Officers claim protesters set off explosion but Sophia Wilansky’s father and on-site medical professionals say injury is ‘entirely consistent’ with grenade blast
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Category: Domestic Affairs,
Standing Rock protesters will not follow official directive to leave camps
Dakota access pipeline protest organizers say they will remain at Oceti Sakowin camp: ‘We are wardens of this land’
Standing Rock protesters will not follow official directive to leave camps | US news | The Guardian
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New Hampshire hospital sends newborns home with baby boxes
Boxes used to promote safe sleeping habits for newborns
New Hampshire hospital sends newborns home with baby boxes
This is really cool. Starting babies off on equal footing, regardless of the education or income level of their parents is always a good thing.
Clinton Campaign Agrees to Back Jill Stein’s Election Recount Effort: Lawyer
Hillary Clinton’s campaign said Saturday it intends to back the statewide election recount effort in the battleground state of Wisconsin spearheaded by third-party candidate Jill Stein. The Clinton team had been quiet about Stein’s crusade, but campaign lawyer Marc Elias said that because a recount was set into motion Friday — and could begin as soon as next week — they want to see a ‘fair’ process for all involved. Stein also has plans to file a recount effort in Michigan, where NBC News has yet to officially call a winner, and Pennsylvania.
Clinton Campaign Agrees to Back Jill Stein’s Election Recount Effort: Lawyer – NBC News
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Shooter refers to murder as just ‘another piece of trash off the street’
One of the witnesses to the shooting was 13-year-old James Cooper, who told the Gazette-Mail on Tuesday morning that he saw Pulliam kill his friend.
…Another friend, Teonno White, 14, …said he’s had run-ins with Pulliam in the past, when Pulliam would “pick on” his younger brother.
“One time I went over there to talk to him about it, I said, ‘You’ve got to quit picking on my little brother, that doesn’t look right,’” White said.
“He said, ‘Get the [expletive] off my property.’ He said I need to go on with my nappy Latino self. He’s just a real bad guy.”
White said he’s called the police about Pulliam before, and was told to avoid the man.
[For those counting, that’s policing FAIL number one in this story]
….Caleb Burgess was working at the Dollar General when officers responded Monday night.
….He said police initially forced Burgess and another employee to the ground, guns pointed, until they confirmed the store was empty.
[policing FAIL number two – stay tuned for more I’m sure!]
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In Mosul campaign, reported civilian deaths in U.S. strikes climb
Watchdog group says at least 84 civilians may have died in U.S. and allied air and artillery attacks.
In Mosul campaign, reported civilian deaths in U.S. strikes climb – The Washington Post
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Former Jail Deputy Pleads Guilty To Fatal Beating
Damon Hickman’s guilty plea marks the latest chapter in a long saga of abuse in a Kentucky jail, and underscores the costs of such misconduct.
Former Jail Deputy Pleads Guilty To Fatal Beating | Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting
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A brief history of war and drugs: From Vikings to Nazis
From World War II to Vietnam and Syria, drugs are often as much a part of conflict as bombs and bullets.
A brief history of war and drugs: From Vikings to Nazis – News from Al Jazeera
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Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving Dinner
NBC News reported Wednesday that the family’s Florida Thanksgiving was guarded by a contingent of at least 150 Secret Service personnel. A Homeland Security official told NBC News that the cost to the taxpayer of that operation alone would reach $7 million.
Trump’s security is currently running at than $2 million a day, according to internal Homeland Security and Secret Service documents reviewed by NBC News.
Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving Dinner Featured 24 Dishes – NBC News
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UC Davis immigration expert talks about Trump effect
UC Davis Law School Dean Kevin R. Johnson talks about what President-elect Donald Trump may do when he takes office, and the concerns of undocumented students at the University of California, Davis.
UC Davis immigration expert talks about Trump effect | The Sacramento Bee
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Trump could use a program intended to help immigrants to speed deportations
Immigrant groups are advising clients that the risks of applying for DACA may now outweigh the benefits.
Trump could use a program intended to help immigrants to speed deportations – Business Insider
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The Cost for Protecting Jet-Setting President-Elect Trump? Yuge!
