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  The Civil Rights leader and advocate for racial justice (who picked up the mantle after the passing of the likes of Martin Luther King Jr & Malcolm X) was 84. 

 

 

 A CBS-affiliated journalist is killed, and CBS doesn't bother to ask why:

 

 

 

 ...even if they did horrible things in life. So, I'll let others do the talking:

  The Grammy Award-winning musician was 51 . 

 

  Gotta say, Trump seems more upset about the UN escalator than the guy who tried to pop him.

 

 

 I did a quick search, and from the looks of it the only "Kirk" I've mentioned recently was named Cameron . So to act like I have a lot to say about the other person who shared that name would ring hollow. Nevertheless, here's my thoughts: I wouldn't wish what happened on my own worst enemy;  I dare say that he was not a willing or knowing participant, i.e., "in" or any "conspiracy;" If the quotes attributed to him are indeed his, then he was, as they say, "about that life." Should a person known mostly for saying callous things, who had an audience yet still wasn't a mainstream name on the level of Rush Limbaugh, be canonized or mocked, even in this era of genocide and mass shootings? Should someone who dismissed empathy and argued for the acceptance of gun violence (as a means to preserve the 2nd Amendment) who met the most ironic of ends be treated as he treated others, or as we would want ourselves to be treated?  My upbringi...

  BBC : the 30-year-old baby (hint: frozen embryo).  The Hill : President Trump wants a $200 million White House renovation. The Times of Israel : (flashback) AOC's true political origins.  Reuters : Should the CEO of Intel resign because of ties to China?

 

  It's a story that needs to be told until it's as known as the Boston Tea Party.

 R.I.P., Virginia Giuffre:

 

  Written form of the video can be found here .