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Donald Trump Gives a Fake Press Briefing Because Nancy Pelosi Was Getting All the Attention
Your “president” is a stunt queen who manufactures drama. He doesn’t like anyone to get more attention than he does, and he will do anything to put a stop to that. Today was no exception. As you know, the 116th Congress was sworn in today—with Nancy Pelosi reprising her role as speaker of the House.…
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UMass Says You Can't Say 'Fuck Nazis' Because It's Not Inclusive
For a lot of students, college is where you figure out what interests you, discover your passions, and in some cases become a vocal advocate for the causes you believe in. Freedom of speech is the very basis of our civil liberties, and nowhere should that be championed more than on college campuses. Unfortunately, one…
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Your 'President' Is a Big Fat Liar Who Seems Obsessed With Walls
I’m sure as “President” Donald Trump sat up on Monday night writing out his new year resolutions, “stop lying” was not one of them. It is abundantly clear that he intends to keep lying no matter what because it is his favorite pastime—second only to shoveling Big Macs into his gullet. His latest set of…
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Marijuana Decriminalization in Maryland Has Not Stopped Implicit Bias nor Institutional Racism Against Black People
Although marijuana has been decriminalized in the state of Maryland, black people in Baltimore are still disproportionately arrested for cannabis offenses, according to an analysis of Baltimore Police Department data supplied by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Baltimore Fishbowl worked with the Baltimore Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and data researcher Andy Friedman to look at…
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Civil Rights Lawsuit Accuses California Sheriff’s Deputies of Chipping Woman’s Tooth, Splitting Her Lip
What is it with law enforcement agencies in Sacramento, Calif., and their reported propensity for injuring, maiming, and even killing those citizens they attempt to arrest, book or detain in custody? In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Dec. 20, 27-year-old Davisha Mitchell accuses two Sacramento sheriff’s deputies of smashing her head into a wall…
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The Biggest Losers of 2018: Donald Trump and the American People
We lost yet again, America. Our president is the biggest idiot that ever lived. We legit have a “serially bankrupt carnival barker” in the highest office in the land, and it appears that for the time being, there is nothing we can do about it. We can no longer hold the office of the presidency…
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Bandersnatch Stole 3 Hours of My Life Last Night, and Will Get Even More of My Time Over the Weekend
Let me tell you how I am operating on about four hours of sleep right now. My night started out with an Erykah Badu concert at the Novo in Los Angeles, but that is a story for another time. My only point in mentioning it is that I got home rather late—at 1 a.m. to…
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Donald Trump’s Attorney Rudy Giuliani Accuses Special Counsel Robert Mueller of Destroying Evidence
“President” Donald Trump and those around him know that the Mueller investigation is swiftly closing in on him. As those who were formerly associated with him go down in flames as a result of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, more evidence seems to drop that points to the given conclusion:…
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Texas State Senator Says His ‘White Nationalist’ Buddy Has Black Friends
In late November, Texas GOP member Ray Myers took to Facebook to inform everyone that he was a “white nationalist” and proud of it. Myers, a 74-year-old who has been involved in GOP politics for decades, wrote in a Nov. 27 post on Facebook: “Damn Right, I’m a WHITE NATIONALIST and very Proud of it.”…
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Donald Trump Finally Got Off His Ass and Visited Troops in a Combat Zone for Christmas
Your “president” is trash. There are myriad reasons why, but to outline them all, we’d have to be here all day. Let’s just focus on the most recent and relevant example. It has become a presidential tradition to visit the troops at Christmas. It was something George W. Bush started in 2003 when he visited…
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