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Several arrested following Portland rallies.

08/18/2019 Ms. G 45

Portland police arrested thirteen people in connection with competing rallies in Portland yesterday. MORE

Trump attacks the ‘Failing NYT’ for engaging in a ‘Racism Witch Hunt’

08/18/2019 Ms. G 56

Trump took to Twitter this morning to launch a new attack on the New York Times. This time, he accused the paper of engaging in a ‘racism witch hunt.’ Trump’s latest tweets appear to be MORE

Republicans Block FEC Probe Of National Rifle Association’s Russian Donations

08/18/2019 Community 84

Why is the GOP blocking the FEC from doing their job of election oversight? Why don’t Republicans want US citizens to know whether money donated by Russian sources to the NRA was ever used for Donald Trump’s campaign? MORE

Log Cabin Republicans endorse Trump

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The Log Cabin Republicans endorsed President Trump‘s 2020 reelection bid on Friday, nearly four years after the conservative LGBT organization declined to endorse then-candidate Trump in 2016. The group said its national board of directors MORE

Shell Union Workers Forced to Attend Trump’s Speech or Lose Pay

08/17/2019 Community 130

Union workers at a Royal Dutch Shell’s manufacturing facility in western Pennsylvania were told that they had to attend President Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday – or take the day off without pay, reports say. MORE

Trump Nominates Advocate of ‘Ethnonationalism’ for Lifetime Judgeship

08/17/2019 Community 72

Trump nominates judge who argued countries are stronger if everyone is same ethnic group Lawyer Steven Menashi is accused of promoting ‘highbrow argument for racial purity.’ So once again Trump (who is totally not racist!) MORE

Portland braces for clashes between far right hate groups and Antifa

08/17/2019 Ms. G 80

Portland police are preparing for hundreds of people with opposing political views to converge on a downtown waterfront park. Police fear the gathering could result in massive street brawls. MORE

GOP ‘talking points’ memo reveals how to address mass shootings: ‘Downplay White Nationalism and blame the left’

08/17/2019 Ms. G 77

The Tampa Bay Times obtained a memo GOP leadership circulated to Congressional members that provides guidelines on how to address mass shooting that occur quite frequently in the US: Blame the left and downplay the MORE

First graders had access to gun meant to prevent school violence

08/16/2019 Community 32

Officials horrified after first graders get ahold of gun meant to protect school against mass shootings Officials at an Ohio elementary school were shocked to learn that a gun stored on campus was found by MORE

Controversial video of a Florida high school student with a gun-“I’m killing a ‘N’ either way”-sparks outrage

08/16/2019 Ms. G 82

A Florida high school student posted a video he made at home showing him holding a fire arm and making racial slurs. The video has sparked community outrage and a source of controversy because no MORE

Family of man shot in the back by police in Colorado call for independent investigation

08/16/2019 Community 27

(CNN)The attorney for the family of a man shot in the back and killed by police in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is calling for an independent investigation into the shooting. Attorney Darold Killmer called for the MORE

‘Burn a rebel flag, get a free chocolate’: NC chocolate shop sells out after posting controversial sign

08/16/2019 Community 77

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A North Carolina chocolate shop caught a lot of attention after putting a sign in response to a pro-Confederate group rallying nearby, WNCN reports. Matthew Shepherd, the owner of Matthew’s Chocolates in Hillsborough, said MORE

After El Paso, Latinos across America voice a new kind of fear

08/16/2019 Community 35

The mass shooting in El Paso was one of the deadliest hate crimes in American history against Latinos. The shooter left a manifesto with anti-Hispanic and anti-immigrant sentiment. Now, the fear among Latino people is MORE

9th Circuit of Appeals hands the Trump administration another blow

08/16/2019 Ms. G 89

On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling and reaffirmed that, “U.S. officials (must) to provide basic personal hygiene items as well as adequate sleeping conditions, temperatures and food and MORE

House Dems demand probe of Kentucky investment made by company controlled by Putin-linked oligarch

08/16/2019 Community 5

Top Democrats on Thursday demanded a formal review of a major Kentucky investment by a company controlled by a Russian oligarch linked to Vladimir Putin. “Democratic lawmakers called on the Trump administration on Thursday to MORE

Wing Nut Watch: Q followers flood the Supreme Court phone lines demanding proof RBG is alive

08/15/2019 Ms. G 95

Earlier this year, Fox ‘News’ mistakenly claimed Justice Ginsburg passed away. Since that time, the Supreme Court has received numerous calls inquiring about RBG and demanding proof that she’s still alive. Today, QAnon followers flooded MORE

Man guilty of paying woman to bring her 4-year-old daughter to him for sex on multiple occasions

08/15/2019 Community 20

According to affidavits in the cases, [Rama Raj “Sonny”] Erramraju engaged in sexual contact on multiple occasions between June 2015 and August 2016. The reported crimes happened in room 106 at the Covered Bridge Inn MORE

Self-Proclaimed White Nationalist exits Georgia’s Congressional Race

08/15/2019 Ms. G 60

On Saturday, Donnie Bolena, an admitted White Nationalist running to unseat Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta in Georgia’s Sixth District, dropped out of the race after identifying himself as “a white nationalist.” After coming out as MORE

Trump accuses “Fake News Media” of wanting to crash the economy

08/15/2019 Ms. G 77

After blaming the Feds for the stock market tanking yesterday, Trump took to Twitter today to accuse the media of wanting to crash the economy in hopes it will hurt Trump’s chance of being re-elected MORE

This 7-year-old was supposed to start 2nd grade this week.

08/15/2019 Community 6

Seven children under the age of 17 have been killed by gunfire in St. Louis this year, police told CNN. The most recent victim is Xavier Usanga, just 7 years old, who was shot and MORE

Newly released findings on Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy: Multiple breaks in his neck bones

08/14/2019 Ms. G 68

The Washington Post reported new information on Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy report. The autopsy found Epstein “sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones.” He also suffered a break to the hyoid bone, “which in men is MORE

Old Television sets abandoned on people’s property

08/14/2019 Ms. G 44

Sunday morning, about 60 people woke up to find old televisions left on their stoop. No, they weren’t flat screen, smart TVs but the old-school, box kind. According to NBC New 12, Adrian Garner caught MORE

Rep. Steve King steps in it again-If not for rape and incest, ‘would there be any population left?’

08/14/2019 Ms. G 63

Speaking to the Westside Conservative Club in Iowa, Rep. Steve King (Idiot-Iowa) stepped in it again by defending abortion legislation that does not include any exceptions for rape or incest. MORE

Police responding to a shooting in Philadelphia where several officers have been injured

08/14/2019 Rachel Kennedy 139

Philadelphia police swarmed the area near a shooting in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood where several officers have been injured, Sgt. Eric Gripp said Wednesday via Twitter. Three police officers have been shot, a federal law enforcement MORE

ABC News finds 36 cases invoking ‘Trump’ in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.

08/14/2019 Ms. G 38

A few days after the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Trump lied, once again, by claiming his rhetoric brings people together. MORE