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Head of Russia Probe Says He’s Ready to Go if the President Gives Him the Boot
President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly shown his utter disdain for the rule of law, the FBI and the Justice Department, has clearly put a big-ass target on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s back. Rosenstein, however, says he is ret to go should that fateful day come. The career prosecutor is, of course, overseeing the…
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Thousands of South Africans Say Farewell to ‘Mama’ Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Soweto
In a ceremony befitting a head of state, tens of thousands of South Africans gathered in the dazzling colors of liberation to pay their respects to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a fierce anti-apartheid activist and the undisputed mother of the South African nation. Mourners poured into the 40,000-seat Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, where “Mama Winnie”…
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April Ryan Receives Fresh Death Threats After Asking if Trump Will ‘Step Down’
Veteran White House correspondent April Ryan says that the Trump administration is “ginning people up” to harm her simply for doing her job. Ryan has publicly tangled with the Trump White House and its press secretaries before, but this week she says that after she asked if the president was going to step down, she…
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Trump Orders Retaliation Strikes Against Syria
On Friday evening, Donald Trump announced that there would be precision missile strikes conducted against Syria in retaliation for alleged chemical weapons attacks that occurred on April 7 in Douma. The White House called for the press pool to gather shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Friday, and the president made his announcement from the White…
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Shook: After Cohen Raids, Trump’s Lawyers Reportedly No Longer Want Him to Talk to Mueller
The FBI raids on Michael Cohen’s office, home and New York City hotel room apparently have Donald Trump’s lawyers so shook, they are now re-evaluating whether or not they want their client to do a sit-down with special counsel Robert Mueller for an interview. Sources close to the matter told CNN that attorneys for the…
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White Nationalist Richard Spencer Just Got Kicked Off Facebook
How is it that at the same time Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in front of Congress giving testimony that said his company does “not allow hate groups” on its platform, white nationalist and king of the “alt-right” Richard Spencer managed to have not one, but two pages representing his hate ideology active on the…
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Jennifer Hart Was Drunk When She Drove Family, Including Adopted Children, Off a California Cliff: Report
California Patrol Capt. Bruce Carpenter confirmed Friday that the woman who drove her family off a cliff in California last month was drunk. Toxicology tests revealed that Jennifer Hart, who was driving the family SUV when it careered off a cliff in Northern California, had a blood alcohol level of .102, the Associated Press reports.…
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Texas State University and the War on Whiteness
In a case that involves Alex Jones, white tears, a racist Instagram account, an Illuminati-like student body government and the indomitable Caucasian ability to fit itself through loopholes, students at Texas State University in San Marcos have taken over the university’s student center after a failed bid to oust the student government president and anti-reverse-racism…
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The Seattle Seahawks Pass on Colin Kaepernick to Sign a Quarterback Who Has Never Played in an NFL Game
Just one day after news broke that the Seattle Seahawks had postponed former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s visit with the team over his commitment to the Movement for Black Lives, the team has reportedly signed quarterback Stephen Morris, according to Yahoo! Sports. Morris, who played for the University of Miami, has bounced around…
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Renowned Poet and Activist Eccentrich Richardson Rebuilds After Heartbreaking Loss
A black woman is a church. She is as much a refuge as the churches that provided escapees sanctuary on the Underground Railroad. Like any house of worship, she is the pillar of her community. Countless prayers have come from inside her. Even those of us who are not religious—we all know a church. We…