Update: 12:15 PM EST
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the superintendent of police Garry McCarthy today after his controversial handling of the fallout from the shooting death of 17 year old Laquan McDonald.
McDonald was shot numerous times by a Chicago police officer named Jason Van Dyke.
It took a year for Van Dyke to be indicted for the murder of McDonald.
Emanuel is speaking at a press conference now.
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These Miami Kids Walked Out Of Class To Send Marco Rubio And The NRA A Message
Miami Shores isn’t normally known for its political activism. But students at Miami Country Day School poured out of class and marched to a nearby park in order to send a message to the gun lobby.
Let’s just say that they didn’t hold back.
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Bernie Sanders’ Brother Larry Is Running For The British Parliament
Larry Sanders is not just any doomed Green Party candidate. He is a doomed Green Party candidate that has a political pedigree that now thrives on two continents.
Sanders is the older brother of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, and he is embarking on a long-shot bid to replace former Prime Minister David Cameron in Parliament.
It is a long-shot campaign for a number of reasons, but none bigger than the fact that the Witney constituency is a Conservative Party bastion.
Cameron won it last year with 60% of the vote.
But Larry Sanders doesn’t really expect to win.
“Win or lose, the Green Party doing well would make a bigger impact on the country,” Sanders told ABC News. “And we really need to make this impact because dreadful things are afoot.”
The Green Party currently has one member of parliament out of the 650 seats.
Bernie Sanders endorse his brother in a heartfelt video last week.
“I do not know a heck of a lot about British politics,” Sen. Sanders said in the video. “But I do know a lot about my brother, Larry Sanders.”
Larry Sanders is running on a campaign platform that focuses on reducing income inequality and fixing a massive funding shortfall for the National Health Service.
The election will be held on Oct. 20th.
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Marco Loves Obamacare: Rubio Enrolled Under Government Exchange
To hear him tell it, no one is a bigger critic of Obamacare than Florida Senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio. Except, that is, when he’s making decisions about his health insurance plan. Rubio campaign staffers confirmed to NBC late Thursday that he continues to accept a $10,000 federal subsidy reserved for congressional members under an… Read More
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