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A group of men claiming to be neo-Nazis have been apprehended after they attacked a Jewish man in Florida on Jan. 29. ABC News reports that the incident happened outside a shopping plaza last weekend when they received a report of around 20 people demonstrating while dressed in Nazi insignia. Police arrested 45-year-old Burt Colucci, […]
A pastor and noted pandemic-denier in Tennessee is now making headlines for holding a book-burning ritual and livestreaming it on YouTube. Pastor Greg Locke, of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, was reported by the Guardian and others this week to have staged a “bonfire” comprised of what he called “occultic materials.” Included in […]
An Alabama school official wants to make it very clear that critical race theory isn’t being taught in the classroom, as many residents believe. According to AL.com, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey told lawmakers Wednesday that he’s received numerous complaints from parents who say Black History Month lessons are the same as CRT. The claims comes nearly […]
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has signed medical marijuana into law, saying discussion surrounding the bill has “consumed an enormous amount of space” in the state’s news cycle. The legislation was signed Wednesday and becomes law “immediately,” per the Associated Press, though it will take several months before residents see the opening of the first medical […]
The U.S. Army said Wednesday that soldiers who still refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be discharged, Reuters reports. “Army readiness depends on soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said in a statement. “Unvaccinated soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness.” The […]
A video-focused report from a questionable news source on an alleged “bear pit” incident has been making the rounds. Per the New York Post, citing the oft-sourced-in-tabloid-stories East2West News, the footage in question has been said to have originated from Tashkent Zoo in Uzbekistan. The clip, which has also been shared by China’s state-owned news outlet […]
The Washington Football Team officially has a new name. On Wednesday, Washington’s NFL team confirmed that it would be known as the Commanders moving forward, per ESPN. Previously, the team dropped its original name that had repeatedly been called out as deeply offensive to Native Americans, opting to instead go by the Washington Football Team […]
An NYPD officer was arraigned this week on an indictment charging him with hate crimes in connection with allegedly punching a man until he was unconscious while using anti-Muslim slurs. 50-year-old Riggs Kwong, as reported by the New York Daily News, pleaded not guilty in front of Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Raymond Rodriguez on Monday. […]
Social media scammers made off with a crazy amount of cash in 2021. According to a Jan. 25 report put out by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), over 95,000 people reported $770 million had been lost to social media fraud in 2021. What’s more shocking is the losses only accounted for 25% of all reported fraud in 2021, […]
Whoopi Goldberg expressed her “sincerest apologies” on Twitter Monday after saying that the Holocaust wasn’t “about race” in a recent segment on The View. Her comments came as the show’s hosts were discussing a Tennessee school district banning Art Spiegelman’s poignant graphic novel about the Holocaust, Maus. After the panelists focused on whether nudity—cited as a reason to cease teaching […]
