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Black Federal Judge Strikes Crucial Blow Against Trump's 'Absolute Immunity' Claims: 'Presidents Are Not Kings'
In a ruling late Monday, Federal District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said former White House counsel Don McGahn must obey a subpoena to testify before Congress. The subpoena, issued in April, came from the House Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. As NBC News…
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West Virginia Is Charging Its Inmates $0.03 Cents a Minute to Read Free E-Books. Here's Why That Matters
On its face, it’s a welcome proposition: people incarcerated in West Virginia prisons will be given access to electronic tablets, allowing them to read books and articles, listen to music, write emails, and send photos and video chat with their friends and family. But it will cost them: $0.03-$0.05 a minute if they want to…
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No Expiration Date: 82-Year-Old Bodybuilder Hand-Delivers That Smoke to Alleged Home Invader
Award-winning bodybuilder Willie Murphy gave a suspected home invader a lesson he won’t soon forget: You’re never too old to catch—or deliver—a good ass whooping. The 82-year-old Murphy was alone in her Rochester, N.Y., home last Thursday night—it was 11 p.m., and she was getting ready for bed, WHAM-TV reports—when a man began pounding on…
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Comcast Is 'on the Wrong Side of History': Here's What Diddy Had to Say About Byron Allen's Supreme Court Case
Hip hop mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs released a statement Thursday in support of Entertainment Studios Network (ESN) founder Byron Allen, who is currently squaring off against the cable TV provider Comcast in a Supreme Court case that could seriously impact the future of racial discrimination lawsuits. Allen, head of ESN, filed a $20…
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Indiana University Calls Out 'Sexist, Racist, Homophobic' Professor, but Makes Clear His Job Is Safe
Indiana University issued a statement Wednesday criticizing one of its conservative professors for his long history of expressing racist, sexist and homophobic statements, even going so far as to mandate that the professor adhere to strict grading guidelines and allowing students to transfer out of his classes. But what they can’t and won’t do is…
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Illinois High Schooler Charged With Hate Crime After Posting a 'Slave for Sale' Ad for Black Classmate
Naperville, Ill., police have charged a 14-year-old boy with a hate crime after he allegedly posted a photo of a black classmate on a Craigslist ad captioned, “slave for sale.” According to the Chicago Tribune, the teen, who is white, was charged as a juvenile with two counts of committing a hate crime (a felony)…
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Don't Let Go: Jussie Smollett Countersues Chicago for Malicious Prosecution
There is one storyline that I pray King Jesus lets us leave in 2019, and that is Jussie Smollett’s alleged hate crime hoax. Today, however, will not be that day. Smollett, an R&B singer and former Empire actor, has filed a countersuit against Chicago police for malicious prosecution. As CBS News reports, Smollett says he…
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Georgia Teen Arrested for Planning Knife Attack on Black Church
Gainesville, Ga., police arrested a white 16-year-old girl for an alleged plot to carry out a knife attack at a black church. A statement released from the Gainesville Police Department Tuesday confirmed that the church was targeted by the girl “based on the racial demographic of the members,” BuzzFeed reports. The girl, whose name has…
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Lizzo and Lil Nas X Dominate 2020 Grammy Nominations (but Shouldn't More Women Rappers Have Gotten Nods?)
Was there ever a truer affirmation and prophecy than Lizzo declaring herself “100% that bitch?” If we take stock of her Grammy nominations as evidence, the answer is an overwhelming: No, Ma’am! The singer and songwriter netted the most nominations out of any artist for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, bagging eight total nominations. These…
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Colorado Springs Officers Won't Be Charged in Death of Black Teen They Shot in the Back
A grand jury declined to press charges against two Colorado Springs police officers who were filmed shooting and killing a black teen earlier this year. As BuzzFeed News reports, the jury decided Wednesday that the officers were justified in using deadly force, despite the fact that 19-year-old De’Von Bailey was running away from them at…
