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Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates After She Directs Justice Department Attorneys Not to Defend Trump Immigration Ban
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, 1:13 a.m. EST: This was just too rich not to add. Here is CSPAN video from the Sally Q. Yates confirmation hearing as deputy attorney general. Notice who is asking her the question that would ultimately end her job. Updated Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, 9:50 p.m. EST: Donald Trump has…
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Trump’s Tall Tales, Lies and Exaggerations in His 1st 10 Days as President Debunked
You have likely seen the phrase “alternative facts” circling around the internet and news stories since President Orange Foolius took office. Coined by Kellyanne Conway during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, it describes the flat-out lies Trump and those in his administration have told, starting with the size of his inauguration crowd and…
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Donald Trump: Executive Order Bans Syrian Refugees and Muslims From 7 Countries
Exactly one week after being sworn in as president of the United States, a country founded by refugees escaping a tyrant in their home country, Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday indefinitely banning Syrian refugees and temporarily suspending Muslims from seven countries from entering the country. According to the New York Times: Declaring the…
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#Flint: EPA Says No Freeze on Grant Money, but Residents Aren’t Holding Their Breath
The Trump administration reportedly conducted a brief review of Environmental Protection Agency grants but never ordered a “freeze” on new awards despite reports to the contrary, a spokesman said Thursday, but confusing responses from those in the administration still have not answered the question of whether or not Flint, Mich., is getting the aid it…
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That’s That Ish I Don’t Like: Chief Keef Arrested in Armed Robbery at Producer’s Home
Chief Keef just can’t seem to leave the streets alone. The Chicago rapper was arrested Thursday in connection with a home-invasion robbery that happened last week at his former producer’s home, authorities said. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 21-year-old rapper, whose real name is Keith Cozart, was arrested by a team of Los…
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Dallas Teacher Investigated for Firing a Toy Gun at an Image of Donald Trump and Yelling, ‘Die!’
A teacher with the Dallas Independent School District is being investigated after video surfaced of her firing a toy gun at a projected image of Donald Trump and yelling “Die!” in front of her class. Payal Modi is a teacher at W.H. Adamson High School, and CBS DFW reports that the video surfaced on social…
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Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Gives Media Advice He Should Be Giving to Orange Foolius
Steve Bannon, chief strategist to President Donald Trump who also served as his campaign manager for the 2016 presidential election, gave a rare interview to the New York Times in which he continued his employer’s attacks on the media and described it as the “opposition party” to the current administration. “The media should be embarrassed…
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Judge Rules Orlando, Fla., Shooting Suspect Competent to Decide if He Wants Lawyer
Markeith Loyd, the man accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer who tried to arrest him, is competent enough to decide whether he wants to be represented by an attorney, a judge said Thursday. The judge did not make a final ruling as to whether Loyd can represent himself. The…
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L.A. County District Attorney Target of Recall Effort After Not Filing Charges in Ezell Ford Killing
Civil rights activists announced Monday that they will begin a recall effort against Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey after she failed to bring charges against the two police officers responsible for the shooting death of Ezell Ford. The Los Angeles Times reports that author and activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson said at a Los…
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Trump Is Going to Build His Damn Wall, and Other Questionable Executive Orders
President (ugh) Trump continued his bull-in-a-china-shop routine Wednesday by signing a few questionable executive orders, including one to build a border wall with Mexico, one to cut off funds to cities that do not report undocumented immigrants, and one that could restart an interrogation program that was dismantled in 2009 after being condemned as torture.…
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