The Hill – by Melanie Zanona

Escalating tensions this summer have stepped up fears about political violence.

Law enforcement officials, college campuses and cities around the country are bracing for a new wave of alt-right rallies in the weeks and months to come, with parties on both sides of the debate over Confederate statues and monuments prepared for standoffs.

At the center of it all is President Trump, whose heated rhetoric has angered opponents while firing up his supporters, magnifying the sense that the political divide in the country is growing wider.    Continue reading “Threats of political violence rise in polarized Trump era”

Daily Beast – by Matt Willstein

It was a powerful image: the mother of slain Charlottesville protester Heather Heyer standing arm-in-arm with a direct relative of Robert E. Lee.

“Only 15 days ago, my daughter Heather was killed as she protested racism. I miss her, but I know she is here tonight,” Susan Bro said from the stage to loud cheers.

“I have been deeply moved to see people across the world—the whole world—find inspiration in her courage.” She urged viewers to visit the website for the newly formed Heather Heyer Foundation to help “make Heather’s death count.”   Continue reading “MTV VMAs Unite Heather Heyer’s Mom and Robert E. Lee’s Descendant Against Racism”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Wildwood, GA — Talking back to a cop, raising your voice to a cop, even swearing in the face of a cop are all poor decisions—but all 100% legal. However, the fact that you aren’t breaking the law is no guarantee that a police officer will not react to your speech and take you out. Kiersten Elise Quick learned this the hard way after her daughter was arrested for a suspended license last year.

On Nov. 23, Jessica Gaha, 31, lost control of her Honda Civic and crashed it into a tree. When Deputy Denny Reyes and Georgia State Patrol Trooper Joseph Geddie responded to the crash, they realized Gaha was driving under a suspended license so they arrested her.  Continue reading “Video Shows “Bully” Cop Tackle Innocent Mom, Smash Her Head Into the Ground”

Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was of even greater significance in the war than either the first or the second Battle of Bull Run. It remains the bloodiest single day of conflict in American history, a day when more than 3,600 Americans died.

George W. Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress Following 9/11 Attacks

Deadly Lessons: The Last Time China and America Went to War

In November 1950, China and the United States went to war. Thirty-six thousand Americans died, along with upwards of a quarter million Chinese, and half a million or more Koreans. If the United States was deeply surprised to find itself at war with the People’s Republic of China, a country that hadn’t even existed the year before, it was even more surprised to find itself losing that war. The opening Chinese offensive, launched from deep within North Korea, took U.S. forces by complete operational surprise. The U.S.-led United Nations offensive into North Korea was thrown back, with the U.S. Army handed its worst defeat since the American Civil War.   Continue reading “Try to Remember September, War”

Weather Channel

Tropical Storm Harvey’s multi-day siege on Texas and the Gulf Coast has killed at least five, prompted thousands of rescues and triggered catastrophic flooding across the Houston metro. Now, swollen waterways are prompting evacuations in surrounding areas.

New mandatory and voluntary evacuations were ordered in Fort Bend County, Texas, southwest of downtown Houston, over fears and expectations that water levels in the Brazos River will reach record levels, threatening to overtop local levees and inundate homes and businesses.   Continue reading “Harvey Forces New Evacuations in Texas as Waterways Burst Banks in Houston-Area Flood”