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Trump, the Walking Internet Comments Section, Taps Racist Blogger for Federal Job
William Otis, a former special counsel to President George H.W. Bush and a current professor at Georgetown University Law Center, was nominated by President Donald Trump this week to sit on a federal commission that sets policy on how to punish criminals. It would come as no surprise that Otis is a staunch supporter of…
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Compton, Calif., Has No Movie Theater, but That Didn’t Stop Ava DuVernay From Screening A Wrinkle in Time for Her Hometown First
Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time won’t be out for another week, but thanks to her efforts, her hometown of Compton, Calif., got first dibs on seeing the fantasy epic from the local legend. As DuVernay posted on her Twitter account, she specifically requested that the first public screening of her film be held in…
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O.J. Simpson’s Infamous, Unseen If I Did It Interview Will Finally Air
Here’s a trip down bizarre memory lane: Remember the book O.J. Simpson wrote, If I Did It, about how he might have killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman if he were the murderer, which he says he definitely wasn’t? Back in 2006, Simpson did a brief publicity tour for the book, including an…
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Brooklyn, NY, Man Who Doesn’t Drink Wins Nearly $1,000,000 After NYPD Falsely Charges Him With DWI: Report
The New York City Police Department picked the wrong one. In April 2015, Oliver Wiggins was driving through Brooklyn, N.Y., when a police officer in a marked SUV ran through a stop sign and crashed into his car. Still, it was Wiggins who was arrested in an attempt to cover up the cop’s first mistake.…
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For the Descendants of South Africa’s Colonizers, ‘the Time for Reconciliation Is Over’
On Tuesday, South Africa’s Parliament voted to move forward a potential constitutional amendment that would allow the government to confiscate white-owned land without offering any form of compensation in return. Frequently referred to as “land expropriation without compensation,” the motion was brought forward by Julius Malema, according to the Australian news site news.com.au. Malema heads…
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SZA, the Most Relatable Pop Star on the Planet, Was Just as Mad as You Were About Her Grammy Losses
A month after being snubbed at the Grammys, SZA has two new interviews (and one major cover) out that have all but solidified her status as one of the most relatable chart-toppers in the game right now. Speaking to GQ, SZA revealed that she was “mad as hell” about her Grammy losses. The most nominated…
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French Rally Around Lawmaker Called ‘Fat Black Swine From Africa’ in Racist, Threatening Letter
Thousands of people leaped to support a French lawmaker Wednesday after she shared a racist letter addressed to her that insulted her African heritage and threatened her life. On Wednesday, Laetitia Avia, a member of France’s National Assembly from President Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche movement, shared an anonymous letter filled with racial abuse and threats.…
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Chadwick Boseman Surprising Black Panther Fans Is Straight-Up Vibranium-Powered Joy
You know how this works. If we see a video that has us choking with laughter and simultaneously holding back tears at our desks, we’re sharing it with you. We’re sharing it with you because that’s the neighborly thing to do, and so that we’re not the only ones who have to explain our private…
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Watch SZA Bring Tears to Her Dad’s Eyes in This Video That Will Drop You Off Straight Into Your Feelings
If you’re thirsting for a sappy cry (it’s Wednesday; sometimes you have feelings), have we got a treat for you. SZA brought tears to her papa’s eyes in a recent video posted on Twitter. In the video, Daddy SZA is proudly rocking a cap from SZA’s Ctrl Tour and listening to her song “Broken Clocks.”…
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Texas Judge Denied Bail for Over 10 Years to ‘Tainted’ Defendants; Blames BLM
The Texas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is calling for an investigation of Houston’s longest-serving felony-court judge, claiming that his no-bond policies and recent remarks on black men and Black Lives Matter display “flagrant racism.” In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, Texas District Judge Michael McSpadden said that, as policy, he denied…
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