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  • LeBron James Continues His Quest to Be the Blackest Athlete in Pro Sports

    At this point, LeBron James is an institution. He’s now become a historical reference for how to use sports as a platform to push social justice and how to make sure your friends prosper from your success. He’s reached Miles Davis levels of “fuck y’all,” which means you can literally turn your back on the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 5, 2018
  • The FBI Investigation Into Brett Kavanaugh Is Complete. Here’s What We Know

    The week-long FBI investigation into sexual misconduct claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has concluded. The report was finished Thursday (for comparison, the search for Russian Collusion and Barack Obama’s real birth certificate is still ongoing). Here’s everything we know. I’m not joking. There is literally only one copy of the FBI report and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 4, 2018
  • Amid Abuse Allegations, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison Considers Stepping Down From Democratic National Committee

    Amid allegations that he abused a former girlfriend, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is considering leaving his position as deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee. Ellison has maintained his innocence, claiming the allegations made against him come from jealous former girlfriend, Karen Monahan. During a radio interview with Minneapolis radio station WCCO, Ellison said that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    October 4, 2018
  • Trump Is the Soulja Boy of Presidents; Drops 138 Spots on Forbes List

    President Donald Trump and Soulja Boy have a lot in common. Both are self-made. Both can truly spin a yarn. Both have made outlandish claims of wealth and extravagance. One “Superman’d a hoe” while the other had his un-spray-tanned buttocks smacked with a rolled-up Forbes magazine. Both are full of shit. Speaking of Forbes ……

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 3, 2018
  • New York Times Report Reveals Donald Trump's Father Was the Real Baller, Not Him

    It turns out that Donald Trump is huckster, liar and a fraud. Who knew? According to a scathing report in the New York Times, the president of the United States not only lied about his wealth (he continuously claims that he’s a billionaire and he’s not), but his family defrauded the IRS by using dubious…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 3, 2018
  • White Man Tells Black Family Campaigning for Senate Candidate Beto O’Rourke to Get Out of His Neighborhood

    A black Texas family simply wanted to campaign for the man looking to unseat the constipated Grandpa Munster, Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz, but claim they were harassed by a belligerent white man who was belligerent white-manning. According to Fox 26, the family posted a video to Facebook explaining the encounter with the white man who,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 3, 2018
  • Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford at Rally as He Continues to Campaign as the President of White Men 

    Rallies are a safe space for President Trump. The crowd is filled with approved and confirmed, card-carrying, MAGA hat-wearing, Trump supporters who would follow him over a cliff. I used to believe that Trump scheduled these rallies to boost his ego; now I think his staff plans them to get him the fuck away from…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 3, 2018
  • Envelopes Sent to Defense Secretary, Navy Chief Test Positive for Ricin: Report

    Two envelopes addressed to Defense Secretary James Mattis and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson tested positive for the deadly poison ricin at the Pentagon’s Central Processing Center. The packages, which were delivered Monday, were flagged and contained “before making it into the sprawling headquarters of the Defense Department in Virginia near Washington, DC,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 2, 2018
  • Trump Directed Son Eric and Michael Cohen to Keep Stormy Daniels Quiet: Report

    Ever since Trump took office it was always unclear as to what Eric Trump’s role would be. For years he collected unemployment as an out-of-work vampire and technically, he’s only qualified to be a greeter at the White House front entrance. But a new report seems to show Count Trumpula’s official role: Snitch Silencer. According…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 2, 2018
  • Text Messages Suggest Kavanaugh Urged Friends to Refute Claims Before They Became Public: Report

    Before the New Yorker published a story claiming that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had exposed himself to Deborah Ramirez during a party at Yale University, Kavanaugh and his staff reportedly sent text messages to friends who attended the party asking for support and looking for them to publicly deny the allegations. According to Ramirez’s…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    October 2, 2018
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