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LAPD Officer Sues City Over Retaliation To Resisting Ticket Quotas

An LAPD officer is suing the city, alleging he was assigned to desk duty and demoted because he complained about having to meet a traffic citation-writing quota.

City News Service
By City News Service

The operate a checkpoint for vehicles entering Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. A Los Angeles police officer is suing the city, alleging he was assigned to desk duty and demoted because he complained about having to meet a traffic citation-writing quota. Earl Williams filed the lawsuit Friday in Los

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Bernie Sanders Is Running For President

Sanders, the longest-serving Independent member of Congress, will reportedly run as a Democrat

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joins House Democrats in stating their disagreement and disappointment with President Barack Obama's State of the Union request for fast track trade authority, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sources reported Tuesday afternoon that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will officially

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Americans Are Evenly Split On Gay Marriage Case

The poll was conducted just before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case that will likely decide whether state laws banning same-sex marriage are constitutional.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Americans are evenly split on whether the Supreme Court should rule that same-sex marriage must be legal nationwide, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. The poll was conducted just before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case that will likely decide whether state laws banning same-sex marriage are

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California Aggressive New Plan To Reduce Greenhouse Gases

“With this order, California sets a very high bar for itself and other states and nations, but it’s one that must be reached — for this generation and generations to come.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Oil pumps  operate near Lost Hills, Calif. (AP/Rich Pedroncelli) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California would aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 under a plan announced Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown that steps up the state's previously established target. The governor's executive order goes further than a federal proposal also

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Former Iranian Terrorist Group, MEK, To Testify Before Congress

Why is a Texas Congressman inviting the political leader of a former Iranian terrorist group to testify about ISIS and Islamic Extremism before a House subcommittee on terrorism?

Sean Nevins
By Sean Nevins
Terrorist Bases in Europe

Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran fomerly known as the MEK, waves to the audience as she speaks in Villepinte, north of Paris, Friday June 27, 2014.  The MEK was only recently taken off of the U.S. list of terrorist organizations, has recently found favor among members of Congress opposed to a U.S. nuclear deal

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Freddie Gray Was The Last Straw: Baltimore’s History Of Police Brutality

The case of Freddie Gray, a black American, who died after a brutal arrest, has brought renewed attention to the Baltimore Police Department, but this incident is just one of many in the department’s corrupt history.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
Police killings Protest Feature photo

A protestor stands in front of riot Police Monday, April 27, 2015, following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. The mainstream media is consumed by Baltimore’s reaction to the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died of severe spinal injuries after a violent arrest. While the TV networks highlight images of a burning CVS, less

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