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Civil Rights
Kentucky’s attorney general comes under fire in Breonna Taylor probe
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the continuing fallout from the death of Breonna Taylor, shot by police during a late-night raid on her apartment in Louisville, the office of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Monday MORE
News
Intel chief releases Russian disinfo on Hillary Clinton that was rejected by bipartisan Senate panel
Former top officials were aghast at the move by John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Tuesday declassified a Russian intelligence assessment that was previously rejected by Democrats MORE
News
Pelosi, Mnuchin set to talk as Democrats release $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are set to talk Tuesday morning after Democrats unveiled a coronavirus stimulus plan designed to restart progress toward a relief deal. Democrats released the $2.2 trillion legislation Monday night as MORE
News
Ballistics report raises questions in Breonna Taylor shooting
The ballistics report from the Kentucky State Police on the Breonna Taylorshooting could not determine that Taylor’s boyfriend shot one of the officers who unleashed a barrage of 32 bullets into her apartment, contradicting statements made MORE
News
Here Are Twenty Other Disturbing, Awful Things That Trump Has Said This Month, and It’s Not Over Yet
We already knew that this fall’s campaign, with Donald Trump fighting for his political survival, would be crazy, overwhelming, and exhausting. But, no matter how much we’ve come to expect the worst, it’s still a shock when MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 39
Happy Friday, News Viewers, after a week like this, the question is “what do we chat about on a Friday during a Pandemic when we’re locked down so we don’t add ourselves to 202,000 others MORE
Civil Rights
Breonna Taylor decision: arrests as protesters take to streets for second night
Protesters took to the streets of Louisville and other US cities once again on Thursday, as public anger and sadness swelled in the wake of the announcement that no police officers would be charged directly MORE
Civil Rights
Two officers wounded in downtown Louisville protest tonight
At least two Louisville Metro Police officers were shot in downtown Louisville Wednesday night, just eight hours after an indictment was returned in the Breonna Taylor case. A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed MORE
Live Discussions
Live: Breonna Taylor Decision to be Announced
Watch live with us as the City of Louisville announces its decision regarding the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor.
News
Louisville police cut off downtown access with barricades ahead of Breonna Taylor decision
Louisville officials say they don’t know when a decision from Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is coming in regards to the Breonna Taylor case. But the city is restricting downtown access and taking other actions MORE
News
Do You Speak Fox? How Trump’s Media Division became everyday language….
All happy families are alike; some unhappy families are unhappy because of Fox News. You might have come across the articles (“I Lost My Dad to Fox News” / “Lost Someone to Fox News?” / “‘Fox News Brain’: Meet the MORE
Editorials
The Media Learned Nothing From 2016
We’re seeing a huge error, and a potential tragedy, unfold in real time. That’s a sentence that could apply to countless aspects of economic, medical, governmental, and environmental life at the moment. What I have in MORE
News
4 Reasons to Doubt Mitch McConnell’s Power
To use power, you must have it. On the night of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that a Trump nominee to replace Ginsburg would receive a vote on the MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 38
Hiya News Viewers, I’m a little late; I can’t stop going through cartoons– there are just SO many classics this week. The “Trump in a Diaper” though — says it all, one picture and a MORE
Environment
Birds ‘falling out of the sky’ in mass die-off in south-western US
Thousands of migrating birds have inexplicably died in south-western US in what ornithologists have described as a national tragedy that is likely to be related to the climate crisis. Flycatchers, swallows and warblers are among MORE
Coronavirus
Watch live: CDC director Robert Redfield testifies on coronavirus response
A Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday will hold a hearing on federal coronavirus response efforts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert R. Redfield and Health and Human Services department officials will appear before the committee. The MORE
The Press
Press “Briefing” Live with the Kayleigh-Bot at 1pm Eastern
Join us for a live press briefing 1 pm Eastern, you win a million dollars (sorry, they’re Confederate Dollars and not worth a thing 🙂 if you can predict what McNinny is going to talk MORE
News
City of Louisville agrees to ‘substantial’ settlement in Breonna Taylor shooting
LOUISVILLE — Louisville’s metro government is expected to announce a “substantial” financial settlement Tuesday with the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by police in her apartment six months ago, The Courier Journal MORE
News
South Dakota attorney general involved in fatal car crash initially reported he hit a deer
(CNN)South Dakota’s attorney general struck and killed a man while driving on Saturday night, a death that was discovered after he initially told police he had hit a deer, the South Dakota Department of Public MORE
Opinion
Alexander Vindman calls Trump a “useful idiot” for Putin
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served as a key witness in President Trump’s impeachment inquiry, told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg that he believes Trump is a “useful idiot” and “unwitting agent” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Context: This MORE
News
Lindsey Graham Bashed For Trump Hypocrisy As He Mocks Rival For Not Baring Tax Returns
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) got a bit snarky in a tweet Saturday to mock his Democratic rival about not yet releasing his tax returns. But he neglected to mention an ally of his who is MORE
2020 Elections
Trump accuses Democrats of ‘rigging’ the November election during Nevada rally
At a campaign rally in Nevada, President Donald Trump on Saturday repeated unsubstantiated claims that mail-in ballots would contribute to widespread voter fraud in the November election. “The Democrats are trying to rig this election MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 37
Happy Friday, News Viewers, although we’re swimming in a river of tragedy, chaos, catastrophic and memory on this 9/11/2020. Nineteen years ago, we were, as they say, “woke”; this week, it happened again. . . MORE
Environment
Animal Populations Fell by 68% in 50 Years and It’s Getting Worse
The world is losing its mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, and with them, the security of ecosystems that have supported humanity since it first emerged. That’s the conclusion of the Living Planet Report 2020, a MORE