This transgender student won the right to run for prom king, now he’s suing to use the boys’ bathroom 

Case is another sign of the intensifying legal battle over transgender rights; student says school district wanted transgender students to wear special wristbands to identify them.

This transgender student won the right to run for prom king, now he’s suing to use the boys’ bathroom – The Washington Post

Buried in here is the fact that the school district plans to require transgender students to wear green wristbands, publicly labeling them in a way very akin to Nazi stars and pink triangles.

Jeeee-zus. What jerks!

Police say white people wasting police time with 911 calls about ‘black neighbors’ 

Dozens of serving and former US police officers have taken to the internet to air their astonishment at the racist emergency calls that they’ve had to deal with.

Police say white people wasting police time with 911 calls about ‘black neighbors’ | Daily Mail Online

People should be charged for these false reports.
Pure and simple.

GOP Rep. Steve King: Western Christians Have Done More for the World Than Any “Subgroup” 

Confederate flag-lovin’ GOP rep Steve King, just a little bit ago over on East Fourth during a live interview with Chris Hayes on MSNBC, dropped this bit of explicit language on the subtext of what many feel like is going on inside the arena: The civilizations of Western and Eastern Europe have done more for the world than any “subgroup,” by which of course he means white people.

The floored looks of the rest of the table alone are worth the price of admission.

GOP Rep. Steve King: Western Christians Have Done More for the World Than Any “Subgroup” | Scene and Heard: Scene’s News Blog | Cleveland Scene

<facepalm>

CODEPINK Founder Medea Benjamin Disrupts Donald Trump

CODEPINK Founder Medea Benjamin stood in defiance of Donald Trump’s xenophobia and racism tonight at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Bearing a banner that read “Build Bridges, Not Walls,” Benjamin called for delegates and the nominee to reject hateful rhetoric that demonizes immigrants, refugees and 1.6 billion members of the Islamic faith.

CODEPINK Founder Medea Benjamin Disrupts Donald Trump

From the good ladies at CODEPINK

‘Black Lives Matter’ Sign At Somerville City Hall Causes Rift

Somerville’s mayor has denied a request from the police union that a Black Lives Matter banner be removed from City Hall and replaced with one that says “All Lives Matter.”

‘Black Lives Matter’ Sign At Somerville City Hall Causes Rift

Fuck the pig union. All they do is cover up for murderers and whine about being victims of situations they themselves created.