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  • We Need to Talk About the President's UFC-Style Fight With the Queen's English

    The president of the United States is a global embarrassment and a national idiot. I know that seems like it’s a debatable comment, but it’s not. It just isn’t. It’s not subjective. The president is a few security clearances short of a junior high school diploma. At this point, I’m going to need to see…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 3, 2019
  • Donald Trump Continues to Claim His Father was Born in Germany. His Father Was Born in New York City

    Donald Trump Continues to Claim His Father was Born in Germany. His Father Was Born in New York City

    When I was younger, I used to tell girls that I was mixed race. It made me sound more exotic and made me seem more interesting. I wasn’t ashamed of being black, I just thought it was funny to see how easily people would believe me when I said that my father was black but…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    April 3, 2019
  • #SayHerName: Ashanti Carmon, Transgender Woman, Shot and Killed in Maryland

    #SayHerName: Ashanti Carmon, Transgender Woman, Shot and Killed in Maryland

    Ashanti Carmon, a transgender woman, was shot and killed early Saturday morning. Fairmount Heights police told WJLA that they responded to a call of several shots being fired in the Prince George’s County section of Maryland, which is a stone’s throw from the District of Columbia. When police arrived around 6:30 a.m., they found 27-year-old…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 1, 2019
  • Author of New Trump Golf Book: 'To Say Donald Trump Cheats Is Like Saying Michael Phelps Swims'

    Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheated his way out of Vietnam. He’s cheated his way into business loans. He cheated his way into the White House. So learning that President Donald Trump cheats about his golf game is like learning that Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. enjoys dancing, as that nigga dances more…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    April 1, 2019
  • White House Whistleblower: Trump Administration Overturned 25 Denied Security Clearances

    A White House whistleblower, which is not the same as a racist whistleblower, told a Congressional panel that more than two dozen security clearances that should have been denied were overturned by the Trump administration. According to The Washington Post, Tricia Newbold, a longtime White House security adviser, told the House Oversight and Reform Committee…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 1, 2019
  • Trump Loses It, Goes on Unhinged Rally Rant That Includes Profanity and New Nicknames for His Adversaries

    When Trump isn’t kicking a baby seal in the back or playing “I can’t read these documents” with his staff, he can usually be found in places where people have barns holding what can only be called a white people step show. That’s where Trump steps on stage and steps all over his adversaries with…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    March 29, 2019
  • Puerto Rico Governor Threatens to Punch Trump in the Mouth. San Juan Mayor Says No He Won't Because He's a Coward

    Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is doing what the kids call “keyboard thugging” or maybe it’s “pump faking” but either way, he’s tough-talking the president of the United States from a safe distance and the mayor of San Juan says it’s because history is going to remember him as a coward. President Trump and the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    March 29, 2019
  • Lawsuit: Chicago Police Raid Wrong Home, Smash 4-Year-Old's Birthday Cake and Pour Peroxide on His Presents

    When they aren’t bungling the investigation into accused Subway sandwich eater Jussie Smollet’s alleged purchased beatdown, Chicago’s finest are raiding the wrong home during a 4-year-old’s birthday party with guns drawn. NBC News reports that on Feb. 10, T.J. and his family and friends were enjoying his birthday party when it was crashed by Chicago…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 28, 2019
  • Trump Hyped His Wealth to Get Bankers and Investors to Lend Him Money—And He Might've Committed Fraud: Report

    The Grand Wizard of the White House is much like the Wizard of Oz; just a little orange colored man behind a financial curtain of falsities. According to The Washington Post, Trump created a document of lies he titled “Statements of Financial Condition” that he used to borrow money. The problem with this series of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    March 28, 2019
  • Ben Carson's HUD Charges Facebook With Housing Discrimination in Ads

    Facebook is supposed to just be Instagram for old people, yet they keep finding themselves embattled in all kinds of skullduggery. In 2018, Facebook found itself involved in some 21 scandals, including: Russians creating fake Facebook accounts to stir up shit before the 2016 election and Cambridge Analytica stealing the data of tens of millions…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 28, 2019
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