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#MissingDCGirls Finally Caught People’s Attention, but How Do You Bring Them Home?
On March 12, 2017, I wrote about the number of black and Latino teens who have gone missing in the Washington, D.C., area since February. At the time, 10 teens, including one young man, were missing. The Metropolitan (D.C.) Police Department reported that a few had been found, but there were still missing cases open.…
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Pa. Mother Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Her Daughter for Reciting Bible Verses Incorrectly
A Pennsylvania woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting her daughter and kicking the girl out of the house because the child could not recite Bible verses correctly. According to Penn Live, Rhonda Kemp Shoffner, 41, of Middletown, is facing charges of child endangerment, strangulation aggravated assault against a child and terrorist threats related to the…
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Okla. State Rep. Believes Rape and Incest Part of God’s Will
Because the world is losing its collective grip on reality, and conservatives want to govern everything, including women’s bodies, Oklahoma state Rep. George Faught, a Republican, authored a bill that would stop abortions including cases involving genetic abnormalities. But wait—I know it’s hard to imagine, but it actually gets worse. When Oklahoma state Rep. Cory…
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Killing of Black Man by Self-Proclaimed White Supremacist in NYC ‘Most Likely an Act of Terrorism’: Prosecutor
Prosecutors in New York City are saying that the targeted killing of a black man in midtown Manhattan was most likely an act of terrorism after, they charge, self-proclaimed white supremacist James Harris Jackson, 28, stabbed 66-year-old Timothy Caughman to death. WABC reports that Jackson, from Maryland, was arraigned in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday and…
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Chicago Cop Faces New Charges in Shooting Death of Laquan McDonald
Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer who is facing first-degree murder charges in the 2014 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, will face an additional 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, a special prosecutor announced Thursday. According to USA Today, the new indictment racks up the number of felony charges against Van…
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Top Democratic Senator Vows Democrats Will Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
The Senate’s top Democrat said Thursday that Democrats would filibuster the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch. The Washington Post reports that Thursday’s hearings on Gorsuch ended on a “confrontational note,” and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that he will vote no on President…
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#Flint: Residents at Apartment Complex Among 1st to Have Water Shut Off by City
I have a question: Where are the water protectors for Flint, Mich.? I ask this because the city shut off water services at an apartment complex Thursday because the owners failed to pay a $60,000 water bill. The city shut off the services at the Lakeside Apartments in Flint around 2 p.m. Thursday, resident David…
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Trump Demands Friday Vote on Health Care Plan, Will Keep Obamacare if House Rejects GOP Plan
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told GOP lawmakers that President Donald Trump is demanding a Friday vote in the House on the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, and if the House rejects the GOP plan, Trump is prepared to move on and leave Obamacare in place. Politico reports that Mulvaney had the…
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Student Who Wore Gorilla Mask and Disrupted Black Lives Matter Protest Indicted by Grand Jury
The former East Tennessee State University student who wore a gorilla mask and disrupted a Black Lives Matter protest on campus while carrying bananas and a rope has been indicted by a grand jury. The Associated Press reports that Assistant District Attorney Erin McArdle confirmed that Tristan Rettke of Hendersonville, Tenn., was indicted by a…
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TrumPutin’s Time Interview Confirms He’s Batshit Crazy
On Thursday, Time magazine released an interview with President Vladimir TrumPutin, and even as the walls are closing in around his pathetic presidency, he continued to double down on all his batshit-crazy claims. He continues to selectively choose which media reports he agrees with—mostly those stories that are kind to his reign as dictator in…