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  • Petty on Fleek: Texas Woman Is Selling Her Now Famous Anti-Trump Stickers 

    Karen Fonseca, who I am now convinced is a national hero, is looking to sell the “Fuck Trump and Fuck You for Voting for Him” stickers that made her internet-famous. According to KHOU-TV, the Fort Bend County, Texas, woman and her children are selling the notorious “Fuck Trump” bumper stickers, and she’s also planning to…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 22, 2017
  • Arizona Police Chief Loses Gun in Library, Takes 4 Days to Realize It’s Missing 

    Really, the punch line just writes itself. Except this isn’t a joke. An Arizona police chief really did up and forget his service weapon in a library bathroom stall and didn’t even realize it was missing until four days later. And now he wants the public’s help finding it. According to the Arizona Republic, the…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 22, 2017
  • Donor Found for Georgia 2-Year-Old Denied Kidney Transplant Because of Father’s Probation; Tyler Perry Gifts Child’s Mom a Car

    About a month ago, things were not looking very good for one Georgia family. Little A.J. Burgess needed a lifesaving kidney transplant, which he was denied all because his father—a more than perfect match—violated his probation terms, and the health of the 25-pound 2-year-old who was born without working kidneys was rapidly declining. Fast-forward and…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 22, 2017
  • Ilia Calderón Makes History as the 1st Afro-Latina to Anchor a Major News Desk in the United States 

    It’s #BlackGirlMagic time (psych, it’s always #BlackGirlMagic time), and today we are celebrating Ilia Calderón, who, on Nov. 8, became the first Afro-Latina to anchor a news desk at a major network in the United States, when she replaced María Elena Salinas on Noticiero Univision. “It’s a great responsibility knowing that I’m opening doors for…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 22, 2017
  • High School Teacher Suspended After Bragging About Failing Students Who Refused to Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance 

    It’s never too late for your shitty ways to catch up with you, and a Uniondale (N.Y.) High School health teacher is learning that the hard way after being removed from the classroom after bragging on a Facebook post that he had failed two students more than a decade ago partially because they would not…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 22, 2017
  • Georgia Cop Viciously Beat Teen, Causing Him to Suffer Concussion, Mom Says 

    A Georgia mother is finally speaking out, months after her teenage son was brutally beaten by an Atlanta police officer following a high-speed chase. The original incident occurred back in September 2016, but the officer wasn’t fired until July 26 of this year, and now Zabora Brown is demanding action, WSB-TV reports. “Something needs to…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 22, 2017
  • Florida Church Puts Up Warning on Front Doors: ‘We Are Heavily Armed’

    One Florida church is letting the people know that while the pastors and congregation may be saved, y’all can still catch these hands. While everyone is still welcome at the River at Tampa Bay Church, the senior pastor, Rodney Howard-Browne, posted the new signs that will be gracing the front doors of the church, MSN…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 21, 2017
  • Ohio Man Harassed, Threatened Elderly Black Neighbor, Encouraged 4-Year-Old Son to Call the 70-Year-Old Racial Slurs

    There are assholes, there are monumental assholes, and then there are people like this Cleveland man who was arrested after harassing his elderly black neighbor while using racial slurs, and encouraging his 4-year-old son to call the woman the n-word. According to Cleveland.com, Keirian Kelly also threatened to stab the woman multiple times over a…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 21, 2017
  • Rep. John Conyers Paid $27,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Complaint: Report

    Updated Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, 1:30 p.m. EST: Rep. John Conyers has released a full statement “expressly and vehemently” denying allegations of sexual misconduct after a BuzzFeed report found that his office had settled with a former employee who had accused of him of inappropriate advances. Conyers insisted that “it is important to recognize that…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 21, 2017
  • Teen Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 50 at Mosque in Nigeria

    A teen suicide bomber targeted worshippers at a mosque in Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, authorities reported on Tuesday. The teen boy detonated his explosives in the crowd that had gathered around 5:20 a.m. for morning prayers in the northeastern town of Mubi. Authorities say that they are “still trying to ascertain the number…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 21, 2017
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