[April 6, 1920] Jack Johnson shaking hands with Billy Silver, Deputy Sheriff of Imperial County, California. One step more and Johnson would be on United States soil and under arrest for bail-jumping in Chicago 8 years before.
Washington state lawmaker Matt Shea defends advocacy for ‘Holy Army’ as Spokane sheriff refers his writings to FBI: In a video, Shea argues that the United States is “a Christian nation” and asserts that his detractors are part of a so-called “counter state” made up of “Marxists” and “Islamists.” seattletimes.com/seattle-…
Lake County Sheriff's Office, Oregon, United States of America: "On 091819, I began an investigation involving the mutilation of a cow ... the cow was not down the day before when his cows were checked ... the hired hand that had his hands on the deceased cow was now sick and vomiting today." [PDF] capitalpress.com/content/…
"An elderly Texas couple survived six days stranded in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument [Utah, United States of America] after their GPS led them astray into the desert, according to Alan Alldredge, chief deputy in the Kane County Sheriff's Office."
Lake County Sheriff's Office, Oregon, United States of America: "On 091819, I began an investigation involving the mutilation of a cow ... the cow was not down the day before when his cows were checked ... the hired hand that had his hands on the deceased cow was now sick and vomiting today." [PDF] capitalpress.com/content/…
A Cuban doctor waiting for asylum in the United States has become the only full-time physician at a makeshift encampment for 2,500 migrants in Mexico.
'So If You're Poor, You're Dead'? Watch These Brits Gasp When They Find Out Cost of Healthcare in the United States commondreams.org/news/201…
TIL that the oldest federal enforcement agency in America is the United States Postal Inspection Service, a fact-finding, investigative agency of fully sworn-in federal agents. Founded in 1772 by Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin, it predates both the Declaration of Independance and the USA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni…
The western United States has experienced such intense droughts over the past decade that technical descriptions are becoming inadequate. In many places, conditions are rocketing past “severe,” through “extreme,” all the way to “exceptional drought.” news.ucsb.edu/2020/019761…
The Most Overweight and Fittest Cities in the United States
President Trump on Friday threatened in a tweet to cut foreign aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, accusing the Central American countries of "doing nothing for the United States but taking our money" thehill.com/latino/423089…
Undermining Trump-Bolton War Narrative, British General Says No Evidence of 'Increased Threat' From Iran. "Intelligence and military officials in Europe as well as in the United States said that over the past year, most aggressive moves have originated not in Tehran, but in Washington." commondreams.org/news/201…
A Jail Increased Extreme Isolation to Stop Suicides. More People Killed Themselves. - The Kern County, CA Sheriff’s Office places hundreds of people into suicide watch each year. They’re held for days or weeks in rooms without mattresses and sometimes toilets. The state can’t stop it. propublica.org/article/a-…
In the coming decades, climate change will lead to a significant increase in the frequency and severity of dangerous extreme heat across the contiguous United States. The number of days where the heat index exceeds 105 degrees is estimated to increase more than four-fold to 24 by mid-century newsweek.com/climate-chan…
TIL that the motto, "In God We Trust," is not the original motto of the United States. During the Cold War, it was changed from "E Pluribus Unum" ("from many, one") in an effort to differentiate the United States from atheistic communism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni…
Almost every country in the world has agreed on a legally binding framework for reducing polluting plastic waste, with the United States a notable exception, United Nations environmental officials said Friday apnews.com/0771a60e9b0242…
Joe Biden tells crowd he's a 'candidate for the United States Senate’ in confused campaign speech independent.co.uk/news/wo…
TIL in 1835, President Andrew Jackson successfully paid off the debt of the United States. The only time in history this has ever been accomplished. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His…
A Jail Increased Extreme Isolation to Stop Suicides. More People Killed Themselves. - The Kern County, CA Sheriff’s Office places hundreds of people into suicide watch each year. They’re held for days or weeks in rooms without mattresses and sometimes toilets. The state can’t stop it. propublica.org/article/a-…
The United States and Israel were the only countries that voted against UN General Assembly draft resolutions calling for a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, measures to stop an arms race in outer space, and an end to the blockade of Cuba. thegrayzone.com/2019/11/0…
A global team of scientists including researchers from Australia and the United States has found deforestation in the Brazilian Amazaon-Cerrado region is causing temperatures to rise in areas as far as 50km away from deforestation sites. news.uwa.edu.au/201909021…
TIL the United States Government was in full support of the movie Independence Day [1996] offering real military uniforms and even jets until the film makers refused to remove Area 51 from the movie. The government withdrew all support. uproxx.com/movies/why-mil…
TIL That more than half the PhD's in the United States are fake, totaling up to 50,000 fake PhD's every year, along with 3,300 unrecognized and fake universities in the world. aaar.assembly.ca.gov/site…
South Carolina gives their security officers the same authority as a deputy sheriff, in your opinion should all states follow this model?
