Articles by Gonzo Today
The Greek Disappointment
Or: The reactionary development of would-be revolutionaries By Mark Linnhoefer God damn it. Can’t those that I deem to be symbols of hope for a positive shift in political ideologies stop fucking up all the time already? When Tsirpas was elected in Greece, I was actually pretty stoked! A left-wing […]
Armed New Black Panther Party Protests Death of Sandra Bland
A demonstration led by the New Black Panther Party, some of them armed, marched Wednesday afternoon outside the Waller County jail in Hempstead, Texas, in protest of the arrest and subsequent death of Sandra Bland last month. Bland, a 28-year-old Chicago-area woman, arrested during a routine traffic stop for extremely […]
11-Year-Old Rape Victim Denied Abortion Gives Birth
An 11-year-old girl, raped by her mother’s boyfriend, gave birth by cesarean section on Thursday at a Red Cross hospital in Paraguay after being denied an abortion by doctors and judicial officials, “A baby girl, weighing 3.5 kilos, was born without any complications or anomalies,” said Dr. Mario Villalba, director of the […]
Police stick hand up woman’s vagina seeking weed
A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit accusing sheriff’s deputies in northern Harris County of sexual assault following a body cavity search during a routine traffic stop in late June. Charnesia Corley, a 21-year-old African American, was pulled over June 21 around 10:30 PM for allegedly running a stop sign. The officer said he smelled cannabis, handcuffed […]
Chelsea Manning Facing Solitary for Caitlyn Jenner Vanity Fair
Transgender national security leaker Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning) faces possible solitary confinement at Fort Leavenworth prison for possessing an expired tube of toothpaste and copies of magazines that include a Vanity Fair with Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) on the cover. A three-person closed panel hearing on the matter is set […]
Explosions in China Felt for Miles; At Least 50 Dead
Two massive explosions Wednesday at a hazardous chemical warehouse in Tianjin, China, killed at least 50 people and injured more than 700, at least 71 seriously. Twelve firefighters are among those who lost their lives; 36 are still missing. The blasts caused a huge fireball visible from space. Buildings within a mile and […]
Sanders Leads Clinton in New Hampshire
A new opinion poll shows Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has taken his first lead in New Hampshire. The Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll shows Sanders has 44 percent support among likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters, compared to only 37 percent support for Hillary Clinton. On Sunday, 28,000 turned out for […]
NYPD Targets Homeless In Photo Campaign
“As you travel about the city of New York, please utilize your smartphones to photograph the homeless lying in our streets, aggressive panhandlers, people urinating in public or engaging in open-air drug activity, and quality-of-life offences of every type.” Leaders of New York City’s Sergeants Benevolent Association emailed members Monday, requesting they […]
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