Kansas City, and notably its most prominent Democrats, ran an end around on democracy so it could execute a wealth transfer to billionaires. That sounds awfully Republican of them.

Anger is weaponized pain, and now, without service industry people to point their anger at, these pampered beasts are finding their pain again. How can they know they’re always right if they …

Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners The third time Anna Liedtke was subjected to an illegal strip-search in Israeli detention, female prison guards forced her on to her knees, covered her mouth to stop her screaming and raped her, according to interviews and a criminal complaint filed in Israel. She described hearing male guards laughing during the attack, which she believes they watched and may have filmed. It took place in an area separated from the prison hallway by a partially drawn curtain that her attackers had left open. Continue reading...

On Thursday morning, federal officials raided a food manufacturing facility in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast. The operation is an extension of federal efforts to ramp up immigrant arrests during the World Cup.