In my personal opinion I would say to just automatically grant that authority to everyone who works that job would get a no from me but to offer training like what the SCOP security officers in Virginia get to whoever would be interested in taking it I would fully support that across all 50 states.
Interest in the search terms 'GTX 1080', 'RTX 2080', 'RTX 2080ti' and 'RTX 3080' over the past 5 years in the United States.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he does not believe Russia is still targeting the United States, contradicting U.S. intelligence assessments that Moscow was continuing to meddle in American elections. reuters.com/article/us-us…
TIL that, in some states, if the sheriff is removed from office the coroner will replace them. 9news.com/mobile/article/…
United States wins 13-0 over Thailand in their opening match of the Women's World Cup, setting a new record for largest margin of victory bbc.co.uk/sport/live/foot…
Argentine President-elect slams U.S. over Bolivia stance - “In my opinion, the United States regressed decades. It returned to the bad times of the 70s,” Fernandez told a local radio, adding that it was “guaranteeing military interventions against popular, democratically elected governments.” reuters.com/article/us-bo…
The pressures of climate change and population growth could cause water shortages in most of the United States, preliminary government-backed research said on Thursday. it.reuters.com/article/id…
Los Angeles has lined up record-cheap solar power: less than 2 cents per kilowatt-hour — a number experts say would be the lowest price ever paid for solar power in the United States, and cheaper than the cost of electricity from a typical natural gas-fired power plant. latimes.com/environment/s…
President Trump has promised for years that Mexico would pay for a vast border wall. Now, in the Trump administration’s campaign to stop illegal immigration, the United States plans instead to pay Mexico $20 million in foreign assistance funds to deport as many as 17,000 people. nytimes.com/2018/09/12/us…
On average, There are only 76 gun related deaths in Japan per year, compared to ~40,000 in the united states. Clearly japan is doing something right
Therefore, I propose that hentai is the solution to gun violence
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I am a queer person of color standing with the first Muslim congresswoman, and I just voted for Bernie Sanders to be the next President of the United States. Early voting has started in Minnesota!
What's going on with abortion and birth control laws in the United States?
I am out of the loop because I live in Canada. But I keep seeing all these posts on social media regarding abortion and birth control laws in the United states. Are they banning one or both of those or cutting funding for it? And more importantly why would they do this?Can someone fill me in?
Examples of 2 articles I've seen; and I've seen multiple tweets about abortion in the United states lately
https://www-latimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-abortion-bans-states-roe-wade-supreme-court-20190511-story.html?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnation%2Fla-na-abortion-bans-states-roe-wade-supreme-court-20190511-story.html%3FoutputType%3Damp%23referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%26amp_tf%3DFrom%2520%25251%2524s
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-47066307
Cancer death rates in the United States have dropped 29 percent from 1991 to 2017, and in the most recent update we see the the largest single-year decline in cancer mortality ever reported. Trend largely driven by breakthrough therapies for lung cancer and melanoma. nytimes.com/2020/01/08/he…
Press photo from my collection. The rear states: "Captain Hubbs shows Sgt. Grady Pardue of the sheriff's office how to get his mask on in a hurry". (Dated 1940)
New study links air pollution with over 30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy in the United States journals.plos.org/plosmed…
A Manchester City fan who travelled more than 3,000 miles to watch his side play was "crushed" when the match was called off as Storm Ciara hit the UK. Matt Renninger, from Rhode Island in the United States, said watching his beloved Blues was on his "bucket list". bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england…
N.J. sheriff asks for Trump’s help in getting anti-sanctuary state question on the ballot nj.com/news/2019/05/nj-sh…
