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Law and Government
After punching cop, NYC protester strolls into police HQ to claim personal property (Video)
And this year’s Anti-Police Protest Chutzpah Award goes to 22-year-old Yotemeli Sayer, who assaulted not one but two NYPD officers attempting to keep…
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Politics
NFL players wear ‘I can’t breathe’ message in solidarity with Eric Garner protesters
Last Sunday, the message du jour was “hands up, don’t shoot,” delivered in gesture form by five offensive (very offensive) team…
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Economy
The secret to preventing the deaths of more Eric Garners? Occupy Wall Street (Video)
One bad protest deserves another. Now that the memory of self-styled anti-capitalists occupying public parks and defecating on police cars is growing dim,…
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Politics
Religious freedom has nothing to do with Satanic Temple display in Florida’s Capitol
“Florida’s Capitol,” writes CBS Miami, “will have a new holiday decoration this year. The Satanic Temple will be among its nativity…
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Law and Government
AG Holder announces federal investigation into death of Eric Garner, but to what end? (Video)
Let it never be said that outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder lets the grass grow under his feet. No…
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Media
White Ferguson protesters at Michael Brown vigil sent to ‘back of bus’
Shades of America’s first black president in 2010 telling Republicans (aka white people) that “they can come for the ride,…
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Media
Ferguson protesters previously organized rally to support cop killers, terrorists (Video)
An Albany group proclaiming “solidarity” with protesters in Ferguson organized a rally with members of the Weather Underground back in…
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Law and Government
Message to Ferguson protesters and their supporters: Put up or shut up
Last night, I had occasion to be traveling on New York’s FDR Drive, which runs along the East River. I’m…
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Media
Police chief goes off on lack of coverage of black-on-black crimes (Video)
While discussing a case in which a 5-year-old girl was shot and killed while sitting on her father’s lap, Milwaukee Police…
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Law and Government
Al Sharpton has pre-organized protests in 25 U.S. cities pending grand jury decision
rabble-rouser, noun: A person who speaks with the intention of inflaming the emotions of a crowd of people, typically for political reasons There’s…
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Politics
Berkeley PETA types hold funeral for frozen chicken (Video)
Subtitle this “Requiem for a dead chicken.” Yes, it has much of the stuff of which spoofs are made, starting with the…
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Education
Students stage ‘sh*t-in’ to call attention to importance of gender-inclusive bathrooms
Whether you call it the throne, the crapper, the loo, the potty, or by some pother name, the occasions for…
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Politics
‘Fast for Democracy’
Fasting as a means to change has always struck as akin to a toddler threatening to hold his breath until…
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Law and Government
Protestors threaten to picket popular restaurant unless it drops the ‘i-word’
A small group of protesters in Fort Collins, Colo., is trying to pressure the owner of a popular local restaurant…
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Social Issues
Tweet of the Day: Blacks in Missouri protest latest shooting by torching Old Glory
On Wednesday, St. Louis was rocked by another police shooting that resulted in the death of a black teen. The…
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Sports and Culture
BREAKING: Cop shoots, kills teen in St. Louis: Different cop, different teen, same reaction
Exactly one day after police in Ferguson, Mo., said they are preparing for riots in the event Darren Wilson, the officer…
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Science and Technology
Tweet of the Day: Polar bear arrested at global warming rally
The oft-maligned polar bear suffered another setback at New York City’s recent global warming rally, being hauled away by police…
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Media
Picture of the Day: Instant Car-ma
A glance through the column titles at LU over the last day or two indicates there has been no shortage of irony…
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Law and Government
‘F*** America!’ Pro-amnesty activists burn U.S. flag; new risks of contagion
Yesterday was the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a document that gave official notice to the English…
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Law and Government
Picture of the Day: Hands off my (granny’s) vagina
Have you ever wondered what happens to hippies when they grow old? The answer is they dress up in vagina…
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Law and Government
Sarah Silverman to Bill Maher: Unborn babies are ‘just goo’
Comedienne Sarah Silverman was on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” to discuss her advocacy of abortions rights. During the course of…
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Unyielding
Lawsuit over Colorado’s gun laws has its day in court
Colorado’s new gun laws are coming to the fore again, as a lawsuit to overturn them opened on Monday in federal court.…
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Law and Government
Rally in Tallahassee to address scourge of white-on-black crime
Activists from around the country marched on Tallahassee Monday to protest what one writer for Salon is calling “open season…
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Foreign Affairs
Noose tightening around what Obama WH knew about Benghazi and when
Fox News’ Catherine Herridge is using facts from the recent bipartisan Senate Benghazi Report to give one more piece of…
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Media
Conservatives plan protest to 'rage against the media' in Los Angeles
If you’ve ever thought there was nothing you could do to combat media bias besides turning the television off, think…
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Science and Technology
Environmentalists call for bloodshed, violence at Vancouver protest
While gathering at Vancouver Landing in Vancouver, Wash. on Saturday, a small group of environmentalists called for bloodshed and violence…
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