*The Violence Against Women Act criminalized cyberstalking back in 2006, but federal prosecutors pursued about ten out of an estimated 3.5 million instances of cyberstalking between 2010 and 2013. (Source: Hannah Levintova, "Targeting the Trolls," Mother Jones, September/October 2016.)
*An effort led by Bryan Stevenson, the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, has documented more that 4,000 lynchings of African-Americans across twelve Southern states between 1877 and 1950. (Source: Maura Ewing, "Putting Lynching on the Map," Mother Jones, September/October 2016.)
*Favorable ratings of major politicians before first presidential debate, based on aggregate polling: Hillary Clinton - 42%; Donald Trump - 34%; Paul Ryan - 33%; Nancy Pelosi - 24%; Harry Reid - 22%; and Mitch McConnell - 16%.
*David Clarke, sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, is no great friend of Black Lives Matter (BLM). He has said that BLM pours out violence and hate-filled messages. He calls the members "subhuman creeps," "garbage," and "black slime." Clarke has infamously said that there is no police brutality in the United States.
*One 2012 Pentagon estimate found that enforcing a no-fly zone in Syria would involve at least 70,000 service personnel; another Pentagon estimate was that such an effort would involve hundreds of aircraft, ships, submarines and other enablers. (Source: Adam H. Johnson, "Anguish Over Aleppo," The New Yorker, August 22, 2016.)
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