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  • Flint Still Doesn’t Have Clean Drinking Water but Trump Is Tweeting About White South African Farmers

    As it stands Flint, Mich., still doesn’t have clean drinking water and Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria’s aftermath. But President Trump, in a late-night tweetstorm, decided to run down the rabbit hole that seems to be the latest white nationalist conspiracy theory, specifically, that white South African farmers are being murdered for…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 23, 2018
  • Mom's Student Loan Debt Prevents Daughter From Enrolling in Spelman College

    Nayaa Martinique and her family took the eight-hour drive from Indianapolis to Atlanta so the college freshman could start her journey as a Spelman woman. “I was just excited to move in and go to college,” Nayaa told Fox 59. But once the family arrived, there was a slight problem. It turned out that Nayaa…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 11, 2018
  • Trump to Migrant Parents Whose Children Were Taken at the Border: Let the ACLU Find Your Family

    Despite the fact that the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance policy” is the reason that migrant parents were forcibly separated from their children at the border, the Department of Justice doesn’t believe that they should be responsible for reuniting the families they tore apart. On Thursday, the Trump administration told a federal judge that the American…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 3, 2018
  • Attorney General Jeff 'King Keebler' Sessions Joins High Schoolers in 'Lock Her Up' Chant

    Every story surrounding Attorney General Jeff “King Keebler” Sessions is an attempt to move the country further away from the fact that the man runs an operation that MAKES COOKIES IN A FUCKING TREE! At some point, it would do the America justice to focus on the health regulations that have to be violated with…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 24, 2018
  • Free Agent Cornerback Adam 'Pacman' Jones Trolls Airport Attacker

    Free agent Adam “Pacman” Jones, who was in a wild airport fight with a worker who was handling business until a phantom punch laid him out, would make rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine proud with his high-level trolling. On Tuesday, Frank Ragin, the man who allegedly started a fight with an NFL cornerback (because that’s smart), appeared…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 18, 2018
  • Trump Moonwalks All Over U.S. Intelligence Again, Claims He Doesn't Believe Russia is Targeting Midterm Elections

    On Monday, during a press conference with American President Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump kindly escorted the entire U.S. intelligence agency outside to a Helskini highway, where he introduced them to a bus after claiming that he didn’t believe that Russia had anything to do with interfering in the 2016 election despite all claims that it…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 18, 2018
  • New York Knicks Great Charles Oakley Arrested for Cheating Las Vegas Casino: Report

    Legendary NBA tough-guy Charles Oakley found himself in the pokey after reportedly trying to cuff a bet he placed once he realized he was going to lose. According to TMZ Sports, on July 8, Oakley was gambling at a Vegas casino and apparently forget that this is 2018 and everything is recorded on video. Oakley…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 12, 2018
  • Trump to NFL: Congratulations, You Played Yourself

    The NFL went out of its way to try and appease President Oppression Von Anusmouth’s demands to stop black players from kneeling during the national anthem to protest the overpolicing of black communities. The NFL’s concession and new national anthem policy was to have players stay in the locker room while “The Star-Spangled Banner” plays—but…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 6, 2018
  • Drama Queen Terrell Owens Announces Where He'll Be Spending His Time During the Hall of Fame Ceremony

    NFL wide receivers are a notoriously emotional bunch. Even so, no one who played the game is more emotional then Terrell Owens. Who amongst us can forget this beauty of a video? Nevertheless, while T.O. can’t admit that he’s pissed with the Hall of Fame voters for not making him a first-ballot, unanimous selection, he’s…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 3, 2018
  • Umm, the Judge in Former NFL Tight End Kellen Winslow Jr.’s Rape Case Sounds Crazy

    Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. is currently facing serious time for allegedly kidnapping and raping two women and sexually assaulting three others in his hometown of Encinitas, Calif. On Thursday, Winslow’s lawyers were requesting that the ex-NFL star be released from jail, but with advancements in technology that could have video recordings mounted…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    June 29, 2018
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