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Why You Always Lying?: Mike Pence Wrongly Ties Soleimani To 9/11
A thing that has always troubled me about conservative America is the propensity towards justifying US aggression against Islamic adversaries by taking the “a Muslim is a Muslim is a Muslim” approach. George W. Bush and his administration convinced most of the country that going to war in Iraq against Saddam Hussein was the right…
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'I Feel Betrayed': Army Officer's Mother Gets Deported
On Thursday, US Army 2nd Lt. Gibram Cruz discovered a hard truth: that his country ain’t loyal. Cruz and his family had been trying for months to convince officials to let his mother, Rocio Rebollar Gomez, remain in the United States, but on Thursday he got a call from her, from the other side of…
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You're Losing All Your Friends, Trump: U.S. Allies Are Not OK With Iran Strike
After President Donald Trump’s decision to authorize the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in the airstrike heard around the world late Thursday, US allies are warning against any further escalation of the conflict with Iran, Business Insider reports. It turns out that not only did Trump order the airstrike without congressional approval, but…
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Racists Have Finally Gone Too Far: Tina Turner Mural Defaced With ‘Swastika’
Police in Asheville, N.C., are investigating a truly heinous crime. The most abominable of offenses. The most dastardly of evil deeds. Some Nazi bigot vandal has spray-painted an off-brand “swastika” over a mural of none other than legendary “Queen Of Rock and Roll” Tina Turner. That’s right, some cowardly, bologna smelling, stiff line-dancing, clapping on…
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Don Imus Died…but Anyway, What Y’all Having for Breakfast?
When George Bush Sr. died, I posted to Facebook, “R.I.P. George… Jefferson.” I have a number of witty, inappropriate jokes saved in my phone for when David Duke or Eric Cartman’s absentee father, Rush Limbaugh, kick the bucket. I feel no obligation to be kind or respectful to bigots or those who have done harm…
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Slave Cemetery Discovered Under Florida Golf Club. So How About Stop Playing Golf There?
A huge spotlight has recently been put on the Capital City Country Club, in Tallahassee, Fla., after it was discovered that the seventh fairway of its golf course sits on top of at least 40 graves of long-deceased victims of American slavery. According to an article published by the Associated Press, “The rumors swirled for…
