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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This is deeply disturbing. Minnesota stands with our LGBTQ neighbors against this unthinkable crime.

I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.

apnews.com/article/new-...
New York police find body of missing man they say was tortured for more than a month by 5 people
New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple i...
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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“Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.”

- Police Chief in Madison, WI
December 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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Healthy democracies arrest ex-presidents who stage a coup and try to overthrow a democratic election.
Good Summary here. (Note Bolsonaro’s hiding out in the Hungarian embassy.)
Brazil’s Federal Police accuse the former president of leading a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2022 election and undermine democratic governance.
m.jpost.com/internationa...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro, longtime Israel ally, faces coup plot allegations as legal troubles mount
Brazil’s Federal Police accuse the former president of leading a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2022 election and undermine democratic governance.
m.jpost.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:13 PM