Charles Pierce | An Armed Militia Detained 300 People at the US-Mexico Border Because This Is Still the Trump Era
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Charles Pierce | An Armed Militia Detained 300 People at the US-Mexico Border Because This Is Still the Trump Era
![Jim Benvie, 43, from Minnesota, is a member of the United Constitutional Patriots New Mexico Border Ops militia, which detained about 300 people near the U.S.-Mexico border. New Mexico's attorney general, Hector Balderas, has [said] 'these individuals should not attempt to exercise authority reserved for law enforcement.' (photo: Paul Ratje/Getty Images)](https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.readersupportednews.org%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Farticle_imgs33%2F033561-militia-right-wing-042119.jpg&t=1555871729&ymreqid=ce20d81c-da90-a934-1cc2-080001019800&sig=gC2A6hycauI0TDCm_pIHBQ--~C)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "By any reasonable definition, they are armed kidnappers - which, under some interpretations of the statutes, would make them terrorists as well."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "By any reasonable definition, they are armed kidnappers - which, under some interpretations of the statutes, would make them terrorists as well."
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Officials said on Saturday that they had arrested the leader of the United Constitutional Patriots, a right-wing militia that had been
FBI Arrests Leader of Right-Wing Militia That Detained Migrants in New Mexico
Simon Romero, The New York Times
Romero writes: "The F.B.I. on Saturday arrested the leader of a right-wing militia that was detaining migrant families at gunpoint near the border in southern New Mexico, as the group faced a torrent of criticism for its tactics."
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Simon Romero, The New York Times
Romero writes: "The F.B.I. on Saturday arrested the leader of a right-wing militia that was detaining migrant families at gunpoint near the border in southern New Mexico, as the group faced a torrent of criticism for its tactics."
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Relatives of people killed in Church blasts mourn as they wait outside mortuary of a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Near simultaneous blasts rocked three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. (photo: Eranga Jayawardena/AP)
Sri Lanka Bombings Leave 207 People Dead and 450 Injured
Reuters
Excerpt: "The death toll from multiple Easter Day bomb blasts at Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels has risen to 207, with 450 others injured, a police spokesman has said."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "The death toll from multiple Easter Day bomb blasts at Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels has risen to 207, with 450 others injured, a police spokesman has said."
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Matt Gaetz. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Trump-Loving Congressman Hires Former White House Staffer Fired for White Nationalist Ties
Rafi Schwartz, Splinter News
Schwartz writes: "Matt Gaetz, the racist, Trump-loving conspiracy theorist Republican congressman, announced Friday that he hired disgraced former White House aide Darren Beattie to serve on his speechwriting staff, eight months after Beattie was ignominiously fired from the Trump administration after it was revealed he spoke at a white nationalist convention."
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Rafi Schwartz, Splinter News
Schwartz writes: "Matt Gaetz, the racist, Trump-loving conspiracy theorist Republican congressman, announced Friday that he hired disgraced former White House aide Darren Beattie to serve on his speechwriting staff, eight months after Beattie was ignominiously fired from the Trump administration after it was revealed he spoke at a white nationalist convention."
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Governor Inslee of Washington signs law expanding statute of limitations for sexual assault prosecutions. (photo: KIRO7)
Washington State Passes Law Extending Statute of Limitations for Victims of Sexual Violence
Essex Porter, KIRO 7
Porter writes: "The statute of limitations on rape was limiting justice for rape survivors. That's now changed, but it's taken five years of painful work."
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Essex Porter, KIRO 7
Porter writes: "The statute of limitations on rape was limiting justice for rape survivors. That's now changed, but it's taken five years of painful work."
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Marijuana. (photo: ThinkProgress)
New US Immigration Policy Says Immigrants Can Be Denied Citizenship for Smoking Legal Marijuana
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance Friday that could prevent green card holders from becoming U.S. citizens if they are suspected of engaging in marijuana use - even in states and jurisdictions where it is legal."
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Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance Friday that could prevent green card holders from becoming U.S. citizens if they are suspected of engaging in marijuana use - even in states and jurisdictions where it is legal."
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Carpeted in trees, the 2.82 million hectare Chiribiquete National Park in Colombia sucks CO2 from the atmosphere. (photo: Getty Images)
The Most Effective Way to Tackle Climate Change? Plant 1 Trillion Trees
Mark Tutton, CNN
Tutton writes: "What's low-tech, sustainable and possibly the most effective thing we can do to fight climate change? Planting trees. A trillion of them."
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Mark Tutton, CNN
Tutton writes: "What's low-tech, sustainable and possibly the most effective thing we can do to fight climate change? Planting trees. A trillion of them."
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