Inciting Riots:
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, showed up at an anti-police brutality protest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, saying demonstrators needed to “stay on the street,” demanding justice until police reform becomes a reality.
- Maxine Waters urges Minnesota protesters to ‘stay on the street’ if Chauvin acquitted in Floyd case (Fox News)
Vandals smeared a home in Santa Rosa, California, with pig blood on Saturday because a defense witness in the Derek Chauvin trial used to live there — though he no longer does so.
KSGF Can’t Wait For Summer Kickoff:
Mark your calendar on Saturday, May 15th, for the KSGF Can’t Wait For Summer Kickoff! We will be raising money for Honor Flight of the Ozarks. You can find more information below!
- KSGF CAN’T WAIT FOR SUMMER! (KSGF)
Border Crisis:
About 450 unaccompanied migrant girls, ages 13 to 17, were abruptly moved out of a U.S. housing facility in Houston on Saturday — less than three weeks after it opened.
Former President George W. Bush urged Congress to do away with “harsh rhetoric about immigration” as he pledged support for a pathway to citizenship earlier in the week.
- George W. Bush urges Congress to drop ‘harsh rhetoric about immigration’ (Washington Examiner)
Steve Pokin:
Steve Pokin with the Springfield News-Leader wrote a piece about the new Willard Mayor, Samuel Snider. The piece was a little… Odd.
- Pokin Around: Willard mayor only 25; he’s probably city’s youngest and first Black mayor (Springfield News-Leader)
Planned Parenthood:
Planned Parenthood’s president and chief executive officer, Alexis McGill Johnson, now says the abortion provider is “reckoning” with the legacy of its founder, Margaret Sanger, and they are looking to “cancel” the early abortion and birth control advocate over her connections to “white supremacist groups and eugenics.”
- Planned Parenthood Head Says Abortion Provider Is ‘Canceling’ Founder Margaret Sanger (The Daily Wire)
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said gun laws and police reform will happen when “white people’s kids start getting killed.”
The mom of Breonna Taylor slammed a Black Lives Matter chapter as a “fraud” in a since-removed social media post.
Threatening VP Harris:
A Florida woman was charged in federal court with making threats to kill Vice President Kamala Harris in a series of videos she sent to her husband in prison, authorities said.
A former child victim is now speaking out about St. Louis Family Court trauma.
