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  • Watch: Trump Wants to Build That Dumbass Wall, but He’s Totally Fine With Low-Wage Foreign Guest Workers

    During his millionth rally to drum up support for the presidential office that he already holds, Donald Trump told those in attendance that he had an answer for farmers who he noted may suffer “a little pain for a little while” because of his administration’s shady trade deals with several foreign partners. The answer (you…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 30, 2018
  • Trump Just Can’t Stop Lying About Crowd Size 

    While the rest of the “alt-right” was gathered at a Hilton in Washington, D.C., for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the president was busy stroking his ego by holding another rally for himself, this time in Michigan, and lying, again, about crowd size. The president of white women who carry spit cups told a group…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 30, 2018
  • Cash Me Outside: Vanessa Trump ‘Went Gangster’ on Aubrey O’Day After Learning of Her Alleged Affair With Donald Jr.: Report

    Back in 2011, rumors began sprouting that Donald Trump Jr. and failed Danity Kane singer Aubery O’Day were on “Bill O’Reilly and chill” time, which would’ve been fine, except that Lil Donnie was very married with kids. Recently, those rumors popped up again, and shortly afterward, Vanessa Trump filed for divorce. According to the New…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 30, 2018
  • Paul Ryan Forced the House Chaplain to Resign; Now Democrats and Republicans Want to Know Why

    Sometime around Easter, the Rev. Pat Conroy was called into House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office, where Conroy claims he was told to submit a letter of resignation. He claims he was not given a reason for why he needed to resign, and that in fact, he was only told that he needed to resign. “I…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 27, 2018
  • Chance the Rapper Loves Kanye, Not Trump

    For the better part of a week, we have all been caught up in Kanye West’s whirlwind of tweets. In fact, Kanye’s tweet storm might’ve been more Trumpian than his pride in his autographed “Make America Great Again” hat. For days, West has been at the center of a hot-take extravaganza with writers trying to…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 27, 2018
  • Wait, Did Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Just Hint That a $1.6 Million Abortion Payout May Have Been for Trump and Not That GOP Donor?

    Attorney Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, is having quite a day. That’s because President Donald Trump already handed him a gift with his phone call Thursday to Fox & Friends when he noted that his personal lawyer Michael Cohen was working on his behalf when he paid Daniels $130,000. Now Avenatti…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 26, 2018
  • Trump Just Admitted That Michael Cohen Acted on His Behalf When He Paid Off Porn Actress, and Why This Matters 

    President Donald Trump needs a teleprompter around him at all times, including when he takes the presidential golf cart to his local KFC, because whenever he goes off script, he not only puts his orange-hued foot in his mouth but also risks incriminating himself. This happened Thursday morning during an interview on Fox & Friends,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 26, 2018
  • Trump’s VA Pick Withdraws Nomination Amid New Allegations He Drunkenly Crashed Government Car

    Amid new allegations that Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, President Donald Trump’s embattled pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, drunkenly crashed a government-issued vehicle and kept haphazard prescription records, Jackson has withdrawn his name from consideration for the post. “The allegations against me are completely false and fabricated,” Jackson, the White House physician, said…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 26, 2018
  • White Reporter Stole From Warriors Security and Nothing Happened Until the Players Found Out 

    A white reporter who covers the Golden State Warriors was caught on tape stealing a security staffer’s jacket. It isn’t debatable; it happened. Several news outlets have seen the tape and confirmed that Mike Shumann, a sports anchor for KGO-TV in San Francisco, picked up the jacket, which didn’t belong to him, and walked out…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 25, 2018
  • Auntie Maxine Waters Issues Proposal to Trump: Quit so I Can Stop Calling for Your Impeachment

    Rep. Maxine Waters of California, aka Auntie Maxine, knows what we know: Donald Trump never wanted to be president, and more important, he’s horrible at it. So on Tuesday, during a gala for the Time 100 in New York, Waters’ advice for Trump was this: “Please resign. So that I won’t have to keep up…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 25, 2018
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