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Texas Supreme Court Halts Applications for Mail-In Ballots in Harris County (Again)
A legal back and forth is underway in Texas, as the state’s Supreme Court has halted mail-in ballot applications from being sent out in Harris County. According to the Texas Tribune, the all-Republican court granted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to halt the effort before a separate order blocking applications from being sent out…
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Spam Accounts Linked to Turning Point USA Offshoot Removed by Twitter and Facebook
I feel like lying is the GOP’s hobby of choice, only slightly behind telling Black people that we are the real racists. Turning Point Action, a spinoff of Turning Point USA, enjoys lying so much they paid a group of teenagers to do it for them on social media. CNN reports both Facebook and Twitter…
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California Cop Charged and Taken Into Custody for Fatally Shooting Black Man
A police officer in San Leandro, Calif., has been charged and taken into custody for the fatal shooting of a Black man in April. CBS San Francisco reports that 49-year-old San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher was taken into custody following a hearing on Tuesday, after being charged with voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting 33-year-old…
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‘Make Him a Suspect’: Rochester City Records Confirm Coordinated Police Effort to Cover Up the Death of Daniel Prude
A cache of documents from the Rochester, N.Y., police department, including emails, police reports and internal reviews, show a coordinated effort on behalf of city officials to keep the death of Daniel Prude out of the public eye. Prude, a Black man experiencing mental illness, died of suffocation in March after cops responding to a…
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Grand Jury in Omaha Charges White Bar Owner in Death of Black Protester
A grand jury has charged a white bar owner in Omaha with the death of a Black protester back in May. ABC News reports that Jake Gardner has been charged with manslaughter over the death of 22-year-old James Scurlock. Scurlock was among those in Omaha protesting police brutality following the death of George Floyd. Surveillance…
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What Kind of Bootleg Braveheart Shit Is This?
White people, I have a question: What…What…Nigga, what…What is wrong with y’all? Let me start over. I be trying to be nice to white people… That’s a lie, let me start over again. WHITE PEOPLE NEED TO STOP GIVING ME SO MUCH AMMUNITION TO NOT BE NICE TO THEM!! I don’t need to know the…
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Whistleblowing Nurse Alleges Horrifying ‘Medical Neglect’ at ICE Facility, Including Mass Hysterectomies: ‘You Just Don’t Know What to Say’
For months, women detained at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga., approached nurse Dawn Wooten asking questions about the procedures they were being forced to undergo at the facility. One woman inquired about a particular doctor, who had developed a reputation among the women as being a “uterus collector.” “Does he collect uteruses?”…
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Ray Fisher and Jason Momoa Claim Warner Bros. Is Using 'PR Tactics' to Distract From Work Abuse Investigation
Ray Fisher’s public battle with Warner Bros. seems to be heating up. As background, the 33-year-old actor who portrayed Cyborg in the studio’s Justice League film claimed back in June that the film’s director Joss Whedon engaged in “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable” conduct on set when Whedon took over for the film’s original…
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‘I Chose My Career, I Was Born Black’: California Police Officer Gets Real About George Floyd and Racism in Policing
I really don’t like feel-good cop stories—especially not while there’s a national discussion going on about systemic racism in policing. Every time the Black Lives Matter movement gains traction, you can expect a flurry of cop-aganda stories involving cops hugging a Black child, pulling Black people over and giving them ice cream, or playing basketball…
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19 Families Purchase Land to Create ‘Safe Haven’ Town for Black People: ‘We’re Hoping to Create Legacy’
Overwhelmed by the high-profile killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd this year, Ashley Scott and Renee Walters were determined to find a refuge for themselves and their families. A place where they could build, create generational wealth, and a legacy. They believe they’ve found such a place—on 96 square acres of land…