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Report: How Charter Schools Are Used to Hide Dropouts and Game the Educational System
Olympia (Fla.) High School was ranked among the nation’s top 1,000 schools by U.S. News and World Report last year. It offers more than two dozen Advanced Placement courses, a great many after-school clubs and an assortment of sports, everything from bowling to water polo. Yet a recent report says that Olympia’s success as a…
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Jeff Sessions Believes Private Prisons Help Meet the ‘Future Needs of the Federal Correctional System’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is wasting no time making changes at the U.S. Department of Justice while simultaneously making sure there will be enough prisons to hold all the prisoners in the United States’ future. On Thursday he announced plans to rescind an Obama-era directive to scale back the use of private prisons. Politico reports…
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Former House Speaker John Boehner Says Obamacare Will Not Be Repealed
Ohio Republican and former House Speaker John Boehner told attendees at an Orlando health care conference Thursday that a full repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, “is not going to happen.” The Washington Post reports that Boehner, who was ousted by conservatives in 2015, said he started laughing when…
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Because the Trump Administration Hates Us All, Justice Department to Crack Down on Recreational Weed Use
The White House has already gone forward with building the controversial pipeline and has put people in positions of power who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing; now, as if the world weren’t already doing badly enough, they’re coming for the weed. That’s right; they don’t think the world feels the full weight of…
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CPAC Denounces ‘Alt-Right,’ Which Is Kind of Like Wu-Tang Denouncing Ghostface Killah
Looks like the Conservative Political Action Conference, unlike the current administration, is not here for the “alt-right” and all their racist bullshit. According to the Washington Post, one of the first speeches made at CPAC this year was one that asked the media to stop referring to the “alt-right,” aka white supremacy, as a conservative…
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Beyoncé Cancels Coachella Performance, Will Return in 2018
Do you hear that sound? It’s the sound of the Beyhive shedding tears after hearing about Beyoncé’s canceled Coachella performance. Beyoncé, who is currently pregnant with twins, was advised by her doctor to postpone her Coachella appearance until 2018. Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment and festival producer Goldenvoice issued a statement to the Associated Press about the…
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Adam Purinton, Suspect in Kan. Bar Shooting, Allegedly Screamed ‘Get Out of My Country’
The suspect in a Wednesday-night triple shooting that left one person dead has been identified as 51-year-old Adam Purinton of Olathe, Kan. Purinton allegedly told a bartender in Clinton, Mo., that he had killed two Middle Eastern men before he was arrested about five hours after the shooting, authorities said. According to the Kansas City…
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Sinead O’Connor Apologizes for Saying Arsenio Hall Gave Prince Drugs
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor once accused Arsenio Hall of providing drugs to Prince, and now she’s apologizing, since a hefty lawsuit was looming over her head. Last year, after the death of the Purple One, O’Connor took to Facebook and wrote a post insinuating that Hall was the man responsible for providing Prince with drugs…
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Nice Job, Jameis: Tampa Bay QB Delivers Sexist Speech to Elementary School Kids
It was supposed to be an inspiring speech by an NFL quarterback. Instead, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis “Crab Legs” Winston decided to tell children—that’s right, little boys and girls—that men are strong and women should be silent. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Winston stood before third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Melrose Elementary in…