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  • The 'Stable Genius' Just Rage-Tweeted a Misspelled Threat to Cut Funds for Fighting 'Forrest Fires'

    On Wednesday, a little after 10 a.m. on the East Coast, which means that the president has already walked the halls of the White House wearing only an adult diaper and a robe made the innards of orphaned baby seals clubbed to death with oak legs from authentic Victorian-era dining tables. He’s already drank a…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 9, 2019
  • R. Kelly Is the Black Donald Trump and His Supporters Are Deplorables, Too

    I cover politics and sports for The Root. R. Kelly and the accusations that have followed him like the stench from an R&B PigPen aren’t my lane. I was perfectly fine vomiting all over my television screen like the rest of us after watching Surviving R. Kelly, the six-part docu-series, and seeing just how far…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 9, 2019
  • Did Trump Just Lie About Being In The Oval Office on New Year's Eve? Some Reporters Think So

    President Alex P. Keaton has noted (and by “noted,” I mean drilled the shit into our collective frontal lobes) that he’s home alone at the White House diligently working (and by “working,” I mean tweeting) by his lonesome without anyone else because that’s how committed he is to not fixing the issue he created when…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    December 31, 2018
  • Floyd Mayweather Jr. Just Stole $9 Million

    Floyd Mayweather Jr. is becoming a worldwide carnival act. In the latest attempt at “come beat the champion,” Mayweather took his talents over to Japan, where he beat the brakes off of some guy named Tenshin Nasukawa. In what was billed as an exhibition fight, Nasukawa and Mayweather … hell, I don’t even know what…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    December 31, 2018
  • Elizabeth Warren Announces Presidential Bid and Chooses a Black Woman as Her Chief of Staff

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren has moved closer to ending the months of courting and put a ring on it after she was spotted walking into Jared to make it official with America. Elizabeth Warren is running for president in 2020. Well, she announced that she’s forming an exploratory committee to run for the White House, which…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    December 31, 2018
  • An Exclusive Interview With Michael Cohen’s Cellphone Who Apparently Went to Prague Without Him

    Michael Cohen’s cellphone was tired of the lies, the games and the stories of how they’d travel once he got a better job, saved some more money or worked less hours. So she took matters into her own hands and decided on her own that she was going to Prague. “Fuck, him!” Gloria, Cohen’s cellphone…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    December 28, 2018
  • Does Robert Mueller Have a Photo of Trump's 'Junk'?

    On Thursday a Russian company told a federal court that buried in the mountain of evidence collected by special counselor Robert Mueller for his investigation into Russian collusion during the 2016 presidential election, there is a naked selfie. Please, for the love of god let this not be a photo of President Mushroom Cap. No…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 28, 2018
  • Trump Rage Tweets That He’ll ‘Close The Southern Border Entirely’ If He Doesn’t Get Money For His Wall

    The wifi signal in the presidential dungeon was at full strength Friday morning as the president woke from his slumber, slaughtered a baby goat, gulped down a warm cup of baby goat blood (it really gets the hate juices flowing) and still had time to rage tweet that he’s going to shut down the entire…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    December 28, 2018
  • NJ School District to Boycott Matches Officiated By Ref Who Forced Black Kid to Cut His Dreads

    By now you’ve seen the viral video of the New Jersey teen who had his dreadlocks cut before a wrestling match. It was disturbing, unsettling and uncalled for, considering that the teen, Andrew Johnson, was wearing a head covering that is allowed during wrestling matches for people with longer hair. The referee, Alan Maloney, who…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 27, 2018
  • New York Teen Collapsed and Died During Basketball Practice and a Family Is Left With Questions

    Sixteen-year-old Lenny Pierre was practicing with the John Bowne High School basketball team in Queens, N.Y., on Wednesday, when he began feeling lightheaded and collapsed. School staff called 911 and he was rushed to a local hospital. “I’m in shock. I was at work and got a call saying that he was lightheaded and he…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 27, 2018
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