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In Death Threat Against Ilhan Omar, Writer Vows to Shoot Congresswoman at Minnesota State Fair
Dogged by death threats and public attacks, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar revealed in a chilling Twitter post on Wednesday why she requires a security detail. “I hate that we live in a world where you have to be protected from fellow humans. I hated it as a child living through war and I hate it…
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For the 50-11th Time: Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for New Open Senate Seat in Georgia
We get it. Stacey Abrams would be great at running literally anything: your district, the state of Georgia, your state, the entirety of the United States, all the habitable sections of planet earth, and Jupiter, Mars and Mercury on top of that. So when news broke today that Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson, a Republican, would…
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Trump Administration Diverts FEMA Disaster Relief Money to Keep More Migrants in Cages
The Department of Homeland Security informed Congress this week that it will reallocate $271 million from its budget, including disaster aid, to the U.S.-Mexico border to support the Trump administration’s stringent immigration policies. DHS confirmed the transfer at the height of hurricane season in the Atlantic; as I write this, Tropical Storm Dorian continues its…
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Woman Who Wanted to Keep Michigan Town White ‘As Possible’ Withdraws Her City Council Bid, But Not Before Saying More Racist Nonsense
Jean Cramer, a city council candidate in Michigan who publicly said she wanted to keep her community as white “as possible,” withdrew her candidacy on Monday. For the first time since espousing her racist views at a candidate forum last week, Cramer showed the barest sliver of good sense, submitting a one-sentence letter to Marysville…
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It’s Been a Deadly Summer for Black Children in St. Louis. State Lawmakers Are Poised to Do Absolutely Nothing
A horrific string of unsolved shootings killing children in St. Louis has local police offering up to $100,000 for help in finding suspects. But even as gun violence has claimed the lives of 13 children since April, the GOP-run statehouse has made clear it has no plan to address the outbreak in violence. As both…
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Once, Twice…Seven Times a Daddy? Future Named in New Paternity Suit
A Florida woman has filed a paternity case naming Future as the father of a 4-month-old girl. If true, the child would be the rapper’s seventh. TMZ reports that Eliza Seraphin—known on Instagram as Eliza Reign—filed documents in Broward County, Fla., claiming Future fathered her baby girl and then promptly ghosted on her shortly after…
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Our Real President Wants Us to 'Drop the Ageism Shit'
Lizzo, also known as our bad bitch-in-chief, wants you to keep focused on the things that matter this (endless) election season, and according to her, age ain’t one of those things. In a series of now-deleted tweets from Saturday, the “Juice” singer (per the Huffington Post) wrote: “I hear a lot of about Bernie Sanders…
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Serena Williams Highlights How Abusers Use Money to Violate Their Partners
Earlier this summer, following a disappointing loss at the Wimbledon finals, Serena Williams told reporters, “The day I stop fighting for equality and for people that look like you and me will be the day I’m in my grave.” Williams continues to make good on her word, this time launching a new film that seeks…
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A$AP Ghosted: Trump White House Team Incensed Rocky Never Said ‘Thank You’ for Help Getting Out of Swedish Jail
All the White House wanted was their flowers. Apparently, A$AP Rocky doesn’t think that’s his fucking problem. A new report from Yahoo News citing two Trump clowns allies, Darrell Scott and Kareem Lanier, spills the tea about what happened behind the scenes of Donald Trump’s efforts to free Rocky (born name: Rakim Mayers) from his…
