In addition to caring for their many animals at the Irwin family's zoo in Queensland, the couple has already introduced their social media followers to another member of their little family, their puppy, Piggy, who made an appearance in their wedding photos. … [Read more...] about Bindi Irwin and husband Chandler Powell are expecting their first child: ‘Baby Wildlife Warrior due 2021’
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Stephen Miller’s Right About One Thing—America Has a Long Tradition of Rejecting Immigrants
The Gilded Age saw the growth of the Immigration Restriction League which tried to impose literacy tests on immigrants as a means of excluding the unwanted aliens. (This came at virtually the same time that racist legislatures in the South were utilizing literacy tests as a means of keeping blacks from the polling booths.) Although thwarted by presidential vetoes, nativists finally succeeded in passing a literacy test for immigrants in 1917, a prologue to the racially motivated quota system of the early 1920’s that stifled immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe. It wasn’t until 1965 that Congress replaced nationality quotas with a system that allowed Americans to sponsor relatives from abroad. The result over the next 50 years was a preponderance of immigrants arriving not from Europe but Latin America, the West Indies, Asia and Africa. Which prompted a recrudescence of restrictionism. … [Read more...] about Stephen Miller’s Right About One Thing—America Has a Long Tradition of Rejecting Immigrants
Seattle autonomous zone ‘leader’ denies acting like ‘warlord’ in ‘no cop, co-op’
Howe, who appears to have contributed to the Medium post of demands, continued: “Like, believe me, I'm trying to justify this in my head, but when I visited Cap Hill today it was COVERED in graffiti and I'm grasping for straws trying to imagine why that guy tagging graffiti is an issue. Please be accountable for this?” … [Read more...] about Seattle autonomous zone ‘leader’ denies acting like ‘warlord’ in ‘no cop, co-op’
Seattle police chief gets support for reform from black clergy members
“Put yourself in those shoes, when you have to figure out how to stop somebody from burning cars and then going into businesses and looting businesses, and then they go back into ‘peaceful protest,’" said Taylor to the room. “How and what would you do?” … [Read more...] about Seattle police chief gets support for reform from black clergy members
Seattle radio host on protest zone: Cops have been ‘completely abandoned’ by mayor
“I fear that it ends by giving into some of the demands of this group and I wouldn’t be surprised if they just completely give up the east precinct police station as a community center for them,” Rantz said in response. … [Read more...] about Seattle radio host on protest zone: Cops have been ‘completely abandoned’ by mayor