“If the president-elect says, ‘No,’ there’s going to be a conversation,” Wackrow added. “We’re not going to just say OK. We’re going to actually push back. We may have to modify, but we’ll understand what that pressure point is and then work around it.”
The Trumps’ trip to Florida wound up being a compromise on both sides, a Homeland Security official familiar with the operation told NBC News.
The cost to U.S. taxpayers? Seven million dollars, the official said.
The Cost for Protecting Jet-Setting President-Elect Trump? Yuge! – NBC News
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Jesus Electoral Christ, Jill Stein Actually Raised Over $2 Million To Fund a Vote Recount
This wild-ass year will never cease until it gives every one of us a heart attack, a seeping ulcer, and a probably false sense of hope: Jill Fucking Stein—presidential Green Party candidate and diverter of 1.2 million perfectly good votes—is on track to raise $2.5 million to request a recount of ballots in three swing states won by Donald Trump.
Jesus Electoral Christ, Jill Stein Actually Raised Over $2 Million To Fund a Vote Recount
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Green Party files for Wisconsin recount, audit
“We don’t know, and we think the forensic computer experts have raised serious questions. What we do know is that this was a hack-riddled election, we saw hacks into voter databases, into party databases, into individual email accounts. We know that there were attempts made broadly on state voter databases and we know that we have an election system that relies a computer system that is wide open to hacks,” Stein told CNN’s John Berman Thursday. “It’s extremely vulnerable, Americans deserve to have confidence in our vote.”
Green Party files for Wisconsin recount, audit – CNNPolitics.com
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Election Recount Funding Goal Achieved by Jill Stein in Two States
The Clinton campaign has thus far declined to act on the call, but Stein, who was also on the ballot in those states, can also initiate such a process. The Stein campaign has said explicitly that its recount effort is not meant to aid Clinton.
Trump leads Clinton by less than 1 percentage point in Michigan and Wisconsin and by 1.2% in Pennsylvania, according to a New York Times report.
Election Recount Funding Goal Achieved by Jill Stein in Two States
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Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results
The scientists, among them J. Alex Halderman, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, told the Clinton campaign they believe there is a questionable trend of Clinton performing worse in counties that relied on electronic voting machines compared to paper ballots and optical scanners, according to the source.
…There were widespread concerns about hacking ahead of this month’s election, including the Obama administration accusing Russia of attempting to breach voter registration data. But election officials and cybersecurity experts said earlier this month that it is virtually impossible for Russia to influence the election outcome.
…Additionally, at least three electors have pledged to not vote for Trump and to seek a “reasonable Republican alternative for president through Electoral College,” according to a statement Wednesday from a group called the Hamilton Electors, which represents them.
Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results – CNNPolitics.com
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Experts Think Hillary Could Successfully Challenge the Election Results. Are They Right?
Reportedly, according to the group, Hillary received 7% fewer votes in counties that primarily used electronic voting machines in Wisconsin, which could have been a result of hacking. This could have resulted in her losing up to 30,000 votes (she lost Wisconsin by 27,000).
Experts Think Hillary Could Successfully Challenge the Election Results. Are They Right?
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Veterans stand for Standing Rock
The event, Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, is a call for veterans to “assemble as a peaceful, unarmed militia” to “defend the water protectors from assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force and DAPL security.”
Source: Veterans stand for Standing Rock – CNN.com
Well, good on you, Wes Clark. Nicely done.
Amid shouts of ‘shame,’ House GOP defeats gay rights measure
Democrats shouted “Shame! Shame!,” but seven Republicans switched their votes under pressure from House leaders Thursday and defeated a measure to protect gay rights.
Amid shouts of ‘shame,’ House GOP defeats gay rights measure | PBS NewsHour
My how far the party of Lincoln has fallen.
Trump’s claim that ‘the president can’t have a conflict of interest’
There is an exemption for the president, but there’s more to the story.
Trump’s claim that ‘the president can’t have a conflict of interest’ – The Washington Post
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Federal judges panel finds state redistricting plan an ‘unconstitutional gerrymander’
A panel of federal judges on Monday ruled that Wisconsin’s 2011 legislative redistricting plan, created by Republican leaders virtually in secret, is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
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