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The White House Intern Class Looks Like the President’s Cabinet and His Dream for America
This year’s White House intern class is so white, each intern has one aunt who looks like Larry Bird. This intern class is so white that when discussing said aunt’s doppelgänger, they use the word “roundball.” The average credit score of this year’s White House intern class is 905. This year’s intern class is so…
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‘Get Up! It’s Jesus’ Day!’ Mother Arrested After Allegedly Using Stun Gun to Wake Up Son for Easter Service
One Arizona teen received, quite literally, a shock after his mother allegedly woke him up for Easter church service using a stun gun. ABC News reports that Sharron Dobbins, 40, was arrested after she “contact-tased her teenage son in the leg” in order to wake him up, Phoenix police said. The overzealous mother unabashedly admits…
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‘Unapologetic’ White Nationalist Podcast Host and Middle School Teacher Resigns
Nearly a month after HuffPost first outed Florida middle school teacher Dayanna Volitich as the host of a white supremacist podcast, Unapologetic, Volitich has submitted her resignation. The Citrus County School District removed Volitich from her classroom on March 2, reports the Citrus County Chronicle, as the district investigated claims that Volitich had moonlighted as…
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South African Government to Hold National Funeral in Honor of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
The South African government has formally announced plans to honor Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the country’s most prominent anti-apartheid icons, with an official state funeral. Madikizela-Mandela will be laid to rest during a national funeral on April 14, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed, with a national memorial service to be held three days prior,…
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Woman Says She Was Attacked in Downtown Washington, DC, Restaurant for Supporting Donald Trump
A woman who decided to insert herself into a conversation at a downtown Washington, D.C., restaurant to voice her support of President Donald Trump was attacked by two women, the woman told police. According to NBC Washington 4, Metropolitan police are looking for the two women as persons of interests in a felony assault after…
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Is Your Local News Station a Propaganda Machine?
Imagine if a giant media company carefully and meticulously began buying television stations all across the country, changing their programming and taking a particularly conservative, pro-Trump stance as they required all of their affiliates to run right-wing commentary segments—including commentary by former advisers of Donald Trump. This is essentially what is happening with Sinclair Broadcast…
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Sacramento, Calif., Sheriff Blames Deputy-Involved Hit-and-Run on ‘Professional Instigators’
During a press conference Monday that was broadcast live via the department’s Facebook page, Sacramento County, Calif., Sheriff Scott Jones addressed the deputy-involved hit-and-run accident that left activist Wanda Cleveland, 61, injured Saturday night. The incident took place at the site of an otherwise peaceful protest over the shooting of 22-year-old Stephon Clark, who was…
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Former Morehouse President and Obama HBCU Chief John Wilson Selected to Lead Diversity at Harvard
Former Morehouse College President John Sylvanus Wilson has announced that he will take a leave of absence from Harvard University’s board of overseers to take a new position as Harvard University President Drew G. Faust’s senior adviser and strategist on diversity and inclusion initiatives. The new role will help the university understand the experiences of…
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I Am Queen Mary, Denmark’s 1st Public Monument Honoring a Black Woman, Recalls a Fierce Rebel
Denmark just got its first public monument to a black woman, and what a phenomenal woman she was. On Saturday, two artists revealed a 23-foot statue inspired by Mary Thomas, a Caribbean woman who led a fiery 19th-century revolt against Danish colonial rule. Seated on a wicker throne, the statue stares solemnly ahead, her head…