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June 12, 2016

Tell them I'm in the bathroom. He's coming. I'm gonna die': Terrified last text son sent to his mom

Source: UK Daily Mail

A mother has recounted the last text she received from her terrified son after a gunman opened fire inside a Florida nightclub early Sunday

Mina Justice was outside the club trying to contact her 30-year-old son Eddie Justice, who texted her when the shooting happened and asked her to call police.

He told her he ran into a bathroom with other club patrons to hide and then wrote 'he's coming.'

'The next text said: "He has us, and he's in here with us,"' Mina Justice said. 'That was the last conversation.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3637576/Terrified-text-son-sent-mother-Orlando-terror-unfolded.html



Imagine being that mother. Thank you, NRA.
June 12, 2016

Fox host blames Obama for Orlando nightclub shooting before bodies can be recovered

Source: Raw Story

Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested on Sunday that President Barack Obama shared the blame for killings at a gay nightclub in Orlando because his administration had downplayed Islamic terrorism.

While investigators were still recovering 20 or more dead bodies from Pulse Nightclub, Carson spoke to counterterrorism expert Sebastian Gorka.

“All Americans have a role to play,” Gorka warned. “You must be aware you are on the front lines. Be alert and report anything that you see that is suspicious.”

Citing a recent shooting in San Bernardino, Carlson argued that President Obama’s administration had made America less safe by taking a politically correct view of Islamic-inspired terrorism.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/fox-host-blames-obama-for-orlando-nightclub-shooting-before-bodies-can-be-recovered/



Fuck you, you bow tie wearing twit. I'd change the I to an A, but word police will call me a sexist.
June 12, 2016

Right Wing Gloating As At Least 50 Die In Florida Mass Shooting At Gay Club

Updated: It’s now being reported that least 50 people are dead.

As the nation wakes up to a possible terror attack on an Orlando nightclub that caters to the LGBT community, the right wing wasted no time in both politicizing the tragedy and displaying just how sick and depraved conservatism has become in America.

As of this writing, all we know is that around 50 are dead and over 40 are wounded, making this one of the largest mass shootings in American history. A man walked into the Pulse, a downtown Orlando club, at around 2 a.m. and opened fire with an assault rifle and a handgun and then took hostages. After a shootout with the police, the gunman is dead and as yet unidentified, although the police believe the killer to be an Islamic radical. Despite the carnage and tragic loss of life, conservatives jumped onto twitter to mock the dead and gloat:

These fucking wingnuts are sick beasts
June 4, 2016

More Good Trump Supporters: Mom And Sons Attack, Try To DROWN Black Teenager Yelling Racial Slurs


An Illinois woman, along with her two sons, is accused of beating up a black teenager while yelling racial slurs at a campground southwest of Chicago over the weekend, ABC 7 reports. The three family members, in addition to beating the teenager, tried to drown him. The incident was captured on camera, which won’t work out well for the three attackers who are now charged with battery, mob action, and a hate crime.

Officers responded to a call of a fight in the area of the Canton Lake campground at around 4:35 p.m. Sunday and Carrie Weller, 42, and Corry Weller, 21, were arrested. Carrie Weller’s other son, Shane Weller, 19, was taken into custody on Wednesday.

“They started beating him up and held him underwater until he was pretty much not breathing,” the victim’s mother, Tina Foley, said. The couple’s alleged victim was a 15-year-old African American boy.


They really don't even attempt to hide their racism anymore
May 31, 2016

North Korea praises Trump and urges US voters to reject 'dull Hillary'

Source: The Guardian

North Korean state media has praised US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, describing him as a “wise politician” and “far-sighted candidate” who could help unify the Korean peninsula.

An editorial in DPRK Today, an official media outlet, welcomed the Republican presidential candidate’s proposal to hold direct talks with Kim Jong-un, saying he could help bring about Pyongyang’s “Yankee go home” policy.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/31/north-korea-praises-trump-and-urges-us-voters-to-reject-dull-hillary?CMP=share_btn_fb



No words to describe this.
May 30, 2016

Update on the Gorilla murder story: ZOO WITNESS SAYS GORILLA WAS 'PROTECTING' CHILD

A witness present at the Cincinnati Zoo says the 450-pound gorilla that was shot and killed after a 4-year-old boy fell into his enclosure was not "hurting" the boy, but instead seemed to be "protecting him."

"The little boy, once he fell, I don't think the gorilla even knew that he was in there until he heard him splashing in the water," Brittany Nicely told ABC News on Sunday, explaining that zoogoers' screams drew more attention to the Saturday afternoon incident.

"The gorilla rushed the boy, but did not hit the boy," Nicely said. "He almost was guarding the boy, was protecting him."

Video obtained by ABC News shows the gorilla dragging the small boy through the water in the enclosure, and the zoo said that the fire department reported that "the gorilla was violently dragging and throwing the child."



So the Gorilla was murdered.
May 30, 2016

Politico Confirms: Hillary Clinton Has Kept 99% Of Funds Raised For State Parties

Bernie Sanders’ accusations that Hillary Clinton is using her joint fundraising committee to skirt federal campaign finance laws are now proven.

According to a new Politico report, the Hillary Victory Fund has kept 99 percent of approximately $60 million it was supposedly raising for state Democratic Parties. Under the agreement signed by Democratic Party leaders in 33 states, the Hillary Victory Fund would solicit donations from super-wealthy donors for as much as $353,400.

The deal agreed to by state parties and the Clinton campaign allows for the first $2,700 raised by the Victory Fund to go to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The next $33,400 is earmarked for the DNC, and the remaining funds are meant for state Democratic parties. Under this agreement, it was assumed that the DNC would spend that money helping each respective state party win down-ballot elections.

However, after the original distribution, the Clinton campaign is the sole decider of what happens to the rest of the cash.

Something's fishy here


Politico's original story

I guess it's time for HRC people to throw Politico under the bus now too.

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Principle before party is my belief. Lifelong Democrat, but I have no tolerance for blue dogs, tepid centrists, or weak Democrats that feel apologetic to Republicans. The way to win a political war is to fight the enemy using their tactics against them.
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