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5 Common Household Items That Are More Intelligent Than Donald Trump
When your president is a bumbling buffoon who insists on proving that he is a bumbling buffoon on a daily basis, eventually even the people you think would be on his side will get tired of pretending that he is anything but an idiot and will start openly remarking on his idiocy. Such is the…
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The Great Migration: National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers to Digitize Black Family Home Movies for Free
The National Museum of African American History and Culture has launched a new initiative aimed at helping black families preserve their history and analog audiovisual media with a unique digitization service, and it’s completely free! The Great Migration Home Movie Project invites people to schedule an appointment with the museum’s audiovisual conservation team and have…
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House Democrats Introduce 5 Articles of Impeachment Against Donald Trump
Although they don’t believe their efforts stand much of a chance, with Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate, House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against Donald Trump on Wednesday. CNN reports that the five articles of impeachment introduced by Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen cover obstruction of justice for the firing of former FBI…
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Twitter Removes Verification Badge From White Nationalists’ Accounts, Changes Verification Policies
Well, wail, (fail) whale. A week after being put on blast for verifying the account of white nationalist Jason Kessler—the organizer of the tiki-torch white supremacist rally—Twitter has reversed its decision and removed the check mark from his account, along with that of Richard Spencer, and made several changes to its verification policy in the…
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Rep. Karen Bass Ate Jeff Sessions for Lunch and It Was Delicious
On Monday, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) completely dismantled U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions as he testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Bass questioned why the FBI would be investigating and writing reports on “black identity extremists,” labeling them as a threat against the police, but not writing those same reports and conducting those same investigations…
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Zendaya to Produce, Star in Thriller About a Black Woman Passing as White Near the Start of the 20th Century
The buzz around Hollywood is that Spider-Man co-star Zendaya will both produce and star in a thriller based on the real-life story of a black woman at the turn of the 20th century who passed for white so she could attend Vassar College. According to Deadline, Zendaya’s pitch package for A White Lie is the…
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Black Man in Louisiana to Be Freed From Prison After Judge Overturned 1974 Conviction, but He Still Has to Pay $2,000 Bail
Updated Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, 5:35 p.m. EST: Many of you have asked how you can help Wilbert Jones. This fundraising page, which the Innocence Project New Orleans sent us, has been set up to help Jones “rebuild his life after 45 years of wrongful incarceration.” Earlier: Wilbert Jones was 19 years old when police…
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Fight to Save an African-American Burial Ground Continues in Bethesda, Md.
A group of supporters fighting to save the site of an African-American burial ground in Bethesda, Md., gathered at a church across the street from the cemetery to demonstrate Sunday. According to WTOP-TV, the Macedonia Baptist Church on River Road was once part of a thriving community of freed slaves. “This is really a protest…
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Maxine Waters Leads an ‘Impeach 45’ Chant at the Glamour Women of the Year Ceremony
Your Auntie Maxine Waters showed up and showed out Monday night at the Glamour Women of the Year ceremony in New York City. As the California congresswoman was wrapping up her remarks and receiving a standing ovation from the crowd, she began shouting, “Impeach 45!” and encouraged the gathered crowd to join her. And join…
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#Flint: 1,299 Days of No Clean Water, but State Advisory Committee Says ‘Nothing to Discuss’
Tuesday marks day 1,299 that the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Meanwhile, the advisory committee appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to address public health concerns related to the lead-contaminated water crisis has canceled its fourth consecutive meeting because it doesn’t believe…
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