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  • CNN Focus Group Doesn't Want Joe Biden to Run in 2020: 'His Time Is Done'

    Well, if a CNN focus group is a small slice of America, then a small slice of America is done with Joe Biden and the former vice president’s flirtatious romance with running for president. Biden, who is seen by many political pundits as a potential front-runner should he decide to join the Democratic primary, may…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 5, 2019
  • Watch: Ex-NBA Player Jason Terry Attempt the #ChocoChallenge and Yes, It Ended in Tears

    The #ChocoChallenge is the latest social media stunt in which someone tries to eat something really fucking hot that’s most likely going to burn their goddamn intestines and might even possibly send them to the hospital. It’s basically the one chip challenge, but in chocolate form. The good thing about this challenge (yes, there is…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    March 1, 2019
  • Antoinette ‘Toni’ Harris, Woman in Super Bowl Ad, Makes Sports History by Earning Football Scholarship

    Antoinette “Toni” Harris starred in a Toyota ad that played during the Super Bowl. The commercial was an ode to Harris’ perseverance to become a football player despite all odds, including cancer. On Tuesday that hard work paid off as Harris announced that she would be singing a letter of intent to play college football…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 28, 2019
  • The Girl Scout Good Samaritan Who Brought $540 of Cookies Arrested on Federal Drug Charges

    The viral moment was pure … and apparently so was the cocaine. Hiyoooooooo, I’m here all week folks. No seriously, I’m here all week as it’s my job. Turns out that the smiling South Carolina man who paid $540 to buy two little girls’ entire stash of Girl Scout cookies to get them out of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 27, 2019
  • New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Charged With Soliciting Prostitution and Police Have Video: Report

    The owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, has been charged with soliciting prostitution in a Florida spa, and reportedly was caught on camera getting…ummm…sexual services. According to CNBC, the very old and very rich Kraft was one of some two dozen people who were caught up in a human trafficking…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 22, 2019
  • Sarah Huckabee Sanders Lies Again, Claims Trump Has Never ‘Done Anything But Condemn Violence’

    White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is confusing. I don’t know if “Suckabee” is a shameless liar who’d do anything to keep her job and in the good graces of her orange master or if she honestly believes the bullshit that is coming out of her mouth. On Friday, amid news reports that a…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 22, 2019
  • Trump's 'Executive Time' Just Got Serious as the President Has Purchased a $50,000 Golf Simulator: Report

    President Lazy Thot has gone from heading to the golf course to bringing the golf course to the White House, having had a room-sized golf simulator installed to allow his lazy ass to play virtual rounds when he’s not napping. According to The Washington Post, Trump replaced former President Obama’s less sophisticated golf simulator, which…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 13, 2019
  • Rep. Ilhan Omar Claps Back at the Bigot In Chief: 'You Have Trafficked in Hate Your Whole Life'

    Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had time Wednesday morning when she clapped back at President Trump’s call for her to resign, noting that the president has trafficked in hate his whole life. In a tweet, the president’s preferred mode of communication because he’s basically a 13-year-old 7th grader, Omar tweeted: You know that Omar’s initial tweet…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 13, 2019
  • Trump Says He's Not 'Happy' With Border Deal and Continues to Lie About the Wall Being Built Right Now

    On Tuesday, the president of people who buy jogging baby strollers said he’s not “happy” with a bipartisan agreement to prevent a government shutdown that provides $1.375 billion for fencing and other physical barriers along the Southern border, far less than the $5.7 billion the president has demanded in previous negotiations. “I don’t think you’re…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 12, 2019
  • Trump Supporter Attacks Media During Trump Rally and Trump Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

    During another one of the president’s endless rallies in El Paso, Texas, on Monday, a supporter of the President Trump took the media-hater-in-chief’s consistent and frequent statements against the press literally and reportedly shoved a BBC cameraman before being taken away by security. The deplorable allegedly shouted “fuck the media” before issuing a series of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    February 12, 2019
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