Kevin Cramer released a video statement claiming that Dakota Access has been granted the Lake Oahe easement The Lake Oahe easement has been the center of the stand against the Dakota Access Pipeline In the video Cramer thanks the Trump administration for taking action The US Army Corps of Engineers have not officially confirmed Cramers claim UPDATE: Senator John Hoeven ...
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Did President Trump secretly declare Martial Law on the City of Chicago
A viral video sparked a rumor that President Trump secretly declared Martial Law on Chicago Brian Durkovic posted the video to his Facebook on Saturday The video was shared over 15,000 times since it was uploaded Durkovic claims the video was done as a social experiment Who would ever think something from the Internet would cause confusion and panic? Totally ...
Read More »Sen. Warren Delivers Emotional Address at Airport Protest Over ‘Illegal’ Refugee Ban
Sen. Elizabeth Warren addressed protesters at Logan International Airport She called Trump’s refugee ban ‘illegal’ and ‘unconstitutional,’ and vowed it would be ‘overturned.’ Airport demonstrators welcomed travelers in an effort to counter xenophobia. Despite an emergency stay, DHS reiterated the ban remains in effect. In his first few days in office, President Donald Trump has issued a cascading series of contentious ...
Read More »An audit of the Chicago Police Department shows the city has more problems than the 50 homicides one month into 2017
President Trump says he will send feds into Chicago Chicago has already seen 50 homicides this year On January 13, 2017 the Department of Justice released the results of a year long audit of the Chicago Police Department On ABC News Trump stated that he would send in “what we have to send in” It is no secret that there ...
Read More »Federal Court Grants Emergency Stay on Trump’s Controversial Immigration Ban
An emergency stay on the president’s immigration ban has been granted by a federal court. Those already landed in the United States and possessing a valid visa will be allowed to stay. This stay is only effective on a temporary basis as the ban is clarified. Although the stay is national, it does not cover refugees or people without visas. A ...
Read More »Joey’s Law Seeks to Stop Police from Unjustly Killing People With Special Needs
Joey’s Law seeks to prevent fatal misunderstandings in encounters between law enforcement and individuals with special needs. Joey Weber, who had autism, was fatally shot by a veteran Hays, Kansas, police sergeant last year. Proposed legislation would allow identification cards to be marked indicating an individual has special needs. A public hearing on Joey’s law is set for January 31 at ...
Read More »Here is what is wrong with Trump’s suspended admission against Syrian refugees
Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States immediately suspends Syrian refugees from entering the country President Trump’s newest executive order stops all refugees from entering the US for at 120-days Even those with valid visas can not enter the country if they are coming from a terror prone country At least one Iraqi man has ...
Read More »Iowa pipeline leaks 140,000 gallons of diesel following Trump’s push for pipelines
A pipeline belonging to Magellan Midstream Partners spilled 138,600 gallons of diesel in Iowa on Wednesday The leak was reported on Wednesday morning from a farm field in north-central Worth County The leak was said to be contained before making it to any surface waters Vacuum trucks managed to suck up 25,000 gallons of diesel and diesel/slush mix due to ...
Read More »Up-and-coming actor Jay Bowdy becomes the third to commit suicide on a livestream in the last month
Frederick Jay Browdy identified as the man who committed suicide on Facebook live Monday morning Out-of-state family called the Los Angeles Police Department but they were not able to make it to him in time The day after his death it was reported that days prior he was arrested for suspicion of sexual assault Bowdy makes the third person in ...
Read More »Second Punch: Has Richard Spencer Become a Symbolic Alt-Right Punching Bag?
Images of Richard Spencer Being Punched in the Face a Second Time Have Surfaced Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer cannot catch a break from those opposed to the ideology of racism and xenophobia espoused by the so-called alt-right — after video went viral of the Trump supporter being blindsided by an elbow to the face, it happened again. As the Richard Spencer ...
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