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Tensions are running high between guards and inmates at a D.C. jail housing many of the defendants in Jan. 6 cases, with at least one of those prisoners alleging that he was brutally beaten by correctional officers. For weeks, Capitol riot defendants being held in Washington have complained that they are locked in their cells with virtually no human contact for 23 hours a day. But a startling, graphic account offered publicly in court on Tuesday by one such inmate, Ronald Sandlin, went further: alleging that guards have subjected those charged in the Jan. 6 events to violence, threats and...

As the police continue to make a case against the now three teens under arrest for the horrific murder of Zemir Begic in St. Louis on Sunday night, the question of motive has yet to be disclosed. Specifically, people want to know if the murder was related to the ongoing demonstrations in Ferguson. Amra Begic, Zemir’s cousin, has given an interview saying that she thinks the murder was a hate crime and she wants an “eye for an eye” justice: Zemir Begic's cousin calls #Bevo attack a hate crime in a new interview: http://t.co/gzkzzED5E9 — Brandie Piper (@BrandiePiper) December 2,...

“What do you say to people who are losing patience with gas prices at $3 a gallon? And how much of a political price do you think you’re paying for that, right now?” This was a question asked of the president at a press conference in August…of 2006. The president was George W. Bush. In fact, it was a question that was asked in one way or another regularly during the entire eight years of the Bush presidency, regardless of where energy prices stood at that moment. In May 2004, The New York Times reported that congressional Democrats “were stepping...

Thinking of blaming Bush for Fannie & Freddie? Try again. Here is a report in May, 2006 by OFHEO (Office of Federal Enterprise Oversight) regarding the state of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The truth is, OFHEO under the Bush administration sought to reform the agencies but they fought it tooth and nail with their lobbyists and Congressional Democrats as allies. A scorched earth policy was pursued as they sought to destroy all opposition. While the agencies stifled all criticism, they engaged in reckless lending policies. No down payment loans given to borrowers with 580 credit scores and 55% debt...