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Top Cop Jeff Sessions Speaks to Chiefs of Police and Collectively They Form the Broviet Union
The Trump administration is continuing its tradition of speaking to crowds that are largely favorable to its policies. On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff “King Keebler” Sessions spoke at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Nashville, Tenn. What is the International Association of Chiefs of Police? Who knows, but it looks like a…
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Justice Department Sues Governor, Attorney General and State of California Over Immigration
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday evening against the state of California, its governor and its attorney general over “sanctuary” laws it alleges violate the Constitution and are friendly to undocumented immigrants. The federal government filed its case just after 9 p.m. EST in the state capital of Sacramento. According to the…
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Donald Trump Bullies Jeff Sessions, and Robert Mueller Wants to Know Why: Report
Donald Trump picked Jeff Sessions to be the attorney general of the United States, but he quickly turned on him when Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation. Since that time, Trump has openly antagonized, insulted and bullied Sessions, both in conversation and on social media. Sources have told the Washington Post that special counsel…
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Trump Called Out Attorney General Jeff Sessions Because He Doesn’t Understand How This Works
The president is proof that a subhuman nonthinking white man can one day become the leader of the free world. Asparagus should feel inspired. Sure, it is nonverbal, and yes, it is merely a vegetable, but other than color, what’s the difference between asparagus and the president? Seriously, they both know about the same when…
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Jeff Sessions’ Speech on Florida School Shooting Is a Nonsensical Symphony of Racist Dog Whistles
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a genius when it comes to playing the racist dog whistle. During a speech Thursday at a sheriffs’ convention in Washington, D.C., Sessions found a way to bring up criminal records and gang violence while addressing Wednesday’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 people. “I think effective enforcement…
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Jeff Sessions vs. Marijuana: the Federal Court Battle Begins
Jeff Sessions has made no secret of the fact that he cares more about punishing people who use and sell marijuana than he does about finding a resolution for the country’s opioid crisis. Even with multiple states legalizing the use of medicinal and/or recreational marijuana, the U.S. attorney general has made it his personal mission…
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Why I, a Survivor of Police Violence, Find Jeff Sessions’ Remarks So Disturbing
In 2012 I was shot five times by Pittsburgh police. Although I survived, I was paralyzed and, soon thereafter, charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest, charges that were thrown out three years later. Since that fateful incident, which began as a “routine” traffic stop, I’ve chosen to use my platform as an activist and…
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Jeff Sessions Tells Law Enforcement to Never Forget the ‘Anglo-American Heritage’ of the Sheriff’s Office
If Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not a white supremacist, he sure plays one well. In fact, he can’t even do anything without invoking his white heritage all up in the videos and all on the record, dancing (Suge Knight voice). All Sessions had to do was give a speech to sheriffs on Monday in…
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Jeff Sessions Won’t Hold Bad Police Departments Accountable, so California Is Doing It on Its Own
In September 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided that under his leadership, the U.S. Department of Justice would focus more on bolstering police morale than it would on correcting issues in problem police departments. To that end, the DOJ ended an effort put in place by the Obama administration to investigate and publicize police department…
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Mueller Narrows His Focus in Russia Probe to Possibility Trump Obstructed Justice
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller last week, making him the first member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet to be questioned as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The New York Times reports that Sessions was questioned for hours last week, and former FBI Director…