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Twitter: Oops! Did We Accidentally Verify a White Nationalist? Our System Is Broken. We’ll Fix It—‘Soon’
Updated Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, 3:13 p.m. EST: Both Twitter Support and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have responded to the controversy surrounding Jason Kessler’s account being verified by Twitter. On Thursday, the official Twitter Support account responded with the following: “Verification was meant to authenticate identity & voice but it is interpreted as an endorsement…
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Terry Crews Filed a Sexual Assault Report With the Los Angeles Police Department: Report
Terry Crews reportedly walked into a Los Angeles police station early Wednesday afternoon and filed a report about an alleged sexual assault, which could lead to an actual investigation into statements Crews made in early October about being sexually assaulted by a Hollywood executive at a party. On the heels of many women coming forward…
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Former President Barack Obama Showed Up for Jury Duty in Chicago on Wednesday Like the Model Citizen He Is
Former President Barack Obama caused quite the stir Wednesday when he did what every single regular citizen of the United States should do every time he or she receives the summons in the mail: He showed up. In Obama’s case, it was at the Daley Center in Chicago to report for Cook County jury duty.…
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Democrats Have Huge Election Night Victories With Big Wins in Va., NJ
There are new governors in Virginia and New Jersey; a new, progressive district attorney in Philadelphia who is committed to criminal-justice reform; and a transgender woman in Virginia who beat out a 26-year incumbent for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was re-elected for a second…
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NYPD Officer Files Federal Lawsuit Alleging Mistreatment After He Complained About Racial Disparities
A black New York City police sergeant—who has 20 years of service, including 10 years working in the Police Department’s Risk Management Bureau—has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the department, alleging that he has been treated like a “rookie cop” ever since he pointed out racial disparities in the way in which evaluations…
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Baltimore Police Van Driver Found Not Guilty of All 21 Administrative Charges in Death of Freddie Gray
Even in death, there is no real justice for Freddie Gray. Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr.—who was driving the van in which Gray suffered fatal spinal cord injuries in April 2015—was found not guilty Tuesday of all 21 administrative charges that were filed against him. As the Baltimore Sun notes, this verdict not only…
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Looks Like Omarosa Is Getting Too Big for Her Britches in the White House
We all know at least one person who got a really good job and immediately let it go to their head. Before they even got their first paycheck, they were already showing out, acting like they were running things and generally making a fool of themselves. In the Trump White House, that person is Omarosa…
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Twitter Just Gave Everyone 280 Characters, Which Means Nazis Can Be Even More Abusive Now
Prepare to be annoyed—or obnoxious, depending on how you look at it. Late Tuesday afternoon, Twitter began rolling out its new 280-character limit to all users on the platform, because that’s exactly what we need: the ability for people to be both abusive and long-winded at the same gotdamn time. There are plenty of other…
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Tony Romo Tried to Roast Deion Sanders, Deion Clapped Back
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo learned the hard way this weekend that it’s never a good idea to talk smack about someone as quick and as harsh with his comebacks as Deion Sanders. While calling the Chiefs-Cowboys game for CBS on Sunday, Romo commented that Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters is not a good tackler—and…
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Meek Mill Sentenced to 2-4 Years in Prison for Probation Violations: Report
Rapper Meek Mill will be heading to prison because a Philadelphia judge ruled Monday that he violated his probation in two separate incidents in the past year. The rapper, whose real name is Robert Williams, had been sentenced to probation in a 2009 drug-and-weapons case. According to TMZ, the judge ruled that Meek violated his…
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