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New No-Cash Bail System Allows Dozens of Low-Level Offenders to Be Released From Jail in Houston
Dozens of low-level offenders in Harris County, Texas, are being released from jail under a new no-cash bail system after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas upheld a District Court ruling that said it is fundamentally unfair to detain indigent people arrested for low-level offenses simply because they can’t afford to pay bail. Harris County…
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‘What You Feel Isn’t Relevant’: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing Gets Heated as 4 Intel Chiefs Won’t Answer Anything
If you didn’t have time to watch the circus that was the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing with four of the top brass in American intelligence, let me assure you that I watched it for you and can sum it all up like this: Two intelligence officials confirmed that President Donald Trump did not ask them…
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Delta Passenger Bitten by Veteran’s Emotional-Support Dog
Marlin Termaine Jackson of Daphne, Ala., was seated next to a Marine veteran with a dog on Delta Flight 1430, headed from Atlanta to San Diego, on Monday when the 50-pound dog bit him before takeoff. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, a witness, Bridget Maddox-Peoples, said that Jackson’s face and body were left bloodied by…
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What We Know About Christopher Wray, Trump’s Pick for FBI Boss
On the eve of ex-FBI Director James Comey’s highly anticipated Senate testimony, President Twitter Fingas took to social media, as he’s been recklessly known to do, to announce that his new pick for Comey’s post is Christopher Wray. Make no mistake about it—the announcement that Comey’s replacement has been found, just a day before the…
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Minn. High School Security Guard Placed on Leave After Being Accused of Using Excessive Force on Muslim Teen
An Apple Valley, Minn., high school security guard was put on administrative leave after he was accused of using excessive force during an altercation involving students. According to the Star Tribune, the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district placed Jason Rieck on leave pending an investigation into the incident, which led to a student’s removal from the…
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In Every Service Branch, Black Troops More Likely to Be Punished by Commanders, Courts: Report
Black service members are up to two times more likely to face court-martial or other forms of military punishment than their white counterparts in an average year, an analysis by advocacy organization Protect Our Defenders has revealed. According to USA Today, which received an advance copy of the study, the advocacy group for victims of…
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Eric ‘Vampire Face’ Trump: Dems Aren’t Even People
First and foremost, do we have proof that Eric Trump is not a vampire? He seriously looks as if he has actual vampire DNA; and if, in fact, the second Trump not named Ivanka is a bloodsucking revenant, then his comments made during a recent Fox News appearance make perfect sense. Eric “Vampire Diaries” Trump…
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2 White Men Assaulted Black Teen Near His Home in Campaign to Run Interracial Family Out of Va. Neighborhood: Lawsuit
A black teenager was called racial slurs and attacked by two white men near his home in Virginia as part of an effort to run his interracial family out of town, a federal lawsuit claims. Yes, this is in 2017. Well, to be precise, the attack occurred in 2015. The men involved in the attack…
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Family Thanks ‘Guardian Angel’ Neighbor Who Fatally Shot Father Attempting to Drown 3-Month-Old Twins
An Oklahoma family is extending their gratitude to a quick-thinking neighbor who fatally shot a father who was attempting to drown his 3-month-old twins in a bathtub Friday. “He saved me and my babies’ lives, and there will not be a day that will go by that I won’t thank him for that,” Michelle Sorrells,…
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Ohio Man With HIV Charged With Murder After Longtime Girlfriend Dies of AIDS
A married Ohio man is facing murder charges after being accused of not telling his longtime girlfriend—who later died of AIDS—that he was HIV-positive. According to the Associated Press, Ronald Murdock, 51, of Toledo is also facing charges of felonious assault. On Tuesday a judge set bond at $1.5 million for Murdock, who was indicted…