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University psychiatrist: Trump ‘may be responsible for many more million deaths’ than Hitler, Stalin, and Mao (Washington Examiner)
The former chairman of the Psychiatry Department at Duke University claimed on CNN that President Trump is as bad as the worst dictators of the 20th century, and that his presidency might lead to even more deaths than they did.
While debating the merits of having psychiatrists come out with possible mental health diagnoses on Trump, Dr. Allen Frances said it was an insult to the mentally ill to compare them to him. [Read More]
Arlington Diocese, Catholic League Denounce Gov. Northam’s Appt of Anti-Catholic (CNS)
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) decision to appoint liberal activist Gail Gordon Donegan to the Virginia Council on Women was denounced by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which described Donegan as an “anti-Catholic bigot.” [Read More]
Taylor Swift’s VMA virtue-signaling wildly distorts the Equality Act (Washington Examiner)
Taylor Swift just delivered an award-winning performance in virtue signaling.
Swift’s video for the song “You Need to Calm Down” also won an award at last night’s Video Music Awards. This isn’t just any Swift song, but rather it’s her most political. The song is supposedly a gay-rights anthem, and the music video includes a call on viewers to sign a petition supporting the so-called LGBT rights bill the Equality Act. It’s no shocker, then, that Swift’s acceptance speech got political. [Read More]
NEW: Nelson Reyes-Medrano is accused of crawling into bed with a 16yo Germantown, Md. girl as she napped. The 46yo proceeded to rape the teen at knifepoint, police say.
This is the fifth undocumented immigrant arrested on rape charges in Montgomery County, Md. in the last month. pic.twitter.com/l4YXwSPFLI
— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) August 27, 2019
‘Take your clothes off.’ Md. man accused of raping teenage girl at knifepoint in bedroom (WJLA)
A father-of-ten crawled into bed with a 16-year-old girl while she slept, placed a knife against her neck and proceeded to rape her, Montgomery County Police allege in newly filed court documents.
Nelson Reyes-Medrano, 46, is charged with first-degree rape, sex abuse of a minor and first-degree assault, stemming from the alleged August 2018 attack. [Read More]
Study: For first time in 30 years, high school sports participation is down (USA Today)
For the first time in 30 years, participation in high school sports declined, according to a study by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
In the 2018-19 school year, there was a decline of 43,395 from the year prior, according to the NFHS’s annual High School Athletics Participation Survey.
The last time the report found a decline was in 1988-89. [Read More]
Montgomery County Exec. Elrich talks ICE Requests and release of Suspects (WMAL)
Washington– Montgomery County Executive Mark Elrich has released the following statement about Immigration and Customs Enforcement Requests and the release of Suspects:
“Recently, there have been reports of concerns expressed that Montgomery County has released undocumented people, accused of serious crimes, back into communities despite the fact that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have issued detainer requests for them. In fact, the release of people – whether they are awaiting trial or have completed serving their sentences – are decisions made by the court system and not by the County government. That is the same process for everyone in the court system. [Read More]
