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A French prosecutor has dropped murder charges against the killer of Jewish kindergarten teacher Sarah Halimi after experts ruled he had suffered a massive psychotic episode because of smoking cannabis. Ms. Halimi, 65 years old, was killed by Kobili Traore’, on April 4, 2017, after he broke into her Paris apartment. The Orthodox Jew …
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You could say MSNBC got their Richards crossed. MSNBC was doing a story about fired Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer. Unfortunately, there’s another Richard Spencer who is also prominent in their Google image searches. The alt-right white supremacist of Charlottesville infamy’s image popped up and was used on the AM Joy on MSNBC with host …
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“My daughter has to eat,” one mother said. “And if it’s choosing between that or paying a doctor bill, I’m going to choose her.”
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What sets our current age apart from previous ones is not only technological wonders but the shocking abandonment of truth.
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In early November, Dean Foods, the nation's largest dairy producer, filed for bankruptcy protection. The company, which has secured nearly
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The nation's highest court may be on the verge of expanding gun rights for the first time in nearly a decade. What's surprising is how it got there.
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As a proud debunker of the apocalyptic climate scam, it’s only natural that the climate cult has a plethora of biodegradable slings and arrows to hurl at my person. Among their most common claims i…
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The word “gentrification” was coined in 1964 to describe the influx of wealthy newcomers into low-income inner-city neighborhoods, resulting in rising property values, changes in neighborhood culture, and displacement of original residents. Though gentrification predates the modern era, it has only become the target of criticism in recent decades, as cities like Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Boston have witnessed rapid transformations. Opponents of gentrification have ranged from residents directly affected by it to wealthy college students directly responsible for it, as well as prominent Democrats such as Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Critics of gentrification give two main reasons for their opposition: (1) wealthy newcomers drive up monthly rents, thereby displacing original residents; and (2) rapid change to neighborhood culture represents an injustice to original residents. Both critiques are magnified by the presumed skin color of the gentrifiers and the gentrified, who tend to be white and black or Hispanic, respectively. Though such critiques may seem reasonable at first glance, neither of them survive scrutiny. Not only is gentrification harmless, it’s actually beneficial. …
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Nancy Pelosi will fly out Sunday with a delegation of congressional Democrats heading to the COP25 climate conference in Madrid.
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After effectively turning the state blue, lawmakers in Virginia are turning their eyes to gun control, including a section in a new bill that would effectively criminalize a minor using a firearm in a home-defense scenario.
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Their rhetoric notwithstanding, congressional Democrats understand that their chances of ousting President Trump from office are infinitesimal. There are a few, like AOC and “the Squad,” who still cling to the pipe dream that Trump will be impeached, convicted, and...
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A generation ago, cultural critic Neil Postman published the clever little book Amusing Ourselves to Death. In it, Postman considers the rival dystopian visions of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley as articulated in their classic novels, 1984 and Brave New World,...
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Hiding hard truths with euphemisms is an old political trick with a dark history.
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Let's face it, free speech is no longer free on the internet today. At least not in those places where most of the speech flows and this inc...
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Abortion is necessary for a thriving world, according to two
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White House counsel Pat Cipollone on Sunday night informed House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) that they will not take part in the panel's first impeachment hearing later this week.
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Natasha Korecki posted an image of a man at the Cornstalk Cafe in Missouri Valley, Iowa who was watching a football game on TV. Korecki wrote that the man “did not care” that Joe Biden was present.
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Yep. This is sciencey, alright
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The Trump administration informed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) on Sunday that it would not be participating in Democrats’ public impeachment hearings this week, saying that it cannot fairly participate because Democrats have yet to reveal who they are calling as witnesses. In a letter, White House counsel Pat Cipollone slammed Nadler for […]
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NY Times reports forces open fire without warning on demonstrators in city of Mahshahr and then machine gun those who fled to nearby marsh to take cover, tanks deployed in city
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Fewer than half our capital's population are white British, gangsters from Somalia terrorise the suburbs and even the tramps are immigrants, writes HARRIET SERGEANT.
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The White House told House Democrats Sunday night that the Oval Office will not participate in the Judiciary Committee’s first impeachment hearing. “Under the current circumstances, we do not inten…
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Joe Biden seems to be making headlines for all the wrong reasons these days. First, he bit his wife's finger for some reason while she was giving a speech. On Sunday, an old video clip of him is making the rounds on social media.
