Ohio pastor who bragged about hunting people is charged in shooting death of Casey Goodson Jr.
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The now-retired Ohio sheriff’s deputy/pastor who shot and killed 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. on Dec. 4, 2020 after earlier bragging to a congregation about being able to “hunt people” is finally facing charges, according to AB
News Roundup: Another shutdown fight; Boebert 'crossed a line'
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In the news today: Another government shutdown battle. What's the reason for this one? It doesn't matter. It literally never matters.
In the meantime, Rep. Lauren Boebert is being called out by a Colorado paper for her ongoing, incoherent attacks on a Musli
This Week in Statehouse Action: Gifts That Keep On Giving edition
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“It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.”
—Sarah Kay
RUDE.
Because I’m certainly not ready (especially since I realized that Thanksgiving was somehow only a week ago), and I would have appreciated being consulted on the matter.
But much l
Arizona cop shoots man in wheelchair 9 times as his back was turned to the officer. The man died
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It's a matter of when—and not if—a Tucson police officer who fatally shot a man in a motorized wheelchair will be fired, police officials have said. Ryan Remington, an officer with the Arizona police department for four years, was working a security
Denver’s record 224 days without snow is a sign of what’s to come with climate change
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This year marks the first time that the city of Denver has seen no measurable snow by Dec. 1 since snowfall records began in 1882. The last snowfall was 224 days ago and days may continue to fly by without much snowfall if drought conditions in Colo
Caribbean Matters: Congratulations to Barbados, a republic after nearly 400 years
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In a dramatic overnight ceremony and celebration in Barbados, which began Monday, Nov. 29, and continued into Tuesday, Nov. 30, the sun set on Barbados’ status as a colony of the British Empire, with Queen Elizabeth as its titular h
Reminder to SCOTUS: Only about a third of Americans support overturning Roe
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Warning signs flashed red on Wednesday during oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court over a Mississippi abortion ban. Based on the tenor of the justices' questioning, the consideration at hand quickly evolved from whether the high court's extreme
Once-respected 60 Minutes journalist turned right-wing fear-mongering shill Lara Logan is doubling down on her assertion that Dr. Anthony Fauci can be compared one-to-one with the Nazi “Angel of Death.” Earlier this week, Logan made news after her appeara
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: What good is that new dream Corvette now?
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Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, an
Pelosi keeps nailing it on GOP extremism: It's Republicans who owe the country an explanation
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As the country hurtles toward the potential of yet another GOP-led government shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi grew exasperated with reporters Thursday when they wondered how Democrats were responding to the Republican threat.
«How do they explain
Abortion pill ban you might not have heard of goes into effect in Texas
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As of Thursday, Dec. 2, a new anti-choice abortion law goes into effect in Texas, as reported by The Texas Tribune. This law specifically restricts access to medical abortions (as opposed to surgical abortions), a common type of abortion in the Unit
Meadows claims Jan. 6 assault came from 'a handful of lunatics' with no connection to Trump
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As more details from Mark Meadow’s upcoming memoirs are dribbled out, it’s clear that far from offering up any revelations that will inform investigations into the Jan. 6 assault, the book really has one purpose: to demonstrate Meadow’s unflinchin
If Democrats want to fundraise on abortion rights, they'd better do something concrete to save them
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Sen. Susan Collins, the one person most responsible for the presence of forced pregnancy proponent Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, had nothing to say about Wednesday’s hearing on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion limit and the likelihood that there ar
School shooter fantasized about being ‘death’ and ‘destroyer of worlds’ while mom worshiped Trump
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The recent mass shooting by Ethan Crumbley at Michigan’s Oxford High School that left four dead and seven others, including a teacher, injured, is now seeming more like a perfect storm. The 15-year-old was in the school’s office with his parent
Biden admin says anti-asylum Remain in Mexico policy will restart next week following court order
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The U.S. and Mexican governments have reached an agreement to restart a policy that forced many asylum-seekers to wait for their immigration court dates in dangerous regions of Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement that wo
As Fox News stokes death threats against Fauci, Fauci is telling the network's bookers to pound sand
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As approximately zero of us have noticed, government pandemic expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has been strikingly absent from Fox News in the last half-year or so. While the Fox News evening lineup continues to do their level best to stoke death threats against him
Contempt vote for Trump official temporarily delayed ahead of deposition this weekend
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On Thursday, members of the Jan. 6 Committee temporarily halted a process leading to a full vote in the House for a criminal contempt referral for ex-Trump Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark. The referral is not off the table altogether, b
A reckoning from #MeToo might finally be on hand with bipartisan push to end forced arbitration
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Last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee quietly and unanimously approved legislation to end forced arbitration agreements between private employers and employees alleging sexual harassment or assault. The legislation is also advancing in the Hous
Looking back, these video clips make it clear Trump knew he had COVID before Biden debate
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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes went in on former President Donald Trump after it recently came to light that the twice-impeached, one-term president appeared at rallies, meetings with Gold Star families, a party for a Supreme Court nominee, and even the firs
Senate Democrats make third immigration pitch to parliamentarian
