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AOC Slams 'Manufactured' Cruelty at US Southern Border in Testimony Before House Panel
Four Democratic congresswomen shared harrowing accounts about conditions facing migrant detainees at the southern border before a House panel Friday, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who took the unusual step of asking to be sworn in before testifying after Republicans challenged her report of the horrors. After raising her hand before the House Oversight and Reform…
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Texas Lawmaker Calls Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller an 'Anal Opening'
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is an asshole. He’s also part of a group of assholes known as Republicans. This asshole conglomerate supports President Donald Trump. Trump’s mouth is shaped like an anus. Gohmert knows a thing or two about assholes, so when the Texas congressman calls someone like, say, former special counsel Robert Mueller, an…
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Migrant Children Moved From Texas Detention Center After Reports of 'Horrendous' Conditions. Here’s Why This Isn't Necessarily Great News
The U.S. government has stepped in and moved most of the children who were at a Border Patrol station in Texas after reports noted that some 300 children were living in inadequate conditions without much food water and sanitation. Oh, and older kids were taking care of the smaller kids because the Border Patrol people…
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Houston Rap Legend Scarface Running for Houston City Council
After spending the past 30-plus years as your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper, rap legend Scarface is putting down the mic to run for Houston city council. The 48-year-old rapper, who was born Brad Jordan, teased the announcement on Instagram last week when he asked “Should I run for Houston City Council?” but made his campaign…
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Battle Pits Native American Tribes Against White Couple Over Adoption of Native Child in Case With Potential Affirmative Action Implications
In a case that may have implications for race-based affirmative action and other similar remedies offered to address centuries of racial discrimination in this nation, Native American tribes have banded together against a white couple over who should have custody of a Native American child. Jennifer and Chad Brackeen of Texas are challenging federal law…
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‘I Ain’t No Killer, Bro’: Derion Vence Proclaims Innocence in Death of Maleah Davis During Jailhouse Interview With Houston Reporter
The man jailed in connection to the death of 4-year-old Maleah Davis is protesting his innocence from the confines of his Texas jail cell. “I ain’t no killer, bro,” Derion Vence told KTRK ABC 13. “[…] I loved Maleah so much. I did for her more than her own parents. … I would never do…
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Medical Examiner Confirms Remains Found in Arkansas Are Those of 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis
Decomposed remains found in Arkansas late last week have been confirmed to be those of 4-year-old Maleah Davis, the Houston child reported missing from Texas in early May by her mother’s then-fiance, who was subsequently arrested in connection to the case. As KTRK ABC 13 reports, police in Fulton, Ark., Friday said a road crew…
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Maleah Davis Likely Dead While Cooperation Wanes, According to Houston Law Enforcement
Houston police believe Maleah Davis, the 4-year-old girl last seen near a highway in Houston, has been killed, according to CBS News. Now, they need help finding and identifying her body. “She deserves to be found, she deserves to be recovered and she deserves to have a proper burial,” Chief Art Acevedo said at a…
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Texas Authorities Deny Withholding Sandra Bland Video
The Texas Department of Public Safety is denying the office withheld a cellphone video of the killing of Sandra Bland during a 2015 traffic stop. Bland, 28 from just outside Chicago, used her phone to film a white state trooper who drew his taser and yelled “I will light you up!” while demanding she step…