The online gaming community is responding to the mass-shooting that occurred at a Madden 19 competition in Jacksonville, Florida, as reports identify the shooter involved in the attack and his victims. Mass shooting at Madden Championship Series event in Florida leaves several dead The shooter was identified by police as a 24-year-old white male, believed […]
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Jay-Z made a documentary about Trayvon Martin’s murder. Here’s what you should know about it.
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When Sybrina Fulton was asked to return to Sanford, Florida, the city where her son Trayvon Martin was fatally shot in 2012, she remembers refusing.
“I’m never coming there,” she says in the new documentary series Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story. Fulton could barely brush her teeth or comb her hair — how could they ask her to set foot where her son died?
But then something changed inside her. That transformation is documented in the first episode of Rest in Power, thanks to footage from her sister’s phone. Read more…
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Gun rights activist claims he was in on the joke of that ‘Who Is America?’ skit
Who among us hasn’t tried to save face during an embarrassing situation with the classic “I actually meant to leave my fly down” excuse?
That’s essentially the defense strategy of one of the unsuspecting participants in Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest moc…
7 things Marco Rubio should be more worried about than the ‘F word’
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For fuck’s sake.
We’re not even 24 hours removed from the latest mass shooting in the U.S. where a man stormed a newsroom in Maryland and killed five people in cold blood, and Sen. Marco Rubio is more concerned about a naughty word used in a news report.
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During an emotional interview with CNN, Capital Gazette reporter Selene San Felice — who was in the newsroom when the shooting happened and who saw her colleagues get killed — told Anderson Cooper on the subject of “thoughts and prayers”: “I’m going to need more than a couple days of news coverage and some thoughts and prayers, because it’s our whole lives have been shattered. And so thanks for your prayers, but I couldn’t give a fuck about them if there’s nothing else.” Read more…
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View More 7 things Marco Rubio should be more worried about than the ‘F word’Annapolis shooting survivor on Trump: ‘We need more than prayers’
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Shooting survivor Selene San Felice didn’t hold back in response to President Trump’s thoughts and prayers.
A gunman opened fire on local Annapolis, Maryland newspaper the Capital Gazette on Thursday, killing five people. In response, the president tweeted his now standard “thoughts and prayers.” That’s not enough for shooting survivor and staff writer Selene San Felice.
Prior to departing Wisconsin, I was briefed on the shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Thank you to all of the First Responders who are currently on the scene.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2018 Read more…
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The NRA tried to co-opt anti-gun violence #WearOrange movement, and it backfired
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No, this is not a repeat: The NRA has gone and done something stupid on social media.
Friday marked the start of Everytown’s annual “#WearOrange” campaign to fight gun violence. A huge mixture of celebs and everyday folks jumped on board, many sparked by recent school shootings in Parkland, Florida and Santa Fe, Texas (just to name a few, sadly).
Have you shared your #WearOrange look yet? 🧡🍊 pic.twitter.com/BrvUZn8iMU
— Everytown (@Everytown) June 1, 2018
But that bull in the china shop you hear is the NRA, who couldn’t leave well enough alone and stumbled awkwardly into the effort. Not just awkwardly getting in on the efforts but, also trying stunt on Everytown’s efforts by claiming the color orange is their color because hunters and sportsmen often wear the color for safety reasons. Read more…
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View More The NRA tried to co-opt anti-gun violence #WearOrange movement, and it backfired’13 Reasons Why’ creator on Season 2’s controversial school shooting plot
Note: This post contains spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 of 13 Reasons Why.
Controversies over heavy subject matter isn’t new for Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why.
Season 1 was criticized for its graphic handling of teen suicide, and now many are question…
Kelly Clarkson demands ‘moment of action’ on gun violence in moving speech
Kelly Clarkson has demanded not a moment of silence for victims of gun violence, but instead a “moment of action.”
Following the Santa Fe High School shooting in Texas that left ten victims dead on Friday, the Billboard Music Awards host opened Sunda…
Donald Glover tackles gun violence in powerful video for ‘This Is America,’ his new single
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Donald Glover, in addition to delivering a hilarious round of sketches on Saturday Night Live, whipped out his Childish Gambino hat and performed on the storied show.
But while all eyes were on the Studio 8H stage, Gambino simultaneously dropped a new single and music video called “This Is America.” Since its release, the video has racked up over 2 million views as of publishing this, and it’s easy to understand why.
Gambino packs in a whole lot into in “This Is America.” It’s a major departure from the funk he’s given us previously but it works wonderfully in the context of conversations this track sparks. In addition to the musical references (there are adlibs from Billboard-charting artists like 21 Savage, Young Thug, Big Sean, Blocboy JB, and more), the visuals are a nuanced examination of life in America — particularly as a black person in this country. Read more…
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View More Donald Glover tackles gun violence in powerful video for ‘This Is America,’ his new singleWisconsin high school students to walk 50 miles, dare Paul Ryan not to act on gun reform
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March For Our Lives and its hundreds of sibling marches may have ended Saturday, but a group of Wisconsin students decided to keep walking in support of the movement’s cause — all the way to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s office in Janesville, Wisconsin.
The students, many of whom attended local Wisconsin marches Saturday, set out Sunday morning from Madison, the state’s capital. Drawing inspiration from the 54-mile civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, in 1965, the students have dubbed their protest walk “50 Miles More.” They hope their 50-mile trek to the Republican congressional leader’s office will help keep the spotlight on gun reform. Read more…
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View More Wisconsin high school students to walk 50 miles, dare Paul Ryan not to act on gun reformMarch For Our Lives: How to find your local event
This weekend, tens of thousands around the globe are set to participate in the second big push for gun control this month.
More than 800 events will take place worldwide on March 24 as part of the “March for Our Lives,” a mass demonstration encouragi…
March for Our Lives and Tumblr join forces for massive digital protest and D.C. livestream
Tumblr will get a massive makeover on March 24 to help promote March for Our Lives, the protest for gun violence prevention led by teenage survivors of the February shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
When users open Tumblr’s app or…