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  • Nike Trolls NFL With New Ad Featuring Colin Kaepernick, Set to Debut on Thursday Night Football

    After upsetting a bunch of white nationalists snowflakes who only own Nike Monarchs or Marshalls clearance-rack joints, Nike announced that the face of the Black Lives Movement in sports, the first kneeler for black rights, the undisputed heavyweight champion of trying to stop the overpolicing of black and brown communities, Colin Kaepernick, was going to…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    September 5, 2018
  • Brett Kavanaugh Is a Dick and the Look He Gave Fred Guttenberg Proves It

    On Tuesday, at the end of the first day of the Senate confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh’s possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, a man came over to him with his hand outstretched attempting to shake the nominee’s hand. Kavanaugh looked at the man and then turned and walked away. The man was Fred…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    September 5, 2018
  • Paul Manafort's Daughter Wants to Change Her Last Name. I Have Some Suggestions

    Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman who spent $1 million on a wardrobe that most pimps would find appalling, was recently found guilty on eight fraud charges. Now, his daughter wants to lose her last name because her dad is a criminal. “I would like my new name to be Jessica Anne Bond, in place…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    September 4, 2018
  • Bob Woodward's Strange Call With Trump Catches the President in a Lie

    In August, Bob Woodward—the famed White House reporter who has the distinct honor of being half of an investigative duo that bought down a corrupt president—had just finished his manuscript for Fear, a look inside Trump’s White House. The president had received word of the book’s existence and was reportedly annoyed that the book was…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    September 4, 2018
  • GOP Favorite and Congressional Confirmation 'Sherpa' Jon Kyl to Replace Sen. John McCain: Report

    Sadly, Arizona Sen. John McCain’s death couldn’t come at a better time for the GOP as Jon Kyl, one of the most beloved Republicans, will take over his seat until at least the end of the year. According to AZ Central, “Kyl, who served alongside McCain during his 18 years in the U.S. Senate,” could…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    September 4, 2018
  • Trump Thinks Everyone's 'Out to Get Him,' and Called Jeff Sessions 'Mentally Retarded', New Book Claims

    President Trump has proven himself to be a man that desperately wants to control the narrative about his life. He’s so obsessed with himself that he once posed as his own publicist to feed positive stories about his life to news outlets. Fear, a new book by Bob Woodard—one half of the duo that brought…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    September 4, 2018
  • Air MAGA: Trump's Base Is So Pissed at Nike's Kaepernick Ad, They're Burning Their 'White Supremacy 7s'

    First, there were the tiki torch marches by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va.; then there was the Roy Moore, Sean Hannity-inspired coffee smashing protest, and now there is the “cut the Nike symbol off socks you already own” protest of 2018. On Monday, Nike announced in typical Nike style that Colin Kapernick was the face…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    September 4, 2018
  • Serena and Venus Meet in U.S. Open and We Already Know Who’ll Win (Spoiler Alert: It’s Us)

    The tennis gods have done this on purpose for the amusement of tennis fans worldwide. For the 30th time since becoming pros, Venus and Serena Williams will face each other and, in truth, the only winner is tennis. On Friday two of the most dominant athletes will take center stage in the third round of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    August 31, 2018
  • Minnesota House Candidate Kyle Greene Wants to Be Your N-Word

    A black man with a heavy speech impediment who considers himself a politician made a campaign video in which he called himself a “nigger”—hard “r.” I wish I was joking. Kyle Greene is running for a state House seat in Minnesota and what he made was a pretty tame campaign video right up until the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    August 31, 2018
  • Omarosa’s Books Sales Are Dropping Faster Than a Kardashian at NBA All-Star Weekend

    It might be time for DJ Omarosa Manigault Newman to drop another mixtape as it seems her books sales are fading faster than her political career. According to the Washington Post, the sales of Omarosa’s “Unhinged: The Story of My Time Running a Bath for the President Unhinged, a memoir of her time in Trump’s…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    August 30, 2018
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