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  • Stephen Miller’s 3rd Grade Teacher Confirms Long-Held Speculation That He Ate Glue: Report

    Donald Trump’s senior political adviser Stephen Miller has always been a weird dude. Given that his third-grade teacher confirmed that fact, there’s little hope that anything will change. In 1993, little Stephen was an 8-year-old third grader who used to kill small animals ate glue. Fine, he never killed small animals. Well, no small animals…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 10, 2018
  • Melania Trump Went to Egypt Dressed Like a Smooth Criminal and Twitter Got Jokes 

    First lady Melania Trump never wanted to be here. She thought that she was marrying an old man with one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel, who not only keeps eating family-sized buckets of KFC original recipe but seems to be getting stronger. But this is the life she chose and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 10, 2018
  • George Taliaferro, First Black Man Drafted by the NFL, Dies at 91

    Trailblazer and trendsetter George Taliaferro, the first African-American player to be drafted by the NFL, died Monday. He was 91 years old. According to Bleacher Report: Taliaferro was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1949, though he never played for the team as a week earlier he had signed with the Los Angeles Dons of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 9, 2018
  • Trump Created a Fake Crime Wave, Then Took Credit For Solving It

    Trump is talking so you know what that means? Another drug lord is being created only to be foiled by the White House. In the unending Scooby-Doo adventure that is the Trump administration, President Trump spoke to a gathering of police chiefs in Florida—which might be my second worst nightmare (my first worst nightmare is…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 9, 2018
  • New Orleans Saints Running Back Alvin Kamara Wears Kaepernick Jersey and 'Make Africa Home Again' Hat

    For those of y’all still watching the NFL, it came as no shock that the New Orleans Saints beat the brakes off Washington’s football team. And New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees broke some record held by Peyton Manning, a retired quarterback who may or may not have taken steroids. But, truthfully, who gives a shit?…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 9, 2018
  • Nikki Haley's First Name Is Not Nicole and Other Fun Facts Now That She's Leaving the Trump Administration

    Nikki Haley was the White House Nicki Minaj. I learned last Thursday that Nicki Minaj’s real first name is not Nicole. It’s actually Onika. Nikki Haley’s real first name also isn’t Nicole, either; it’s actually Nimrata. On Tuesday, the president announced to widespread panic and utter shock to absolutely no one that Nimrata “Nikki” Haley,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 9, 2018
  • It's Official: Accused Sexual Predator Brett Kavanaugh Is a Supreme Court Justice

    Despite several outbursts from protesters, Congress voted 50 to 48 to confirm embattled judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, ending weeks of contentiousness between those who believe sexual assault survivors and those who live and represent states that sought to continue slavery. “I do not consent, where’s my representation?” one yelled. “Shame!” yelled another.…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 6, 2018
  • Jeff Flake Continues His Legacy of Being the Flakiest Senator on Capitol Hill; Will Vote Yes on Brett Kavanaugh

    Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake has a thing he does, which I call “The Flake.” The Flake is when a senator from a conservative state, like say, Arizona, acts conflicted about heavy subject matter and pump fakes as if they are going to cross party lines, but in the end—always in the end—they vote some 90…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 5, 2018
  • Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theory, Claims Sexual Assault Survivors Confronting Senators Are Paid Actors

    President Donald Trump has gone full Alex Jones, pushing a conspiracy theory about sexual assault survivors who’ve confronted senators about their support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a man who has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct. According to Huff Post, Trump claims that the women who’ve tried to humanize the face…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 5, 2018
  • Senate Votes to Advance Brett Kavanaugh Nomination; Key Senators Still Undecided

    Reporters and political pundits are trying to decipher the meaning behind Friday’s procedural votes for Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. In what is often routine, the chamber voted 51 to 49 to push Kavanaugh’s nomination to a final vote. Republicans were rejoicing after securing “the votes of two GOP senators and one Democrat who had…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 5, 2018
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