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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Will Resign After Cousin Accuses Him of Sexual Abuse
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in our Seattle-based sister paper, the Stranger. He’s out. DAVID RYDER / GETTY Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced in a statement this afternoon that he will resign, effective tomorrow at 5 p.m. Murray’s cousin, Joseph Dyer, alleged to the Times this morning that Murray repeatedly molested him when […]
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Remember When Trump Talked About His Building’s Height on 9/11?
POTUS has no shame. Nate Gowdy During a press conference at the Pentagon this morning, President Donald Trump commemorated the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in which thousands were killed. During his speech, Trump assured the country that “America will not be intimidated” by terrorists who “have nowhere to hide anywhere on this […]
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Betsy DeVos Wants to Upend Campus Rules on Sexual Assault, Calls Accused Rapists “Victims of a Lack of Due Process”
Does she even understand what Title IX does? Win McNamee / Staff With Rape Culture Incarnate™ leading the United States, it shouldn’t have been surprising that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos—a woman who should have no fucking business shaping our public school system—wants to conduct a federal review of Title IX, a law that prohibits sex […]
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Trump Goes to Flooded Texas and Boasts About Crowd Size
President Donald Trump stopped by Corpus Christi, Texas this afternoon for a briefing on Hurricane Harvey and to see the damages the area had incurred. Outside of the Annaville Fire House, Trump greeted a “throng of hundreds” of supporters, protesters, according to a press pool report. “I just want to say: We love you, you […]
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ICYMI: Pressed During Debate, NRA Spokesperson Gives Statement About Philando Castile’s Death
CNN Remember that frighteningly unhinged ad from the National Rifle Association? You know, the one that attacked cities and maybe kinda-sorta called for violence using “us” vs. “them” rhetoric? Yesterday, Women’s March organizer Tamika Mallory debated NRA spokesperson and ad star Dana Loesch on CNN. Mallory slammed Loesch and the NRA for their “narrow” representation […]
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What We Know About the Lockdown and Unrest at Washington’s Evergreen State College
Editor’s note: This story is from our sister paper the Stranger in Seattle. Evergreen State College Administrators at Evergreen State College closed the Olympia school campus and cancelled classes on Thursday after local law enforcement officials received a call with a “direct threat to campus safety.” The campus will remain closed today, and administrators are […]
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Cleveland Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Tamir Rice Is Fired
A grand jury decided not to indict police officers involved in Rice’s death in 2015. Waves of protests followed the decision. A KATZ / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was holding a toy gun, at a city playground after responding to a 911 call two-and-a-half years ago. During […]
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Meet The Slants, the Portland Band Taking Its “Disparaging” Name Case to the Supreme Court
Simon Shiao Tam, bassist for The Slants, spoke about his ongoing legal fight with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark his band name, which the office considers “disparaging.” ASK It’s no secret that there is a plethora of terribly named bands out there. Some bastardize grammar, while others are genuinely offensive or […]
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Two Adults Dead, Two Students Wounded in San Bernardino Elementary School Shooting
Shooting reported in San Bernardino school classroom, at least two are dead: https://t.co/XXOocWpeeP pic.twitter.com/LkZuE0oYvZ— Slate (@Slate) April 10, 2017 The Los Angeles Times reports that two adults were killed and two students were injured after a shooting took place in a classroom at North Park elementary school in San Bernardino this morning. Local law enforcement […]
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Not An April Fool’s Joke: Trump Declares April Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Donald “Grab Them By the Pussy” Trump, everyone. MARIO TAMA In an announcement released today, President Donald Trump declared April 2017 to be National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. This is a standard thing that presidents do, and there’s a long history connected with this particular awareness-raising effort, but it’s a unique moment when […]
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Yesterday, Michael Flynn Asked For Immunity. Today the Question Is, Why?
Fired, but far from staying out of the news cycle. MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES Yesterday, Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn was back in the news—this time wanting to make a deal. Flynn told FBI investigators looking into Trump’s connections with Russia that he will give them an interview “in exchange for a […]