Donald Trump famously stumbled his way through the Pledge of Allegiance as president, but you probably remember it verbatim from recitations at school. All at once, everyone would lurch to their feet, place right hand over their heart, and intone those solemn words with all the passion of an accountant …
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A Texas judge ordered Alex Jones to pay the full $49 million awarded to the parents of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis, News Times reports. The order challenged a state law that caps punitive damages in lawsuits at $750,000. Earlier this year, Jones’ attorneys hoped to appeal and lower the …
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Richard M. Fierro was with his wife, daughter and friends when a gunman opened fire at Club Q nightclub on Saturday, reports The New York Times. Fierro’s training as an Army officer from four combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan kicked in and he charged towards the shooter. “I don’t …
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The Atlanta City Council has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Rayshard Brooks — a Black man shot and killed by a white police officer in 2020 — for $1 million, The New York Times reports. The settlement comes three months after a special prosecutor cleared Garret …
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As state after state legalizes cannabis, you’d think it would be easy street for U.S. cannabis businesses. True, cannabis is a booming industry — but it’s one that’s being held back by outdated federal laws that prohibit banks from providing financial services to cannabis businesses that are legally licensed at …
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Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers revealed Monday that the city’s district attorney will file motions later today to allow for local law enforcement to reveal greater details about the criminal history of 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, who opened fire on Saturday night at the LGBTQ+ nightclub Club Q. The attack, …
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The captains of seven European teams at the World Cup — including heavy-hitters England, Germany, and the Netherlands — will no longer be wearing armbands in support of the LGBTQ community following threats from international soccer’s governing body, FIFA, The Washington Post reports. The armbands would have been a pointed …
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LGBTQ+ community members in Colorado Springs often sought refuge in the comfort of their local LGBTQ+ nightclub, Club Q. It was a place where they could perform and share space in a pure embrace of their freedom with boundless confidence. When the suspect, identified as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, allegedly …
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Kyrie Irving has apologized and given some explanation of his actions in a new interview with SNY following the fallout that came after heboosted a film that pushed antisemitic tropes,linking his 4.5 million Twitter followers toHebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America, as Rolling Stone first reported. After he participated …
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At least five people were killed and 25 injured in a deadly mass shooting Saturday night at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado that has been called a “hate attack.” Colorado Springs police spokeswoman Lt. Pamela Castro said in an early Sunday morning press conference that police received calls …
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