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The College Fix – by Graham Piro
‘Glorifies slavery, genocide, colonization, manifest destiny’
A Northern California public school district may remove a mural of George Washington from the halls of George Washington High School due to concerns that it’s offensive and demeaning to Native Americans and African-Americans. Continue reading “High school may erase mural of George Washington: ‘traumatizes students’”
The White House has proclaimed April 28 to May 5 Holocaust Remembrance Week, US President Donald Trump announced last weekend.
“On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and during this week of solemn remembrance, we honor the six million Jewish men, women, and children who were brutally murdered by the Nazi regime,” Trump said in a declaration. “We also remember the Roma and Sinti, persons with disabilities, Poles and Slavic ethnic groups, Soviet prisoners of war, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and persons who were targeted based on their sexual orientation, all of whom were targeted and killed by the Nazis and their collaborators.” Continue reading “White House proclaims Holocaust Remembrance Week”
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County District Attorney’s Office will determine whether a sheriff’s deputy should be charged with a crime for knocking a man to the ground after encouraging the man to slap him.
The deputy involved did not have his body camera on at the time, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. ABC13 Eyewitness News obtained video that was recorded on another deputy’s body camera. Continue reading “Deputy knocks 61-year-old man to ground outside IHOP”
Two workers were pronounced dead and two colleagues were missing Saturday after an explosion rocked a manufacturing plant outside Chicago, authorities said.
One of the deceased did not succumb to injuries from the incident, Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi said in a press release. The cause of death will be determined by the Lake County coroner. Continue reading “2 dead, 2 missing in ‘ground-shaking’ plant explosion in Illinois”
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States may review its ties with countries it deems as being anti-Israel after what a U.S. envoy said on Sunday was a shift in policy toward equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a March speech that anti-Zionism – opposition to Israel’s existence as a homeland for the Jewish people – was a form of anti-Semitism, or hostility toward Jews, that was on the rise worldwide and that Washington would “fight it relentlessly”. Continue reading “U.S. may review ties with countries deemed anti-Israel: envoy”
A police officer who was shot Saturday night during a traffic stop in Mooresville, N.C., has died, according to reports.
K9 Officer Jordan Harris Sheldon, 32, a six-year veteran of the Mooresville force, was slain shortly after 10 p.m., not far from Highway 150, Charlotte’s WSOC-TV reported. Continue reading “Police officer slain in North Carolina during traffic stop; suspect also dead”
Seattle Times – by Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — From Baja California to Puget Sound, scientists are seeing signs that gray whales are in distress. And they have no idea why.
Thirty-one dead gray whales have been spotted along the West Coast since January, the most for this time of year since 2000, when 86 whales died. Dozens more have shown visible signs of malnourishment, and sightings of mother-calf pairs are down sharply. Continue reading “Gray whales starving to death in the Pacific, and scientists want to know why”
Joseph Davis, Greg McCarron, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel explain who is behind the split in the Neocon movement and the Soviet-Israel alliance. Continue reading “The Active Long Term Soviet Israel Cell In The US Must Be Exposed And Removed”
The highest summit of irrational exuberance ever not seen by those engaging in it makes the perfect peak for the greatest global economic collapse ever not known by those who fell into it.
Some days the level of denial in the stock market twists my head into a knot — not because I am surprised at lemmings jumping over a cliff because they know all the other lemmings are going to jump. In that case, the jump will pay off because the market IS the crowd, so it goes wherever the crowd goes, and the lemmings are merely betting on where the crowd is heading. I understand that. Continue reading “The Zombie Epocalypse: A River of Denial Floods Markets Everywhere”
Chabad of Poway, where one woman was killed and three injured in an anti-Semitic shooting last Saturday, had applied for and received a grant to update its security from the federal government, the AP reported.
The synagogue only received the $150,000 federal grant in late March, and reportedly had not had enough time to implement the security updates proposed before the shooting ocurred. Continue reading “Poway Synagogue Received Government Security Grant A Month Before Shooting”
Caitlin Brady speaks of socialism as though it’s the only rational response to 21st-century America.
“I work full time, I work 40 hours a week, and I qualify for food stamps,” the 31-year-old said, explaining why she volunteered for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) campaign in Chicago’s municipal elections last month. Continue reading “Despite Trump’s scaremongering, socialism is gaining a foothold in America”
PORTLAND, Ore. — A new bill that would allow dentists to administer vaccinations just passed the Oregon Legislature.
Next year, Oregon dentists will be allowed to give their patients immunization shots. House Bill 2220 will allow dentists to give any vaccinations — from measles to HPV and annual flu shots. Continue reading “New law will allow Oregon dentists to vaccinate patients”
They’re not cops or armed vigilantes, but Brooklyn’s new ‘Muslim patrol’ hopes to work with police to help make their neighborhood more Muslim-friendly. RT’s Caleb Maupin joined the patrol on its beat.
Founded by a Yemeni migrant and boasting at least 30 members, the Muslim Community Patrol’s (MCP) main aim is to be the “eyes and ears” of Brooklyn’s Muslim community. With uniforms and marked cars complete with sirens, the group could easily be mistaken for regular police – but don’t be fooled. The patrolmen are unarmed and have no police powers. Instead, the group radios to police if they encounter something that requires police action – or firepower. The volunteer-based organization is believed to be the first Muslim ‘patrol’ of its kind in the United States. Continue reading “Watch out, Islamophobia? America’s ‘first Muslim patrol’ hits streets of Brooklyn”
