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  • Trump’s Thug, the Ruthless Gina Haspel, Confirmed as the 1st Female CIA Director

    Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick who refused to call torture immoral, was confirmed Thursday with the help of several spineless Democrats who voted in favor of Haspel’s becoming the first female director of the CIA. I shouldn’t call the six Democrats who voted for Haspel spineless, since many would argue that they are morally…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 17, 2018
  • Trump Knew Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Was an Alleged Sexual Abuser in 2013: Report

    President Donald Trump reportedly knew that Eric Schneiderman, the former New York attorney general, was accused of sexually abusing two women back in 2013. It was news that was kept under wraps until recently, when four women came forward to claim in a New Yorker report that they were the victims of sexual assault during…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 11, 2018
  • Toronto Raptors Head Coach, and Front-Runner for NBA Coach of the Year, Dwane Casey Has Been Fired: Report

    After compiling the best record in the NBA Eastern Division, the Toronto Raptors have fired head coach Dwane Casey. Casey was informed Friday morning that the team, which suffered a disappointing second-round-playoff sweep by the Cleveland Cavaliers, was moving in another direction. According to ESPN, Casey was the winningest coach in the franchise’s history and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 11, 2018
  • Trump Has Been in Office Fewer Than 500 Days. Here’s How Many Times He’s Lied

    Before President Donald Trump was a phony real estate mogul or a serial adulterer, he was a liar. Rumor has it that as a child, before his horns were fully developed, baby Trump lied about pooping in his diaper. As a teen he lied about being the product of a mixed relationship and swore that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 10, 2018
  • Trump Wants to Punish Journalists, Admits That ‘Fake News’ Is Anything Negative About His Administration

    President Donald Trump is a lot of things—a man who paints his skin with the finest orange Krylons; a fine connoisseur of America’s best xenophobia, misogyny and racism—but he is not a smart man. Despite his team’s best efforts to keep a phone out of his tiny hands, somehow President Jebediah von Sleufoot continues to…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 9, 2018
  • Feds Tapped Longtime Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen’s Phone Weeks Before Raid: Report

    President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen’s phones were tapped weeks before federal investigators executed a search warrant on his office. According to several reports, Cohen, who rose to national infamy after making a reported $130,000 payment to prevent porn actress Stormy Daniels from giving the details surrounding her alleged affair with Trump, had…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 3, 2018
  • Pittsburgh Steelers Pay Injured Linebacker Full Salary for 2018

    Last season, many people thought that Ryan Shazier might never walk again. The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker suffered a horrible neck injury while making a tackle during a Monday-night game against the Cincinnati Bengals in December. Shazier lay on the ground unable to move his legs before being carted off the field. The injury looked so…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    May 3, 2018
  • Wait, Did Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Just Hint That a $1.6 Million Abortion Payout May Have Been for Trump and Not That GOP Donor?

    Attorney Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, is having quite a day. That’s because President Donald Trump already handed him a gift with his phone call Thursday to Fox & Friends when he noted that his personal lawyer Michael Cohen was working on his behalf when he paid Daniels $130,000. Now Avenatti…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    April 26, 2018
  • Leaked Meeting Audio Proves NFL Owners Worried About Appeasing White Fans, While Players Worried About Kaepernick, Black Lives

    An October meeting between National Football League owners, players and league executives to discuss player protests and President Donald Trump’s bashing of the league because of players protests was supposed to be confidential. If Colin Kaepernick’s heavenly Afro didn’t already prove that God was OK with players protesting, the leaking of audio from said meeting…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    April 25, 2018
  • Hillary Clinton Told Campaign Aides That She Was Tired of Hearing About How ‘Nobody Likes’ Her: Report

    Hillary Clinton was aware that she was having trouble connecting with voters. One of the biggest concerns was that Clinton just wasn’t a likable candidate. But according to a new book, around July 2016, right as President Donald Trump became the Republican nominee, Clinton stopped caring that people didn’t like her. “A week earlier, she’d…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    April 20, 2018
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