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Mass. Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Black Man, Saying ‘Black Lives Don’t Matter’
A Northampton, Mass., man was sentenced to six months in jail Friday in Northampton District Court after pleading guilty to charges of a civil rights violation, assault and battery to intimidate. According to Mass Live, James L. McIntyre admitted to elbowing a black man in downtown Northampton, using a racial slur and saying, “Black lives…
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House Republicans Release Long-Awaited Obamacare Replacement Plan
The wait is finally over. House Republicans have finally released their master plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known (to the shock of millions) as Obamacare, in the form of two bills that would replace federal insurance subsidies with individual tax credits and grants to help states create their own policies.…
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TSA Agents May Be Getting a Little Closer to Airline Passengers During Security Pat-Downs
The next time you go through airport security, you may be getting felt up in an entirely different way by Transportation Security Administration agents if you decide to opt out of electronic screening and have to undergo the new full pat-down. The Washington Post reports that the new pat-downs are apparently so intrusive, the TSA…
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Supreme Court Decides Not to Hear Gavin Grimm’s Transgender Bathroom Case After All
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear the case of a transgender Virginia teen fighting to use the bathroom of his choice in school, reversing an earlier decision to hear the case on March 28. NBC News reports that in addition to deciding not to hear the case of Gavin Grimm,…
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#Flint: Mayor Says Mich. City Will Not Be Able to Treat Its Own Water for Another 2 Years
It has been over 1,000 days since the people of Flint, Mich., had clean water, and now the city’s mayor is telling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that because of the lengthy construction and testing process for a new water-treatment plant, it will be another two years before the city can treat its own water…
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‘Spicy Facts’ Spicer Was Once White House Easter Bunny; Most Human He’s Ever Been
Turns out that before becoming an inept White House spokesperson, Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer was a shitty White House Easter Bunny, so this isn’t the first time he’s represented a mythical stance as fact. Hiyoooo! In 2008, back when Spicy Facts had a sense of humor and didn’t take lying so fucking seriously, he used…
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White Supremacist Groups Are Targeting College Students as Recruits: Report
Well, maybe this will explain why we’ve seen a seeming uptick in racist incidents at college campuses across the nation. According to analysis by the Anti-Defamation League, groups that the organization identifies as white supremacist are really pushing their agenda on college campuses, aiming to recruit students at the institutions and plaster their messages across…
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Ben Carson Calls Slaves ‘Immigrants’ During Speech
Someone, please go get Uncle Ben; he’s out here making an ass of himself again. One of the most renowned surgeons in the history of America, who is now the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was giving a speech to staff when he referred to slaves as immigrants. “That’s what…