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Recent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, ended violently, as white supremacists clashed with counter-demonstrators, and a car driven by 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., ploughed into a crowd full of anti-racist and anti-fascist protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring at least 19 others. According to Al Jazeera, the “Unite the Right” rally, was planned for Saturday, August 12, in an effort to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate soldier and icon, General Rober

SENATE PASSES FISCAL PACKAGE, HEADS TO THE HOUSE In a much discussed move by President Trump, the Senate, led by Demorcrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer reached an agreement on funding the government for three more months and providing billions of dollars in relief for Hurricane Harvey victims. The president also noted he was open to eliminating the need for Congress to hold votes on raising the country’s borrowing limit. After the deal was struck, the president was asked if this signals a

WAR GAMES The US and South Korea will continue with their plans of 10 days worth of military exercises beginning today, despite dire warning from North Korea. The Ulchi Freedom Guardian military exercises are designed to test the readiness of South Korea and the United States, should conflict with the north break out. North Korea warned yesterday that the military exercises are "reckless behavior driving the situation into the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war." In messages printed by the

The Libertarian Party wants to be clear: they reject white supremacy, bigotry, and racism. Racists, White Nationalists Asked to Leave the Party In a press release on August 15, 2017, in the wake of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the LP's executive director Wes Benedict reiterated the party's stance on bigotry: "We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant. Government should neither deny or abridge an individual human right based on sex, wealth, ethnicity, creed, age, na

Remarking on the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, Julian Assange tweeted a picture of it with the words, "The new face of America is eerily familiar." https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/896777829580517376 With all due respect to Mr. Assange for his advancement of truly relevant journalism in our era, what we all saw happen in Charlottsville, Virginia is not the new face of America. A few hundred of these eccentric, openly racist, angry young men do

Statistics are pointing to a another steep rise in opioid deaths within the next 10 years. To illustrate the point of just how critical the crisis has become, in the state of Massachusetts, 90% of all drug overdoses are attributed to opioids. In Connecticut, the figure stands at 86%. Days after his administration said it wasn't ready to declare it an emergency, President Trump said he’s drafting paperwork to declare the opioid crisis a "national emergency." In an announcement on Thursday, the

Manchin Stays 'Independent' As the political wheels rapidly turn in the state of West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin appears to be staying independent and above the fray. At a Trump rally last week, Governor Jim Justice announced he was switching his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. And this week, the state’s GOP Senate candidate used tough talk to muddy the campaign waters against Manchin, who is up for re-election next year. GOP senatorial candidate Patrick Morrisey asked Manch

The political wheels in the state of West Virginia are rapidly turning. At a Trump rally last week, Governor Jim Justice announced he was switching his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. And now the state's GOP is looking to run over its Democratic senator, Joe Manchin, who is up for re-election next year. The man leading the charge against Manchin: GOP senatorial candidate Patrick Morrisey. In a new attack on Manchin, Morrisey asked him to resign from Democratic leadership and acc

There was a virtual media blackout on a major scandal in Washington -- right up until the arrest of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's chief IT staffer, Imran Awan as he tried to flee the country late last month. Many mainstream political news publications had not even reported on the investigation one time since Buzzfeed News and Politico broke the story way back in February. The story, which more journalists should have alerted voters to, was that five House staffers -- all members of the same

Update: President Trump participated in a VA telehealth event for veterans to cut down on the wait time and meet with VA doctors faster. Whatch the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1p7ipzB57w In 2014, the country was shocked to hear about secret waiting lists and veterans dying while waiting for medical care that they had long ago earned. But three years later, the situation doesn't seem to be any better. Substandard care, misinformation, long wait times and patient deaths are st