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Bill Maher Just Described Being Straight and White In America As A Disadvantage
The so-called comedian’s statement that the Democratic party is ‘defined by identity politics’ is wildly inaccurate.
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Republicans to Air All-Star Game Ads Blaming Democrats for MLB's Decision to Move the Game Out of Georgia Over Voter Suppression Laws
All Georgia officials had to do was not pass restrictive voting laws and they could have had their little baseball game, but noooooo. Now they’re crying.
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10 Dead in Boulder, Colo. Mass Shooting in a Continuation of a Very American Epidemic [Updated]
As we begin to cautiously hope for the winding down of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, we are also beginning to see the resurgence of another fatal sickness ailing America. Ten people were shot dead on Monday afternoon in a mass attack led by an unnamed suspect in a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., reports USA…
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Colorado Governor Grants Pardons to Those Convicted for Possession of Up to an Ounce of Marijuana
Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order on Tuesday pardoning people who have been convicted for possessing up to an ounce of Marijuana. CNN reports that this move follows the passage of a bill in June that granted the governor power “to grant pardons to a class of defendants who were convicted of…
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Special Prosecutor Appointed in Elijah McClain Case
Outrage has grown in the last week over the way the case of Elijah McClain has been handled. McClain was a 23-year-old Black man who died last year during a confrontation with police in Aurora, Colo. After a petition for a new investigation into the case garnered 3 million signatures, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D)…
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Colorado Governor Pledges to Look Into Elijah McClain’s 2019 In-Custody Death After Nationwide Outcry
When 23-year-old Elijah McClain died after police put him in a chokehold last year, the news of his killing—and the subsequent decision to not press criminal charges against the Aurora, Colo., officers who apprehended him—didn’t reach far beyond the state. But, in the wake of the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month,…
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Colorado Becomes 22nd State to Abolish Death Penalty
Governor Jared Polis officially repealed capital punishment in Colorado on Monday, capping off a heated legislative battle to get rid of the death penalty in the state. For decades, capital punishment was seldom used in Colorado, the New York Times points out. Since reinstating the death penalty in the 1970s, only one person had been…
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Colorado Signs 'Red Flag' Bill Giving Judges Power to Remove Guns From High-Risk Owners
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a “red flag” gun bill into law, giving judges the power to temporarily take guns from people thought to be at high risk of harming themselves or others, according to The Hill. Following months of debate, the bill finally got to his desk. While proponents say the law can prevent…