Memo to Colin Kaepernick and April Ryan: Soleimani Killed Black Americans

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Colin Kaepernick
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Leave it to Nike’s favorite athlete Colin Kaepernick to tweet this on hearing the news that Iranian General Qassam Soleimani had been killed by a US drone. “There is nothing new about American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism.” When former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer criticized Kaepernick, my former CNN colleague April Ryan angrily leapt to Kaepernick’s defense. Memo to Kaepernick and April Ryan? Remember David Hickman. And what does Colin Kaepernick do? He sides with Soleimani. And April Ryan defends Kaepernick… David Hickman was a 23-year-old U.S. Army Specialist who hailed

Soleimani’s Dead Body Flies Coach Back to Iran?

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The body of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian military commander killed in a US drone strike, was apparently placed in a cardboard box and flown out of Iraq across rows of passenger seats, a new video shows. The video, posted on Twitter by Babak Taghvaee, appears to show Soleimani’s coffin and those of others killed in the attack on a plane from Mashhad to Mehrabad Airport in Tehran — as a tribute video plays on one of the plane’s screens. Taghvaee, describes himself as a defense analyst and freelance writer, posted the video Sunday. The coffins bear the images of Soleimani,

’60 Minutes’ Investigates Jeffery Epstein’s Death, Shows Graphic Autopsy Images

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On Sunday evening, CBS television’s news magazine, 60 Minutes, aired their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s death, which included pictures from inside his cell after his hanging, and several graphic photos from the autopsy. Epstein’s death last year was ruled a suicide, but his autopsy photos tell a different story according to former New York City Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Baden, who observed the autopsy at the behest of Epstein’s family. While Baden says he’s not reaching a final conclusion, he explained he is troubled by the fractures of the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage fractures. “No one had three fractures”

Mike Pompeo: Iran Strike Disrupted “Imminent” Attack

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The entrance leading to the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020, which was damaged the day before by Hashed supporters. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN that the U.S. strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was meant to disrupt an “imminent” attack against Americans in the Middle East. “It was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot, deter further aggression from Qasem Soleimani and the Iranian regime — as well as to attempt to de-escalate the situation. The risk of doing nothing was enormous. The intelligence community made that assessment, and President Trump acted decisively last night.” Pompeo declined to elaborate on the details of the alleged Iranian plot, only adding that

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