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  • Trump Tells Allies He Will Run in 2024. Also Notes: You Know I Stay Lying

    The president of people hoping to storm the Electoral College, which is right next to Trump University, has been telling allies that he plans to run again in 2024—and then adds that he may back out, but still fuck with me like I’m running because I love attention. According to Politico, the president has been…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 14, 2020
  • GTFOH Trump Watch: You’ve Stolen an Election Before, So Why Won’t You Do It Now?

    GTFOH Trump Watch: You’ve Stolen an Election Before, So Why Won’t You Do It Now?

    Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is a thief. He stole his first name from a famous crooner whose surname is McKnight and his last name from a promiscuous former NBA dunker. He stole his style from Ward Cleaver and his haircut from Colonel Sanders (not the Latinx version. Man, I want so much more for Mario…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 14, 2020
  • A Republican Coronavirus Denier’s Story Told In 2 Acts

    A Republican Coronavirus Denier’s Story Told In 2 Acts

    Tennessee state Rep. David Byrd once claimed that the “mainstream media has sensationalized the reporting on COVID-19 in the service of political agendas.” Byrd has been seen on the House floor without a mask, which goes against everything that scientists have suggested during the pandemic. On Thursday, Byrd posted a message to Facebook asking friends…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 11, 2020
  • Joe Biden Met With Civil Rights Leaders, and I’m Going to Need Him to Watch His Tone

    If you are a Black person, you already know what I’m talking about. If you are white reader, then let me explain something that doesn’t work with Black people around the world: tone. Tone is the raising of your voice. It can also be associated with “talking to me like I’m a damn child.” It…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 11, 2020
  • GTFOH Trump Watch: You ’Bout to Go to Prison

    If you’ve ever wondered why President Trump is fighting so hard to steal the election and remain in office, it’s because he knows that once he becomes a regular citizen again he’s going to prison. OK, maybe not directly to prison, but he’s going to have to answer for all the crooked shit he did…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 11, 2020
  • Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to Mitch McConnell: ‘Dear God, Stop the Nonsense’

    If you are unfamiliar with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, she’s the no-nonsense politician who told her constituents during a pandemic that their jumpshot was always going to be weak and, therefore, they should stay their asses in the house and off the basketball courts. I will not discuss the countless memes of her telling you…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 10, 2020
  • Susan Rice to Run White House Domestic Policy Council

    President-elect Joe Biden is getting the band back together. According to people with knowledge of these kinds of things, Susan Rice, the former national security adviser under Barack Obama and Biden’s reign, has been tapped to run the White House Domestic Policy Council. According to Politico, Rice also served as the U.S. ambassador to the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 10, 2020
  • GTFOH Trump Watch: He’s Taking This Breakup Really Hard

    Breakups can be difficult, especially when one side didn’t see it coming. President Trump is really struggling with America telling him that they’ve moved on. He’s still trying to make America love him again and it’s just not working. At some point, the president has to realize that it doesn’t matter how many court cases…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 10, 2020
  • Biden Selects Four-Star General Lloyd Austin to Be Secretary of Defense: Report

    If the rumors are true, then President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin as the secretary of defense. If confirmed, Austin would be the first Black defense secretary of the United States. According to sources who spoke anonymously to the Associated Press, the choice for who would helm the Pentagon…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 8, 2020
  • Stephen Miller and Lou Dobbs Have a White Tears-a-thon on Fox News

    Admittedly I don’t watch a lot of white television except for Succession, so I wasn’t aware that Fox News was running a telenovela so compelling that two grown white men were on TV bawling their eyes out—and all this time I thought liberals were the snowflakes. Trump’s team has been treating this election the same…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 8, 2020
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