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–Miami Shores Police are searching for three suspects who they say broke into at least two homes on Thanksgiving Day.
-According to LOCAL 10, one of the burglars punched a 13 year old boy in the face while his 11 year old sister looked on.
-A Miami Shores resident named Brett Firestone foiled the robbery at one house when he confronted the men. He told LOCAL 10, that they then drove away down NE 107th St at over 100 miles per hour.
–The alleged robberies took place at a home near NE 107th St and NE 10th Place and at a home on NW 100th Terrace.
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Here’s LOCAL 10’s report on it:
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The VFW Just Took A Big Punch At Trump Over The Way He’s Talked About The Khans
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, one of the most powerful American Veterans organization in the nation strongly condemned Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump for his attacks on the family of a fallen soldier.
The strongly worded VFW statement comes on the heels of Trump’s continued swipes at Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of an American soldier who died in Iraq in 2004.
“Election year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression,” Brian Duffy, the newly elected head of the VFW said in a statement. “There are certain sacrosanct subjects that no amount of wordsmithing can repair once crossed. Giving one’s life to nation is the greatest sacrifice, followed closely by all Gold Star families, who have a right to make their voices heard.”
The statement also says:
“Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has a history of lashing out after being attacked, but to ridicule a Gold Star Mother is out-of-bounds.”
Duffy was only elected as the head of the VFW on July 27. He has previously said that he believes that soldiers should return home from war more emphatic.
Khizr Khan famously said in his speech to the Democratic National Convention that Trump lacks empathy.
“We must push a message that the VFW is an organization that has always been rooted in service to others, that we are an organization of doers, and an organization comprised of men and women who returned home from their wars and conflicts as better, more compassionate and confident human beings,” Duffy said after winning his role as the head of the VFW last week.
Arizona’s Senior senator John McCain has also bashed Trump over the way in which he has treated the Khan family.
“Arizona is watching,” McCain said in a 700 word statement. “It is time for Donald Trump to set the example for our country and the future of the Republican Party. While our Party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us.
“Lastly, I’d like to say to Mr. and Mrs. Khan: thank you for immigrating to America,” McCain said. “We’re a better country because of you. And you are certainly right; your son was the best of America, and the memory of his sacrifice will make us a better nation — and he will never be forgotten.”
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Among Millennial Voters, Trump Is Actually In Third Place
The wisdom of youth.
Please don’t let older folks say that millennials are a stupid generation ever again.
A new Pew poll released a few days ago showed that Donald Trump is actually in third place among millennial voters behind Hillary Clinton and Gary Johnson.
When millennials were asked who they would support between the three main candidates for President, they spilt in the following way:
Clinton: 47%
Johnson: 22%
Trump: 21%Something I didn’t originally notice in Pew poll: Johnson leading Trump among 18-29 year old voters pic.twitter.com/VSNqYz8gOK
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) July 9, 2016
However, young people are not happy with their choices.
From the poll:
“Nearly three-quarters of voters younger than 30 (74%) say they have given quite a lot of thought to the election, which is higher than at this point in 2012 (59%). But only about a quarter of young people (23%) are satisfied with their choices for president. At this point in both 2012 and 2008, more than twice as many voters younger than 30 said they were satisfied with their candidate choices (60% in 2012, 68% in 2008).
In addition to Pew’s findings, another poll from Quinnipiac University showed something similar among voters between the ages of 18 to 34:
Clinton: 44%
Trump: 21%
Johnson: 12%
Stein: 10%While we are not happy, at least we aren’t falling for the racist campaign of Trump like so many of our parents and grandparents are.
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Talking Again: North and South Korea Hold Talks In Effort To Boost Ties
North and South Korea have held high-level talks at a North Korean border town, aiming to ease tensions and improve ties that degenerated after a military standoff in August. Hwang Boo-gi, South Korea’s vice unification minister, met his North Korean counterpart on Friday at the jointly run industrial park just over the border in the North’s… Read More
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