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Trump’s Exorbitant Travel Costs Will Far Surpass Obama’s
President Donald Trump had a lot to say about President Barack Obama’s vacations and his costs to American taxpayers. Yet a new report confirms that Trump’s travel costs—made more exorbitant because of his refusal to stay in the White House on weekends—is on track to far surpass those of Obama. The Washington Post estimates that…
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Where Will Your ‘Not My Presidents Day’ Rally Be Held Today?
The protests against President Donald Trump show no signs of slowing. In fact, even on this day off for most, anti-Trump activists are using the federal holiday to participate in actions that give outlet to their frustration with the executive branch. Regular folks-turned-protest leaders around the country have organized marches in cities such as Los…
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Michelle Obama Is Back for the Kids
After a much-needed respite from the public eye, former first lady Michelle Obama will soon be back in our lives. According to the Washington Times, Obama will appear as a guest judge on the fifth season of MasterChef Junior in late February. She will join chefs Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi to judge children between…
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Tidal Releases Visual Protest EP, 17, to Honor Trayvon Martin, Others Felled by Racial Violence
Jay Z’s music-streaming service Tidal has partnered with social justice organization Sankofa.org to exclusively premiere 17, a 17-minute visual EP inspired by the men, women and children who have fallen victim to racial and police violence, including Trayvon Martin, who died at the age of 17 nearly five years ago. The EP, which debuted Friday,…
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Ain’t It Funky? James Brown’s Most Sampled Drummer, Clyde Stubblefield, Dies at 73
Now, anyone who knows the genius of James Brown knows that that man kept “the pocket” thumping. Sadly, one of the drivers of Brown’s most iconic grooves—and one of hip-hop’s most sampled drummers—Clyde Stubblefield, has died. He was 73. Stubblefield died of kidney failure at a Madison, Wis., hospital Saturday, according to the Associated Press.…
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UPenn Paper Exposes Trump’s Lies About Graduating at Top of His Class
And the president is seemingly caught in another whopper. And by that doggone “fake press” at that. As far back as the 1980s, the New York Times reports, Donald Trump has been claiming that he graduated at the top of his class at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School. Yet despite these claims of…
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Donald Glover Will Play Simba in The Lion King Reboot, James Earl Jones Returns as Mufasa
Donald Glover is staying busy. The rapper and comedian, fresh off his two Golden Globes and NAACP Award for the breakout hit Atlanta, was recently announced as the voice of Simba in Disney’s live-action version of the ’90s classic The Lion King. He will be joined by James Earl Jones as Mufasa, a role Jones…
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Are These Bastards Going After the Arts Again? White House Budget Cuts Target NEA, CPB, AmeriCorps
Editor’s note: The original post for this story made mention of Sesame Street in relation to the pending White House budget cuts. HBO now funds Sesame Street. The White House budget office has reportedly drafted a list of American programs that President Donald Trump could cut to put a dent in domestic spending, including the…
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Larry Wilmore Wins for Telling Milo Yiannopoulos to ‘F–k Himself’—Twice
After he called President Barack Obama “my nigga” at his very last White House Correspondents’ Dinner, we knew Larry Wilmore had less than zero fucks to give about respectability politics or not speaking his black-ass mind. And so it was when Wilmore, executive producer of Black-ish and co-creator of HBO’s Insecure, was a guest on…
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Donnie McClurkin Says Christians Shouldn’t Protest but Should ‘Pray for’ Donald Trump
Not quite sure what’s in the holy water of these churches, but gospel singer and minister Donnie McClurkin is the latest prominent Christian to come out in support of our brash, bumbling POTUS. According to the Christian Post, the “We Fall Down” singer and pastor of the Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, N.Y., believes that…
