Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has pushed for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, calling the issue “one of the biggest civil rights issues of our time.” In an ABC News interview that aired on Sunday, Zuckerberg explained that he had helped to found the group Forward.us...
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Zuckerberg: Immigration is ‘one of the biggest civil rights issues’
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Texas cop arrested for handcuffing and raping 19-year-old at traffic stop
A 40-year-old police officer in San Antonio, Texas is facing charges of felony sexual assault after a 19-year-old woman accused him of handcuffing and raping her during a traffic stop over the weekend. According to an arrested warrant obtained by the San Antonio Express-News, Officer Jackie Len...
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Chairman claims Nevada Libertarian Party ‘infested with idiots’
The Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada (LPN), Joseph P. Silvestri, recently announced that he “need[s] a break” from the “knuckleheads” who run the LPN. “I have little hope that we shall see any quality activists lead the LPN this next cycle,” he writes....
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Scott Walker: Same sex marriage ban is part of a ‘healthy balance’ of LGBT rights
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) argued recently that a ban on marriage equality was part of a “healthy balance” of rights for LGBT people if other anti-discrimination laws were in place. In an interview with Bloomberg TV that was recorded on Friday, host Al Hunt asked the Wisconsin...
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Secret US-Iran talks paved way for nuclear deal
Catherine Ashton, The Guardian A historic agreement on Iran’s nuclear program was made possible by months of unprecedented secret meetings between US and Iranian officials, in further signs of the accelerating detente between two of the world’s most adversarial powers, it emerged on...
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China, India to West: Don’t make us pay for your climate disaster
AFP – Fraught UN climate talks revealed growing frustration this week among vulnerable nations and observers with the political stance of emerging economies like China and India in the battle to stave off dangerous Earth warming. As the global balance of economic and political clout shifts,...
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US, Japan war of words with China aflame over disputed islands
A simmering territorial and maritime dispute in Asia erupted at the weekend as Washington warned Beijing it would back Japan militarily in any confrontation arising from China’s latest unilateral assertion of its claims. The Obama administration weighed in after China moved to in effect...
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Obamacare horror story debunked by Seattle Times columnist
A Seattle Times columnist took a closer look at a conservative headline-making health care reform case Friday and discovered that the Rush Limbaugh narrative doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. In Danny Westneat’s piece “Debunking Obamacare sob story,” the writer checked on the...
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Sunday at the word salad bar with Sarah
She Who Could Make Turkeys Cover Their Ears With Their Wings Because Of That Horrible Gobbling Noise She Makes was on one of the Fox Sunday cartoon shows this morning, arranging words in interesting patterns in an effort to “say stuff” in a way that wouldn’t cause an ESL...
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San Diego atheists attempt to de-convert the faithful
The atheist group San Diego Coalition of Reason does what it can to draw attention to their cause, from juggling to a Sunday Assembly (held on a Saturday) to a booth in San Diego’s Balboa Park, where people engage in lively anti-theological debate. The group hopes to establish a growing...
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Colorado school board member says transgender students require ‘castration’ for acceptance
Residents of Delta County have expressed concern over recent statements made in public by Delta County School Board member, Katherine Svenson. At the October meeting she commented on rights of transgender students. NewsChannel 5 requested a recorded tape of the meeting to verify what was said, and...
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Is Iran deal ‘worse than Munich’ or did Obama finally earn his Nobel Peace Prize?
Right-wing commentary on the nuclear deal with Iran has veered from simple dismissal — a “sucker’s deal” as Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer described France’s reaction — to comparisons to Neville Chamberlain’s accord with Germany before World...
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Winter storm threatens Thanksgiving travel in south and eastern US
A powerful storm blamed for eight deaths in the western United States is surging eastwards and threatening to disrupt Thanksgiving travel plans across swathes of the country. The arctic mass churned through parts of Oklahoma, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico on Sunday, unleashing wind, ice and snow...
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Weight limit may render emergency contraceptive pills ineffective for average American woman
The morning-after pill may not be not effective for all women, as its European manufacturer is warning, although the American versions won’t carry the same alert. The European version of the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill is completely ineffective for women who weigh more than 176 pounds and...
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Nashville bar owner shoots country singer after argument over smoking
A Nashville bar owner claimed self defense over the weekend after fatally shooting country music singer Jerald Wayne Mills, 44, in connection with an argument over smoking. Witnesses told WSMV that 44-year-old Chris Michael Ferrell shot Mills at the Pit & Barrel bar at around 5 a.m. Saturday...
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South Carolina man allegedly deposits body in woods for children to find
Deputies in Lancaster, South Carolina responded to a call Saturday afternoon after a group of children found a badly decomposed human body in the woods. The victim was identified as Rickey James, a local resident who was last seen in October. Police believe that David Adam Pate lured James into the...
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Noam Chomsky slaps down 9/11 truther: People spend an hour on the Internet and think they know physics
MIT professor Noam Chomsky doesn’t know what happened to “Building 7″ of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. But he is convinced that so-called “9/11 Truthers” don’t have the answer. During a lecture on “Policy and the Media Prism” at the...
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Steve Doocy: ‘Curious timing’ that Iran came ‘out of nowhere’ to distract from Obamacare
Fox News host Steve Doocy and the network’s “objective” news anchor Bret Baier agreed on Monday that President Barack Obama’s timing was questionable in announcing a deal with Iran that broke three decades of gridlock on preventing the country from obtaining nuclear weapons....
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Fans rally behind Florida State quarterback accused of rape
Florida State fans rallied behind a star quarterback who’s facing possible rape charges in the last home game of the season. Jameis Winston led the No. 2-ranked Seminoles to an 8-14 win Saturday over an outmatched Idaho as fans wore apparel and carried signs showing their support for the player...
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Doug McMillon named new chief executive of Wal-Mart
Global retail titan Wal-Mart Stores on Monday named Doug McMillon, a company veteran who heads its international operations, to replace chief executive Mike Duke when Duke retires early next year. McMillon, 47, has overseen Walmart’s fastest-growing division since 2009, keeping up the growth...
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