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This is the root of the frustration that is driving the African-American community to the streets in north St. Louis County over yet another senseless killing of a young black man.“What do we want? Justice!” chanted a crowd of family, friends and community members who gathered after the Saturday shooting. “When do we want it? Now!”

n Ferguson, the city where Michael died, the police in 2013 pulled over blacks at a 37 percent higher rate than whites compared to their relative populations. Black drivers were twice as likely to be searched and twice as likely to be arrested compared to white drivers. Editorial St Louis Post Dispatch

The Monday Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more.

El lunes por la mañana El mariscal de campo es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).

Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más.

There was no social media 40 years ago.How would have Facebook,Twitter,and Fox News effected the outcome?

The disgraced former president Nixon made a plan. This secret plan, codenamed Wizard, was one to regain respectability. He would show ’em again. What would have crushed most people to Richard Nixon was another crisis to be overcome. the Atlantic

The past week's political events that help shape the American  politics.

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

The New York Times and CBS News published  Battleground Tracker using, in part, information from a non probability, opt in survey sparking concern among many in the polling community. In general, these methods have little grounding in theory and the results can vary widely based on the particular method used.While little information about the methodology accompanied the story, a high level overview of the methodology was posted subsequently on the polling vendor’s website.  American Association for Public Opinion Research

Rick Perry pointed to a statistic frequently used by Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw. It said "criminal aliens" have been charged with 642,000 crimes in TexasAn examination of the statistic used by Perry shows that it doesn't make the claim expressed in Toth's tweet — although state Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, said it's designed to leave that impression."This is a deliberate misrepresentation," Rodríguez said. "It's about promoting the Big Lie."Asked to document Perry's claim, the Department of Public Safety provided a document that unpacked the statistic — and showed that it has little relevance to the current situation on the South Texas border, Rodríguez said.El Paso Times

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa and U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz square off this year to fill the last two years of the six-year term of powerful political icon Daniel K. Inouye, who died in 2012.

Both are popular Democrats who have enjoyed the support of many of the same voters in the past. Most of the polls published this year describe this race as too close to call in the Aug. 9 primary election Honolulu Magazine

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hana­busa holds an edge over U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz in the Demo­cratic primary for Senate, a new Hawaii Poll shows, and voters who prefer the congresswoman cite her legislative experience as the main reason.

Democratic Primary (Aug. 9)    Honolulu Star-Advertiser    Schatz 42, Hanabusa 50

The Monday Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more.

El lunes por la mañana El mariscal de campo es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).

Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más.

The Fancy Farm Picnic, hosted by St. Jerome's Catholic Church, is held annually in the town of Fancy Farm, Ky

 Grimes blasted McConnell as having gone Washington, pushing the refrain that instead of District of Columbia, D.C. stands for "doesn't care."With hundreds of the 20,000 picnic-goers looking on, Grimes shouted: "What a huge crowd for Sen. McConnell's retirement party. Lexington Herald-Leader