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  • Colin Kaepernick’s NFL Jersey Is Still Doing Well Even Though He Doesn’t Have an NFL Home

    Colin Kaepernick still doesn’t have an NFL home, but that hasn’t ended his popularity as a former San Francisco 49ers quarterback. For a few months this year, he was leading the 49ers in jersey sales. According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, the free agent quarterback—a status that means he’s still available if the New York Jets…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 22, 2017
  • 5 Times Donald Trump Proved to Be a Dotard 

    There are very few times that I’ve ever found myself agreeing with the rhetoric of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But Kim’s clapback after President Nooshi von BackWash screamed on him on a world stage (talking shit about a world leader during the United Nations General Assembly is the political equivalent of screaming on…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 22, 2017
  • Sean Spicer’s Latest Lie: I ‘Have Not Knowingly’ Lied to America

    Former White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer is such a liar that he really believes that he didn’t “knowingly” lie to America. In an interview with Good Morning America on Thursday, his first since his “Normalizing-Hate World Tour” appearance at the Emmys, in which he joked about his lie regarding inauguration attendance, Spicer…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 21, 2017
  • NFL Players Want Month to Honor Social Activism 

    Three current players and one recent retiree have asked the NFL for a dedicated month devoted to social activism. According to Yahoo! Sports, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins and wide receiver Torrey Smith, and former Arizona Cardinals wideout Anquan Boldin sent a memo to the league in August requesting…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 21, 2017
  • Another Horrible Quarterback Signed by Coach Who Wants Nothing to Do With Colin Kaepernick

    According to reports (since I’m boycotting the NFL), Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles couldn’t throw a Frisbee into the ocean if he was standing at the shoreline. Sounds like a perfect fit for a free agent quarterback who not only throws the ball with some accuracy but can also run like a gazelle. Seems like…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 21, 2017
  • Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference Slated to ‘Rise’ Above Trump-Era Shenanigans

    For the first time since the Obama administration left office and subsequently moved most of the chocolate and reasonable, left-brain thinking out of the White House, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 47th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., is upon us. It all starts Wednesday. In the past, CBC annual events were a time of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 20, 2017
  • Either Kevin Durant Refers to Himself in 3rd Person, or He Has Another Twitter Account He Uses to Defend Himself

    In high school, I took a Spanish class in which I learned that I would be called “Esteban” instead of Stephen. I took to calling myself Esteban the rest of the school year and also talked about myself in the third person: “Esteban doesn’t eat personal pan pizza.”  “Esteban has entered the building.” So I…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 18, 2017
  • Sean ‘Spicy Facts’ Spicer Is on a Crusade to Change History’s Account of Him. So Why Is Liberal White America Providing the Stage?

    1. Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer is a liar. 2. He’s not only a liar, but he’s an Olympic-level liar who lied on a national stage and wasn’t even good at lying. 3. He’s not a friend of the people; he was President Satan von Shitty Horns’ first line of defense, and he was complicit in…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 18, 2017
  • Bail Reform Is About Criminal and Economic Justice

    There are many injustices in our nation’s criminal-justice system. But one of the greatest injustices occurs before the accused are even convicted of a crime. It’s the application of our money-bail system, and it works like this: Let’s say a mother is accused of shoplifting at a department store and is arrested. A judge sets…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 18, 2017
  • Auntie Maxine Waters to Jeff Sessions: ‘How Does It Feel to Be Dragged & Humiliated? Now You Know How the African Americans You Disrespected Feel’

    God bless Auntie Maxine Waters, who is truly doing the Lord’s work. On Friday, Waters waded down into the murky mess to take a jab at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who might be the worst person in America not named Trump. “To Jeff Sessions, how does it feel to be dragged & humiliated? Now you…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    September 15, 2017
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