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  • 5 Black People That Would’ve Been a Better Choice for Attorney General Than Merrick ‘Milquetoast’ Garland

    5 Black People That Would’ve Been a Better Choice for Attorney General Than Merrick ‘Milquetoast’ Garland

    Merrick Garland wasn’t supposed to be eligible to become attorney general because he was supposed to be a Supreme Court Justice. But then Mitch McConnell stepped up and never gave Garland a chance to have a confirmation hearing and thus Trump stacked the court. But that was years ago, back when we could go outside…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 7, 2021
  • Sen. Angus King: Want to Stop Coronavirus? Make Netflix and Disney Plus Free

    Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) has an idea that’s so stupid it actually might be goddamn brilliant! In a letter Monday, King asked executives at Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, HBO Max and Hulu to make their streaming services free during the holidays to get people to stay home and therefore curb the spread of the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 16, 2020
  • Biden to Nominate Pete Buttigieg as Head of Transportation

    In what continues to be some head-scratching shit, President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, which is the equivalent of being nominated as the secretary of transportation. Safe to say it’s not a glamorous position. Quick, name another Transportation secretary in the history of ever? Exactly. According to Politico, Buttigieg…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    December 15, 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • I Guess We’ve Got to Talk About the Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock Debate

    This debate was doomed before it started. On one side, you have Raphael Warnock, a sensible Black pastor and politician who rose to prominence on the Atlanta political scene after a push to expand Medicare under the Affordable Care Act. On the other side, you have Kelly Loeffler, a Karen, Trump enthusiast who co-owns the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    December 7, 2020
  • Hear That, Maskholes? President-Elect Joe Biden Will Ask Americans to Wear Masks for 100 Days

    Look, the current president of white supremacy has grand royally fucked up this whole coronavirus thing, so when President-elect Joe Biden takes office, he wants all Americans—including those maskholes who would rather die than wear a paper mask over their racist faces—to wear masks for 100 days so that America can try and get this…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    December 4, 2020
  • Biden Names Woman to Lead Intelligence and Latino to Lead Department of Homeland Security

    Biden Names Woman to Lead Intelligence and Latino to Lead Department of Homeland Security

    President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. isn’t waiting on Trump to hand him the reins. In fact, he’s moving on with his top national security picks. On Tuesday, his transition office noted that Biden plans to name “the first Latino to lead the Department of Homeland Security, the first woman to head the intelligence community and…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    November 23, 2020
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