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6/11/20
A historic Army unit located just outside Washington was issued bayonets in scabbards as well as live ammunition in case active-duty troops were deployed in the U.S. capital last week, according to a letter from Pentagon leaders.
Read more from MSN6/13/20
Medicare took care of most of this, but still ...
A 70-year-old American man who nearly died of COVID-19 has been billed a heart-stopping $1.1 million for his hospital expenses, the Seattle Times reported Saturday. Michael Flor was admitted to a hospital in the northwestern city on March 4, and stayed for 62 days -- at one point coming so close to
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An attorney representing Rep.
Read more from TheHill6/16/20
This is so out of hand. None of them have ever been a slave, and none of us have ever owned a slave. Yet in parts of Africa slavery is big business. Instead of burning their own cities down, and possibly the ones we live in, or near, why not go there and protest for those people.
6/17/20
It’s not that Aunt Jemima was a symbol of a racist past, she was the very embodiment of a racist past. She will not be missed by anyone who knew that. pic.twitter.com/7F3yx62oYX
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) June 17, 2020
6/19/20
"Mr. President, why do you keep hiring people that you believe are wackos and liars?" Reid shouted.
Read more from The Daily Beast6/20/20
Wacko Barr (see previous message) flat out lies, Berman was surprised to hear he was stepping down, has no such intention.
Attorney General Bill Barr apparently thought he could buffalo U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman out of job, but the lead federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York is refusing to go down without a fight. In a surprise Friday night news dump, Barr announced - falsely - that Berman would
Read more from Alternet.org6/20/20
Aunt Jemima gone, Eskimo Pie not far behind.
After nearly 100 years, Eskimo Pie ice cream will get a new name
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