What do you think? Tell us by taking our poll – http://www.tytnetwork.com/tonystewartpoll. “Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart struck and killed a sprint car driver who had climbed from his car and was on the darkened dirt track trying to confront Stewart during a race in upstate New York on Saturday …
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Unarmed Black Teen Killed By Cops In St. Louis
“The fatal shooting of a teen Saturday afternoon by a Ferguson police officer outside an apartment complex sent angry residents into the street, taunting police and firing shots. Michael Brown, 18, was shot at approximately 2:15 p.m. in the 2900 block of Canfield Drive. His mother, Lesley McSpadden, said the …
Read More »Does The Fatal Shooting Of An Unarmed Black Teen Justify Riots And Looting?
“A candlelight vigil for an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer was followed by unrest as crowds looted and burned stores, vandalized vehicles and taunted officers who tried to block access to parts of the city. Streets in Ferguson upended on Sunday …
Read More »Was This Murdered Teen Throwing Gang Signs? #IfTheyGunnedMeDown
“In the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, African-Americans have taken to Twitter to wonder how the media would portray them if they should be the victim of a police shooting. While initial photos showed Michael Brown in a cap and gown at his high …
Read More »Sarah Palin Embarrasses Herself
“The latest video on Sarah Palin’s eponymous online network was billed as a rebuttal to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) Netroots Nation speech, but some of Palin’s points were just too incoherent to follow. In the video posted Friday, Palin responded point by point to eleven “commandments” that Warren outlined in …
Read More »Hillary Clinton Criticizes Obama’s Foreign Policy With Neocon Talking Points
“President Obama has long ridiculed the idea that the U.S., early in the Syrian civil war, could have shaped the forces fighting the Assad regime, thereby stopping al Qaeda-inspired groups—like the one rampaging across Syria and Iraq today—from seizing control of the rebellion. In an interview in February, the president …
Read More »War Hungry Conservatives Attack Obama For Showing Restraint
“The United States conducted a new round of air strikes against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq on Sunday and moved some U.S. diplomats out of its consulate in Arbil as Republicans slammed President Barack Obama’s intervention as ineffective. Republican Representative Peter King of New York, echoing other critics of …
Read More »David Gregory Meets The Door
“Chuck Todd, host of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown, will “likely” replace David Gregory as anchor of NBC’s Meet the Press, according to a report in Politico Playbook. The announcement will be made “in coming weeks,” according to the report, which also says “nothing is definite or decided.” Meet the Press …
Read More »Ukraine Invasion Looms & Steven Seagal Crushes On Putin
“Russia is sending a humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in cooperation with the Red Cross, the Kremlin has announced. Western leaders had previously warned Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, against using a humanitarian aid mission as a pretext for a military intervention in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. But Putin’s spokesman, …
Read More »Robin Williams Dead At 63, Suicide Suspected
“Beloved actor Robin Williams was found dead on Monday, police reported. He was 63. The apparent cause of death was suicide by asphyxiation, authorities said. According to his publicist, Williams had been battling severe depression. Williams was best known for his starring roles in classic comedies like Mrs. Doubtfire, Good …
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