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Former Texas Prosecutor Withheld Email That Could Have Prevented Innocent Man From Landing on Death Row: Report
In an announcement late Friday, Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Kim Ogg revealed that a former prosecutor withheld a key email that could have prevented Alfred Dewayne Brown from receiving the death penalty. As the Houston Chronicle reports, the email helped establish “a clear alibi” for Brown, who was convicted in a high-profile murder case…
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Florida Middle School Teacher Outed as ‘Unapologetic’ White Supremacist
In an exclusive report, HuffPost has revealed evidence suggesting that a 25-year-old Florida middle school teacher, Dayanna Volitich, has been secretly hosting a white nationalist podcast. In the Unapologetic podcast, which Volitich hosts under the alias “Tiana Dalichov,” Volitich brags about bringing her racist beliefs into her Crystal River Middle School classroom. “I get to…
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Trump, the Walking Internet Comments Section, Taps Racist Blogger for Federal Job
William Otis, a former special counsel to President George H.W. Bush and a current professor at Georgetown University Law Center, was nominated by President Donald Trump this week to sit on a federal commission that sets policy on how to punish criminals. It would come as no surprise that Otis is a staunch supporter of…
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Armed Teachers in Classrooms One Step Closer to Being the Law in Florida
As teachers, parents, students and Parkland residents voiced their opposition, Florida lawmakers advanced legislation Tuesday that would create a statewide program to put armed teachers in classrooms. The Miami Herald reports that the state House Appropriations Committee voted to approve a measure that would see teachers trained to carry guns in the classroom under the…
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Michigan Parents Pull Child From School After Teacher, Other Students Make Racist Remarks
A family in Utica, Mich., pulled their child from her school after, they say, a substitute teacher and other students directed racist remarks at her. Juan Sifuentes, who is Mexican, and Kim Sifuentes, who is black, told Click on Detroit that the bullying their daughter Nayeli faced at Switzer Elementary School got worse after Donald…
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Kansas Man Reportedly Spits on Preschooler and Calls Him N-Word, but Relax, He’s a Firefighter
Apparently nauseated by a preschool-age boy’s insistence on being black, a customer at a restaurant reportedly spat on the child and referred to the child as a “nigger,” according to multiple witnesses. KCTV-5 reports that witnesses watched as a small child was temporarily separated from his family, wandering off while they were attending a party…
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2 Dead in Central Michigan University Shooting; Gunman Still at Large
Updated Friday, March 2, 2018, 2:33 p.m. EST: Sources told the Detroit Free Press that the victims of the shooting at Central Michigan University are believed to be the shooter’s parents. It is believed that the situation escalated from a domestic dispute. The person of interest has been identified as James Eric Davis Jr., who…
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Jay-Z Passes Diddy on Forbes List of Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists. Soulja Boy Snubbed Again
Boosted by his ownership stake in Roc Nation, Tidal, and Champagne and cognac that neither you nor I can afford, hip-hop artist and mogul Jay-Z has leapfrogged entrepreneur and white-suit aficionado Sean “Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Brother Love” Combs to claim the top spot on Forbes magazine’s list of the wealthiest people in…
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Either Melania Trump Is the Slovenian Rain Man or She Finessed Her ‘Einstein Visa’
Until I see Melania Trump do anything other than wave and steal speeches from the most extraordinary first lady ever to grace the White House with her presence, then I have a hard time believing that she can do anything other than look like a vaguely alive corpse. So how in all the heat in…