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Harpo, Who Dis Doll? An $1,100 Idris Elba Doll Fail Debuts—and Hilarity Ensues
Stringer Bell did not die for this. In an obscene case of “WTF were they thinking?” a British doll manufacturer thought they would capitalize on the crowning of Idris Elba as People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” by creating a doll in his honor. And whew, Lord … the layers on that mistake. First of…
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Exclusive: Jada Pinkett Smith and Her Mom, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, on the Return of Red Table Talk … Now With Will Smith
If your Facebook timeline is like mine, you didn’t have to find Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith’s “life lesson” talk show with her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, and daughter, Willow Smith; it found you. Since its premiere on May 7, the show has struck a deep chord with so many of us. Whether it’s Jada…
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It’s #NationalBossDay, So Let Me Shout Out the Amazing Bosses in My Life
According to the currently trending hashtag on Twitter, today is National Boss Day. If you browse through the tweets in that hashtag, there are plenty of memes of gifs with people cracking jokes at the expense of those they report to on a daily basis. It’s not easy having a boss that you don’t necessarily…
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#BadThingsToTellPolice Is Trending on Twitter Right Now
You know what’s a bad thing to tell the police? “Hello, police? There’s a black person standing/sitting/talking/living (in other words, minding their own business) here, and I’m scared/uncomfortable/suspicious of why they are here (because I don’t believe black people belong in otherwise white spaces). Send help.”
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In New Rambling Message, Kanye West Blames Social Media for ‘Mind Control,’ Calls Himself ‘Best Living Recording Artist’
After going dark on social media for the past week, Kanye West is back on Twitter to share a long, rambling missive that, like most things Kanye has done in the past year, likely does more to raise concern over Kanye’s well-being than it does enlighten his audience. Much of the 10-minute video, which the…
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Apparently, Ron DeSantis and Racist Republicans Love White Facebook
As the great physicist, mathematician and (I’m pretty sure this is correct) the first person to stuff figs inside of cookies, Sir Isaac Newton, proclaimed in his third law of motion: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” While the only thing I know about quantum mechanics is the early ’90’s TV…
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Donald Trump's Top 10 Most Racist Conspiracy Tweets
Donald Trump’s Wednesday night tweet instructing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (better known as the real-life inspiration for the character Nelson Muntz on The Simpsons) to look into South Africa’s non-existent war on white farmers was the latest example of Trump’s long love affair with white supremacist conspiracy theories. While many pundits assume the president’s…
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The Complete List of People Trump Has Called a 'Dog' on Twitter
President Donald Trump has employed his special force of lying-ass liars (Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kellyanne Conway, Sean Hannity et al.) to refute claims that he was being racist when he called ex-star of The Accomplice The Apprentice Omarosa Manigault Newman a “dog” on Twitter. The basic argument from Seal Team 86 is basically this: Trump…
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Donald Trump's Tweets About Black People, By the Numbers
When Donald Trump recently took time out from his busy presidential schedule of golfing, telling lies and lounging in bed at Mar-a-Lago next to a bucket of extra-crispy KFC under the picture of a shirtless Vladimir Putin scotch-taped to the wall as he listened to Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson audition for the American role…
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2016 Déjà Vu: Facebook Uncovers Disinformation Campaign Targeting Black and Latinx Groups Ahead of Midterms
Facebook has taken down dozens of Facebook and Instagram accounts it says were part of an effort to sow disinformation and manipulate social media users ahead of the 2018 midterms. As the Washington Post reports, the pages were specifically centered on drumming up opposition to Trump. Just as in 2016, the accounts tried to rally…
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