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Exclusive: If we don’t fight, TSA-like security coming to ‘sidewalks,’ ‘football games,’ Texas Rep. warns
The lawmaker behind a bill Texas that would levy felony charges against overly-touchy security personnel may be staunchly Republican, but he truly believes his cause isn’t one tied to the political left or right. “We’re talking about what would be a criminal act in any other place,” Rep. David Simpson…
At least 18 charged in alleged gang rape of 11-year-old Texas girl
At least 18 young men between the ages of 14 and 27 have been charged for allegedly gang raping an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland, Texas. This video is from CNN, broadcast March 8, 2011.…
Conservative prankster targets NPR with new video
Conservative media prankster James O’Keefe is at it again. This time the conservative filmmaker has allegedly caught a National Public Radio (NPR) executive telling a fake Muslim group that the tea party was full of “racist people.” In the video, activists Shaughn Adeleye and Simon Templar of O’Keefe’s “Project Veritas”…
U.S. Marshals, St. Louis cop shot attempting to serve arrest warrant
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Two deputy U.S. Marshals and a St. Louis police officer were shot and wounded and the suspect in their shooting killed on Tuesday morning at a home in St. Louis, officials said. One of the marshals was in critical condition, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.…
ACLU: Obama’s Guantánamo order ‘institutionalizes indefinite detention’
Civil liberties advocates reacted forcefully against President Barack Obama’s executive order Monday lifting his two-year freeze on new military trials at Guantánamo Bay. Repeatedly blocked by Congress in his attempt to transfer detainees from the offshore prison to the United States for trial, Obama threw in the towel Monday, saying…
Exclusive: Texas Republicans look to mandate invasive sonogram procedure for all abortions
If a woman is raped in Texas and impregnated by her assailant, she could soon be forced to endure a second round of physical violation at the hands of the state, thanks to a bill currently speeding its way through the state’s legislature. House Bill 15, better known as the…
New 9/11 helicopter footage released by police
In recently released police helicopter footage, the north tower of the World Trade Center is seen collapsing. More video is available from New York Daily News. This video is from RT, uploaded March 8, 2011.…
Pew poll: Clear majority of Americans support legal abortion
A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that a comfortable majority of Americans support keeping abortion legal — posing a challenge for Republicans pushing aggressive measures aimed at curtailing abortion rights. Fifty-four percent of the public supports legal abortion in all or most cases, while 42 percent believe…
Southern Poverty Law Center on Muslim hearings: ‘King does not come to this with clean hands’
Appearing on MSNBC with Cenk Uygur, Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center explained why he believes Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) upcoming hearing on Muslim radicalization in America are more than a little misquided. “He is a fellow who has described 85-90 percent of the Muslims in America, or…
Researchers find U.S. “diabetes belt”
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Already dubbed America’s “stroke belt,” the southeastern U.S. just earned another dubious distinction as the nation’s “diabetes belt,” government researchers said Tuesday. They used county-by-county data to mark those areas where people are most at risk for the blood sugar disease. “We have known for…
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