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Bong-Jour: John Boehner Gets Brand-New, Now Supports Cannabis
File this under “Stories I never thought I’d be writing in my journalism career.” Former House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, was previously opposed to any and all types of marijuana reform when he served in the U.S. Congress. He vocally opposed marijuana legalization, having said in 2011 that he was “unalterably opposed”…
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President Signs Executive Order Mandating That Poor People Work or Lose ‘Welfare’
Without much fanfare (totally apropos, given what’s been happening in the world of the White House in the last 72 hours), President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that will force recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, Medicaid and low-income housing subsidies to find work or lose their assistance. Trump quietly signed the…
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NFL Safety Eric Reid Met With the Cincinnati Bengals and Everything Was Going Great Until They Got to the Protests
If you don’t believe that former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick is being whiteballed by the NFL, then look no farther than Eric Reid. While there have been questions about Kaepernick’s style of play not fitting with different teams, there have been no questions about Reid’s ability to play football. In fact, the only reason…
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Why Tristan Thompson Allegedly Cheating on Khloé Kardashian Might Be Good News for the Cleveland Cavaliers
There are only a few things on which we can depend in Trump’s America: Every morning we will be greeted by increasingly stupid tweets, we will go to war, and 26-year-old Cleveland Cavaliers star Tristan Thompson will cheat on his baby mama in her third trimester. Thompson has been in a whirlwind love affair with…
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Target Agrees to $3.74 Million Settlement After Being Accused of Using Criminal-Background Checks to Keep Blacks, Hispanics Out of Jobs
Target Corp. is dishing out a hefty $3.74 million to settle a lawsuit in which it is accused of using criminal-background checks to keep thousands of black and/or Hispanic people from getting jobs. As part of the agreement, the retail giant has also agreed to review its policies for screening applicants, Reuters reports. The preliminary…
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Who Put ‘It’s OK to Be White’ Cards in Diapers at Target?
In March, Target customers in different parts of the country began finding cards emblazoned with the phrase, “It’s OK to be white” in boxes of diapers purchased from the retail giant. According to the Anti-Defamation League, the first card was found inside a box of store-brand diapers bought in Washington, D.C. The opposite side of…
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Stephon Clark’s Younger Brother Admits Mental Distress After Brother’s Death by Police
Stevante Clark, younger brother of Stephon Clark, the young man killed by Sacramento, Calif., police, recently revealed that he has sought mental health help in the wake of his brother’s untimely and unjust death. Not long after Stephon Clark, 22, was shot eight times in his grandmother’s backyard when police mistook his cellphone for a…
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Los Angeles Lakers Guard Andre Ingram’s Inspired Night Proves It’s Never Too Late to Chase Your Dreams
The Los Angeles Lakers’ newest addition, Andre Ingram, is living proof that no one should ever give up on their dreams. For 10 years Ingram played in near obscurity in the NBA’s G League. For 10 years Ingram bounced around the G League playing for the Utah Flash, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the Perth Wildcats…
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Trump Is Not in Bed With Russia and He Proves It by Sending Mean Tweets!
At this point, if you aren’t laughing at the Trump administration, then you really are missing the fun in all of this. As the investigation into Donald Trump’s reported ties to Russia, and specifically Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election that gave Trump the White House, continued, Trump took to Twitter to continue this overly…
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Son of NYPD Chief Was Arrested for Groping a Woman; He’s Still on the Force: Report
It didn’t take long for Police Officer Joseph Essig to get into trouble. A little over a year into his career with the New York City Police Department, the rookie cop was busted in Atlantic City, N.J., on a felony charge of criminal sexual misconduct for groping a woman. But something curious happened. The arrest…