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$140,000 Raised For Mentally-Ill Victim Of 'Facebook-Four' Hate Crime

$140,000 Raised For Mentally-Ill Victim Of 'Facebook-Four' Hate Crime

A GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the developmentally challenged victim of the brutal attack broadcast on Facebook Live, on January 5, has raised almost $140,000 in three days.

As ABC reports, the GoFundMe campaign called "Let's show the Chicago victim love" had a goal of $10,000. As of today the account has reached almost $140,000.

Trump Fires Back At "Overrated" Meryl Streep Over Golden Globe Criticism

In the latest highly politicized Hollywood event, last night's Golden Globes took aim squarely at Donald Trump, when Actress Meryl Streep delivered an emotional speech railing against President-elect Donald Trump, without actually mentioning him by name. while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 74th annual Golden Globes on Sunday. The actress referred to the time Trump imitated a disabled New York Times reporter on the campaign trail, and said that particular, real-life performance broke her heart.

Tonight's Forecast Inside the Golden Globes: Lots of Snow with a Chance of Trump Tears

The entire star-studded audience at the Golden Globes practically cried in unison, after Meryl Streep took to the mic to lament over an incident that happened last year regarding what she thought was Donald Trump mocking a disabled reporter.
 
The rift was with NY Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who said Trump was lying about witnessing Muslims celebrating in New Jersey after 9/11 -- which later proved out to be true. Without delving into old news, Trump said he wasn't making fun of Serge's physical disabilities, but instead mocking a reporter who was flustered.
 

Czech Citizens To Arm Themselves Against ISIS ‘Super Holocaust’

Government officials in the Czech Republic have urged citizens to take up arms to protect against a coming ISIS “super-Holocaust”. Following Czech President Milos Zeman’s warning of an imminent ISIS-led bloodbath, the country’s interior ministry is pushing through a constitutional change that would allow citizens to use guns against terrorists. Zerohedge.com reports: Czech president Milos Zeman had previously proposed that economic migrants should be deported from Europe to “uninhabited Greek islands” or to “empty places” in North Africa.

Obama Accuses Sanders Supporters Of Undermining Obamacare

With the Obamacare repeal process having officially started (the replacement of the Affordable Care Act is a different matter entirely, and will likely take years to be enacted), outgoing president is watching his biggest legacy slowly melt before his eyes, and has started to point fingers. And one place where he is casting blame is criticism from the far left wing of his own Democratic Party which he says helped feed into the unpopularity of Obamacare.

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