Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins (R-3rd District), a former Sheriff’s captain often flatteringly referred to as the “Cajun John Wayne,” recently urged the United States to “identity” [sic] and extrajudicially murder every “radicalized Islamic suspect.” In other news, the Islamic State’s campaign for a global holy war seems…
The “Blue Lives Matter” law passed in Louisiana last year—under which violence against cops was officially classified as a hate crime—also applies to resisting arrest, according to a state police chief.
An executive order from Louisiana governor Democrat John Bel Edwards that would’ve protected LGBT people in state government from discrimination was thrown out by a Baton Rouge judge Wednesday on the grounds that the order was unconstitutional.
One of our last shreds of hope for the country’s salvation was dashed today after it was announced that Louisiana’s Foster Campbell was not only defeated by Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy in the runoff race for the Senate, but utterly annihilated. Kennedy won with 64 percent of the vote, meaning Republicans…
Tomorrow, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, a gun-totin’ pro-life economic populist who’s been billed as the Democrats’ last hope, will vie against Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy for a seat in the Senate in Louisiana’s runoff election. In the unlikely event of Campbell’s win, Senate…
A runoff election for a Senate seat in Louisiana could help to slightly lessen the blow of the hold of Republican power in the House, Senate, Executive branch and potentially the Supreme Court of our government. Democrat Foster Campbell will face off against Republican John Kennedy in a December 10 election for the…
In case you haven’t heard, former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke, after receiving a resurgence of mild attention during Donald Trump’s presidential race, is running for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. Last night’s debate was held at historically black New Orleans college Dillard University, where Duke railed against…
David Duke, former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and current white supremacist, has pulled enough support in his run for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seat that he’ll participate in November’s televised debate. He’s excited:
State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner called the Russian effort a “PR stunt.”
Last year, in a pretty obvious jab at undocumented immigrants, Louisiana overhauled their marriage laws to make it impossible to get married in the state without a birth certificate. As you might expect, the law is also harming legal immigrants, particularly refugees, who don’t have birth certificates and can’t return…
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Former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and struggling candidate for Senate David Duke has recorded a robocall encouraging Louisiana voters to support him and Donald Trump, BuzzFeed News reports, which the Trump campaign, defying all reasonable expectation, was quick to repudiate.
Britney Spears teamed up with the Red Cross to mobilize her fan base and raise money for the devastating flooding in Louisiana by auctioning the clothes off her back – exciting news for both Britney Spears fans and RuPaul’s Drag Race season eight contestant Derrick Barry who has probably already thrown at least $500…
Louisiana is currently being wracked by devastating floods, damaging some 40,000 homes and leaving many thousands homeless. 13 people have died. Amidst this, malevolent squash rind Donald Trump has announced his plans to visit the state; Governor John Bel Edwards responded by telling him, politely, not to dare show…
In an event that appears to be straight out of a climate change powerpoint, southern Louisiana has been hit with unprecedented flooding over the past several days, leading the federal government to declare a state of “major disaster” for several parishes.
Here is an image of me watching this guy very calmly break the window of a coupe sinking into flood waters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, removing its occupant and then, miraculously, finding her little white dog.
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In a furious, well-stated argument about the blue code of silence, Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg went completely off on an officer who called into today’s Ebro In The Morning radio show to talk about the death of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man shot and killed by police in Louisiana.
Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old father of five, was fatally shot by police officers on Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge, La. while being pinned on the pavement by two police officers.
The Associated Press revealed today that the state of Louisiana has spent three years and over $1 million so far fighting a lawsuit that would require them to put air conditioning on death row. An expert for the plaintiffs estimated that installing air conditioning would have cost around $225,000. Small government!…
