NEW: The Trump administration agreed to delay the deportation of up to a dozen women who alleged medical abuse at an ICE facility in Georgia, according to a court filing. bit.ly/33d1WwB
“This is an acknowledgement by the federal government that it is critically important that these women have a meaningful opportunity to participate in the federal investigation related to medical atrocities at Irwin," said a lawyer for two of the women. bit.ly/33d1WwB
One of the women compared her visit to Dr. Mahendra Amin to being raped. Another says she was told that her “uterus was as big as a melon” and that she would never have children. bit.ly/33d1WwB
Up to 12 women will have their deportation delayed until Biden takes office in January. bit.ly/33d1WwB
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Since a member of the right-wing “Patriot Prayer” group, Aaron “Jay” Danielson, was shot and killed in Portland, the police investigation has reportedly focused on Army veteran Michael Reinoehl. bit.ly/3lNpiQV
Reinoehl has not been charged or arrested, but in a conversation with journalist @donovanfarley, Reinoehl said he believed he and a friend were about to be stabbed, and that he acted in self defense. bit.ly/3lNpiQV
“I had no choice. I mean, I, I had a choice. I could have sat there and watched them kill a friend of mine of color. But I wasn't going to do that.” bit.ly/3lNpiQV
NEW: "Prevent escapes": Leaked documents detail brutal reality of China’s ‘re-education’ camps for Muslims bit.ly/2sdJK6o
A leaked manual for the implementation of these re-education camps reviewed by VICE News lays out in specific, brutal detail exactly how the Communist Party of China is instructing local officials to run the re-education camps. bit.ly/2sdJK6o
The goal is to assimilate long-marginalized religious and ethnic minorities into Han Chinese culture, language, and beliefs — including unquestioning support for The People’s Party. bit.ly/2sdJK6o
Kendrick Ransome started out farming a few years ago with just a hoe, a rake, and a shovel. bit.ly/2pKn64J
He could have used support getting his hog and vegetable business off the ground, but he was wary of asking institutions for help. “My big brother told me, ‘Stay away from loans,’” said Ransome. bit.ly/2pKn64J
In 1925, most farmers in his rural hometown of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, were black. But now, the 26-year-old is an anomaly. bit.ly/2pKn64J
“Based on what we know so far, would you dive into an investigation? Hell yeah. We’ve done investigations on a lot less than this.”
Here are 7 crimes Trump might have committed in this Ukraine scandal bit.ly/2o27gB4
“There’s a strong argument that the president’s conduct violates federal campaign finance law, although I wouldn’t say it’s a slam-dunk case,” said Richard Hasen, a specialist on election law at the University of California Irvine. bit.ly/2o27gB4
Trump’s interaction with the Ukrainian president could potentially count as soliciting a bribe, former prosecutors said. bit.ly/2o27gB4
8chan is now known as the website where mass killers in New Zealand and El Paso shared their racist ideologies, but it didn't start that way.
It began as a haven for free speech — or at least that's what its founder believed it to be. bit.ly/2UzVmuG
Fredrick Brennan created 8chan in 2013, when he was 19. It was a lot like 4chan, another imageboard created by another teenager 10 years earlier, but it allowed users even more freedom. bit.ly/2UzVmuG
BREAKING: Dozens of Philadelphia cops and armored vehicle respond to active shooting situation bit.ly/31EtmYS
Overhead video footage showed dozens of uniformed officers taking shelter behind parked cars or lining up beside walls. An armored vehicle was also called to the scene. bit.ly/31EtmYS
Philadelphia police confirmed that a suspect or suspects were firing at law enforcement. At least five officers were shot, according to a local CBS affiliate. Their conditions are unknown. bit.ly/31EtmYS