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  • Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos Is a Plagiarizing Machine; Still Passes Senate Committee

    The appointed apples fall not far from the corrupt presidential tree. Betsy DeVos—you know, the woman President Executive Order pegged to be the education secretary—looks to have plagiarized at least two of her answers on her Senate-committee take-home exam. Yet the nomination of the controversial billionaire who never attended a public school in her life…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 31, 2017
  • LeBron James Is Now Charles Barkley’s Father

    LeBron James just verbally punched Charles Barkley in the face. He actually used his words to reach into Barkley’s soul and find that small part where all his insecurities were hiding and crushed him back to a baby. At this point, LeBron James is Charles Barkley’s father. The beef between the two men started after…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 31, 2017
  • Marshawn Lynch Went to Scotland and the Punch Line Is Marshawn Lynch

    So I never know how to take these videos; you know, the ones where they take the African-American sports star out of his element and surround him in whiteness and then record him. It’s always felt like a backward safari, one of those moments when we collectively laugh at how uncultured the athlete is around…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2017
  • Obama to Trump (DJ Khaled Voice): You Played Yourself

    Former President Barack Obama (OMG! We miss you so much, you don’t even know!) wants to make it clear that President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” is not based on policy from his presidency. According to the Washington Post, Trump claimed that his new immigration executive order is a lot like a 2011 ban on Iraqi…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2017
  • Sage Steele Is Still Out to Prove That a Biracial Woman Can Cry White Tears

    ESPN host Sage Steele will never be coming to the cookout. Ever. On Sunday, as thousands around the country protested President Evil’s “Muslim ban”—the one his administration is refusing to call a Muslim ban even though that’s exactly what it is—Steele tweeted not about the protest, or solidarity with those who find the dictator-in-chief’s actions…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2017
  • The Donald Blames Airport Mess on Computer Outage and Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Tears

    Donald Trump is doing what he does best when faced with difficult questions: lying, deflecting blame, mocking people and talking trash on Twitter. On Monday, after protesters converged on airports throughout the country to protest the Muslim ban this administration swears is not a Muslim ban, except the part where it totally is, Trump took…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2017
  • Unique Views, Episode 28: Ginuwine’s Catalog Can Compete With Jodeci’s; Yep, We Said It

    What it do, y’all? We back at it like a drug habit. It’s your favorite host’s favorite hosts: Stephen A. Crockett Jr. (the 3rd), aka “Lattisaw,” and the most liturgical, dancingest host whose white gloves stay spotless, Ms. Patti LaDanielle, aka Danielle Young. And I have to jump right in: Danielle totally froze! Ohmigod, it…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 27, 2017
  • Trump’s 1st News Conference: UK Is Still Bae; Russia Remains Strong Side Chick

    To the shock of no one, President Donald Trump spent his first White House news conference Friday talking about America’s side bae: Russia. That’s right, everyone, the president hasn’t been cozying up with Russia President Vladimir Putin for nothing; he’s looking to continue dating Russia, Trump announced during the joint press conference with British Prime…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 27, 2017
  • Amy Blagojevich Pens White Tears, Calls Obama ‘Spineless’ for Not Letting Corrupt Papa Out of Prison

    Amy Blagojevich, the oldest daughter of former Illinois governor and current federal inmate Rod Blagojevich, used Facebook to blast former President Barack Obama for not releasing her father from prison, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The 20-year-old reportedly had her mom post her missive on her Facebook page. Amy Blagojevich, a Northwestern University student, wrote that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 27, 2017
  • The Guy Behind Trump’s Claims of Voter Fraud Doesn’t Have Any Proof

    Well, well, well. Turns out President Donald Trump’s trusted man behind these absurdly ludicrous claims of voter fraud doesn’t have any proof—or, even better, any proof he can explain. During a recent appearance on CNN’s New Day with Chris Cuomo, VoteStand founder Gregg Phillips boasted that he could prove that there absolutely was voter fraud…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 27, 2017
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