Charles Pierce | Because Benghazi Went So Well, We Have a New Planned Parenthood Committee
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Things went so well for the Republicans in Thursday's Benghazi, Benghazi!, BENGHAZI! snipe hunt that departing Speaker John Boehner, who may just be pranking the bastards at this point, on Friday announced the members of the next Special Committee For Expanded Ratfcking."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Things went so well for the Republicans in Thursday's Benghazi, Benghazi!, BENGHAZI! snipe hunt that departing Speaker John Boehner, who may just be pranking the bastards at this point, on Friday announced the members of the next Special Committee For Expanded Ratfcking."
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The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black
Sharon LaFraniere and Andrew W. Lehren, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Rufus Scales, 26 and black, was driving his younger brother Devin to his hair-cutting class in this genteel, leafy city when they heard the siren's whoop and saw the blue light in the rearview mirror of their black pickup. Two police officers pulled them over for minor infractions that included expired plates and failing to hang a flag from a load of scrap metal in the pickup's bed. But what happened next was nothing like a routine traffic stop."
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Sharon LaFraniere and Andrew W. Lehren, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Rufus Scales, 26 and black, was driving his younger brother Devin to his hair-cutting class in this genteel, leafy city when they heard the siren's whoop and saw the blue light in the rearview mirror of their black pickup. Two police officers pulled them over for minor infractions that included expired plates and failing to hang a flag from a load of scrap metal in the pickup's bed. But what happened next was nothing like a routine traffic stop."
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ufus Scales, 26 and black, was driving his younger brother Devin to his hair-cutting class in this genteel, leafy city when they heard the siren’s whoop and saw the blue light in the rearview mirror of their black pickup. Two police officers pulled them over for minor infractions that included expired plates and failing to hang a flag from a load of scrap metal in the pickup’s bed. But what happened next was nothing like a routine traffic stop.
Uncertain whether to get out of the car, Rufus Scales said, he reached to restrain his brother from opening the door. A black officer stunned him with a Taser, he said, and a white officer yanked him from the driver’s seat. Temporarily paralyzed by the shock, he said, he fell face down, and the officer dragged him across the asphalt.
Rufus Scales emerged from the encounter with four traffic tickets; a charge of assaulting an officer, later dismissed; a chipped tooth; and a split upper lip that required five stitches.
Goodbye Middle Class: 51 Percent of All American Workers Make Less Than 30,000 Dollars a Year
Michael Snyder, Washington's Blog
Snyder writes: "We just got more evidence that the middle class in America is dying. According to brand new numbers that were just released by the Social Security Administration, 51 percent of all workers in the United States make less than $30,000 a year. Let that number sink in for a moment."
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Michael Snyder, Washington's Blog
Snyder writes: "We just got more evidence that the middle class in America is dying. According to brand new numbers that were just released by the Social Security Administration, 51 percent of all workers in the United States make less than $30,000 a year. Let that number sink in for a moment."
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Paul Ryan, Opponent of Paid Family Leave, Demands Congress Respect His Need for Family Time
Erin Gloria Ryan, Jezebel
Ryan writes: "Last night, Paul Ryan announced that he'd run for Speaker of the House if his Republican colleagues met a list of demands. Among them: insisting that time Ryan spends with his family not be sacrificed."
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Erin Gloria Ryan, Jezebel
Ryan writes: "Last night, Paul Ryan announced that he'd run for Speaker of the House if his Republican colleagues met a list of demands. Among them: insisting that time Ryan spends with his family not be sacrificed."
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1 in 5 Inmates Is Placed in Solitary Over the Course of a Year, Survey Finds
Sarah Begley, TIME
Begley writes: "A special report by the U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that 20% of inmates in federal and state prisons and 18% in local jails spend time in restrictive housing over the course of a year - whether in solitary confinement or other forms of isolation which may or may not be punitive."
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Sarah Begley, TIME
Begley writes: "A special report by the U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that 20% of inmates in federal and state prisons and 18% in local jails spend time in restrictive housing over the course of a year - whether in solitary confinement or other forms of isolation which may or may not be punitive."
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Israeli Violence on Palestinians Leaves 53 Dead, 2,000 Wounded
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Israel has been accused of sponsoring violence in the occupied territories leading to the deaths of 53 Palestinians, including 11 children, over three weeks, injuring more than 2,000 others, and leaving 5,500 requiring treatment for toxic tear gas inhalation, Global Research said Friday."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Israel has been accused of sponsoring violence in the occupied territories leading to the deaths of 53 Palestinians, including 11 children, over three weeks, injuring more than 2,000 others, and leaving 5,500 requiring treatment for toxic tear gas inhalation, Global Research said Friday."
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Vapor Cloud From Exxon Refinery in California Triggers Alarm
Steve Gorman, Reuters
Gorman writes: "The unexplained release of a large vapor cloud on Friday from an Exxon Mobil Corp refinery near Los Angeles prompted authorities to sound public safety sirens, but no toxic fumes were detected and no one was hurt, a fire official said."
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Steve Gorman, Reuters
Gorman writes: "The unexplained release of a large vapor cloud on Friday from an Exxon Mobil Corp refinery near Los Angeles prompted authorities to sound public safety sirens, but no toxic fumes were detected and no one was hurt, a fire official said."
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