The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program protects roughly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation by an Obama executive order.
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In an upcoming bench mark Supreme Court case that weighs equal rights with religious liberty, the Trump administration last week sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.
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We all pick up nicknames along the way. Some are based on something we always do, something we like far too much, and sometimes the nickname is based on notable characteristics or something we are famous or infamous for. Such is the case for Christopher Cantwell, The Crying Nazi. Mr Cantwell earned the name when he posted a video on social media proclaiming that he was afraid he was going to be arrested, and then started to cry like a little boy who had lost his favorite ball. The video, which is very entertaining for people who understand and appreciate irony, was seen and shared widely, earning him the well deserved nickname “The Crying Nazi”.
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Most people alive today will remember that on November 18, 1978, 918 people died in the settlement called Jonestown, Guyana. Nearly all of them ended their lives willingly by drinking a Koolaid laced with cyanide. The tragedy began with the assassination of United States Congressman Leo Ryan as he attempted to flee the settlement in fear of his life. It ended with the willing (and forced) suicides of nearly one thousand people. Few of us can understand why so many people would blindly follow a man all the way to their actual deaths, and yet without a doubt, this is exactly what happened at Jonestown.
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