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Los Angeles City Council Votes to Replace Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples Day as a City Holiday
On Wednesday the Los Angeles City Council voted to eliminate the Columbus Day holiday from the city calendar in a move that sides with activists who believe the Italian pirate explorer is a symbol of genocide for Native indigenous people. The Los Angeles Times reports that although Italian-American civic groups objected to the move, the…
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NBC in ‘Total Panic’ After Megyn Kelly’s New Show Scores Really High With Old White People. What Did They Expect?
NBC decided to cast aside God’s treasure, Tamron Hall, to invest in noted deplorable Megyn Kelly, and now NBC executives are in a reported panic as Kelly seems to appeal only to old white people. And the real question here is: What did NBC expect? Before coming to NBC, Kelly was an anchor for Fox…
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In the Middle of a Devastating Hurricane, House Republicans Look to Make Cuts to Disaster-Relief Fund
This administration is exhausting. Our current Congress is exhausting. Everything about living in this country right now is exhausting, and it never seems to end. We receive daily reminders that our current government is trash, and there are no signs that there will be any change in the immediate future. The latest example of “Are…
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Houston School District Will Provide 3 Free Meals a Day to All Students in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
The Houston Independent School District has found a way to help all the families it serves in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. On Wednesday the district announced that it will waive the required application process for the National School Lunch/School Breakfast Program and provide free meals to all students this school…
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Disturbing Video Shows Wash. State Sheriff’s Deputy, With Gun Already Drawn, Confronting Motorcyclist During Traffic Stop
A King County, Wash., sheriff’s deputy is on administrative leave after shocking video footage surfaced that showed him confronting a motorcyclist, gun already drawn, in what people are supposed to believe is some sort of “traffic stop.” King County Sheriff John Urquhart told King5 that he didn’t want the deputy, who remains unidentified, on the…
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Aaron Rodgers Knows the Truth, Says Colin Kaepernick Is Still a Free Agent Because of His Protest
Aaron Rodgers knows that Colin Kaepernick isn’t on an NFL roster because he had the audacity to protest the killings of unarmed African-American men, women and children at the hands of police. Rodgers noted that anyone who believes that Kaepernick is still a free agent because of his abilities and not his protest would be…
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2nd Suspect Arrested in the Charlottesville, Va., Beating of Deandre Harris
He’s known for being the Puerto Rican white nationalist who calls himself “Spanish” but swears he isn’t racist. But now Alex Michael Ramos is behind bars after turning himself in for taking part in the beating of Deandre Harris in Charlottesville, Va. Ramos surrendered Monday evening at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia and…
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Md. School Bans Apparel With Washington, DC, Football Team’s Insensitive Name and Logo
One Bethesda, Md., school is taking a stand against the Washington, D.C., NFL team’s racist name and has banned all children from preschool to eighth grade from wearing apparel with the team’s logo and name on it. “The term ‘redskin’ is a racial slur. Its use, whether intentional or not, can be deeply insulting and…
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Ohio Teen Supposedly Shot Himself in Police Custody While His Hands Were Handcuffed Behind His Back; Now His Family Is Demanding Answers
The brother of an Akron, Ohio, teen who died in police custody is searching for the truth after learning that the young boy somehow shot himself in the head while seated in the back of a police car with his hands handcuffed behind his back. Greg Wiley, 29, says that he is still left numb…
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Wait, Joel Osteen. Something Isn’t Adding Up
On Sunday, as Hurricane Harvey began to crush parts of Texas, Joel Osteen, pastor of Houston megachurch Lakewood, tweeted that his church was “inaccessible due to severe flooding,” and then let his Twitter followers know that they could go to an area shelter should they need help. Followers who were near the church then took…