From WUWM NPR: domestic abuse & mass violence

This link leads to the story they aired about the relationship between domestic abuse and mass violence. It is part of their Lake Effect program and was aired in the wake of the Waukesha Christmas parade carnage. The program runs 51 minutes but features three different stories. The domestic abuse…

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Will Waukesha Parade Carnage Convince the Wisconsin Criminal Authorities to Take Domestic Violence More Seriously?

Milwaukee resident Darrell Brooks Jr. has been charged with five homicides and other crimes and injuries as a result of his alleged actions driving a vehicle into the participants of a holiday parade in Waukesha on November 21, 2021. Mr. Brooks was out on bail for firing a gun during…

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Track Palin, son of Trump endorser Sarah Palin, arrested for domestic violence

Here’s some true Republican “family values” on display, courtesy of Track Palin, son of former half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. She and her boyfriend of one year, Track Palin, left a different residence together and were arguing the whole way home. Once they got to his home they argued in…

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Joe Biden: “It is cowardly not to step up” against domestic violence

Speaking at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee’s women’s leadership forum on Friday, Vice President Joe Biden said the nation needs to bring young men into the effort against domestic violence by encouraging them to stand against the crime on college campuses. Biden, speaking at a meeting of the…

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Conservative darling Ben Carson: Stop “demonizing Ray Rice”

And here’s conservative darling Ben Carson weighing in on the brutal assault of Janay Rice at the hands of her then-fiance Ray Rice with a defense of the perpetrator. Former John Hopkins neurosurgeon and conservative activist Ben Carson weighed in on the termination of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s…

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VIDEO: Fox News’ Steve Doocy makes a funny about domestic violence!

Watch as Steve Doocy and the rest of the Fox & Friends crew joke about how the message to take away from NFL player Ray Rice’s brutal assault on his then-fiance is that she should learn to “take the stairs.”

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Today’s NRA: standing up for stalkers and domestic abusers

Today’s National Rifle Association: standing up for stalkers and perpetrators of domestic violence. The National Rifle Association is fighting proposed federal legislation that would prohibit those convicted of stalking and of domestic violence against dating partners from buying guns, according to a letter obtained by The Huffington Post. Federal law…

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Patrick Stewart speaks out against domestic violence (VIDEO)

This has absolutely nothing to do with politics, but it’s still worth a watch.

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It’s important to retain some perspective

Even if you’re not a sports fan, by now you’re likely to have heard about Jovan Belcher, the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker who took his own life after shooting the mother of his child nine times, resulting in her death. While the entire situation is a tragedy on many levels,…

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Domestic Violence and the GOP War on Women

In the wake of the Azana Salon & Spa shootings, the media around town published letters, articles and op-ed pieces asking “WHY”. One particularly heartfelt question came from an area doctor via a letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Here’s the most pertinent question from the letter:…

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