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President-Elect Biden Calls on Trump to ‘Step Up,’ Then Trump Issues Video Pushing Election Fraud Lie While Telling Supporters to ‘Go Home’
Describing the ongoing chaos being wrought by Trump supporters in Washington, D.C. as a “dark moment” in American history, President-elect Biden issued a direct statement to President Trump on Wednesday afternoon calling him to “step up” and tell his supporters to end their siege on the U.S. Capitol. Some minutes after Biden’s live speech, Trump…
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Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol, Electoral College Certification Paused and Capitol Put on Lockdown [Updating]
As Congress convened to certify the election of President-elect Joe Biden, a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, placing both the Senate and House chambers on lockdown and pausing the certification. According to the Washington Post, following a speech from President Trump, a group of hundreds marched from the Ellipse to the…
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‘Soho Karen’ Attorney Says Incident Was Not ‘A Race-Related Issue’ and Other Standard Lawyer Things
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I could never be a lawyer. I don’t even think that all lawyers are the morally corrupt people they’re often portrayed as being; I just know I couldn’t be the dude that twists himself into knots of obvious nonsense trying to present my client in a…
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Meghan McCain's Face Is a Face
Meghan McCain’s face, captured here in a thousand-yard death stare while Brady-Brunched with her castmates on The View and Raphael Warnock, is not a bottle of Mylanta Maximum Strength Liquid Antacid/Anti-Gas Classic. Nor is it a pancake, a Cadillac Seville, a tent, a three-on-three basketball tournament trophy from the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center, a poached…
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Body-Camera Footage of Chicago Police Running Over Black Woman With Car in 2019 Released After Court Order
The Chicago Police Department is notorious for its use of force–especially against Black residents of the city–as well as its frequent habit of trying to keep the public from seeing video footage that proves this practice of brutality. Tuesday’s release of body-camera footage of a CPD officer hitting 32-year-old Martina Standley with his patrol car…
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Dr. Dre 'Doing Great' After Brain Aneurysm—Meanwhile, 4 Suspects Arrested for Attempting to Burglarize His Home During Hospitalization
The hip-hop industry experienced quite the scare on Tuesday, but it looks like everyone can breathe a sigh of relief at the moment. Yesterday afternoon, TMZ first reported that Dr. Dre, born Andre Young, had been admitted to the ICU in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm. The 55-year-old rapper-producer-turned-mogul was rushed to Cedars-Sinai…
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Two Black Men Who Spent Nearly 18 Years in a Michigan Prison for a Crime They Didn't Commit File $160 Million Lawsuit
It’s not always easy being a writer whose main focus is documenting racism and racial injustice in America. It’s a job that consistently requires the covering of sad and often infuriating stories. Among the hardest stories to cover are those that involve Black people spending years and even decades in prison for crimes they didn’t…
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National Guard to Be Deployed to DC Ahead of Pro-Trump Protest Wednesday
As a result of the chaos that ensued from a pro-Trump protest in Washington, D.C., last month, the mayor has requested the National Guard be deployed ahead of a similar protest scheduled for this week. According to CNN, the National Guard has been mobilized to Washington, D.C., and will assist with crowd control and directing…