Hillary Clinton widens her lead going into New York primary.
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Bruins Fans Take Over for Rene Rancourt, Sing National Anthem During Emotional Pregame Ceremony (Video)
“We are Boston. We are strong.”
Throwback Monday.
Boston Strong.
UC Berkeley student removed from Southwest flight after speaking Arabic on plane
“Tell us everything about martyrdom,” the 26-year-old Iraqi refugee was asked.
This is obscene. The FBI agents and Southwest employees involved should be dismissed for poor judgement and the airline folk should be charged and prosecuted for unlawful detention, hate crimes, and wasting tax-payer resources. I hope this young man sues Southwest, the airport and the FBI into the fucking stone ages.
Judge rules Katy Perry can buy hilltop convent
A judge on Wednesday voided the sale of a former Catholic convent to a Los Angeles businesswoman, clearing the way for Katy Perry to purchase the hilltop property.
Judge rules Katy Perry can buy hilltop convent | Fox News
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Trudeau seeks increased spending to boost Canadian economy
Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government delivers its first budget, hoping to spur the fragile economy with government spending.
Trudeau seeks increased spending to boost Canadian economy – BBC News
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Former Texas Trooper Pleads Not Guilty In Arrest Of Sandra Bland
Bland was found dead in her jail cell three days after her arrest.
Former Texas Trooper Pleads Not Guilty In Arrest Of Sandra Bland
Sigh…
Ted Cruz, Bill de Blasio trade blows over Muslim spying plan
New York mayor slams Texas senator’s “demagoguery”; Cruz hits mayor for ending police surveillance program of Muslims
Ted Cruz, Bill de Blasio trade blows over Muslim spying plan – CBS News
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Food stamps allowance for convicted drug offenders dies with filibuster
Senators who wanted to end the ban on food stamps for convicted drug offenders were shut out Tuesday for this session.
Sigh…
Is Merrick Garland more conservative than Antonin Scalia on criminal justice issues?
It’s complicated. Here’s what you should know.
Is Merrick Garland more conservative than Antonin Scalia on criminal justice issues? – Vox
Sigh…
Thinking They’re ‘Unqualified’ Is A Big Reason More Women Don’t Run For Office
…the Vermont senator said something that stuck in the craws of many: that Hillary Clinton isn’t qualified to be president.
“She has been saying lately that she thinks I am not quote unquote qualified to be president,” Sanders said. “Let me just say in response to Secretary Clinton: I don’t believe that she is qualified if she is, through her super-PAC, taking tens of millions of dollars in special interests’ funds.”
Thinking They’re ‘Unqualified’ Is A Big Reason More Women Don’t Run For Office | FiveThirtyEight
President Obama Explains Why He Attended MLB Exhibition Game in Cuba Despite Brussels Attacks
The Tampa Bay Rays face off against the Cuban National Team.
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The Hell After ISIS – The Atlantic
Even as the militant group loses ground in Iraq, many Sunnis say they have no hope for peace. One family’s story shows why.
The Hell After ISIS – The Atlantic
Jeezus… the humanity
UC Davis has spent almost $200K trying to erase its shameful pepper spray incident from Internet history | DeadState
New documents have revealed that the University of California, Davis paid out a lot of money to contractors to wipe away the embarrassing incident that involved students and an overzealous, yet casual cop with pepper spay.
grrr
Woman who led cops to Paris mastermind: ‘It’s important the world knows that I am Muslim.’
After six months, she decided to come forward to send a blunt message about her faith.
Woman who led cops to Paris mastermind: ‘It’s important the world knows that I am Muslim.’
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Volkswagen Re-Releasing Classic Hippy Van As New Electric Version
The classic Volkswagen camper bus, a fan-favorite roadster beloved by hippies for decades, is rumored to be making a comeback. At the recent New York Auto Show, a board member from VW confirmed an electric version of the camper was in the concept stages at the company.
Volkswagen Re-Releasing Classic Hippy Van As New Electric Version
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The Canadian First Nation suicide epidemic has been generations in the making
Eleven people tried taking their own lives on Saturday. This is a catastrophe that Canada should have seen coming
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Nevada Law Means 80k+ Voters Will Have No Say in Legislative Races
More than 80,000 voters in Nevada won’t get a choice on who represents them in the Legislature due to a new law that changes longstanding procedures in races that only attract candidates from one party.
Source: New law means some voters get no choice in legislative races – Washington Times
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Trump and Cruz Are Tearing Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum Apart
On Monday evening, reporters received two vastly different press releases from members of Eagle Forum, the conservative interest group. One, sent by Anne Cori, the group’s newly appointed executive director, alleged that a telephone meeting between Eagle Forum board members held that afternoon “[ensured] that Eagle Forum will continue long into the future as a viable force.” The other, sent by Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum’s 91-year-old founder, called that same meeting “improper,” “unprecedented,” and “invalid.”
Trump and Cruz Are Tearing Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum Apart
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Is Conservative Icon Phyllis Schlafly About to be Ousted From Her Own Organization?
This afternoon, according to the 91-year-old conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, the board of Eagle Forum—including a shadowy faction of anti-Schlafly board members, known around Eagle Forum as the “Gang of 6”—will hold a secretive telephone meeting. Although she will be on the call, Schlafly can’t say for sure what’s on the agenda for the meeting, but the board is not convening to oust her from the organization she founded 44 years ago. She hopes.
Is Conservative Icon Phyllis Schlafly About to be Ousted From Her Own Organization?
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Protesters Disrupt Traffic on Eisenhower Expressway Over Teen’s Fatal Shooting by Police
Protesters disrupted traffic on Chicago’s Eisenhower Expressway Tuesday night and two people were arrested as a vigil for a 16-year-old boy fatally shot by police turned into a march.
Sigh….
Panel Calls for Major Changes at Texas Jail That Held Sandra Bland
A review committee formed after the death of the 28-year-old black woman has recommended reforms in the treatment and medical screening of inmates at the Waller County jail.
Panel Calls for Major Changes at Texas Jail That Held Sandra Bland – The New York Times
Baby steps forward.
Panama papers: Mossack Fonseca headquarters raided
Police in Panama raid the headquarters of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive data leak.
Panama papers: Mossack Fonseca headquarters raided – BBC News
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Bill Clinton Is Wrong About His Crime Bill. So Are the Protesters He Lectured.
Debating the 1994 law is, by and large, empty symbolism — and a distraction from real reform.
Bill Clinton Is Wrong About His Crime Bill. So Are the Protesters He Lectured. – The New York Times
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Factcheck.org: Bill Clinton and the 1994 Crime Bill
[President] Clinton offered his defense of the bill in response to a protester at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia on April 7. In addition to Clinton’s inflated assessment of the bill’s effect on crime, we found fault with how both sides portrayed the crime bill in Clinton’s back-and-forth with the protester.
Bill Clinton and the 1994 Crime Bill
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