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One day after an initial “informal” meeting, Senate Democrats again met with Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough to officially make the case for the inclusion of temporary immigration protections in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Bette
Senate Democrats again meet with parliamentarian to make case for immigration provisions
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One day after an initial “informal” meeting, Senate Democrats again met with Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough to officially make the case for the inclusion of temporary immigration protections in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Bette
Black ‘Judas’ star of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ fired after arrest over alleged role in Jan 6. riot
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Not sure where the irony begins and the disgust ends … but an actor whose stage name is James T. Justis (spelled differently, but pronounced “justice”) was cast in the role of Judas—we can’t make this stuff up, folks—in the musical Jesu
Even when ADL researchers report persistent Holocaust denial, Facebook reluctant to take it down
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One of the more infuriating experiences that ordinary social media users have occurs when people subjected to hateful or threatening speech report it to the platforms’ overseers and are told in response that the posts in question don’t violate their
Broadway actor starring as Judas in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' awaiting trial as accused Jan. 6 rioter
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Not sure where the irony begins and the disgust ends … but an actor whose stage name is James T. Justis (spelled differently, but pronounced “justice”) was cast in the role of Judas—we can’t make this stuff up, folks—in the musical Jesu
Sidney Powell's post-election fundraising groups draw scrutiny from federal prosecutors
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Federal prosecutors are clearly curious about whether fundraising groups like Defending the Republic, founded by former Trump attorney Sidney Powell, were really dedicated to defending the republic in the aftermath of the 2020 election.
In September, the U.S
Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and ... Joe Manchin threaten government shutdown over vaccine mandates
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House and Senate negotiators have moved closer to averting a government shutdown at midnight Friday—close enough that the House will vote Thursday on the continuing resolution. The agreement between House and Senate appropriators will extend fundi
'Cannot fathom what evil intent drives this behavior': Local Colorado paper calls out Lauren Boebert
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It’s no secret that Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert is a mess who has consistently made headlines for her racist, xenophobic, and ill-informed commentary. While she may have a large following within the GOP and QAnon circles, though, not everyone in her s
Mark Meadows calls Mark Meadows a liar rather than disagree with Donald Trump
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Earlier in the week, there was a degree of excitement in the media over news that former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows was negotiating to appear before the House Select Committee on Jan. 6. That excitement seemed more than a little exaggerated, considerin
Republican governors hate unemployed people ... unless they're anti-vaxxers
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Back in the spring and summer, Republican governors in one state after another cut off unemployment benefits in an attempt to force people—who were supposedly sitting home, being lazy—back into the labor market. Now? Some of those same Republican governor
Morning Digest: Wisconsin's top court says it will largely preserve the GOP's gerrymandered maps
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The electoral politics of abortion rights.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith writes for Bloomberg that Democratic strategists see the future ruling(s) by the Supreme Court on abortion rights as an opportunity to rally Democratic base voters and suburban women.
While abortion rights are a perennial issu
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News Roundup: Supreme Court looks primed to overturn Roe; Trump exposed Biden to COVID during debate
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In the news today: In oral arguments before the Supreme Court, the Trump-appointed conservative justices strongly signaled that Mississippi's new abortion ban will be used as the vehicle for overturning Roe v. Wade. In Georgia, Stacey Abrams announced sh
Lawmakers urge release of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, who took on Chevron in Ecuador
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Several lawmakers, including the progressive representatives known as The Squad, have signed a letter urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to intervene in the case of attorney Steven Donziger, who was sentenced to six months in prison for criminal contempt
Over a year after the 2020 uprisings, federal charges continue to loom over protesters
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by Tamar Sarai Davis
This story was originally published at Prism.
In the wake of the historic demonstrations against police brutality after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, advocates are sounding the ala
Michigan anti-vaxxer, election canvasser, and Big Lie proponent is dead from COVID-19
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Here come the Oompa Loompas to roll another purpling anti-vaxxer carcass down to the boneyard. By now, the Oompa Loompas are tired of singing their cautionary tunes—they obviously aren’t helping. So they’re just sallow-faced, hollow-eyed funeral home go
300,000 U.S. citizens kids have at least one parent protected by DACA program, updated data shows
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Should pro-deportation Republicans ultimately succeed in their lawsuit seeking to terminate the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, that ruling will have devastating repercussions going far beyond the benefi
Assistant athletic director accuses Black baseball standout of gaining speed by running from police
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An employee at a prestigious college preparatory school seems to have forgotten that it's the students who hold all the cards in his business. Tony Humphrey gave him the much-needed reminder when the 16-year-old baseball standout transferred schools duri
Manchin gets his reward from Republicans for fighting against Biden agenda
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Tuesday just how much he values Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. “He’s in a really challenging position and a party that is dominated by sort of East Coast elitism views of what America shoul
