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Former MSNBC host and The Hill journalist Krystal Ball hit back at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for attempting to slut shame her on his show. On September 4, Limbaugh lied and said that Ball “posed nude” when she was “14 or 15.” After Ball brought up the incident on…
Kimberly Teehee has now been appointed as the first delegate from the Cherokee Nation to join the U.S. House of Representatives. Her nomination was approved by the tribe’s council Thursday. The Treaty of New Echota that created the nonvoting position was established in 1835, but until now, the spot has…
A mass shooting last month in Dayton, Ohio killed nine people and injured 27 others in only 30 seconds. In 2011 in Carson City, Nevada, after only 85 seconds a gunman had emptied several 30-round high-capacity gun magazines at an IHOP, killing four people and injuring 14. That is just…
After finding the back of the net in Aug. 4’s win over D.C. United, Alejandro Bedoya, who roams the midfield for the Philadelphia Union soccer team, took the microphone to send a message to Congress about gun violence. “Congress, do something now. End gun violence!” Bedoya shouted into the microphone….
When the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) and their fans took to the streets of New York City on July 10 for their ticker-tape parade, chants of “USA! USA!” became muddled with its rhyme and rallying cry, “Equal pay! Equal pay!” Now, a bill supporting the USWNT has been…
In response to President Trump’s Twitter attack on four congresswomen, “The Squad,” and the subsequent “send her back” chant of his supporters at a recent North Carolina campaign rally in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar (who came to the U.S. when she was a child), former First Lady Michelle Obama…
Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill) is seeking to modify the unconditional ownership requirement for women-owned and minority-owned small businesses. Kelly has introduced the Women and Minority Equity Investment Act to make an adjustment to the existing Small Business Administration (SBA) programs with the intent of expanding venture capital access for participating…
Unveiling a health care plan seems to be a requirement in the 2020 Democratic presidential race. It could serve as an express train to the fringe of the party and a springboard up the polls. Unfortunately for Joe Biden, the former didn’t happen. Actually, his health care plan cemented his…
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez alleged that migrant detainees were told to drink water from the toilet by border patrol agents in response to their requests for water. Ocasio-Cortez made a claim via Twitter on July 1. Just left the 1st CBP facility. I see why CBP officers were…
Sweeping nationwide raids across the country’s 10 major cities to round up undocumented immigrants and deport them were delayed last week – but they’re now a looming threat once again. “Unless we do something pretty miraculous,” President Donald Trump said during a news conference after the G-20 summit in Japan, the raids…
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