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Britain's worst prisons: From inmates removing their own cell doors, to 'catastrophic' levels of drug use, violence and vermin infestations, the shocking reports that lay bare state of UK jails

Shortly after coming into power in July, Sir Keir Starmer revealed his 'shock' at the state of the country's prisons, telling reporters it was 'worse than I thought'. Daniel Khalife, an inmate HMP Wandsworth - which was described as a 'failing prison' by inspectors - managed to escape last year Inmates can be seen throwing punches at each other and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Nauseating': Legal expert piles on Trump lawyers' latest filing

Raw Story

Los Angeles Times senior affairs correspondent Harry Litman on Wednesday expressed disgust at lawyers representing President-elect Donald Trump for their efforts to end New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil lawsuit against him. Writing on X, Litman posted a link to the full filing, which calls on James to end her suit against Trump on the grounds that he has …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Are our rat-infested prisons doomed always to be a low priority?

The Independent

Appalling conditions in English and Welsh prisons have been caused by years of underfunding, mismanagement and neglect, according to Elisabeth Davies, the national chair of the Independent Monitoring Boards. She says: “Decades of underinvestment in the fabric of the prison estate has eaten away at the infrastructure and equipment of prisons, stripping away much of the estate’s resilience.” With an …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wild boar crashes into ATM as man withdraws money

The Independent

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2 months ago

Notorious prison gets emergency overhaul after criminals fly drugs over the walls by drone and inmate removes his own cell door

Daily Mail

A notorious prison is having an emergency upgrade after a watchdog found it was plagued by drugs, violence and vermin. HMP Manchester, formerly known as Strangeways, is getting extra staff and ‘bolstered security measures’, including netting to stop drugs being flown into the jail by drone. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor found last month the Victorian building was in …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'Are you actually offended?' Dem hurls Trump's words in Republican's face during CNN clash

Raw Story

A Democratic strategist laughed in a Republican's face Wednesday morning as he tried to cast President Joe Biden's rhetoric as offensive and inappropriate — and received a swift fact check from the CNN anchor serving as referee. Doug Burgum, and his argument that Biden's "garbage" comment was equivalent to former President Donald Trump's rhetoric casting foes as "the enemy within." …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'His fascism is not welcome!' Passionate NYC protesters condemn Donald Trump

Raw Story

Madison Square Garden, NY — Boos, hisses and loud chants of “F— Donald Trump” rang out from the steps of a New York City monument just blocks away from where the Republican presidential nominee held a political rally. “His fascism, his racism are not f------ welcome in New York City.” The Democratic Socialists and their allies hurled dire warnings at …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

I’ve been following Obama for years. I’ve never heard him speak this way

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Delaware Election: A Ballot of Bold Choices

Associated Press

Delaware will hold a special election on Nov. 5 to replace several prominent elected officials. The top of the ballot will feature Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump, and three third-party candidates. The state's three electoral votes will determine the outcome of the race.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Reflections from an enemy within

Raw Story

In the recently released movie Lee, Kate Winslet plays WWII photographer Lee Miller, whose photographs of Nazi Germany captured some of the most haunting images of all time. During Wednesday’s Fox “interview,” Kamala Harris managed to interject over Bret Baier’s constant interruptions that Trump has threatened to use violence against his American political adversaries. In the un-doctored version, Trump said …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

AIDS Healthcare Foundation settles class-action tenant case over squalid living conditions

LA Times

Marianne Viviano, 60, walks with her dog Peter Chocolate down steps inside the Madison Hotel in December 2022 in Skid Row. The nonprofit AIDS Healthcare Foundation will pay current and former tenants of a Skid Row residential hotel $575,000 to resolve a long-running class-action lawsuit over conditions at its property. The settlement requires Kramer to provide a statement on tenants’ …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dad found guilty after 6-month-old nearly dies from suffering 50 rat bites in their infested home

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4 months ago

Vengeance is Trump's only true campaign proposal

Salon

After Donald Trump once again demonstrated his monumental ignorance with his answer to a question about child care at the New York Economic Club last week, I was curious about what people in that audience thought about him. But what did the Big Money Boyz in the crowd think of Trump's "economic" agenda focused on tariffs and tax cuts but …

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8 months ago

Trump says Biden is running a ‘Gestapo’ administration. It’s his latest reference to Nazi Germany

LA Times

Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running a “Gestapo administration,” the latest example of the former president employing the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric. The “Gestapo” comment, one person said, came as Trump renewed his complaint that Biden’s White House is behind the multiple criminal prosecutions of …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Controversial landlord wants to buy six more troubled Skid Row properties

LA Times

A half dozen properties that are owned by a failed Skid Row landlord should be sold to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the court-ordered receiver overseeing the buildings said, despite the Hollywood-based nonprofit’s problematic history of operating low-income housing. The foundation has agreed to pay $27 million for six properties owned by the Skid Row Housing Trust, which financially collapsed last …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Rat-friendly Amsterdam: Experts argue for co-existence with vermin, not extermination

