Trans Man Killed in New York Was Tortured for Two Months, Police Say
The body of Sam Nordquist, 24, was found in a field after he had been reported missing. The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death βbeyond depraved.β
A 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who had been missing since December was subjected to violence and torture before his body was found last week in a field in New York, the authorities said. Five people were arrested in connection with his death and charged with murder, the police said.
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Youβre missing the point.
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Snowflake
The Trump administration said Friday it would continue to block Associated Press journalists from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the wire service was using the name Gulf of Mexico.
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Prosecutor Calls Out Trump DOJ in Defiant Resignation Letter
The U.S. Army veteran said the DOJ will have to find a βfoolβ or βcowardβ to officially drop Eric Adamsβ bribery charges.
The U.S. Army veteran quit in style, telling the DOJ they will have to find a βfoolβ or βcowardβ to officially drop Eric Adamsβ bribery charges.
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Danielle Sassoon, a Manhattan Prosecutor, Quits Rather Than Do Trumpβs Bidding
Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattanβs interim U.S. attorney, built a life on conservative values and amassed a daunting resume. On Thursday, she took a stand against the Justice Department where she had ma...
Danielle Sassoon resigned rather than carry out the Trump administration's order to drop corruption charges against New York Cityβs mayor, Eric Adams, setting off other resignations within the Justice Department and standing up for the independence that has defined her Manhattan office for decades.
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Are you kidding me?!
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This is so damn petty.
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βLess than 10β
As @MarshaBlackburn spends all her time on this with an eye on going from the Governorβs Club in Brentwood to the Governorβs mansion β a reminder that it has always been a solution in search of a problem
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So DJT is replacing several Kennedy Center board members and installing himself as board chair. Heβs promising the brightest STARS, (His caps, not mine.)! Canβt wait to see Kid Rock and Ted Nugent.
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So Musk and Trump are determined to shut down USAID. What they obviously donβt understand is that in addition to the humanitarian aspects of what USAID does it also an important part of the strategy for US foreign policy. The Russians and the Chinese will be waiting to fill that void.
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DOGE Staffer Jumps Ship After Pro-Eugenics Posts Surface
Marko Elez, 25, resigned from the department amid growing inquiries over eugenics and racism claims.
The 25-year-old DOGE goon recently given access to the Treasuryβs βtop-secretβ payment system has quit after he was linked to a secret social account pushing eugenics theories.
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Trump Admin Evicts Ex-Coast Guard Leader With 3-Hour Notice
The former Coast Guard commandant barely had time to gather her belongings before she was booted out.
A former four-star Coast Guard admiral was forced to leave behind most of her belongings after the Trump administration gave her just three hours to vacate her home on Tuesday, according to a new report.
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Nashville Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social (D) on Rep William Lamberth & Senator Bo Watsonβs plan to stop undocumented kids from being able to go to school ππ½
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I donβt want to hear another word from the right about cancel culture. Not another fucking word.
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Shock and awful.
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Trump says he hasnβt read Project 2025. I believe him. That would require reading.
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Bill Haslam and wife submit bid to bring WNBA team named after Pat Summitt to Nashville Current partners in the bid include Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Candace Parker and Peyton Manning.
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Amazon has varying product quality, too.
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Their beef goes back to even Acosta was a local anchor in Knoxville.
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Article from The Hill
'Burchett says he believes aliens have underwater bases on earth'
βRep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday he believes aliens have underwater bases on Earth.
"I just think travelin' light years, I think it happens. I think it's possible in the vastness of God's great universe. I mean, light years, you know, the light from those stars that we see at night left there before the time of Christ," Burchett said on former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) One America News show, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.β
We live in the dumbest timelineπ€¦ββοΈ
βRep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday he believes aliens have underwater bases on Earth.β
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