Another school shooting: 4 injured in Arlington Texas
School fight broke out at Timberview High School in Arlington Texas. Updates as they become available.xUPDATE: Police in Arlington, TX say call for shots fired came at 9:15am. 4 people hurt, 3...
View ArticleActive shooter situation at Arlington school resolved
edition.cnn.com/…The suspect of today's school shooting, 18-year-old Timothy Simpkins, is now in custody, Arlington Police Department Assistant Police Chief Kevin Kolbye said at a news conference."He...
View ArticleBeloved Black reading specialist escorted out of classroom by security after...
As if our teachers haven’t endured enough in the last couple of years—COVID-19, remote teaching, book banning, and rhetoric about critical race theory—now, one Black reading specialist in Virginia was...
View ArticleWhile advocates applaud Arlington's new policy, they say more can be done to...
Virginia’s Arlington County unanimously passed a policy last week that stands to significantly improve the daily lives of immigrant residents. The trust policy “affirms that any Arlington residents can...
View ArticleFor Democracy They Died - But Politicians Betrayed Them
Uneasy lie the souls of hundreds of thousands who rest entombed in the cemeteries of Arlington, Gettysburg, Normandy, Flanders Field, Luxembourg, Ardennes, Punchbowl, Lorraine, Meuse-Argonne, and North...
View ArticleIn another immigrant rights win for county, Arlington sheriff ends voluntary...
Arlington community members scored a big win this past summer, when the county adopted a “trust” policy affirming that any resident, regardless of legal status, can access public services without...
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This Is Josh Katcher’s “Real Reform”: Prosecuting Victims and Kids
“I can prove my case.” That was Josh Katcher’s response, delivered with a shrug, when I presented him with evidence that my client–the woman he was prosecuting–was a longtime victim of domestic...
View ArticleCause sought of explosion that leveled an Arlington, Virginia, home as police...
Hours before a massive explosion destroyed a duplex and shook a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., a suspect inside his home fired a flare gun 30 to 40 times into the neighborhood, drawing a large...
View ArticleSuckers and Losers Day
From Arlington Cemetery, Donald J. Trump, and all his Republican supporters, wish you a “Happy Suckers and Losers Day.” Hypocritically, they besmirch the hundreds of thousands of graves of servicemen...
View ArticleLike the Confederacy, Republicans lose vote to restore racist monument
The House voted Thursday to reject an amendment to restore a racist Confederate monument in Arlington National Cemetery. The statue depicted a Black “mammy” holding a Confederate soldier’s baby and a...
View ArticleTrump Desecrates Arlington National Cemetery in Prohibited Photo-Op
Trump didn’t visit Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day in 2018, when he was president. But he visited it today in a shameful political attempt to deflect all the revived reports of his...
View ArticleArlington Staff Member Assaulted Trying to Prevent Trump's Photo-Op
In my previous DKos Diary I wondered who allowed Trump to desecrate Arlington National Cemetery with his “thumbs-up” photo-op visit. Turns out Arlington staff tried to inhibit Trump’s actions—and one...
View ArticleBacklash Growing Against Trump's Violation of Arlington
Trump’s disgraceful and disgusting violation of Arlington National Cemetery for pure political propaganda (you can find a link to the TikTok video he made in this article‘cuz I’m not linking to it) was...
View ArticleCountdown With Keith Olbermann, Episode 318: Trump Doubles Down On Defiling...
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View ArticleThe Recap: Trump’s Arlington scandal spirals, and the media repeats 2016...
A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know.Trump’s Arlington scandal gets worse and worse—and worseWe’ve learned so much since...
View ArticleCongressional Dems should impeach Trump over Arlington
Trump broke federal law in desecrating Arlington National Cemetery to hold a cynical campaign stunt.While that law does not list any penalties for doing so, a former president breaking the law is a...
View ArticleYou're not allowed to campaign at Arlington because people who aren't you are...
Originally published at The Journal of Uncharted Blue Places.I really do not understand how Normal People tolerate Donald Trump's antics—or that's what I'd like to say, if it weren't already widely...
View ArticleTwitter Tries To Block Arlington Cemetery Story
Haven’t seen this posted here yet.Brad Reed @ Raw Story has found twitter trying to block the trump Arlington Cemetery story by indicating the link to the NPR coverage is "Warning: this link may be...
View ArticleMy Father Never Consented to a Political Photo Op at His Final Resting Place
Donald Trump’s recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery, arguably the most sacred ground in the United States, was nothing short of a political stunt—and it was a disgrace. As the former president...
View ArticleWhy is the DOJ not prosecuting Trump and the Campaign for violating Arlington...
I hear this is a federal law. Not just a rule. Trump and his campaign violated our National Cemetery law, so why if not Garland, someone bringing charges. The man has GOT to be held accountable...
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