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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…
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Fort Worth, Texas, Police Commanders Reassigned in Probe of Leaked Arrest Video of Jacqueline Craig
Two Fort Worth, Texas, police commanders have been temporarily reassigned while investigators probe who leaked police video and other materials in the brutal arrest of Jacqueline Craig and her daughters by Officer William Martin. According to CBS News, the Fort Worth Police Department launched an internal investigation after Martin’s body-camera video was leaked and his…
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Trump Issues Revised Muslim Ban and Acts as if It Isn’t Another Muslim Ban
Because President Vladimir TrumPutin won’t let it just die, he has signed a revised executive order that will ban immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries. The new Muslim ban, which is totally a Muslim ban although the White House would prefer the term “travel ban” until it slips and calls it a Muslim ban like it…
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Class Action Lawsuit Claims Thousands of ICE Detainees Were Forced Into Labor, Violating Anti-Slavery Laws
As it turns out, there are allegations that tens of thousands of immigrants who were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and held at a private U.S. prison company were also forced into labor at $1 per day or for no pay, which would be a gross violation of federal anti-slavery laws. The allegations…