emoluments clause) and Russia ties.…

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  • Neo-Confederate Group Asks ‘Able-Bodied, Traditionalist Southern Men’ to Join Vigilante Defense Force

    The neo-Confederate group League of the South announced last week that it is forming a force called the Southern Defense Force to combat the “leftist menace to our historic Christian civilization.” The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch blog, which monitors and exposes the activities of the American radical right, reports that League of the South…

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  • Are You Ready for a Barack and Michelle Obama Speaking-Engagement World Tour? 

    Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are gearing up for public appearances and book deals by signing up with the Harry Walker Agency, which will coordinate the speaking engagements while two attorneys will represent them for contract negotiations regarding potential book deals, a spokesman said Friday. Politico reports that spokesman Kevin Lewis…

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  • #NoDAPL: Cheyenne River Sioux File Legal Challenge to Dakota Access Pipeline

    Earlier this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the easement needed for Energy Transfer Partners subsidiary Dakota Access to continue construction on the highly contested $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, and the company began work late Wednesday to begin the process of crossing the Missouri River. But one Native American tribe is not…

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  • ACLU Speaks Out Against Trump’s Executive Orders That Address Nonexistent Issues

    The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a statement speaking out against the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump Thursday, specifically the order designated to create a task force to address violent crime in the nation and the order to create a task force to address violence against police officers. Trump signed an order…

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  • Mike Pence Didn’t Pardon a Wrongfully Convicted Innocent Man, so His Replacement Did

    Keith Cooper was wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit 20 years ago, and he patiently waited three years for then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to use his executive power to issue a pardon and remove the mark from his record, to no avail. On Thursday, Pence’s replacement, Republican Eric Holcomb, got the job…

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  • US Appeals Court Upholds Temporary Suspension of Trump’s Travel Ban

    A U.S. federal appeals court decided unanimously Thursday to uphold the temporary suspension of President Donald Trump’s travel ban that restricted people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. CNBC reports that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in a challenge filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota, and…

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