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Report: Most Foreign-Born Terrorists Become Radicalized After Living in the US
According to an unclassified, internal Department of Homeland Security report, most foreign-born terrorists operating in the United States do not become radicalized until several years after entering the country, which is the antithesis of Donald Trump’s reasoning for his travel ban. ABC News reports that the findings “may undercut the ability of officials to prevent…
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Disgraced Former Journalist Arrested and Charged With Threats Against Jewish Facilities
A disgraced former journalist is allegedly behind some of the recent bomb threats against Jewish facilities across the country, and according to the FBI, the threats were part of the man’s plot to harass a woman. A federal complaint against Thompson was read in District Court in New York City on Friday, according to the…
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Markeith Loyd Tells Judge, ‘Y’all Can’t Do Nothing to Me,’ Uses ‘Sovereign Citizens’ Defense
It has been more than a month since Markeith Loyd was arrested and charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer, and this week he made an appearance in court during which he refused to enter a plea and claimed his status as a sovereign citizen. According to the Washington Post,…
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Ky. Police Release Video of Cop Shooting Unarmed Black Man Almost Immediately After Telling Him to Put His Hands Up
The Louisville (Ky.) Metro Police Department has released body-camera video showing the shooting of an unarmed black man that occurred almost immediately after an officer shouted at him to put his hands up. According to the Courier-Journal, Police Chief Steve Conrad said that he was reserving judgement until the completion of an internal investigation after…
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This App Lets You Take Selfies With Your Dead Relatives
For a generation raised on The Matrix and two seasons of Black Mirror, we clearly have not learned enough lessons about technology running amok. This week, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the question “Can you hear me now?” went a little further than trying to get in touch with someone across the…
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President Vladimir TrumPutin Defends Jeff Sessions: ‘It’s a Total Witch Hunt’
President Vladmir TrumPutin doubled down on his Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday because he is in bed with the Russians too, claiming that Sessions, who never admitted to meeting with the Russian ambassador to the U.S.—twice—during the 2016 presidential campaign did nothing wrong. “Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything…
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Conn. High School Principal Apologizes After Students Chant ‘Trump’ at Opposing Team During Basketball Game
What is it with schoolchildren and chanting “Trump” nowadays at sports-team matches? I mean, aside from the obvious answer that they’re racist little punks. I’m really trying to understand here. Anyway, today’s apologizer in chief is a principal of a Connecticut high school who is extending his regrets after students made “Trump” chants during a…
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Someone Painted Over Racial Slur Conn. Interracial Couple Refused to Remove
It seems as if someone in a Stamford, Conn., neighborhood could not stand to constantly be reminded that racists live among the neighbors. The racial slur that was spray-painted across an interracial couple’s garage door in January was painted over this week by an unidentified party. According to the New York Times, sometime between late…
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Who in TrumPutin’s White House Hasn’t Met With Russians?
At this point, Donald Trump’s White House would probably make out better submitting a list of folks who haven’t spoken with the Russians. Turns out that since news has broken of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak, the White House is now offering that President Vladimir TrumPutin’s son-in-law and now…
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Chicago Grandmother Found Guilty in Brutal Murder of 8-Year-Old Granddaughter
A Chicago woman was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday for the brutal, gruesome killing of her 8-year-old granddaughter, who was tied up and deprived of food and water for days. According to the Associated Press, 55-year-old Helen Ford now faces life in prison without parole for the 2013 murder of Gizzell Ford, which, after the…