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#StephonClark: Family of Man Killed by Police Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Officers, City of Sacramento
Lawyers representing the children, parents and grandparents of Stephon Clark—the 22-year-old man killed by two Sacramento police officers in March 2018—have filed a lawsuit against the City of Sacramento as well as the two officers involved, Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet. The suit (pdf), which was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court Eastern District…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Bravely Emerges From Her Crypt for the 1st White House Press Briefing in 41 Days
Last week, your little “president” got on Twitter and said the reason White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had not given a press briefing in a month was because the press was too mean to her and reported on her statements “inaccurately.” No one reported on Sanders inaccurately; the White House and the Trump…
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2 California Newspapers Sue Sacramento Sheriff to Make Him Follow the Law
On Jan. 1, 2019, a new law went into effect in California that requires law enforcement agencies to release the records of officers involved in, among other things, use-of-force cases that result in death. Unfortunately, some law enforcement brass are pushing back against the law, using a semantical argument to defend their noncompliance. That noncompliance…
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Donald Trump Said He Was Going to Give His Little Speech Anyway. Shorter Nancy Pelosi: I Said What I Said
A woman put your “president” in his place today, and he is mad about it. Exactly one week ago, Speaker Nancy Pelosi simply asked the “president” to postpone the State of the Union address until the government reopened. But because Trump has the temperament of a three-year-old who has missed his nap, he threw a…
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Donald Trump Is the ‘Grand Wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,’ According to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
We all have opinions about and creative names for Donald Trump. He leaves himself open to plenty of criticism, so it’s easy to come up with disparaging things to say about him. You simply need to pick a topic like his racism, his lack of intelligence, his troubling policies, the fact that he is a…
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They Don’t Want That Smoke: NFL Nixes a Super Bowl Ad Advocating Medical Cannabis Legalization
As everyone knows, Super Bowl ads are big money and a big deal. Gaining one of the coveted television spots on what is the penultimate football Sunday is something companies are willing to drop big cash on every year. The cannabis industry is no exception, but unfortunately, CBS is not here for weed commercials. Bloomberg…
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#StephonClark: Sacramento Considers Banning Items From Protests in the Wake of DA’s Impending Decision
Ten months ago on March 18, 2018, two police officers with the Sacramento Police Department fired a total of 20 shots—10 shots each—eight of which struck 22-year-old Stephon Clark and killed him in his grandparents backyard. In that time, activists with the Sacramento chapter of Black Lives Matter have been calling for justice. They want…
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President 'Both Sides' Proves Once Again He Is a White Nationalist Who Enables Racists
Here is your reminder that your “president” is a hate mongering white nationalist who enables and bolsters racism every chance he gets. Mr. Both Sides, who could only be bothered to spend all of two minutes at the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on Monday, took to Twitter later that night to defend the white,…
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You Don't Say? Joe Biden Preaches to the Choir About White America's Systemic Racism
At a breakfast Monday morning in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, former Vice President Joe Biden stood in front of a crowd of black people and told them “white America has to admit there is systemic racism.” The breakfast was hosted by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, HuffPost reports, and it was attended…
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New Year, New Me—But for Real This Time
Seventeen days into 2019, I am still reflecting on what I want for myself this year and how I am going to go about getting it. As a bullet journal enthusiast, I am all about making lists. I like to take a goal and break it down into smaller tasks that I can then plot…
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