Harry Reid’s Super PAC: GOP Senate Candidate Helped ‘Cause the Shooting Death of Trayvon Martin’
A Super PAC run by former aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) is running a radio ad in North Carolina that accuses GOP Senate candidate Thom Tillis of helping to “cause the shooting death of Trayvon Martin,” the Florida teenager who was killed under controversial circumstances in early 2012. Iran’s Mullahs Demand Justice for Trayvon
Iran’s Foreign Ministry criticizes acquittal of George Zimmerman
Iran’s foreign ministry on Friday criticized the acquittal of George Zimmerman and chastised the United States for widespread “racial discrimination.”
“The acquittal of the murderer of the teenage African American once again clearly demonstrated the unwritten, but systematic racial discrimination against racial, religious, and ethnic minorities in the US society,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Araqchi was quoted as saying by Iran’s state run Fars News Agency. MSNBC Crushed During Zimmerman Verdict, Despite Wall-to-Wall Coverage
MSNBC came in a distant fourth place in the cable news ratings during the reading of the George Zimmerman verdict Saturday night, despite three weeks of extensive trial coverage, Politico reports. The Whiteroots
Activists criticize ‘lack of diversity’ at Netroots Nation
Black activists at the 2013 Netroots Nation conference blasted organizers and participants for what they described as a shocking “lack of diversity” at the progressive community’s flagship get-together. Four Times Obama Has Intervened in Local Issues
The Obama administration refuses to join the debate between his former chief of staff, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the Chicago Teachers Union. In the past, Obama has had no qualms about becoming involved in local issues. Retreat
Florida Democrat at the center of Trayvon Martin media circus was for Stand Your Ground law before she was against it
The congresswoman who has stood next to Trayvon Martin’s parents at rallies and emerged as one of the most vocal critics of the Sanford Police Department supported the “Stand Your Ground” law at the center of the case. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D, Fla.) voted for the self-defense law when she was a state senator in 2005, five years before she was elected to represent Miami—and Martin’s family—in Congress. Registered Dem Killed Trayvon
Meet registered Democrat and self-identified Hispanic American, George Zimmerman
The individual at the center of the controversial Trayvon Martin shooting is a registered Democrat. George Michael Zimmerman, born Oct. 5, 1983, registered as a Democrat in Seminole County, Fla., in August 2002, according to state voter registration documents. 