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Donald Trump Is the Great Value Frank Underwood; Michael Cohen Is His Doug Stamper
Riddle me this: Why would the FBI be searching the home, office and hotel room of Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen for all the records related to the infamous Access Hollywood tape on which Trump was heard basically admitting that he thinks it’s OK to sexually assault women? And why, as reported by the New…
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Dr. Seuss’ There’s a Wocket in My Pocket Recited to the Beat of Migos’ ‘Walk It Like I Talk It’
Let’s end the night on a high note, shall we? I have something you never, ever thought you needed in your life. It is a recording of the Dr. Seuss book There’s a Wocket in My Pocket being turned into a trap song as a rapper recites it over the beat of “Walk It Like I…
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#StephonClark: Independent Autopsy Shows Police Shot Him 8 Times, 6 in the Back
Contrary to initial police statements, Stephon Clark was not facing the officers who shot and killed him in the backyard of his grandmother’s house on March 18, according to an independent autopsy requested by the family. The autopsy, performed by pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu, found that eight of the 20 shots fired at Clark hit…
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#StephonClark: Sacramento, Calif., City Council Meeting Descends Into Chaos After Interruption by Stevante Clark
Sacramento, Calif., Mayor Darrell Steinberg and the City Council had a simple plan for Tuesday night: to hold a special session that would allow the public to speak out and ask questions related to the shooting death of Stephon Clark at the hands of two Sacramento police officers. The city’s leaders, knowing that the black…
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Linda Brown, Whose Landmark Lawsuit Led to School Desegregation, Dead at 76
Linda Brown was a third-grader who was barred from attending an all-white school in her neighborhood. Her father, Oliver, filed a lawsuit that would become the basis of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, which led to the desegregation of schools. Brown died in Topeka, Kan., on Sunday. She was 76.…
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#StephonClark: While Activists Take to the State Capitol, NBA Player Offers to Pay for Funeral
On Friday afternoon, about 100 activists gathered at the California state Capitol in Sacramento to protest the death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark, who was killed by police in his own backyard Sunday night. The Los Angeles Times reports that the activists gathered at the west steps of the Capitol just after 1 p.m. on Friday.…
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He Did That
Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a multipart series. Catch up with part 1. I was at ease with him almost immediately. All of his jokes (both corny and not) aside, there was something very sincere in the way he spoke to me—a level of honesty was there that stood out and made itself…
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Is Flirting a Form of Cheating?
I am an incurable flirt. It is a big part of my personality, and it is something that often happens without me being conscious of it. For the most part it is harmless. I’m not going to lie—I have used flirting to my advantage to get my way in public with both men and women.…
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You Know the Housing Markets Are Rough When Adults Are Paying to Live in Dormitories
House prices these days are ridiculous, especially if you are a single professional living in a larger city. I live in a beautiful studio apartment on the West Hollywood-Hollywood border. My neighborhood has a Walk Score of 92. The best nightlife Hollywood has to offer and the famous Walk of Fame are just minutes away…
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Oprah Cares, Even if Republicans in Florida Don’t
Even if Republican Party politicians in the state of Florida don’t care about the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Oprah Winfrey does. The media mogul announced Tuesday evening that she would be joining Amal Clooney and her actor husband, George, in donating $500,000 to the student organizers of…
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