Domestic Violence Hotline Calls, Events Increase In Nashville, Seattle Amid Coronavirus Quarantine
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Domestic Violence Hotline Calls, Events Increase In Nashville, Seattle Amid Coronavirus Quarantine

Mary Margaret Olohan  Domestic Violence Hotline calls increased in Nashville while domestic violence arguments increased in Seattle amid coronavirus quarantines. The Seattle Police Department reported a 23% increase of 114 domestic violence–related events over the same time in 2019, Detective Patrick Michaud told the Daily Caller News Foundation, referring to the past 21 days of…

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Sen. Ernst Says She Doesn’t Need To Be ‘Mansplained’ By Chuck Schumer

Shelby Talcott –  In an ongoing feud, Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday that she doesn’t need to be “mansplained” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. –  The Iowa senator has accused Democrats, particularly Schumer, of walking away from months of bipartisan negotiations over the Violence Against Women bill and introducing a partisan version instead….

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Joe Biden On Violence Against Women: We Have To Keep ‘Punching At It, And Punching At It And Punching At It’

Shelby Talcott  Former Vice President said that America needs to be “punching” back to combat violence against women during Wednesday’s Democratic debate. Biden was asked if he would tackle specific issues regarding the #MeToo movement at the beginning of his presidency, if he were to be elected. The former Vice President previously sponsored the 1994 Violence Against…

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Denver Decriminalizes DOMESTIC VIOLENCE To Protect Criminal Immigrants

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Denver City Council agreed Monday to change to local sentencing guidelines in order to shield legal immigrants convicted of domestic violence from deportation proceedings. In a unanimous 12-0 vote, council members revised criminal penalties for several “low-level” crimes, reducing the maximum sentence to less than 365…

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Florida Man Says Dog Shot His Girlfriend [VIDEO]

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Earlier this week a Florida man says his dog shot his girlfriend. See more about this bizarre story in the video below:  From Action News Jacksonville:  “A man on Jacksonville’s Westside told the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office his dog, Diesel, shot his girlfriend. It might sound like an extreme version of “my dog ate…

Domestic Violence Against Men Has Tripled Over the Last Decade

by Josh Guckert According to The Sun, a record 5,640 wives and girlfriends were convicted in the United Kingdom of assaulting their male partners last year. This is up from 1,850 such cases in 2007. One British Member of Parliament, Philip Davies, has decided to finally address this issue. Said Davies: When people think of domestic violence,…

Wife Beats Man, Man Turns To The Guardian Readers For Help

Wife Beats Man, Man Turns To The Guardian Readers For Help

By Thomas Phippen What would you do if your wife is physically abusive, but you don’t want to dump her because she’s carrying your child? One British manturned to The Guardian for help. In a post to the Private Lives section of The Guardian — where “Guardian readers solve your problems” — the 30-year-old man asks for advice…

Feminists: Domestic Violence By Women Against Men Isn’t Bad Enough

Feminists: Domestic Violence By Women Against Men Isn’t Bad Enough

How many times have you brought up sexual violence against women in the Middle East when arguing with a feminist, only to be told, “Just because someone else has it worse, that doesn’t mean we should ignore injustice here at home?” Never mind that said “injustice” will usually be confined to nonsensical “microaggressions” like breathing…