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Election Night Live - Pennsylvania - Saccone Versus Lamb
By: jbb
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News & Politics
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8 years ago
Election Night 3/13/18 Live - Pennsylvania - Saccone Versus Lamb What do The News Talkers have to say as takeaways regarding the Pennsylvania special election? It is nine o'clock and Lamb is...
SHOCKER: First Illegal Immigrant Appointed To State Office In California
Via: vic-eldred
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26 Comments
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8 years ago
On Wednesday, the first illegal immigrant ever to serve in state office in California was appointed by the California Senate Rules Committee. Lizbeth Mateo, 33, who attended Santa Clara...
Famed Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking Dead At 76
Via: johnrussell
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8 years ago
Stephen Hawking , the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76. His family released...
Hillary Clinton fractures wrist after slipping in India resort bathtub
Via: capt-cave-man
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8 years ago
Hillary Clinton's visit to India suffered another setback this week as the former secretary of state fractured her wrist after slipping in the bathtub at the five-star resort where she was...
U.S. appeals court upholds Texas law against 'sanctuary cities'
Via: vic-eldred
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8 years ago
A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the bulk of Texas' crackdown on "sanctuary cities" in a victory for the Trump administration as part of its aggressive fight against measures seen as...
Senate passes deregulation bill scaling back Dodd-Frank
Via: vic-eldred
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8 years ago
The Senate on Wednesday passed a milestone bank deregulation bill that would mark the biggest rollback of financial rules since the 2008 market meltdown. On a day when Wall Street was observing...
Trump and DeVos Are Attempting To Destroy Public Education In The United States
By: docphil
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8 years ago
I spent 35 years working in the American public education system. Those years were spent as a teacher, a psychologist, a school administrator, a district administrator, and a regional...
Turns Out Trump's Nominee to Head CIA Did Not Oversee Waterboarding in Thailand
Via: heartland-american
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8 years ago
“When it was reported earlier in the week that President Trump was going to nominate career CIA officer Gina Haspel to become the agency's director after it was announced that current director...
Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof’s Sister Morgan to Protesting Classmates: 'I Hope...Y'All Get Shot'
Via: hal-a-lujah
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8 years ago
Source Morgan Roof, the younger sister of the Charleston shooter Dylann Roof, was arrested after taking two weapons to school and posting to Snapchat that she hoped students protesting against...
Seven years of death from the air: Who's bombing whom in Syria?
Via: krishna
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8 years ago
A total of 16 international powers have launched air strikes on Syria since the start of the conflict. Seven years on, the bombs keep falling A man carries an infant injured during...
There Is No Such Thing As A 'Good Week' For President* Donald Trump
By: johnrussell
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8 years ago
by JR Donald Trump's average approval rating as of today is 39% according to John King at CNN. A few weeks ago there was a story about the weekly Gallup poll which tracks Trump's...
White nationalist leader Matthew Heimbach arrested for domestic battery
Via: hal-a-lujah
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8 years ago
Source White nationalist Matthew Heimbach in 2016 made headlines for his organization’s racial hostility and for shoving a protester at a Trump rally in 2016. On Tuesday, it was his personal...
Americans Are Unhappier Than Ever Due to Obesity, Opioids and Trump policies
Via: krishna
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8 years ago
Americans Are Unhappier Than Ever Due to Obesity, Opioids and Trump policies. The United States is not the world's happiest place. This year, the country scored its worst result to...
Federal judge: Paul Manafort faces 'very real possibility' of spending rest of life in prison
Via: krishna
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8 years ago
In this June 21, 2017 photo, Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs Capitol Hill. (Saul Loeb/AP) "Specifically, given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent...
Opinion: "The article removed from Forbes, “Why White Evangelicalism Is So Cruel”
Via: dowser
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8 years ago
Original article: LINK **This was originally posted to Forbes on Sunday, Mar 11. Forbes took it down today. This is the explanation I received from the editor . Here is the original...
Trump Administration Turns Away Iranian Christians
Via: jwc2blue
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8 years ago
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/21/trump-administration-turns-away-iranian-christians/ Despite White House promises and U.S. legal protections for religious minorities, Washington rejects...
Teacher In Cash-Strapped Ohio School District Forced To Make Do With Centuries-Old Firearms
Via: krishna
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8 years ago
ATHENS, OH—Acknowledging that the Ohio school district’s threadbare budget prevented him from purchasing more up-to-date equipment, local math teacher Kurt Hyde confirmed Tuesday that he...
Parkland students endure emotional and physical wounds a month after massacre
Via: krishna
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8 years ago
UWS high school walkout: Fiorello La Guardia students sit in silence for the victims of the Parkland shooting. Some students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School say their emotional and...
New Workplace Diversity Initiative Kills One White Employee Every Hour On The Hour Until More Minority Candidates Hired
Via: krishna
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8 years ago
TERRE HAUTE, IN—In an effort to foster a more inclusive workplace, Jetsam Marketing Solutions announced Wednesday a new plan to implement diversity by conducting hourly regimented killings of...
