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All NYPD Officers Will Be Required to Wear Bodycams by 2019 for a Mere $1,880,000,000 in Salary Perks
The New York City Police Department’s largest officer union reached a $1.88 billion tentative deal with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio this week that will require all patrol cops to wear body cameras by 2019. The deal increases the average rank-and-file officer’s salary by 11.73 percent, and the average member of the Patrolmen’s…
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Trump Surrogates and GOP Pols to Meet With HBCU Heads During Black History Month
Given President Donald Trump’s recent interest in historically black colleges and universities and the rumored executive order supporting them, a group of Republican leaders plans to meet with HBCU heads in the coming weeks. The Grio reports that the meeting will include GOP congressional members and Omarosa Manigault, who is supposed to be presenting the…
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Nicki Minaj to Giuseppe Zanotti: Quit Being Racist and #RunMeMyCHECK
Never one to back down from a good fight (see “Miley, what’s good?”), Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to get in Giuseppe Zanotti’s ass after the Italian designer debuted a new sneaker collection with her name but didn’t pay the curvy rapper any coins. Zanotti’s new “Nicki” sneakers retail for $675 and are “pink python-printed…
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Trump’s Justice Department Appeal Is Denied; His ‘Muslim Ban’ Will Not Stand
Updated Sunday, Feb. 4, 2017, 10:30 a.m. EST: Governmental policy now moves with the speed of a Williams-sisters tennis match. Today a federal appeals court denied the Justice Department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s travel ban for certain travelers and refugees, which was instituted last week and halted by a federal…
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#NoDAPL: CEO Says Dakota Access Pipeline Will Move Forward; Trump Sends the Law to Clear Protesters From Land
As what will likely be the case with many of the new president’s policies and proclamations, the Dakota Access Pipeline may move forward as initially planned—even though many thought it wouldn’t. Although protesters of the pipeline got a victory in December, when the Army Corps under President Barack Obama denied the easement that would have…
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Faith Evans Will Release Album With Biggie 20 Years After His Death
Fans of ’90s hip-hop/R&B can break out their Timbs, phillies and 40s! Singer Faith Evans (not Hill, CNN) will release an album of duets with her late husband the Notorious B.I.G. 20 years after his murder in Los Angeles. Evans, who most likely has ownership of Biggie’s masters and unreleased work, will debut The King…
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Trying to One-Up Obama, Trump Will Sign Executive Order Supporting HBCUs: Report
Perhaps after the now infamous Frederick Douglass debacle kicking off Black History Month, President Donald Trump wants to make it right with the blacks. According to a BuzzFeed report, the White House is working on an executive order supporting historically black colleges and universities—a way to crow, since some believe that President Barack Obama did…
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Woo Ha! Missy Elliott Drops New Single and Teaser for Documentary
Hot girl forever Missy Elliott recently dropped a new single and released a teaser for a documentary based on her life Friday. The 90-second trailer promises a film that delves into one of hip-hop’s most creative minds. “It’s never just a record for me,” Elliott says in the beginning of the clip. “It’s never just…
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Mary, Mary, Why You Buggin’? Tina Campbell ’Splains Her Support of Donald Trump (Though No One Really Asked)
Tina Campbell, one half of contemporary gospel duo Mary Mary, is yet another black woman who has come out in support of President Dick L’Orange. Campbell took to her Facebook page this week with an open letter, giving our new president both her forgiveness and support. Awwwwww. She lists her reasons as biblically based. “I…
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Facts: Trump’s Muslim Ban Doesn’t Include Countries He Has a Business Interest In
The seven countries that President Donald Trump issued a ban against are predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa. Christian refugees from those nations can expect to receive more favorable treatment than Muslims from those nations. The countries included in Friday’s executive order (stayed by a federal judge on Saturday) are Syria, Libya,…
