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  • Trump Knew Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Was an Alleged Sexual Abuser in 2013: Report

    President Donald Trump reportedly knew that Eric Schneiderman, the former New York attorney general, was accused of sexually abusing two women back in 2013. It was news that was kept under wraps until recently, when four women came forward to claim in a New Yorker report that they were the victims of sexual assault during…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 11, 2018
  • Happy Mother’s Day: Chris Bosh’s Mom Sues the Former NBA Player for Cutting Her Off

    Chris Bosh, 34, and his mother, Frieda, have a complicated relationship. In October 2017, Bosh reportedly tried to have his mother evicted from the DeSoto, Texas, house that she claims they built together. In December of that same year, Frieda was arrested for allowing a drug ring to be run out of the house where…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 11, 2018
  • Toronto Raptors Head Coach, and Front-Runner for NBA Coach of the Year, Dwane Casey Has Been Fired: Report

    After compiling the best record in the NBA Eastern Division, the Toronto Raptors have fired head coach Dwane Casey. Casey was informed Friday morning that the team, which suffered a disappointing second-round-playoff sweep by the Cleveland Cavaliers, was moving in another direction. According to ESPN, Casey was the winningest coach in the franchise’s history and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 11, 2018
  • ‘He’s Dying Anyway’: White House Aide’s Crass ‘Joke’ About Sen. John McCain

    White House aide Kelly Sadler thought it would be funny to joke about Sen. John McCain’s failing health. Sadler, who’s in charge of surrogate communications, claimed that no one should be worried about the Arizona senator’s opposition to Tump’s CIA pick because “he’s dying anyway.” CNN reports that Sadler’s “joke” fell flat. McCain (R-Ariz.), who…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 11, 2018
  • Gina Haspel, Trump’s Pick to Run the CIA, Is a Thug

    On Wednesday, Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s nomination to head the CIA, made her first appearance before a Senate committee hearing, and she sounded like and looked the part of a sweet, cookie-baking grandmother who wants nothing more than to “Make America great again.” But make no mistake about it; during her 33 years with…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 10, 2018
  • Trump Wants the Nobel Peace Prize, and With His Latest Moves, the Deplorable in Chief Just Might Win

    Thank you, North Korea, for releasing three American detainees early Thursday morning; but damn you, North Korea, for releasing them to the worst president to ever spit tabacky juice into an Oval Office trash can. In the dead of night, like a made-for-TV moment, President Donald Trump welcomed Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 10, 2018
  • Trump Has Been in Office Fewer Than 500 Days. Here’s How Many Times He’s Lied

    Before President Donald Trump was a phony real estate mogul or a serial adulterer, he was a liar. Rumor has it that as a child, before his horns were fully developed, baby Trump lied about pooping in his diaper. As a teen he lied about being the product of a mixed relationship and swore that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 10, 2018
  • Donald Trump Jr. Posted His 3-Year-Old Daughter on Instagram Without a Shirt. WTF Is Wrong With Him?

    Donald Trump Jr. is two wheels short of a functioning tricycle. He’s two Twix short of a full pack. He’s one shoe short of a pair. The man isn’t just dumb; he’s arguably the dumbest member of a historically dumb family. If you put Little Fingers Sr., Donald Jr., Ivanka (aka Contempo Casuals) and Eric…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 9, 2018
  • Trump Wants to Punish Journalists, Admits That ‘Fake News’ Is Anything Negative About His Administration

    President Donald Trump is a lot of things—a man who paints his skin with the finest orange Krylons; a fine connoisseur of America’s best xenophobia, misogyny and racism—but he is not a smart man. Despite his team’s best efforts to keep a phone out of his tiny hands, somehow President Jebediah von Sleufoot continues to…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 9, 2018
  • Watch: Mother of Former Duke Player Wendell Carter Jr. Compares NCAA Basketball to Slavery and Prison 

    Kylia Carter, mother of former Duke basketball star Wendell Carter Jr., didn’t mince words during an emotional speech to the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, in which she compared the current NCAA basketball system to slavery and prison. “When you remove all the bling and the bells and the sneakers and all that,” Carter said,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 8, 2018
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