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Florida, Man
You know how something happens in the news, and it’s incredibly weird and far-fetched, and as you are reading it, you know before the article tells you that the incident happened in Florida? Or what about all the weirdo stories that have headlines that begin with “Florida Man,” and you immediately understand the problem without…
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How I Know for Sure Rachel Dolezal Is Not Black
You know how I know Rachel Dolezal ain’t black? Her very black son got buck with her in front of the cameras, and he was still alive to talk to the producers about it afterward, making even more slick comments about his mama as he did it. And we have not seen a news report…
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Lily Pads: Why Making Someone a Jump-Off Will Never Fill the Emotional Void of a Breakup
I hooked up with him shortly after my relationship with my high school sweetheart ended. I knew going into it that it wouldn’t be permanent. I just wanted someone to give me the kind of constant adoration and physical intimacy that I had been receiving for the previous three years. I remember him the way…
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Donald Trump Be Acting Up, and Congress Be Letting Him
I want you to have this song playing in the background as you read this post. It’s important: We never have to question whether troubling news about our sitting president is going to break on a day that ends in “y” anymore. It is as inevitable as dusk and dawn at this point. It’s going…
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The Absence of a Criminal Case Doesn’t Mean Adam Venit Didn’t Sexually Assault Terry Crews
There will be no criminal charges filed against William Morris Endeavor’s Adam Venit. Venit has been accused of sexually assaulting Terry Crews at a Hollywood party in February 2016. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has determined that Venit’s deplorable behavior does not rise to the level of a felony, so it rejected the case…
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Justice Department Sues Governor, Attorney General and State of California Over Immigration
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday evening against the state of California, its governor and its attorney general over “sanctuary” laws it alleges violate the Constitution and are friendly to undocumented immigrants. The federal government filed its case just after 9 p.m. EST in the state capital of Sacramento. According to the…
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If Donald Trump Weren’t President, He Wouldn’t Have White House Security Clearance Either
What does it say about this administration when the majority of its top-level staff—up to and including the president himself—cannot or could not pass security-clearance background checks? Last month, CNN reported that nearly a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, at least 100 senior-level White House staffers—including Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and the now departed Rob…
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Why Are WME’s Lawyers Asking Terry Crews to Take a Mental Health Examination?
Terry Crews did a brave thing in October when he took to Twitter to describe a sexual assault he endured during a Hollywood party. He stood in solidarity with the many women in Hollywood who have endured the same type of abuse from the white men who hold the power in the industry. He then…
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Kellyanne Conway Violated Federal Ethics Rules Twice Last Year: Report
A federal ethics agency has determined that Kellyanne Conway broke the law twice last year while advocating for the election of Republican Roy Moore in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. The Office of Special Counsel found that Conway violated the Hatch Act while giving live television interviews from the White House lawn, NPR reports.…
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Trump Is ‘Unstable, Inept, Inexperienced and … Unethical’: Former CIA Director
“Unstable,” “inept,” “inexperienced” and “unethical” are all words that many of us have used in reference to our current sitting president before. They are all considered accurate statements about him, and it is not unusual to hear them bandied about in conversations about him. It is, however, still affirming when we hear those words used…
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