Texas House passes bill that seeks to penalize cities for defunding police
On Friday, the Texas House passed a bill to penalize cities that defund their police. In the case that a city of over 250,000 people reduces its police funding, the state has the ability to confiscate its sales tax receipts and reallocate the money to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Cities are permitted to […]
Court Threatens to Take Mother’s Child Away for Having a Confederate Symbol on Her Property
A woman in upstate New York has been told that she needs to ditch a driveway decoration painted with a confederate flag or risk losing custody of her mixed-race child, despite a family court judge deciding that the decoration was not an issue when it was raised during trial. “Given that the child is of […]
White House Director says ICE ‘doesn’t have to exist’ and told protestors in 2018 to ‘shut it down’
Natalie Montelongo, the Biden administration’s new deputy director for political strategy and outreach, suggested that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be shut down and does not need to exist. As of May 2021, Montelongo’s Twitter profile is private and the following Tweets from 2018 were reported via screenshots. In response to a post […]