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”

NPR – by Scott Detrow

Democrats have spent the past two weeks condemning President Trump over his initial equivocating response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Va.

The question is, what to do next: keep up broad critiques of Trump’s leadership, or focus on narrower goals, like the removal of public monuments honoring Confederate leaders?

More than 100 House Democrats are co-sponsoring a resolution censuring Trump, condemning his response to the events. New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, who is leading the effort, said a broad on-the-record rebuke is needed to maintain the country’s credibility. “The only other body that can speak for the country and say, ‘This is not speaking for the United States,’ ” he said, “is Congress.”   Continue reading “After Charlottesville, Democrats Debate How Broadly To Respond”

Tucson.com

PHOENIX — A legal fight over whether a chain of charter schools is illegally preaching religion is hung up in federal court over whether the child whose father is suing could become the victim of retaliation.

Attorney Keith Beauchamp is asking a federal appeals court to let the case go to trial with only “John Doe” listed as the name of the plaintiff.

Beauchamp had previously convinced U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan that there is a reason to fear some actions against Doe’s child if his or her identity is disclosed.

Continue reading “Man fears retaliation for suing over religious teachings by charter-school chain”

Daily Mail

A startling image purportedly showing one of Houston’s two major airports underwater in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, complete with Delta jetliners floating on a flooded tarmac, has been making the rounds on social media.

But all is not as it seems.

As Houston and other parts of Texas continued dealing with devastating flooding Monday, it emerged that the dramatic image of the inundated airport was a mock-up depicting New York City’s LaGuardia Airport.   Continue reading “Jaw-dropping photo of planes floating on flooded tarmac at Houston airport during Hurricane Harvey is revealed as a HOAX”

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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”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

After six years of propaganda, false narratives, and hysteria by Western governments and their media mouthpieces regarding the push for direct war with Syria, it seems the Western narrative is now shifting to the tried-and-true method that proved itself during the second invasion of Iraq in 2003. That is, that Syria still has chemical weapons even after allowing inspectors into the country and that its “weapons of mass destruction” are being used against civilians. It’s a tired bit of propaganda but, unfortunately, like most propaganda narratives, it works on many Americans.   Continue reading “MSM Repeats Same WMD Lies As In Iraq To Lay Groundwork For Military Action In Syria”

Natural News – by Jayson Veley

Just days after the events that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, an outspoken leftist who has found himself surrounded by controversy on multiple occasions, took to Twitter and revealed to the entire world just how ignorant he really is. “I know we’re better than this,” the Starbucks Twitter page quoted Schultz as saying. “The bigotry, hatred, and senseless violence against people who are not white cannot stand.”   Continue reading “Starbucks CEO implies it’s perfectly okay to commit violence against Whites, but not non-Whites”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Moments ago, in response to the devastation from hurricane Harvey, Texas Governor Abbott announced he is activating the entire Texas National Guard, bringing the total number of deployed guardsman to roughly 12,000. These National Guardsman will assist in the ongoing search and rescue effort for any Texans in immediate danger, and will be heavily involved in the extensive recovery effort in the aftermath of the storm.   Continue reading “Texas Activates All 12,000 National Guardsmen “In Response To Harvey Devastation””

The Mercury News – by Katy Murphy

SACRAMENTO — For the first time Californians would pay a tax on drinking water — 95 cents per month — under legislation aimed at fixing hundreds of public water systems with unsafe tap water.

Senate Bill 623, backed by a strange-bedfellows coalition of the agricultural lobby and environmental groups but opposed by water districts, would generate $2 billion over the next 15 years to clean up contaminated groundwater and improve faulty water systems and wells. The problem is most pervasive in rural areas with agricultural runoff.   Continue reading “First-ever water tax proposed to tackle unsafe drinking water in California”

Pew Research Center – by D’Vera Cohn, September 30, 2015

The United States began regulating immigration soon after it won independence from Great Britain, and the laws since enacted have reflected the politics and migrant flows of the times. Early legislation tended to impose limits that favored Europeans, but a sweeping 1965 law opened doors to immigrants from other parts of the world. In more recent years, laws and presidential actions have been shaped by concerns about refugees, unauthorized immigration and terrorism.   Continue reading “How U.S. immigration laws and rules have changed through history”

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”