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  • Trump National Golf Club Maid Comes Out As Undocumented, Surprisingly Hasn’t Killed Anyone

    President Clark Griswald would have white midwesterners believe that he’s the tough-on-borders president, minus, of course, his genius immigrant wife and her parents. He would have southern whites believing that he’s the build-a-wall president that’s going to keep migrants from coming into the country and stealing all the good jobs. He would like to have…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 6, 2018
  • Emails Show Trump Diversity Official Instructed to Not Be So Hard on White Supremacists: Report

    The chief diversity officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs was reportedly warned by a top Trump appointee not to condemn white supremacists violence during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. According to new emails obtained by The Washington Post on Wednesday, Georgia Coffey, a VA senior executive, urged the agency to issue…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 6, 2018
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tweet-Shames Congress Members for Not Paying Interns a Living Wage

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly elected House representative, is continuing her crusade to not only change the way business is done in Congress but to pull back the curtain on the fugaziness that takes place on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, Cortez took to Twitter to bash both sides of the aisle for underpaying their overworked staff…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 6, 2018
  • George W. Bush Is Just Like All of Us, He Desperately Wants to be Friends With Michelle Obama, Too

    Remember that moment during Sen. John McCain’s funeral during which former President George W. Bush handed Michelle Obama a cough drop and the two exchanged a laugh? Well, on Wednesday, that moment played out again at the funeral of Bush’s father. As Dubya was greeting the distinguished guests in the front row… along with Donald…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 5, 2018
  • 20 New Things I Know About You If You're a Black Man Still Watching the NFL

    What if Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones walked onto his insanely gaudy field on game day Sunday and openly whipped a black player’s naked back? Or, what if Washington’s football team owner announced that he was finally going to succumb to accusations that his team’s name was racially insensitive and would now refer to his…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 5, 2018
  • Bush's Funeral: Trump Was Assured That No One Would Say Bad Things About Him

    George H.W. Bush’s funeral Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral will not include any bad speeches about President Trump and the Bush family even gave the president assurances that no one would speak ill about the president so he could attend. Despite the president being a thrower of stones and vocal critic of the entire Bush…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 5, 2018
  • John Wall Allegedly Flew in an IG Model Who Chronicled Her Trip and This Really Explains the Wizards' Season

    The Washington Wizards are having quite the start to their year. First, they traded everyone whom star point guard John Wall didn’t like (which was mainly center Marcin Gortat) and brought in an aging and ineffective Dwight Howard. Shortly after the season began, Howard went out with a butt injury, then rumors began swirling that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 4, 2018
  • Eric Trump Invited Himself Into Kellyanne Conway’s Marriage and Then Promptly Regretted It

    Eric Trump is a Trump, which means a few things. First, it means that he’s going to do some really stupid shit often. Second, it means that he’s going to do really stupid shit more times than not. And lastly, it means that he’s going to do a lot of stupid shit. On Tuesday, the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 4, 2018
  • The Real Reason Donald Trump Hates CNN

    Donald Trump has a lot in common with the drug culture of Baltimore that popularized the “stop snitching” movement. The way D. Trump sees it, if he’s your friend, you can’t be out here telling people the truth about who he actually is. In the newest episode of David Axelrod’s podcast, “The Axe Files” CNN…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 4, 2018
  • Good Samaritan Fatally Stabbed After Giving Money to Homeless Woman

    Jacquelyn Smith, 52, was a passenger in a car with her family when she saw a homeless woman reportedly holding a cardboard sign in one hand stating: “Please Help me feed my Baby” on a Baltimore street. The homeless woman was holding what appeared to be a baby wrapped in a blanket with the other…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 3, 2018
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