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Black Father Says His 15-Year-Old Son Was Bullied Days Before He Was Shot and Killed on His Way to School
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Starting Oct 19, the Trump administration is rolling back Biden-era airline passenger protections, and airlines will no longer have to provide stranded passengers with meals, hotels, or other assistance for delays or cancellations.
Airlines are no longer required lodging, meals, or other assistance when delays or cancellations.
Starting October 19, under 14 CFR 234.4, rule is to reduce the number of disruptions for which airlines provide amenities or compensation.
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Are we going to act like this is normal?
When a sitting president boasts about the "very bad things" he could have done to his political rivals, that's not bravado. It's unchecked power and, quite frankly, threatening.
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The Trump admin is launching an investigation into Wells Fargo over commitments the bank made over nearly a decade to increase homeownership among Black Americans wsj.com/finance/banking/well…
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St. Louis police now admit their original claim that a Black teen pointed a gun at officers wasn’t true, but the officer who fatally shot him still won’t face charges.
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He was not arrested; he was allowed to turn himself in; his family is in law enforcement; He is white, and his two murdered victims were black. He was out of jail in under 12 hours on 2nd-degree murder charges in a drunk-driving crash where he was going 91 mph while impaired.
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The last 24 hours of news as a woman:
- A man jacks off to the woman next to him on a plane. United makes her return to her seat.
- 7 frat boys drug and gang rape a student for hours, and advertise “free p*ssy” to their frat. Cornell makes them write essays.
- A football player rapes a student. LSU reduces his suspension.
- A teen boy stalks and stabs a girl 10 times. Courts grant only a restraining order.
- Brendan Carr spent 9 years in a cult raping teen girls. Trump made him FCC Chair.
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No one cared about this when I posted it the first time, but maybe they will care now. Another snuff film-making serial killer found with thousands of images and videos of mostly Alaskan Native women. He is from South Africa.
I've been closely following the ongoing trial of a serial killer named Brian Steven Smith who was targeting Alaskan native women and making snuff films. Lots of disturbing and odd/suspicious things about this case.
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My fellow Americans: Please direct your attention to this matter for just a moment. Allow this to sink in. The President of the United States of America just said he wants to ban the free press. He said he doesn’t want them in his office, which by the way is the Oval Office in the People’s House. This is unheard of, and we the people cannot let this be!
For the record, we have a free press in this country. For the record we should all be worried not just about this latest outburst, but by all of it going forward without permission — putting our service members in harms way, raising tariffs willy nilly, threatening buildings and institutions unless his name gets put on them. This is not the behavior of a centered leader who is focused on the good of the people. This is not the behavior of a compassionate leader focused on the millions of Americans who cannot afford healthcare, childcare, gas, or food. This is not the behavior of a man who can emotionally regulate himself.
We should all be concerned — those who voted for him and those who didn’t. The midterms are around the corner. Vote like your life and the lives of others are at stake, because they are. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Cynthia Wesley. 🕊️
Carole Robertson. 🕊️
Addie Mae Collins. 🕊️
Denise McNair. 🕊️
Rest in Peace
September 15, 1963
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
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Black Woman, 29, Found Hanging from Tree Is Being Investigated as Homicide Pending Autopsy Results, Police Chief Says people.com/death-of-black-wo…
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They are never going to give you $9,000 to stay home with your kids. Just like you never got your DOGE check, tariff refund, cheaper groceries, $2 gas, a healthcare plan, or 600% off prescriptions.
At some point, being this gullible becomes a fucking choice.
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I’m one of at least 28 former Washington Post journalists who have joined the @washingtonsun, which launched this morning. Paul Kane, Jeff Stein, Tom Sietsema and many other names will be familiar to Post readers —and we’ve got the Capital Weather Gang. Join us! washingtonsun.com/perspectiv…
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Texas officials voted to close 92 poll stations in the Fort Worth area where Kamala Harris won by 18 points.
So my question is this.
What happens if Democracy defenders from all over the country were to fly into Fort Worth, rent a massive fleet of rental cars, and offer any Fort Worth voters impacted by those closures free rides to and from the nearest poll stations?
That seems like patriotism. 🇺🇸
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.@LauraLoomer - you traffic in low level insults, cruelty, and ugliness.
You attack and insult Black women because you believe peddling racism is good for your clicks and your business model.
And while everyone with internet access and ignorant opinions doesn’t deserve a response, this is someone who is an advisor of Donald Trump and who should be condemned by all.
We will never let anyone steal our joy or let those that don’t matter too much, matter too much.
But to Laura Loomer, if you are going to attack brilliant, bold, beautiful Black women, know this: they are way out of your league. Respectfully, I suggest you sit this one out.
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Some personal news:
Today is my first day at @USATODAY as a senior national politics correspondent! Please add me to your press lists and hit me up for coffee at [email protected].
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ICE has arrested more than half a million people since President Trump returned to office, and nearly 40 percent do not have a criminal record.
As of Aug. 6, ICE had detained more people without a criminal record this year than in all of 2025. wapo.st/45V4GP5
