All posts tagged "Charlottesville"

Reporter Elle Reeve, known for her deep dive into issues of white supremacy for Vice and CNN, wrote in a new article Monday that her childhood experience with a stalker armed her to handle fascists in today's political climate.

Reeve's article for Slate detailed how she learned to handle "evil" after years of dealing with her next-door neighbor, an angry man who stalked and harassed her family for years.

"I spent my entire teenage years at war," she wrote. "Not a real war, but a psychological war, followed by a legal one. It did not have a happy ending. At the time, when explaining it to my high school friends, I referred to the situation as “my evil neighbor.” Decades later, I understand what happened: My family had a stalker."...

Another day in the books for Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, and it ended with the former president speaking to reporters in the corridor talking about how "breathtaking" Thursday was and then tangentially editorializing on some current events — from the price of gas and pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses to SCOTUS and the economy.

Then CNN fact checked him straightaway.

"We're having protests all over," Trump told reporters, without taking questions. "Biden was talking about Charlottesville — Charlottesville was a little peanut and was nothing compared to the hate, wasn't the kind of hate that you have here."...

Donald Trump on Wednesday brought up what some would call the low-point of his presidency, saying that the violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville "is like a peanut" compared to what Joe Biden faces today.

Trump, who famously suggested people should blame both sides in connection with the Charlottesville event that caused injuries and death, took to Truth Social to provide a hot take on Israel and Palestine.

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A University of Virginia student was arrested on multiple felony charges and spent 24 hours in jail after she tried to flee a grocery store parking lot when agents attempted to arrest her for buying a case of La Croix water. According to the Charlottesville Daily Progress, 20-year-old Elizabeth Daly and her two roommates panicked when plainclothes Alcoholic Beverage Control officers surrounded their vehicle, flashing badges and weapons because the officers believed the women had purchased beer during dry hours.