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  • Nike Donates Millions to Republicans While Making Billions From Kaepernick Endorsement

    Nike did it. They took the glorious afro-ed Colin Kaepernick, the face of a movement against the killings of unarmed black men, women and children, and made him the face of their “Just Do It” campaign. It was a beautiful “fuck you” to the NFL, who essentially whiteballed the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback from…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 24, 2018
  • Trump Continues to Back Brett Kavanaugh, Calls Latest Allegations 'Totally Political'

    In a move that has shocked absolutely no one, President ChiChi von PeeTapes is continuing to back his pick for Supreme Court despite new allegations. On Monday, the president of people who wear overalls in a non-fashion way, called the newest set of sexual misconduct allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh politically motivated and added that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 24, 2018
  • Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Is Expected to Resign or He's Being Fired. Either Way, He's Gone: Report [Updated]

    According to several sources, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is out. Now, how he leaves his position is up for debate. According to Axios, Rosenstein is expected to resign. NBC News’ Pete Williams, however, reported that Rosenstein would not resign of his own accord and was headed to the White House on Monday, where he…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 24, 2018
  • Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Tried to Finesse White House Funds to Pay Legal Fees of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates: Report

    John Dowd, formerly President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, attempted to funnel money from the White House to help pay the legal fees incurred by Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates. According to a report in the the Wall Street Journal, Dowd would have gotten away…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 21, 2018
  • Brett Kavanaugh Belonged to a Frat That Once Chanted 'No Means Yes, And Yes Means Anal' 

    Not sure what the FBI found during their reported six background checks during the course of Brett Kavanaugh’s career, but it looks like Supreme Court nominee was a member of a frat that was notorious for disrespecting women, including hoisting a flag made of women’s undergarments. According to the Yale Daily News, Kavanaugh joined the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 21, 2018
  • Conservative Ed Whelan Posts Bizarre Conspiracy Theory About the Alleged Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault

    For some reason, unbeknownst to god and people who use the word “unbeknownst,” a lawyer named Ed Whelan played a full game of CLUE Thursday in which he not only attempted to solve the the alleged sexual assault of Christine Blasey Ford by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but he offered an alternative theory and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 21, 2018
  • Kanye West Tells Drake, Nick Cannon and Tyson Beckford to Keep His Wife’s Name Out Their Mouth

    In the beginning, Donda created the man-child from Chicagoland with the Polo sweaters and backpacks. And he was G.O.O.D. Later, that would give way to Rosewood Kanye, with the mullet and heart pendant. Then there was the no-smiling phase. Then the Jack Handy’s “Deep Thoughts” Kanye on Twitter. Then Yeezus. Then MAGA-Ye and “slavery was…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 20, 2018
  • Brett Kavanaugh's Accuser Wants to Testify, Even Next Week, But Still Prefers Full Investigation First

    The lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who claims that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanuagh, says that her client is ready to testify as early as next week, but not Monday. An email from Blasey Ford’s lawyer, obtained by The New York Times, notes he is willing to negotiate…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 20, 2018
  • Widow Asks Donald Trump Jr. to Stop Using Her Dead Husband's Photo to Spread Conspiracy Theory

    The official executive assistant Twitter troll to the troll-in-chief was on his job earlier this week when he tweeted out an image of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper in waist-high water. The funny thing is that the only one lying was the Michelle Williams of Trump family. The photo was shared over 20,000 times on Twitter…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 20, 2018
  • Former ESPN Anchor Jemele Hill to Narrate LeBron James’ Basketball Documentary Shut Up and Dribble

    Well, that didn’t take long. One of the realest to ever talk about sports, a must-follow on Twitter, and newly liberated fuckboy uncoverer, Jemele Hill, had barely stepped her foot off of ESPN’s campus before it was announced that her next gig will be narrating LeBron James’ basketball documentary Shut Up and Dribble. The documentary,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 19, 2018
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