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Melania Trump Is Trolling Donald on Twitter and It’s Awesome
I am not one of those people who feel sorry for Melania Trump. She knew who she was dealing with when she decided to marry the walking embodiment of a clogged artery. But I am one of those people who take delight in watching this marriage crumble. She clearly hates this man, and watching them…
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‘Un-American’ and ‘Treasonous’: Trump Is Really in His Feelings About Democrats Not Clapping During SOTU
Welp, the president sure is in his feelings today. During a visit to a manufacturing plant in Cincinnati on Monday afternoon, NBC News reports, Trump called Democrats’ ice-cold reaction to his State of the Union address “un-American” and “treasonous.” Of course, if Trump had ever tuned in to one of these before, he’d know that…
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Making Black History: Meet Michael Thomas, the New Editor of the Harvard Law Review
What do they call it? Ah yes. Black excellence. As such, 27-year-old Michael Thomas of New York City’s Brooklyn borough has been named the editor of the Harvard Law Review, Vol. 132, the second black person in as many years. On Sunday, Thomas took the reins from ImeIme Umana, who last year became the first…
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After He Trolled Obama for Wasting Money, Trump’s Air Force One Refrigerators Being Upgraded for a Cool $24,000,000
President Donald Trump has no problem whatsoever when it comes to exorbitant expenditures paid for by the American people—even if he used to troll then-President Barack Obama for the very same thing. The president seems to have no issue with a $24 million upgrade to Air Force One, the jet Trump uses to go to…
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Masekela ‘Placed Me on the Front Row of African History and Culture’
U.S. Photojournalist Was South African’s Biographer Obama-Farrakhan Photo Published for First Time Blacks, Latinos Cite CNN for Objectivity on Cable A ‘Best Actor’ Surprised by Lack of Black Reporters 2 Win $100,000 Each for Freelance Reporting ESPN The Magazine Focuses on the Black Athlete Black Journalist Accuses Progressive Outlet Short Takes It is unlikely that…
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This Painting of the Obamas as Janet and Tupac From Poetic Justice Is the Blackest Thing I’ve Ever Seen This Week
When I was a kid, my dad used to make a Kool-Aid concoction he’d call “Kool-Aid wine.” It was reserved for special occasions—Thanksgivings, birthdays, Super Bowl parties, that time Cops was in Pittsburgh (and on our block!) and we invited people over to watch, etc.—and many of my favorite childhood memories are connected to it, as…
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Barack Obama’s Interview on David Letterman’s Netflix Show Doesn’t Mention the Goldfish Cracker in Chief
Former President Barack Obama sat down with David Letterman for the debut episode of the talk show legend’s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. The intimate, hourlong interview covered a wide range of subjects, ranging from Obama’s postpresidential family life to world events. There was only one subject they didn’t cover: The honorable,…
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Racist, Corrupt, Senate-Running Convict Joe Arpaio Still Holding On to Birther Claim
The man whose policies resulted in constitutional violations, discrimination and even death sidestepped these charges on national TV by doubling down on the Barack Obama Birther conspiracy, claiming that he has “evidence.” Despite the fact that—given ample opportunity to show his supposed proof—he never does, the racist, xenophobic criminal Joe Arpaio continues to stick by…
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Former President Barack Obama Will Be 1st Guest on David Letterman’s New Netflix Show
David Letterman has a six-episode series coming to Netflix, and his first guest will be our president for life—the man, the myth, the legend: former President Barack Obama. According to the Daily Beast, this will be the first talk show appearance for the last decent president America will ever have since he turned over the…
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Eric Trump Might Be the Dumbest Trump Out of All the Trumps
It is difficult for me to type this because I know that the degree of stupidity inside the Trump family is as wide as the Sahara, but Eric Trump might be the dumbest Trump in the history of Trumps. I know, I know. But I come with receipts. On Tuesday, President Sterling von DickTweet’s second…
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