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Fort Worth, Texas high school English teacher Georgia Clark has been fired from her job after sending out tweets asking for Donald Trump to aid in “investigating and removing the illegals,” BuzzFeed News reports. She was fired on Tuesday after the board of the Fort Worth Independent School District unanimously voted to terminate Clark’s contract. A Texas high school teacher who thought […]
A former Broward County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Tuesday for “his complete inaction” during the 2018 Parkland school shooting. The New York Times reports Scot Peterson has been charged with neglect of a child, culpable negligence, and perjury. The officer resigned after he faced heavy scrutiny for failing to confront the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on […]
Taylor Swift kicked off Pride Month by taking a stand for LGBTQ rights. On Saturday, the singer-songwriter published a letter that encouraged Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander to support the Equality Act. The House-approved bill aims to protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination in public settings, including schools and the workplace. The Equality Act will now […]
According to an email obtained by the Wall Street Journal, the White House requested that the U.S. Navy move the USS John S. McCain warship, named after the late senator from Arizona, “out of sight” before Donald Trump was to arrive in Japan for a visit. Trump has previously expressed disdain for John McCain on multiple occasions, including after he […]
The redesigned $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman will not be unveiled in 2020, as originally planned. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced the news during a House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday, saying the updated $20 bill is unlikely to roll out under the Trump administration. “The primary reason we’ve looked at redesigning the currency is for counterfeiting […]
Honestly, the Moon—with its beautiful, minimalist design and presumably comfortable lack of gravity—seems like the perfect place to live. As Earth continues to go further down the rabbit hole of inevitable self-destruction, plans for NASA‘s reliably ambitious lunar return have surfaced. Are Technica’s Eric Berger came through with word Monday that a fresh plan for […]
A family in Brooklyn has accused the NYPD of making off with their grandfather’s ashes in small capsules that authorities believed to be heroin, the New York Post reports. In February 2018, Lucia Santiago woke up from a nap when she saw “six or seven” officers in her Bushwick apartment conducting a raid. “When I opened my eyes I saw . . . […]
Presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand isn’t going to shy away from fighting for reproductive rights on the campaign trail. The Democratic senator from New York accused Donald Trump and his partisans in the GOP of starting “a war on America’s women” with the slate of recent de facto abortion bans passed in Republican-led states. “This is […]
Surprisingly, Donald Trump might think Alabama’s newly passed anti-abortion bill is too extreme. Trump tweeted on Saturday night that he’s pro-life except in three specific cases: “Rape, Incest and protecting the Life of the mother—the same position taken by Ronald Reagan.” As most people know, and for those who would like to know, I am strongly Pro-Life, […]
Offset has publicly condemned House Bill 314, also known as the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. The legislation, which was signed by Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday, essentially bans all abortions. Though there is no exceptions for victims of rape or incest, the law permits abortions only in cases where the mother’s life is at risk. The bill also […]
