Month: June 2020

Breitbart – by Alana Mastrangelo

After being pulled, the classic 1939 film Gone with the Wind will be returning to HBO Max — but this time, the film will feature a disclaimer, as well as an introduction from scholar and university professor Jacqueline Stewart. Continue reading “‘Gone With The Wind’ Returning to HBO Max with ‘Historical Context’ Introduction from Professor Jacqueline Stewart”

NPR – by Nina Totenberg

Amid the tumult over police brutality allegations across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to reexamine the much-criticized, modern-day legal doctrine created by judges that has shielded police and other government officials from lawsuits over their conduct.  Continue reading “Supreme Court Will Not Reexamine Doctrine That Shields Police In Misconduct Suits”

FEE – by Gary M. Galles

Americans remember Benjamin Franklin as one of our founders. That is fitting because he was not just our most famous citizen at our country’s birth, but he was also so much a central part of that birth that he has been called “The First American.”

As a member of the Second Continental Congress, Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence. As a member of the Constitutional Convention, he helped draft the Constitution. Both documents bear his signature. Continue reading “17 Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Tyranny, Liberty, and Rights”

The Grayzone – by Max Blumenthal

(Editor’s note: The eruption of national protests against police brutality following the murder of George Floyd have shed new light on Israel’s training of local police officers across the country.

100 members of the 800-strong Minneapolis police department were trained at a conference in Israel in 2012. That means at least one of every eight members the city’s force has been influenced by the methods of an occupying apartheid entity.
Continue reading “From Occupation to ‘Occupy’: The Israelification of American domestic security”

The Oregonian

Protesters on Saturday toppled two long-standing pioneer statues on the University of Oregon.

The statues have a history tied to the celebration of white conquest, and some students had renewed calls for their removal against a backdrop of international protests against racism and police brutality. Continue reading “Pioneer statues toppled amid protests at University of Oregon”

CNN

A New Jersey company is recalling nearly 43,000 pounds of raw ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday. Continue reading “Over 40,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to E. coli concerns”

Beloved husband, father, and brother, Jeffrey Allen Shivley passed away early this morning after a short bout with an aggressive cancer, incompetent doctors and insurance companies.  Continue reading “R.I.P. Jeff Shivley”

CNBC

Emily Brown was stretched thin.

As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with only five full-time employees for more than 11,000 residents. Case counts were rising.

Continue reading “Public health officials are facing political pressure, threats and armed protests as states push to reopen”