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From the Office of the Missouri Attorney General: Racial Profiling Data for the City of Fegurson for the Year 2013
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Arkansas Horror Story, Part 2: Republican State Representative Who Gave Up Adopted Daughters to a Rapist Believed They Were “Possessed by Demons”
By Elaine Magliaro On Friday, I posted a story about an Arkansas lawmaker who gave up his adopted six-year-old daughter to a man who raped the young girl. At a press conference late last week, State Representative Justin Harris told … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Countries, Crime, Media, Pedophillia, United States
Tagged Arkansas, Arkansas DHS, Child Abuse, Child Rape, Justin Harris, Rep. Justin Harris, Republicans
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Sometimes You Gotta Have Sympathy for the Police: Open Carry Gun Nut Triggers Lockdown at Michigan High School…Taunts Cops (VIDEOS)
By Elaine Magliaro Last week, a gun advocate triggered a brief school lockdown while he was demonstrating his open carry rights near Lamphere High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. According to Travis Gettys (Raw Story), police said that they had … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Countries, Law Enforcement, Media, Short Video, United States
Tagged Gun Advocates, Gun Nuts, Gun Rights, Guns, Open Carry, Open Carry Laws, Second Amendment
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From Governor Rick Scott’s “You-Can’t-Say-That Land”—Employees of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection Were “Unofficially Banned” from Using the Terms “Climate Change” and “Global Warming” in Their Official Communications
By Elaine Magliaro Yesterday, the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting (FCIR) reported that officials of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) had “been ordered not to use the terms “climate change” or “global warming” in any official communications, emails, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Conservatives, Countries, Democracy, Denialism, Education, Free Speech, Government, Government Propaganda, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, States, United States
Tagged Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, Florida, Global Warming, Republican Party, Republicans, Rise of Sea Levels
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Someone…Anyone…Please Tell the Dumbass Senator with the Snowball That the Route for the Iditarod Race Had to Be Changed Because of Alaska’s Warm Winter
By Elaine Magliaro Over a week ago, I posted a column titled Dumbass Politician from Oklahoma Throws Snowball on the Senate Floor in an Effort to Prove That Climate Change Is a Hoax. That dumbass senator happens to be James … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Conservatives, Countries, Government, Government Propaganda, Politics, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged Alaska, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, Congress, Dumbass Politicians, Global Warming, Iditarod Race, Oklahoma, Sen. James Inhofe, US Senate
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ProPublica Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Explains Why “Black America Fears the Police”
By Elaine Magliaro Nikole Hannah-Jones is an award-winning journalist who joined ProPublica in 2011. Her writings focus on segregation and discrimination in housing and schools. Previously, she covered governmental issues, the census, and race and ethnicity at The Oregonian. Hannah-Jones won the Society … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Countries, Crime, Democracy, Equal Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Discrimnation, Nikole Hannah-Jones, police, ProPublica
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NEWSFLASH: Mayor of Ferguson Claims Scathing DOJ Report ‘Not Proof’ of Widespread Abuses
By Elaine Magliaro Regarding the Justice Department’s investigation of Ferguson, Missouri, which found that “there was probable cause to believe the police and court routinely violate people’s civil rights” in that community: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III is not convinced “that widespread problems exist” despite the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Countries, Democracy, DOJ, Equal Rights, Government, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Missouri, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged DOJ Ferguson Investigation, Ferguson (MO), Ferguson Police, Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson, James Knowles III
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“One Day When the Glory Comes”: The March from Selma Continues (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Fifty years ago today, Alabama State Troopers attacked voting-rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. In commemoration of that historic event, I’m posting a video of the Academy-Award-Winning song Glory from the movie Selma. … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, American History, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Countries, Courts, Democracy, DOJ, Equal Rights, Free Speech, Government, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Movies, Music, Poetry, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Racism, SCOTUS, Short Video, Society, States, United States
Tagged Che Smith, Chief Justice John Roberts, Common, Glory, John Legend, Selma, Voting Rights
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