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A Beloved Baby Dugong Has Died After Ingesting Plastic

08/19/2019 Rachel Kennedy 47

Marium, an orphaned baby dugong who became a beloved conservation symbol after photographs of her nuzzling human caretakers went viral earlier this year, has died. MORE

Leonard Pitts Jr. on White People Visiting Southern Plantations

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In his latest article, Leonard Pitts Jr. discusses “white fragility;” a term coined by sociologist Robin DiAngelo to explain why white people sometimes find it hard to discuss race and how the subject tends to MORE

Iceland’s Okjokull glacier, dead at 700

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Mourners have gathered in Iceland to commemorate the loss of Okjokull, which has died at the age of about 700. The glacier was officially declared dead in 2014 when it was no longer thick enough MORE

UPDATE: Lawyer argues Anthem Assault Man was innocently acting under Trump’s command

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Lance Jasper, his lawyer, argues that Brockway was doing what he believed Trump wanted him to do. “His commander in chief is telling people that if they kneel, they should be fired, or if they burn a flag, they should be punished. MORE

Maddy Freking making her mark as only girl at Little League World Series

08/19/2019 Rachel Kennedy 4

Maddy Freking is the first girl to play in the Little League World Series since 2014, when Mo’ne Davis and Emma March both made it to Williamsport and Davis captivated the country with her pitching wizardry. MORE

Trump: “I hardly knew the nut job who was my Communications Director”

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While fears of a looming recessions grow more real each day and threats of White Supremacist violence keeps rising and no one seems to care, what does our fearless leader do? MORE

The Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum

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The Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum will be held August 19th and 20th (9am-6pm) in Sioux City, Iowa. MORE

Former NFL, Texas RB Cedric Benson Dies at 36 After Motorcycle Crash

08/19/2019 Rachel Kennedy 14

Former Texas star and NFL running back Cedric Benson died Saturday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in Austin, Texas. MORE

Officer in ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Chokehold Was ‘Untruthful,’ Judge Says

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When internal affairs investigators asked Officer Daniel Pantaleo in 2014 to define a chokehold, he described a scenario where “you use your forearm, grasped with the other hand, and you pull back with your forearm MORE

As mass shootings rise, experts say high-capacity magazines should be the focus

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It took a shooter all of 32 seconds to spray 41 rounds outside a popular bar in Dayton, Ohio, this month, an attack that killed nine people and injured 27. A lightning-fast response from nearby MORE

Ohio White Supremacist arrested for threats to Jewish Community Center

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James Reardon Jr. of Struthers, Ohio will be arraigned today in Struthers Municipal Court on charges of telephone communication harassment and aggravated menacing. Reardon, a self-proclaimed White Supremacist, attended the deadly Unite the Right rally MORE

Forget 8Chan; Here’s How Big Far Right Social Network Gab Has Gotten (Again)…

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Hours before a mass shooter killed 11 people inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018, he posted an anti-Muslim rant to his account on Gab, a little-known social network that sold itself MORE

Kip Addotta, Comedian and Dr. Demento Show Staple, Dead at 75

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Comedian Kip Addotta, who frequently appeared on The Tonight Show, has died. His family posted on Facebook but did not provide details on his death. He was 75. — More at the source: Deadline

Headlines: The Economy is Great, just ask Trump; but what does it mean?

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We’ve all read it, unemployment is at historic lows and that wages are up. We read that GDP is increasing, the stock market is up, and every financial expert on TV is telling us how MORE

The rise of White Supremacist groups has one farmers market on edge

08/18/2019 Ms. G 36

Bloomington, Indiana holds a farmers market every Saturday that draws thousands of people to the downtown area. Last month, fears of a vendor’s alleged ties to a White Supremacist group forced the mayor to close MORE

The Death of Dick Long

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Rep. Steve King thinks he is owed an apology

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Following his latest moronic and controversial comments Rep. Steve King (Idiot-Iowa) made defending abortion legislation that does not include any exceptions for rape or incest, he now suggests the media and Republican Party’s leadership owe MORE

Sunday Shows focus on looming recession

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As fears of a recession loom on the minds of many, White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow took to the Sunday shows to state otherwise. On Meet the Press with F. Chuck Todd, MORE

Porsche’s Type 64 Nazi Car Fails to Sell in Auction Blunder

08/18/2019 Rachel Kennedy 69

After the biggest blunder in recent auction history, the Nazi car that Ferdinand Porsche made didn’t sell. Mistake? Prank? MORE

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’

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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

Operation Chaos: Whitehall’s secret no‑deal Brexit preparations leaked

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Britain faces shortages of fuel, food and medicine, a three-month meltdown at its ports, a hard border with Ireland and rising costs in social care in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to an unprecedented leak of government documents that lay bare the gaps in contingency planning. MORE