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  • Yes, Derek Chauvin Was Found Guilty in the Death of George Floyd, But What’s…Next?

    Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes until he became unresponsive and later died, was found guilty of murder Tuesday. Chauvin’s bail was revoked, and he was immediately taken into custody. Here is everything we know about what happens next for Chauvin: Chauvin is being held…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 21, 2021
  • A Roundup of Conservative White Tears After the Derek Chauvin Verdict

    A Roundup of Conservative White Tears After the Derek Chauvin Verdict

    I’m not sure why some white people hate justice so much when it comes to Black death, but alas, here we are in an America in which Macklemore won the Best Rap Album Grammy over Kendrick Lamar. Yesterday was a difficult day for some white people. Notice I’m loading up my story with the qualifier…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 21, 2021
  • New York Attorney General Asked to Investigate Whether Andrew Cuomo Used State Resources for Pandemic Book

    Well, it looks like the saga that is New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues, as now the New York state comptroller has asked the state’s attorney general to investigate whether the embattled governor used state resources in the “development and promotion” of his coronavirus pandemic book. From CNN: Attorney General Letitia James’ office received the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 20, 2021
  • Former President ChooChoo Von RacistMan Appears on Republican OnlyFans and Claims He’s Looking at 2024 ‘Seriously’

    Former President Heidi Von SlumLord knows how to keep racists hanging on his every breath. During an appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show “What Time Is It? It’s Racist o’Clock” (seriously, do you know the name of his show?) Von ShitBird teased whether or not he’s considering running for president again in 2024. “Are…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 20, 2021
  • Ben Carson Doesn’t Want You to Get Reparations and Other Embarrassingly Ignorant Things

    When my children are older I will tell them that this was Dr. Ben Carson: I will explain to them that he was the one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons who sadly lost his life in a tragic hang gliding incident off the coast of Honduras, because I want to keep the legacy of Ben…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 19, 2021
  • A Quack Wants to Get Rid of a Queen: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants to Expel Auntie Maxine from Congress

    GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), aka QAnon’s favorite chew toy, is spending her time in Congress the way she spends most of her week: kicking around conspiracy theories and being the voice that no one listens to. On Sunday the QUack issued a statement noting that she would be “be introducing a resolution to…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 19, 2021
  • Sean Hannity Calls 13-Year-Old Child Killed by Police a ‘Man.’ Twitter Drags Him for It

    If a used domestic terrorist boot and a discarded sock with a meth addiction had a baby it would be Sean Hannity. The inherently racist, spewer of hate and lover of all things white Fox News host will stop at nothing to make his point, including desecrating the memory of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old gunned…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 16, 2021
  • Auntie Maxine Snatches Jim Jordan’s Baby Hair, Tells the Ohio Rep ‘Shut Your Mouth’

    If only Rep. Jim Jordan, a former assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State, had something to say when wrestlers were being sexually abused by their team doctor. Instead, Jordan has claimed he had no knowledge of the incidents despite several wrestlers claiming he not only knew but was aware of the running “joke” that if…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 15, 2021
  • What the Hell Is Up With Fox News? Geraldo Rivera and Former Cop Get Into Fuss Fight Over Daunte Wright’s Death

    If there was one place that lovers of cops who kill unarmed Black people could go and rejoice with their people it should be Fox News, and even that is becoming less of a sacred space. The wheels in the tricycle of evil aligned as Geraldo Rivera and Dan Bongino faced off on Sean Hannity’s…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 15, 2021
  • NC High School Basketball Coach Killed Trying to Rob Notorious Mexican Drug Cartel

    NC High School Basketball Coach Killed Trying to Rob Notorious Mexican Drug Cartel

    *My great grandfather Ferguson Rotimi Jebediah Crockett once took me on his knee and told me about life. “Stephen,” he said. “There are three things in life that you don’t fuck with: the IRS, white women, and the Sinaloa cartel.” I have made it all my life only fucking up on one of those credos…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 15, 2021
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