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Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Pennsylvania After a Man Voted for Donald Trump in His Dead Mother’s Name
It’s a story as old as time. The Republican Party rails against a thing, only for Republican voters to be found responsible for doing that thing. For example: “We don’t riot or destroy property when we don’t get our way!” *Trump supporters riot and destroy property at the Capitol because the election didn’t go their…
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New Pokémon Snap Is One of the Most Delightful Games on the Switch Right Now
Full disclosure: The older I’ve gotten, the harder it’s become for me to invest in massive, narrative-driven games. A large part of that is because when I finally have time to play a game, I want something I can easily pick up, play, and feel like I accomplished something. It’s why games like Call of…
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DNA Test in 1993 Arkansas Killing Reveals Genetic Material of Someone Other Than the Black Man Who Was Executed for the Crime
So many horrific things happen in America’s courts that’s it’s amazing so many people believe we have a fair, just and totally not racist legal system. We’ve seen countless stories about Black men serving time for decades only to be found innocent years later. In Arkansas, DNA testing has revealed genetic material of an “unknown…
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Oregon Lawmaker Faces Charges for Letting Rioters Into State Capitol Last Year
White people really don’t care about law and order. Sure, they may be big fans of the work of detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson, but in the real world it’s clear they believe that the law is a mandate for Black and brown people and simply a suggestion for them. This mentality was firmly…
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Funeral Held for Andrew Brown Jr., Black Man Who Was Fatally Shot by Police in North Carolina
It feels like we’ve been trapped in a never-ending cycle of grief. Even as we felt palpable relief seeing Derek Chauvin be found guilty for the murder of George Floyd, we were immediately reminded that the cycle of police violence doesn’t take a break. Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by police officers in…
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Florida Court to Determine Whether Teacher Can Hang ‘Black Lives Matter’ Flag in Class
The levels to this story are just—wow. A Florida high school teacher has sued the school district after being told to take down a Black Lives Matter flag. In case you were wondering what the name of the school she teaches at, it’s Robert E. Lee High School. Fucking Florida, y’all. According to NPR, Amy Donofrio,…
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White Farmers Sue Federal Government Because Black People Truly Can’t Have Anything
The recently passed COVID relief bill had $5 billion in provisions intended to help Black and brown farmers who have historically been the victims of systemic racism within the Department of Agriculture. Predictably, white folks have a problem with that and have filed a lawsuit against the federal government, claiming that they’re being discriminated against.…
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T-Pain Handles Racist Call of Duty Players in the Best Way Possible: Absolutely Destroying Them
T-Pain’s internet presence is truly one of the most delightful things we’ve got going for us. If you weren’t aware, the R&B singer is an avid gamer who streams on Twitch from time to time. When he recently encountered a group of racists in the lobby for a match in Call of Duty: Black Ops…
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Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Pulls the Plug on NFT Auction That Would Have Allowed the Winner to Destroy Original Drawing
This whole Non-Fungible Token (NFT) craze has me convinced that rich people just don’t know what to do with their money. The more I research it, the more the concept seems like one that managed to teleport from the year 2000 just as the dot-com bubble was bursting. Considering that the whole idea is the…
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Department of Homeland Security to Launch Internal Review of Domestic Extremism
I guess all it took was lawmakers, current and former service members, as well as members of law enforcement to attempt an insurrection for white people to realize that crazy, racist assholes exist in all fields of work. The Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday that it would begin an internal review to assess…