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Archives for June 2015

You’re Fired: NBC Cuts Ties With Donald Trump Over Mexican Remarks

“NBC is weak and, like everybody else, is trying to be politically correct. That is why our country is in serious trouble.”

ABC News
By ABC News

US television network NBCUniversal has ended its relationship with real estate developer Donald Trump and his Miss USA and Miss Universe shows after controversial remarks he made in announcing his 2016 presidential bid. The pageants, which were part of a joint venture between NBC and Trump, would no longer air on NBC "due to the recent derogatory

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Ted Cruz Says States Should Ignore Gay-Marriage Ruling

“Those who are not parties to the suit are not bound by it.”

Politco
By Politco

Ted Cruz has some unsolicited advice for the states not specifically named in last week’s Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage: Ignore it. “Those who are not parties to the suit are not bound by it,” the Texas Republican told NPR News’ Steve Inskeep in an interview published on Monday. Since only suits against the states of Ohio, Tennessee,

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Cop Resigns After Pepper-Spraying A Baby

According to court records, Edelen became enraged when his estranged wife refused to put pants on.

Mike Sawyer | The Free Thought Project
By Mike Sawyer | The Free Thought Project

Jeffersonville, IN — A Clarksville firefighter who is also a police officer is off both jobs after he pepper-sprayed an infant during a domestic dispute involving his estranged wife. As of Monday morning, Charles Edelen has been suspended without pay from his job at the fire department and has resigned from the Clarksville police

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A CNN Journalist Mistake Butt Plugs For ISIS Propaganda

Remember when watching the news on TV was something you could do whenever you needed in-depth information about something? The Internet has not only  essentially dismantled the power of the 24-hour newscycle, but it is also used to point out all the times in which anchors and reporters from cable news and local news get […]

Cinema Blend
By Cinema Blend

Remember when watching the news on TV was something you could do whenever you needed in-depth information about something? The Internet has not only  essentially dismantled the power of the 24-hour newscycle, but it is also used to point out all the times in which anchors and reporters from cable news and local news get things wrong. Case in point:

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The Obama Legacy: Inequality, Corporate Trade Deals, Worldwide War

Obama’s legacy is a mixed bag. Alongside health care reform and marriage equality, his eight years in office have greatly benefitted corporations and left Bush-era war mentalities even more deeply entrenched.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
Obama walks to the Rose Garden of the White House

WASHINGTON --- An undocumented transgender woman interrupted the White House LGBT Pride celebrations last week, highlighting a rift between those who praise President Barack Obama’s accomplishments after two terms in office, and those who see a decline in freedoms and a rise in inequality as the real legacy he’ll be leaving behind. The division

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‘Beyond Centrifuges’: How The Pathology Of The American Right Is Stalling Engagement With Iran

It’s “common sense” for the U.S. to openly engage with Iran on many issues, including the greatest threat to the region today: ISIS.

Sean Nevins
By Sean Nevins
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington

WASHINGTON --- The United States is on the verge of signing an agreement with Iran that will mark the most significant geopolitical trend since President Richard Nixon visited the People’s Republic of China in 1972, which opened a pathway toward rapprochement, rather than confrontation, with the communist East Asian nation. Likewise, the Iranian

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