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Hawaii and Ore. Join Wash. and Minn. in Legal Challenge Against Trump’s Travel Ban
The states of Hawaii and Oregon joined Washington and Minnesota on Thursday in their legal challenge against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, which goes into effect March 16, and the states of New York and Massachusetts have said they will join the challenge, too. The Washington Post reports that Hawaii filed a lawsuit against…
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#NoDAPL: Police in Wash. State Win Warrant to Search Content of Protest Facebook Page
Local police in Washington state have been granted a warrant to search the Facebook page of a group dedicated to protesting the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Department in Bellingham, Wash., obtained the warrant, which seeks to collect data surrounding the Bellingham #NoDAPL Coalition’s Facebook page, which, as…
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Bill Clinton: Worldwide Nationalism Is ‘Taking Us to the Edge of Our Destruction’
Former President Bill Clinton said Thursday that the nationalism movement that has engulfed politics in America as well as other countries around the world is part of a more insidious and interconnected movement to institutionalize separatism and division around the world. Politico reports that Clinton was giving a keynote speech at an event hosted by…
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KKK Wizard Found Dead Smelled of Cat Piss; Wife Accused of Killing Him
The imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who was recently found dead near a river in Missouri, apparently smelled like cat piss and stunk to high heaven during his life. According to the River Front Times, the scent permeated from Frank Ancona’s clothes, clinging to him like a blanket,…
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Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Off-Duty LAPD Cop Who Fired Gun During Confrontation With Teens
A civil lawsuit has been filed against an off-duty Los Angeles police officer who discharged his weapon during a filmed confrontation with a bunch of school children, prompting protests. According to the Los Angeles Times, Christian and John Dorscht filed the complaint against Officer Kevin Ferguson last week on behalf of the parents of one…
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TrumPutin’s Longtime Friend Roger Stone Communicated With Russian Hackers Before Election: Report
Roger Stone, a political consultant and longtime friend of President Vladimir TrumPutin, was reportedly in contact with the Russian hacking “online persona” Guccifer 2.0, which the FBI believes was responsible for the theft and leaking of emails during the Democratic presidential campaign. Stone allegedly used Twitter (because of course he did) to send private messages…
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Watch Mike Pence’s Matrix-Like Deflection of Obama Wiretapping Claims Made by Trump
Vice President Mike Pence knows that President Mother Russia was lying when he took to the keyboard with his little fingers to type those crazy claims that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower in New York City. In fact, the vice president pulled out some Matrix-like dodging moves when he was asked flat out…
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NC Grand Jury Declines to Charge Cop Seen Slamming 15-Year-Old Girl to Ground
A Wake County, N.C., grand jury has declined to charge a Rolesville (N.C.) High School resource officer who was seen on video slamming a 15-year-old student to the ground. According to WTVD, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said that her office sent presentments to the Wake County grand jury for willful failure to discharge…
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Tenn. School Bus Driver Indicted in Fatal Crash That Left 6 Children Dead
A Chattanooga, Tenn., school bus driver has been indicted on six counts of vehicular homicide for a deadly November bus crash that left six children dead. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, a grand jury also charged 24-year-old Johnthony Walker with four counts of reckless aggravated assault, one count of reckless endangerment and one…
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Chicago Man Who Had Murder Charges Dismissed Is Killed While Leaving Jail
A Chicago man who had been facing murder charges that were dismissed after prosecutors failed to give him a speedy trial was gunned down as he was being driven away from Cook County (Ill.) Jail earlier this week. According to CBS News, Kamari Belmont was facing charges for the May 2015 shooting of 40-year-old Sorrell…