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Black Police Officer Becomes Tulsa, Okla.’s 1st-Ever Community Resource Officer
Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Amley “Popsey” Floyd, who became famous after his Facebook post in response to the shooting death of Terence Crutcher went viral, will have a new full-time role for the Tulsa Police Department as its first-ever Riverside community resource officer, according to a news release. NewsOn6 reports that Floyd’s new job will…
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Court Hears Arguments Over Trump’s Muslim Ban; 45’s Documented Bigotry, Xenophobia Play Key Factor
Arguments for and against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban were heard Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco. The U.S. Justice Department and the state of Washington, which became the first state to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the ban, called in via conference…
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#NoDAPL: US Army Corps of Engineers Issuing Final Permits Allowing Pipeline to Move Forward
After nearly a year of protests, debates, legal battles and government stalling and backpedaling, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will grant an easement needed for construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue, despite the fact that critical environmental-impact studies have not been completed. As CNN reports, President Donald Trump signed executive actions just…
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Public Education Is Doomed: VP Mike Pence Casts Tiebreaking Vote to Confirm Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos, the woman who has no connection to public schooling or experience running a multimillion-dollar anything, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday as U.S. education secretary. The vote went to a 50-50 split after two Republican senators—Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—went against their party and voted with their heads…
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SNL and Melissa McCarthy Are Becoming Anti-Trump Heroes
On paper it doesn’t seem like a likely pairing to have Melissa McCarthy playing White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer on Saturday Night Live, but it worked beautifully. Somehow, some way, the sketch-comedy show has a direct line to the White House’s insecurities, and it’s pissing off the president and his staff. Shortly…
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Trump’s Labor Pick Is a Mess: Hired Undocumented Worker; Ex-Wife Claimed Abuse
Andrew Puzder, the head of the parent company that owns Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., paid an undocumented immigrant to work as his housekeeper for years, and of course, he’s Donald Trump’s pick to head the Labor Department. According to CNN, Puzder released a statement Monday admitting that he and his wife had employed the woman,…
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How to Write a Donald Trump Speech
President Asshat has never been an orator. In fact, aside from his popular catchphrase “You’re fired” “Grab ’em by the pussy,” I don’t know if he’s ever said anything remotely memorable. Most of his public appearances in his first two weeks in office have appeared to be off-the-cuff. But besides the universal connection of hate…
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Texas Man Whose Life Sentence on Drug Charges Was Commuted by Obama Caught With More Than 2 Pounds of Cocaine
A Texas man who was given a second chance after his life sentence on drug charges was commuted by then-President Barack Obama may once again be spending years behind bars after being caught with more than 2 pounds of cocaine following a high-speed chase, the New York Post reports. Robert Gill, 68, had been in…
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Masked, Armed White Man Walks Into Mich. Police Department, Somehow Doesn’t Get Shot
What happens to you when you roll into a police station, fully armed, with body armor and wearing a mask over your face? Apparently not what you would expect, because a white Michigan man somehow escaped unscathed (and is even out on bail) after doing exactly that over in Dearborn … all because of an…
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Calif. Girl Disciplined After Wearing KKK-Style Hood to High School
A California schoolgirl was disciplined after sparking controversy at Kern High School in the city of Bakersfield for wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style hood at school last week. Other students who saw the girl took to Snapchat to take pictures of the girl in the offending hood during lunch Thursday, KERO reports. (Really, who is…