The watchdog report found the FBI was notified of Nassar's behavior but failed to act for more than 14 months, a period where Nassar is alleged to have abused at least 40 more girls and women. [Girls, women and children have few if any protections in this country. ]
02:54 PM - Apr 23, 2024
Previous review by lawyers who represent capital defendants found btwn 1984-1994, Alameda DAs removed every juror who identified as Jewish if they still had peremptory strikes. Evidence of the exclusion of Black women & Jewish people from juries has led to 3 people being resentenced in the county.
08:04 AM - Apr 23, 2024
Who were the patients most at risk during this time? Pregnant women!
08:07 PM - Apr 21, 2024
Contrary to international guidelines, Nestlé company is adding sugar to its baby foods sold in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Yet in European markets, the same products have no sugar added. Added sugar in childhood can lead to obesity, high blood pressure, and other preventable diseases.
09:14 AM - Apr 21, 2024
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However, there was no action on a proposal to institute a “red flag” law. The bill sponsored by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross would have allowed family members to petition a judge to remove guns from someone who is in a psychiatric crisis.
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Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers after mass shooting
The Maine Legislature approved sweeping gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people before adjourning Thursday morning, nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.
09:55 AM - Apr 18, 2024
BREAKING: More than a dozen members of the Kennedy family will officially endorse Joe Biden for president today, rejecting their own family member, Robert Kennedy Jr.
The family will gather with Biden in Philadelphia, where they’ll make calls and knock on doors on his behalf.
The family will gather with Biden in Philadelphia, where they’ll make calls and knock on doors on his behalf.
08:09 AM - Apr 18, 2024
The pattern was starkest in some Southern states. In Arkansas, Oklahoma and Georgia, three quarters or more of the botched lethal injection executions were of Black people, though they accounted only for a third or less of executions in those states.
09:53 AM - Apr 18, 2024
Only in Texas are they unaware of their contracts they made and signed.
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11:58 AM - Apr 09, 2024
Jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, lawsuits say
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03:59 PM - Apr 04, 2024
Yes, the betting on NCAA games has been going ob forever but there has to be some level of protection for these kids. “Kill yourself for taking that 3 you f-ing worthless loser. Slit your f-ing throat you f-ing f– that was completely uncalled for. I hope you f-ing kill yourself.”
08:00 AM - Apr 02, 2024
The city's primary local news source, The Richmond Standard, didn't cover the flare. Nor had it reported on a 2021 Chevron refinery pipeline rupture that dumped nearly 800 gallons of diesel fuel into San Francisco Bay. Nor does it report on the high childhood asthma rates!
08:56 AM - Mar 28, 2024
Racism and sports betting! I love college sports!
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Utah experienced 'racial hate crimes' during hotel stay for NCAAs
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Utah women's basketball coach Lynne Roberts said her team experienced a series of "racial hate crimes" after arriving at its first NCAA tournament hotel and was forced to change hotels during the event for safety concerns. Roberts revealed what happened after Utah lo..
10:02 AM - Mar 26, 2024
Please consider swapping them out - for free!
10:00 AM - Mar 26, 2024
Allowing corporate America to corrupt every aspect of our government in order to promote their despicable efforts to increase greater profits must stop!
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How the U.S. Waged a Global Campaign Against Baby Formula Regulation
Records and interviews show that the U.S. government repeatedly used its muscle to advance the interests of large baby formula companies while thwarting the efforts of Thailand and other developing countries to safeguard children’s health.
09:52 PM - Mar 23, 2024
Lee has handed down prison terms near the top of the sentencing guidelines. The attack involved beatings, stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot in the mouth in a mock execution gone awry. Lee has previously called the officers' actions "egregious and despicable."
08:06 PM - Mar 21, 2024
So happy we promote gambling in all our sports. Really adds that touch of class that’s been missing!🙄🙄🙄.
04:50 PM - Mar 21, 2024
Weinstein: this religious influence was not simply “issues'' but instead “national security threats.” Further, “it is a pervasive & pernicious pattern & practice of out-of-control, wholly unconstitutional, religious extremism which is inextricably intertwined into the very fabric of the DOD...
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Guest post by NYU student delves into ongoing Christian indoctrination at Air Force Academy and more
“With God on Our Side” The United States military must protect religious freedom from aggressive Christian proselytizing. Mar. 13, 2024 Guest post by Sarah Mulbarger Sarah Mulbarger is a current sophomore at NYU studying law and history Fundamentalist...
11:11 AM - Mar 20, 2024
Leo has set his sights and money on conservatizing religion, corporate board rooms, education, the legal system, and Hollywood; every aspect underpinning American democracy. Be afraid people… very afraid. .
09:42 AM - Mar 19, 2024
Despicable
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The plundering of America's hospitals
In community after community, the hospitals keep closing. In 2018, it was Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio. In 2019, it was Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, West Virginia, along with East Ohio Regional Hospital across the river in Martins Ferry, Ohio. That November, St. L..
09:51 AM - Mar 13, 2024
It’s a minimum security prison! The raid comes as the number of women who have come forward in lawsuits against guards and staff alleging sexual abuse and retaliation has reached 63. That number, according to attorneys, is expected to surpass 100.
04:04 PM - Mar 12, 2024
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09:19 AM - Mar 12, 2024
To Captain.
11:35 AM - Mar 08, 2024
Foster says the U.S. has more poverty than almost any other rich nation and that its social safety net is one of the stingiest.
"If you look at so many other countries with similar economies, you understand that college is free," Foster says. "They ensure that health care is cheap and affordable.
"If you look at so many other countries with similar economies, you understand that college is free," Foster says. "They ensure that health care is cheap and affordable.
10:48 AM - Mar 05, 2024
Aune shared the story of a woman who was being physically & emotionally abused & there was reproduction coercion used. When she found out she was pregnant & asked if she could get a divorce, she was essentially told no. It was so demoralizing for her to hear that. She felt she had no options.”
03:27 PM - Feb 28, 2024
Just outrageous!
03:48 PM - Feb 24, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
The committee recommended the Univ reduce the approx $8.3M in student fees it sends to the athletic dept by $1..5M & provide more funding for mental health services. They argued the Univ’s shift to the Big 12 last year increased the dept’s revenue & the school should depend less on student fees.
09:54 AM - Feb 24, 2024
Simington’s lawyer alleges that UT Tyler Health Science Center is fraudulently hiring doctors like Garcia as medical school profs to shield them from lawsuits, while they perform all of their work for a for-profit, private equity-backed health care system the Univ has an ownership stake in.
10:21 AM - Feb 23, 2024
This is what Trump gets you! Protection of grifters like him!
08:37 AM - Feb 23, 2024
