Protests derail UC Davis event with Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos, 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli
Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative columnist and Internet personality, holds a news conference down the street from the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 15. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A college campus event hosting Milo Yiannopoulos and Martin Shkreli, two controversial and polarizing figures who have both been banned on Twitter, was canceled because of heated protests Friday night. Yiannopoulos, editor of the right-wing website Breitbart News, and Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executiv..>> view originalObama and His Movement Prepare to Challenge President Trump
CHICAGO — He may be leaving the White House but he isn't totally going away. As President Obama gave his farewell address to the nation on Tuesday night, he also began the shift to a third stage of his political career. The once young, idealistic senator-turned-two-term-president will soon become an influential strategist and ally to those worried about the future with Donald Trump at the helm of the most powerful nation on the planet. Obama nodded to this new role in his speech Tuesday. H..>> view originalSecret WWI Telegram Holds Lessons for Today, Historians Say
In a secret telegram a century ago, Germany tried to get Mexico to join its side during World War I by offering it territory in the United States. Britain intercepted, deciphered and shared the "Zimmermann Telegram." Historians, seeing parallels to today, say there's a lot to be learned. They gathered at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, last week and discussed how a foreign government hacked a secret communication and used the information to sway American public opinion ..>> view originalTrump-Lewis feud could be harbinger of new round of hyper-partisanship
A public feud between Donald Trump and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) seemed to jettison any lingering hopes that the inauguration would temporarily ease partisanship in Washington and instead threatened to widen the rift between the two parties. Lewis’s assertion that Trump is not a “legitimate president” and his announcement that he would skip Friday’s inaugural ceremony prompted the president-elect to sharply criticize the civil rights leader Saturday morning. “Congressman John Lewis should spend m..>> view originalProtesters Across US Decry Trump's Anti-Immigrant Stance
In Los Angeles, several hundred people rallied at a downtown Mexican-American cultural center and plaza. Some carried signs saying "Here to Stay" and chanted "Si se puede," Spanish for "Yes, we can." The protests mark the latest chapter in a movement that has evolved since 2006, when more than a million people took to the streets to protest a Republican-backed immigration bill that would have made it a crime to be in the country illegally.Saturday's events in in Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles..>> view originalHow Betsy DeVos Used God and Amway to Take Over Michigan Politics
On election night 2006, Dick DeVos, the bronzed, starched 51-year-old scion of Michigan’s wealthiest family, paced to a lectern in the dim ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel in Lansing to deliver the speech that every candidate dreads. The Michigan gubernatorial race that year had been a dogfight of personal attacks between DeVos, the Republican nominee, and Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm. Gloomy, bleached-out b-roll of shuttered factories in anti-Granholm ads made the governor’s sunny econ..>> view originalDeadly ice storm creates treacherous conditions for Midwest
At least three deaths have been blamed on a crippling ice storm that has been plaguing the Midwest over the weekend and it threatened to stay near or below freezing through Martin Luther King Jr. Day. State Highway Patrol in Missouri said that two people were killed in separate accidents, while authorities in Oklahoma said another person was killed in a semi-truck accident. Ice buildups of one-quarter to slightly less than a half inch were expected to continue into Sunday morning from southeast..>> view originalMd. school district fires employee after sassy tweet
Md. school district fires employee after sassy tweet By Jack Pointer January 14, 2017 2:36 pm 01/14/2017 02:36pm Frederick County, Maryland, public schools have fired the employee after the reply to a student's misspelled tweet. WASHINGTON — Frederick County Public Schools has fired an employee over her reply to a student’s Jan. 5 tweet to “close school tammarrow PLEASE.” Katie Nash told the..>> view originalHow Martin Luther King Jr. Changed The Life Of A Street Kid In Kenya
Kennedy Odede was living on the streets when he first read about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Courtesy of Shining Hope For Communities hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Shining Hope For Communities Kennedy Odede was living on the streets when he first read about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ..>> view original
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