Reaction by some Liberals at Netroots Nation to Black Lives Matter disappointing, by Egberto Willies Sanders, Clinton, and the Democratic Party should thank #BlackLivesMatter, by Ian Reifowitz Another black life lost to police bullets, unarmed, ignored and forgotten, by Frank Vyan Walton A first step in criminal justice reform, by Susan Grigsby The Ice Age zombie lie rises again, by DarkSyde Breaking the silence on Afro-Cuban history, by Denise Oliver Velez 18-year-olds to fight and die for your country, but you have to be 21 to have a beer, by Mark E Andersen
We haven't heard a peep out of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) since June, when he appeared in court to be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from his alleged agreement to pay millions in hush money to an individual he reportedly sexually abused. But that doesn't mean his legal troubles are out of sight and out of mind. A U.S. district judge on Thursday reopened a civil case alleging Hastert misappropriated public funds from his post-speakership transition office for private business.
A U.S. district judge on Thursday reopened a civil case alleging Hastert misappropriated public funds from his post-speakership transition office for private business.
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The deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Lords, John Sewel, “has resigned his position after publication of photos and a video allegedly showing him using cocaine with prostitutes,” the AP reports.