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Quick Programming Note: This blog will be undergoing some cleaning up. While I would like to say that this space hasn't changed in tone/perspective, it's been noticed that other spaces have been. As far as content, expect the same sports/entertainment/politics/whatever you have become strangely dependent on. On that note, one clarification: WTN does not view politics as sports. In sports, a team is supported even if the players and coaches and owners are crappy (performance-wise; if they're criminals or morally bankrupt than they seriously need to go). But in politics, a crappy politician is a crappy politician, regardless of their affiliation.

In Illinois, a black teen who was being beat up by some other teens on an off-duty officer's yard. As the beat-up teen was trying to recover, the officer pinned the teen down, and threatened his life . In Washington, DC, Park Police handcuffed three black teenagers who were selling water without a permit because of, " the safety of the officers and the individuals ." In Florida, a local sheriff's officer told a young black male that he was going to jail for jaywalking and " resisting without violence ." BTW, "resisting without violence" is real in Florida .  In Texas, a Grand Jury indicted an officer who shot a young white mother of two. The officer was investigating the stolen vehicle that matched the description of the vehicle that the young mother had recently purchased . 

Grieving family members of an immigrant murderer? Deport them. That has been a stance President Trump has taken since almost before he gave serious thought to running for office, and these families are some of his most loyal supporters . Sure his bans have be challenged (and are now going to Supreme Court) but he's stuck to his guns on this issue, and they will stick by him. Unless, of course they live in Indianapolis : A promise made before Christmas is fizzling before the Fourth of July. In December, then-President-elect Trump told hundreds of workers at the Carrier manufacturing plant that he had worked out a deal to save their jobs. But it's not working out that way. A steady downpour today did little to wash away the fact that the jobs of 600 union employees are going south. [snip] Blasting companies for moving American jobs abroad was a feature of the Trump campaign, and saving the Carrier jobs was touted as a sign of Mr. Trump's bargaining prowess....

Democrat Joe Manchin challenged the voters to primary him, and when they found a candidate Manchin posts about making a pledge to not campaign against incumbents . Learn more about his opponent, Paula Jean Swearengin, here .

The religious side of Donald Trump .  The shady side of Bill Cosby .  The unprofessional side of the police .  The racist side of a Flint official .

One of the more interesting things to come out of the Great Comey Distraction (and yes, it is a distraction ) is the growing theme regarding President Trump (many) political failings : he is an extreme novice who needs to be reminded of how a President is supposed to conduct themselves. Let's not even dwell too much that this argument would never have worked as a defense for President Clinton or President Obama when Republicans were attacking them, or that it wasn't one of the many, many justifications for President Bush's goofs. No, let's instead delve a bit into the implications here, and for the sake of argument assume that factors such as race, gender and political affiliation are not relevant (even if they are in real life). During the GOP primary, it was apparent that the GOP establishment did not want Donald Trump to be the nominee. The reasons boiled down to three general categories: Those who saw him as a faux conservative; Those who saw him as a hind...

Whatever you think, the fact is they built a legit dynasty: they started the best long-range shooter ever (Curry), one of the best scorers of his generation who can also defend (Klay), one of the most versatile in the league at his position (Green), and then  brought off the bench  one of the best on-ball defenders of his generation. That’s a dynasty! They won a title, won 73 games, came within a few plays of another title! So let’s see what they can do next year. But then they add to it the …  second-best player in the league ? I don’t need to go into the technical details of what this does. We all see it: Curry’s resting, Klay has an off night, Draymond’s in foul trouble, Andre’s missing threes, doesn’t matter: Durant will clean up. The last two years, it mattered: a bad night from just one star opened the tiny window of opportunity for LBJ to do his superhuman shtick. But this year they just bring in a rested Durant—Durant!—and go on an 11-0 run in 90 seconds. Or brin...