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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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Missouri Restaurant Owner Pushes State to Let Him Hire More People With Felony Convictions
Missourians across the state are pushing to change laws that bar felons from working certain jobs, and lawmakers are listening. A bill passed out of a state committee earlier this week would reverse current legislation that prohibits people convicted of a felony from participating in the sale of alcohol and lottery tickets. Among the bill’s…
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Lunar New Year TV Gala Sparks Outrage Over Blackface Sketch
Chinese media is back in the spotlight after an Asian actress appeared in blackface with her buttocks padded during a comedy routine on China’s biggest Lunar New Year TV show. According to the BBC, the skit, expectedly, drew backlash across the globe, given that the annual state media show is wildly popular and can have…
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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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Steve Bannon Was Questioned for 20 Hours This Week in the Mueller Investigation: Report
Former Donald Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller for 20 hours over the course of multiple days this week as part of the investigation into the possible collusion between the president’s campaign and Russia, as well as other issues tied to that investigation. NBC News reports that in addition…
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Washington State Takes Crucial Step Toward Abolishing the Death Penalty
The Washington state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would ban the death penalty, leading the state one step closer to ending the practice for good. As the Seattle Times reports, the bill passed the Democratic-led Senate with bipartisan support. The measure would strike the death penalty from being considered as a sentencing option for…
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Why Won’t the White House Explain Melania Trump’s Parents’ Immigration Status?
The White House has been very clear from day one that it doesn’t care for immigrants unless the immigrants are from Slovenia and they are the parents of your wife; then the White House doesn’t want to talk about immigration status or “chain migration”—the inflammatory term the White House uses to note how immigrants supposedly…
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Florida School Shooter Was Member of Local White Supremacist Group
A spokesperson for a Florida white supremacist group confirmed Thursday that the gunman who opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Fla., and killed at least 17 people was associated with the group. According to the Anti-Defamation League, Jordan Jereb with the group, the Republic of Florida, acknowledged that the gunman Nikolas…
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Fox News Response to School Shooting Is to Praise the AR-15
Within hours of another deadly mass shooting at another school in the United States—the only country where this happens regularly—conservative bile spewer Laura Ingraham appeared on Fox News not just to defend, but to praise the AR-15 rifle that helped a young gunman kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.…