south dakota
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Signs Anti-Critical Race Theory into law, citing “discomfort”
The ant-CRT law prohibits state universities from using training material that could cause racial 'discomfort.'
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South Dakota’s COVID-19 Numbers Are Trash. So Why Did the Governor Praise the Job She Did at CPAC?
The Conservative Political Action Conference is a lot like prison. They are both full of gangs like the Crips and the QAnons. Both places house liars, robbers, and thieves. And at CPAC, aka white freaknik, just like in prison, you can be anyone you want to be. Take South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R),…
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'They Stop Yelling At You When They Get Intubated': South Dakota Nurse Says Patients Are Denying COVID-19 to Their Dying Breath
Though a couple COVID-19 vaccines are coming down the pipeline, the Republican-led push to deny that the disease is fatal or even exists has fed into a deep delusion that will likely have dangerous consequences for people in this country beyond 2020. Case in point: An emergency room nurse in South Dakota—where daily COVID-19 cases…
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The Winner of the 2020 Election Was Drug Reform
The clear victor on election night was neither President Donald Trump nor Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden—it was drugs. Voters in six states across the country backed more progressive drug laws, continuing a long march toward legalization. Among them are New Jersey, Arizona, Montana and South Dakota, who each voted to legalize recreational marijuana, and…
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South Dakota Attorney General Thought He Hit a Deer. Turns Out He Killed a Man
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg told police that he thought he hit a deer while driving Saturday night; turns out Ravnsborg hit and killed Joe Boever as he walked along the highway returning to his broken-down truck. According to the Argus Leader, Boever, 55, was supposed to wait for his cousin, Victor Nemec, to…
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Exclusive Interview With the Buffalo That Attacked a White Woman Trying to Colonize a Bison Herd
After watching a recent viral video showing a white woman biker getting her pants ripped by a buffalo at South Dakota’s Custer State Park, The Root decided that we must take action. The Custer County Chronicle reports: Custer County Sheriff Marty Mechaley reports a woman was attacked by a buffalo along Iron Mountain Road in…
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Oglala Sioux Tribe Tells South Dakota Governor ‘You Are Not Welcome’ in Dispute Over Right to Protest Keystone Pipeline
The Oglala Sioux Tribe has yanked the welcome mat right out from under South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s feet, basically telling her to stay off their lawn. In a letter to the Republican governor Thursday, Julian Bear Runner, president of the indigenous nation, told Noem she was no longer welcome on one of the largest…
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GOP Senator Believes Las Vegas Victims Should’ve Gotten ‘Small’ When the Shooting Began: Report
For Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the issue isn’t gun control or gun safety, or that average citizens can walk into a gun store and walk out with an automatic weapon and enough rounds to bring down a building. Nope, for Thune the real issue in an open society where not everyone can be protected is…