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Even Devin Nunes Knows It’s Time to Recuse Himself
It’s time for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from this investigation. He knows that. He’s compromised himself too much to be even remotely impartial, if that was ever going to happen. Nunes was part of President Pee Pee’s transition team, so the idea that he could lead an investigation into whether…
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Ahmed Kathrada, South African Anti-Apartheid Activist, Dies at 87
Ahmed Kathrada—one of South Africa’s iconic anti-apartheid activists and a close confidant of the late Nelson Mandela—died in Johannesburg Tuesday morning. He was 87 years old. According to the Associated Press, Kathrada, known fondly as Kathy to just about everyone, died after being admitted to a hospital with blood-clotting in his brain earlier this month.…
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‘White Power,’ Swastikas Spray-Painted on Ariz. High School
And so we’re here again. Another day, another racist incident at some high school across the nation. This time, staff and students discovered racist graffiti painted on school grounds at the Pinnacle High School in Phoenix over the weekend, sparking a police investigation. The graffiti, which was mostly centered on the outside of the school’s…
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White Supremacist Charged With Murder as Terrorism in Fatal Stabbing of Timothy Caughman
James Harris Jackson, a white supremacist who told investigators that he came to New York to kill black people, is now facing terrorism-related murder charges in the fatal stabbing of Timothy Caughman, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced Monday. In total, Harris is now charged with murder as an act of terrorism in…
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23 People File Complaint Asking Justice Department to Begin Criminal Probe of Its Boss
A complaint sent to the U.S. Department of Justice Monday alleges that Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his communications with the Russian government and later tried to cover up the lie, and asks the department to launch a criminal inquiry of its boss. The complaint names…
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#Flint: Lawsuit Settlement Guarantees Service-Line Replacements, Not Water Delivery
A civil lawsuit that originally sought door-to-door delivery of bottled water to residents of Flint, Mich., was settled with a guarantee to replace 18,000 lead and galvanized service lines in the city. According to MLive, the settlement agreement was filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Monday, and comes close to bringing to an…
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NYPD Detective Charged With Being a Disgusting Creep Who Preys on Women
A detective with the New York City Police Department has been arrested and charged after police say he went around peering in bedroom windows with a flashlight and then exposing himself to those inside, and three of those alleged victims are under the age of 16. NBC New York reports that Robert Francis, a 17-year…
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Fla. Man Kills Girlfriend, Shoots 5 Other People, Including Her 2 Young Sons: Report
A man in Sanford, Fla., reportedly killed his girlfriend and shot five other people, including the woman’s 7- and 8-year-old sons, Monday in what the Sanford police chief describes as a domestic incident that went wrong. Police Chief Cecil Smith told the Orlando Sentinel that Allen Dion Cashe, 31, had an argument with his girlfriend,…
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The Oakland Raiders Are Moving to Nev., and Something Tells Me This Is Going to End Badly
In a move that appears to have disaster written all over it, the NFL has approved the Oakland Raiders’ move to southern Nevada. Look, I could care less about the fans losing a team, and I could care even less about the new fans gaining a team. I mean, I feel sorry for the loser…
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Devin Nunes Is Looking Real Shaky Out Here After News He Received Documents on White House Grounds
The investigation into President Pee Pee’s campaign ties to Russia is starting to become as messy as this damn administration. Now it looks like House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) met a source on White House grounds last week, a day before he claimed that then-President-elect Vladimir TrumPutin was, in fact, subjected to surveillance…