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February 28, 2023

St. Joseph County sheriff arrested for OWI after Schoolcraft Twp. collision

St. Joseph County sheriff arrested for OWI after Schoolcraft Twp. collision

St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite was arrested over the weekend following a two-car crash in Schoolcraft Township.

Michigan State Police (MSP) says the crash happened Sunday on US-131 near West YZ Avenue before 2:30 a.m.
We’re told a Chevrolet Traverse drove south on the freeway when it rear-ended a Nissan Rogue. The impact threw both cars off the road after their drivers lost control.

Minor injuries were reported. After picking up on signs the Chevy driver was intoxicated, authorities asked him to participate in a sobriety test, according to MSP. Arrest records show Sheriff Lillywhite was arrested following the crash.

The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a man by Lillywhite's name was taken into custody for operating while intoxicated and for possessing a firearm while under the influence. He was released later in the afternoon.
February 28, 2023

I was attacked and screamed at in 2018 by an insane woman named Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Hate when that happens. I was attacked and screamed at in 2018 by an insane woman named Marjorie Taylor Greene. She had no respect for the privacy of me as an 18 year old school shooting survivor or my staff.
She was self righteous, insane, and completely out of control.

https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1630603183491014656

February 28, 2023

Mom sues her gay son's bullies after his suicide

Mom sues her gay son’s bullies after his suicide

A mom in Pennsylvania is suing her town’s school district and six students over bullying she says led to her 15-year-old son’s suicide.

Zachary Kirchner took his own life in the basement of his family home in southeastern York County, Pennsylvania in April 2021. He had told classmates he wanted to kill himself.

His death followed years of harassment by students and neglect by school administrators in the Red Lion School District, according to the lawsuit filed by Kirchner’s mom, Hope Amspacher.
February 28, 2023

The Influencers Driving a Violent Groomer Conspiracy (Vice)

Libs of TikTok began as an anonymous troll account. Now it’s one of the most influential political forces in America - with the LGBTQ community firmly in their crosshairs.

Unmasked by a Washington Post investigation, Libs of TikTok is run by a former real-estate agent, Chaya Raichik, who has become the darling of the American right.

Her strategy is to repost footage from literal “libs of tik tok”, (namely LGBTQ people and their allies), and share it with her audience. Often framing it as a giant threatening movement that is “coming for your kids''. However, initial research shows that one in four accounts featured on her page will go on to experience real or online harassment.

But this online fear mongering is not happening in a vacuum. In the Statesm Anti-LGBTQ violence is at an all time high and it is being driven by the “groomer conspiracy”. A baseless claim that the LGBTQ community is indoctrinating, sexualizing and/or grooming children.

Now a whole ecosystem of right-wing influencers have sprung up to propagate this conspiracy. And they are having a direct influence on governors, legislation and violent extremists.


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