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#RelationshipGoals and the Unrealistic Expectation of Picture-Perfectness
When you consider being in a relationship with someone and you think of the expectations you have for that relationship, what do you base them on? Do you look to other couples whom you admire for inspiration or are your expectations grounded in what you know about your potential partner? On any given day, you…
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Jeff Sessions Won’t Hold Bad Police Departments Accountable, so California Is Doing It on Its Own
In September 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided that under his leadership, the U.S. Department of Justice would focus more on bolstering police morale than it would on correcting issues in problem police departments. To that end, the DOJ ended an effort put in place by the Obama administration to investigate and publicize police department…
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Richard Pryor’s Widow Confirms He and Marlon Brando Did the Freaky Deaky
On the heels of the bombshell Quincy Jones interview that has the entire internet losing its collective mind, Richard Pryor’s widow has come forward to confirm that at least some of what Jones revealed about his friends’ pasts is true. Jennifer Lee Pryor told TMZ that Richard had lots of sex in the ’70s with…
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Trump’s Lawyers Tell Him to Stand Down on Mueller All-Access Interview; Will He Listen?
When you have a client who is known for going off-script even when that script is written as simply as a Little Golden Book, it is in the best interests of both you and your client to caution him against doing an interview in which he could possibly perjure or incriminate himself because he is…
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Trump Wants a Military Parade Because Fascism Isn’t Coming to America Fast Enough
Your president is nothing if not a gigantic stunt queen who revels in the act of proving that his figurative penis is bigger than everyone else’s. I say “figurative” because we all know that if the real one were big, we wouldn’t have to constantly worry about getting nuked by North Korea because Donald Trump…
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White Men and Their ‘Blackcents’ Need to Stop Coming for Black Women Online
You know what I am getting increasingly sick of lately? White male culture vultures who think they can say and do anything around black people with impunity. Whether it’s because they have embraced black culture and mimic it or because they married a black person and think that makes them an expert on “the Negro,”…
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Steve Bannon Dodges a House Intelligence Committee Interrogation Again
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon once again avoided testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, forcing the panel to give him another week to comply with a subpoena to appear. A source told CNN Monday that Bannon knew prior to Tuesday’s deadline that he would not be showing up to give testimony…
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Who Gets the Friends in the Breakup?
Recently, a couple I have known for a long time split up—much to the surprise and disappointment of everyone around them. They were the kind of couple that threw amazing dinner and cocktail parties, who were the picture of love and affection everywhere they went, and generally made you feel good whenever you were around…
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#Flint: 1,383 Days Without Safe Water, and the EPA Wants to Make Sure This Doesn’t Happen Again
Monday marks day 1,383 that the people in the city of Flint, Mich., have been without safe water in their pipes. Although experts claim that lead levels are much lower than they were before, residents are still being cautioned to use bottled water or water filters. As the city’s old pipes are being replaced (thus…
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Black People Don’t Want ‘the Chronic’ in Compton, Calif.
Anyone who has listened to or owned a copy of Dr. Dre’s iconic The Chronic or 2001 album, or anything by N.W.A, knows that Compton, Calif., is the home of West Coast gangsta rap. Dre and company put Compton on the map, along with other acts such as DJ Quik—and, more recently, Kendrick Lamar. But…
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