(ANTIMEDIA) Stamford, Conn. — An interracial couple in Stamford, Connecticut, is being fined $100 a day by local government for failing to remove a racial slur that was spray painted on their garage door. Despite the fine, the common law husband and wife say the graffiti will remain until authorities “do their job” and find the person or persons responsible.
(ANTIMEDIA) The U.S. Defense Department is considering proposing that the U.S. send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time to hasten the fight against ISIS, according to CNN.
“It’s possible that you may see conventional forces hit the ground in Syria for some period of time,” one defense official told CNN.
(MEE) Nine women and a child were killed in an overnight air raid on a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, medics said on Thursday.
(ANTIWAR) The US doesn’t necessarily like to brag about their involvement in the Saudi invasion of Yemen, given the massive civilian death toll of the Saudi airstrikes and the growing international disquiet about the humanitarian crisis the war has led to. Still, US involvement is increasing, not decreasing.
(ANTIMEDIA) Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have raised doubts about his commitment to the anti-establishment platform he promoted during the presidential race. Though he drew praise shortly after the election for taking meetings with people as diverse as Democratic Senator Tulsi Gabbard and a libertarian who advocates abolishing the Federal Reserve, his final selections were less predictable.
(ANTIMEDIA) The Department of Justice announced Monday that 12 former and current TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) employees were indicted for smuggling 20 tons, or $100 million worth of cocaine out of Puerto Rico over the course of an 18-year operation. This is not the first time TSA agents have been caught running drugs or breaking other laws.
(ANTIMEDIA) While we were distracted by the onslaught of executive orders President Trump pushed through during his first two weeks in office, legislators in Congress were busy quietly introducing legislation to bolster his top-down moves.
Here’s what you missed:
1. A House Panel Voted to Terminate the Election Assistance Commission
(ANTIMEDIA) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange recently used Twitter for the first time in five years, hoping to put death rumors to rest.
The founder of the whistleblower hub joined Twitter in October 2011 but never posted any tweets — until Tuesday.
The first, which he sent to discuss the death rumors, claims “[r]umors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” The second tweet is a retweet of a publication from WikiLeaks’ official account.
(ANTIMEDIA) — On Friday morning, protesters blocked newly-confirmed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from entering a school in Washington, D.C.
The day before that, Representative ’s words were drowned out by taunts from a raucous crowd in Utah.