NL Times

The contact between humans and rats typically ends with the latter's death. The rat’s main problem is a bad image, according to Merel Ligtelijn and Christine van Royen, who presented a project called Rat City at the conference. In twenty of them, the infection happened abroad.” Van Gerwen advocated a behavior change to send clearer signals to rats. We don’t …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: I watched a Trump rally so you don’t have to. But you need to know what he’s saying

LA Times

Donald Trump famously benefited from billions in free media in his 2016 campaign — way too much, as some in the business later conceded. Against the cold at the airport there, Trump was in a full-length black coat and black leather gloves, recalling his appearance at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally where he told the Capitol-bound crowd, “If you don’t …

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1 year ago

Joe Biden says Donald Trump seeks 'revenge and retribution' on those seeking to punish him over January 6

ABC

Joe Biden has accused Republican Donald Trump, his likely 2024 election opponent, of instigating the January 6, 2021, attacks and plotting revenge on those seeking to punish him, as the president put the future of US democracy at the centre of his bid for re-election. Key points: Mr Biden said Mr Trump "left the dirty work to others" on January …

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1 year ago

Never read Mein Kampf, Donald Trump asserts: ‘Hitler used language differently'

Hindustan Times

Amid sharp criticism for his rhetoric on immigrants which was likened to Nazi philosophy, former US president Donald Trump said that he's never read Adolf Hitler's manifesto “Mein Kampf” before doubling down on his inflammatory language. Last month, Joe Biden had said that Donald Trump echoes Hitler when he describes political opponents as "vermin." What Joe Biden campaign said A …

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1 year ago

Trump 'tripling down on fascist rhetoric' while denying he's a Hitler fan: Morning Joe

Raw Story

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called out Donald Trump's denials of having read Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" as hollow and false. The former president claimed during an Iowa campaign speech that he's never read the Nazi leader's manifesto, a denial that was apparently necessitated by criticism of his recent authoritarian musings and his use of fascist language to disparage immigrants and political …

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1 year ago

Trump claims he’s never read Mein Kampf as he repeats anti-immigrant rhetoric

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1 year ago

Ivana claims Trump kept Hitler quotes by bed in resurfaced interview

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1 year ago

Trump compared to Hitler after ‘vermin’ attack

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1 year ago

Acosta hammers Republican claiming Trump is using Hitler language because he's from NYC

Raw Story

CNN host Jim Acosta pressed Rep. Tim Burchett on Donald Trump's Hitler-laden speech in New Hampshire over the weekend. President Joe Biden's campaign condemned the language Trump used, comparing it to Hitler because the ladder frequently compared people to "vermin" to dehumanize them and legitimize his attacks on them. Acosta asked "Even if he's saying things like poisoning the blood …

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Britain's worst prisons: From inmates removing their own cell doors, to 'catastrophic' levels of drug use, violence and vermin infestations, the shocking reports that lay bare state of UK jails

'Nauseating': Legal expert piles on Trump lawyers' latest filing

Are our rat-infested prisons doomed always to be a low priority?

Wild boar crashes into ATM as man withdraws money

Notorious prison gets emergency overhaul after criminals fly drugs over the walls by drone and inmate removes his own cell door

'Are you actually offended?' Dem hurls Trump's words in Republican's face during CNN clash

'His fascism is not welcome!' Passionate NYC protesters condemn Donald Trump

I’ve been following Obama for years. I’ve never heard him speak this way

Delaware Election: A Ballot of Bold Choices

Reflections from an enemy within

AIDS Healthcare Foundation settles class-action tenant case over squalid living conditions

Dad found guilty after 6-month-old nearly dies from suffering 50 rat bites in their infested home

Vengeance is Trump's only true campaign proposal

Trump says Biden is running a ‘Gestapo’ administration. It’s his latest reference to Nazi Germany

Controversial landlord wants to buy six more troubled Skid Row properties

Rat-friendly Amsterdam: Experts argue for co-existence with vermin, not extermination

Opinion: I watched a Trump rally so you don’t have to. But you need to know what he’s saying

Joe Biden says Donald Trump seeks 'revenge and retribution' on those seeking to punish him over January 6

Never read Mein Kampf, Donald Trump asserts: ‘Hitler used language differently'

Trump 'tripling down on fascist rhetoric' while denying he's a Hitler fan: Morning Joe

Trump claims he’s never read Mein Kampf as he repeats anti-immigrant rhetoric

Ivana claims Trump kept Hitler quotes by bed in resurfaced interview

Trump compared to Hitler after ‘vermin’ attack

Acosta hammers Republican claiming Trump is using Hitler language because he's from NYC