He received just 2 percent of the New Hampshire primary vote, but Democrat Dennis Kucinich is paying $27,000 for a recount. Because, gosh darn it, he is sure he got 3 percent. Score: 17 BET boss Bob Johnson’s cheap flick at Obama’s teenage misdeeds was low, but his claim that he was alluding to Obama’s “community organizing” was worse. It also made no sense. Score: 68
If you are a liberal, you will feel angry reading my story. There is a new awareness about the injustices of our criminal justice system. And yet, even while the culture has come to realize how important second chances are, we are also currently living through a wave of recriminations in the form of “cancelations”—people losing their livelihoods over social crimes and misdemeanors. And often those doing the canceling are the very people who might feel the angriest about my story....
Military forces are not “needed” to repress public protests. That wasn’t what I was trained to do as a Marine. And if I were ordered to do it now, as Americans are responding to a long history of black people losing their lives at the hands of law enforcement, I would be torn about refusing to obey an order and abandoning my Marines. Such a grave decision on the part of the president might prevent racial tensions in this country from ever being resolved....
It wasn’t until I became the executive director of New York City’s Board of Elections that I had an up-close view of how complex and difficult it is to manage an election in the largest city in the country. Among many of the board’s responsibilities is to check and validate every voter registration application, ensure that the city’s 1,200 polling sites are staffed by trained poll workers, and process absentee ballot applications and election ballots....
For a long time, I prided myself on being a trauma thriver. I’ve worked through so much intergenerational healing, bicultural tension and the depression-anxiety high-lows of the pandemic. This week, I feel like I was struck by a lightning bolt. What is it about the latest string of Asian American hate crimes and violence that is especially triggering? First, it was attacks against the elderly. Now, massage parlor workers. The elderly are vulnerable but so are the workers, who probably have little to no choice of being there....
I remember the moment my mother opened a letter and choked back tears as she told my three siblings and I, “We are going to America!” The clothes on our backs, our ID cards and $50 my mother had after selling her wedding band were all we could take as we set off to a new and foreign land. My father was a surgeon in the Afghan army and refused to flee the war as his services were desperately needed....
You either love social media or you hate it. Or you’re like me and constantly vacillate between those two sides of the spectrum. The apps that dominate so much of our attention have been in hot water more than usual lately. This summer, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen released thousands of internal documents to Congress showing that the company knows how it contributes to many harms including its impact on teens’ mental health and body image....
Thankfully, that person no longer exists. And in the 13 years since I changed my views, I’ve seen the world around me change—and the same ideology that once poisoned my mind grow, mutate and continue to poison the minds of young people all over the world. It’s important to note that my radicalization did not take place in a madrasa in Pakistan or a university in Damascus; I was born and raised in England....
Vicious Zlatan could cost Man Utd dear The two players stole the headlines after Mings appeared to stamp on Ibrahimovic’s head while minutes later they clashed again with the striker appearing to elbow the defender. Speaking after the game Mings insisted he did not intentionally stamp on Ibrahimovic and said that he was a “hard and fair” player. Ibrahimovic has now given his thoughts on the second clash between the pair and insists it was simply an unfortunate coming together....
When is the Champions League draw? Ibrahimovic was transferred from Ajax to the Serie A outfit in 2004 for €16 million, but he was due to sign for one of their rivals, the former Egypt international striker has alleged. Indeed, the 40-year-old claims it was initially him who was supposed to be Juve bound until a last-minute change of plan. “In the summer of 2004, Zlatan and I were going to Serie A,” Mido told DMC TV....
At 37 years of age, the enigmatic Swede is approaching the end of his playing career. He is, however, prepared to delay retirement plans for the foreseeable future, with his efforts in MLS – which have delivered 22 goals in 2018 – proving that he still has plenty to offer. There will come a time when he is ready to take on a new challenge, but he has pointed out that he would only head back to France if he was offered the chance to take the managerial reins....
According to data published by the Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Clearinghouse (TRAC), referrals for federal criminal prosecution dropped to their lowest point this fiscal year at the end of March, with referrals declining from 1,000 a week in the first half of the month to around 400 a week by the end of March. The drop was noticed across federal law enforcement agencies, with both the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agencies seeing a significant decline in the number of criminal cases they referred to federal prosecutors in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak....
An immigration rights group called FIEL Houston said arrests had taken place Monday morning in the El Paraiso Apartments west Houston, but that “few people answered the door.” The number of arrests haven’t been confirmed, according to KHOU, who obtained this message from ICE. “Due to law-enforcement sensitivities and the safety and security of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, the agency will not offer specific details related to enforcement operations,” an official from ICE wrote....
MORE: Every team’s most beloved player | Yadier Molina’s surprisingly weak Hall of Fame case He will enter the 2016 season, his 16th in the U.S. and second in Miami, with 2,935 hits in the majors. Originally signed for $2 million to provide depth in the outfield and as a pinch-hitter in 2015, Suzuki instead saw regular action after an injury to star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton. Suzuki’s slash line in 2015 (....
But for many their duty is not just limited to their day-to-day tasks, because they know that little acts of kindness can make a big difference to easing human suffering. And one nurse in Canada has gone above and beyond to help the patients in an intensive care unit (ICU). The endoscopy nurse, identified as Amy-Lynn Howson, works at Ottawa Hospital, in the Canadian capital city. In a video posted to Twitter by the hospital’s official account, we can see that the warm-hearted health care worker, wearing medical scrubs and a facemask, is playing an acoustic guitar and singing for patients....
On November 13, officers with the Moscow Police Department discovered four University of Idaho students dead in their off-campus residence. The four individuals were identified as Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, and Xana Kernodle, 20. On Sunday, Goncalves’ father, Steve Goncalves, spoke with Fox News Digital about the ongoing investigation and offered some criticism about police. “I got outraged by them not just coming out and saying this was a woman or a man because they should know by the amount of strength it took to deliver the injuries,” he told Fox News Digital....
After the events of 2020, consumers made one thing clear: They want a more sustainable world. The WWF recently reported on this so-called eco-awakening claiming that 93 percent of Europeans consider biodiversity a “very serious” problem, reflecting a change in consumption patterns which will predict how consumers act in the future. A recent report by Future Market Insights discovered the “organic” skincare market is expected to grow 8.1 percent in the next decade as more people use the experiences of COVID-19, climate change and increasing health problems to influence purchases....
As President Donald Trump has raced to build barriers across the U.S., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appeared equally determined to knock them down in his own country. However, with Canada’s federal election underway, all that could be set to change if Trudeau’s Conservative rival Andrew Scheer succeeds in his bid to unseat the prime minister. While Trudeau’s Liberal Party has managed to maintain a slight lead on the Conservatives in an average of polling published by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Trudeau is unlikely to secure another majority government....
The issue of Bagley reclassifying to 2017 was raised as a possibility by Jerry Meyer of 24/7 Sports in a report Friday, and confirmed by Gary Parrish of CBS Sports. Parrish reported that Bagley, a 6-10 forward playing high school basketball at Sierra Canyon in Chatsworth, Calif., has not made a final decision and that it’s not even clear if he is in position to enter college this fall....
