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Trump, the Walking Internet Comments Section, Taps Racist Blogger for Federal Job
William Otis, a former special counsel to President George H.W. Bush and a current professor at Georgetown University Law Center, was nominated by President Donald Trump this week to sit on a federal commission that sets policy on how to punish criminals. It would come as no surprise that Otis is a staunch supporter of…
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Armed Teachers in Classrooms One Step Closer to Being the Law in Florida
As teachers, parents, students and Parkland residents voiced their opposition, Florida lawmakers advanced legislation Tuesday that would create a statewide program to put armed teachers in classrooms. The Miami Herald reports that the state House Appropriations Committee voted to approve a measure that would see teachers trained to carry guns in the classroom under the…
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Michigan Parents Pull Child From School After Teacher, Other Students Make Racist Remarks
A family in Utica, Mich., pulled their child from her school after, they say, a substitute teacher and other students directed racist remarks at her. Juan Sifuentes, who is Mexican, and Kim Sifuentes, who is black, told Click on Detroit that the bullying their daughter Nayeli faced at Switzer Elementary School got worse after Donald…
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Kansas Man Reportedly Spits on Preschooler and Calls Him N-Word, but Relax, He’s a Firefighter
Apparently nauseated by a preschool-age boy’s insistence on being black, a customer at a restaurant reportedly spat on the child and referred to the child as a “nigger,” according to multiple witnesses. KCTV-5 reports that witnesses watched as a small child was temporarily separated from his family, wandering off while they were attending a party…
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2 Dead in Central Michigan University Shooting; Gunman Still at Large
Updated Friday, March 2, 2018, 2:33 p.m. EST: Sources told the Detroit Free Press that the victims of the shooting at Central Michigan University are believed to be the shooter’s parents. It is believed that the situation escalated from a domestic dispute. The person of interest has been identified as James Eric Davis Jr., who…
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Jay-Z Passes Diddy on Forbes List of Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists. Soulja Boy Snubbed Again
Boosted by his ownership stake in Roc Nation, Tidal, and Champagne and cognac that neither you nor I can afford, hip-hop artist and mogul Jay-Z has leapfrogged entrepreneur and white-suit aficionado Sean “Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Brother Love” Combs to claim the top spot on Forbes magazine’s list of the wealthiest people in…
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Either Melania Trump Is the Slovenian Rain Man or She Finessed Her ‘Einstein Visa’
Until I see Melania Trump do anything other than wave and steal speeches from the most extraordinary first lady ever to grace the White House with her presence, then I have a hard time believing that she can do anything other than look like a vaguely alive corpse. So how in all the heat in…
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Here’s How J.R. Smith Got a Last-Minute Suspension Before the Cavs Game (Hint: It Involves a Bowl of Soup)
Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith was a late scratch from Thursday’s matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers. Well, it turns out that before the game, Smith threw a bowl of soup at assistant coach Damon Jones, multiple sources with knowledge of the incident told ESPN. Jones, a former Cavs player, must have asked Smith why he…
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Brooklyn, NY, Man Who Doesn’t Drink Wins Nearly $1,000,000 After NYPD Falsely Charges Him With DWI: Report
The New York City Police Department picked the wrong one. In April 2015, Oliver Wiggins was driving through Brooklyn, N.Y., when a police officer in a marked SUV ran through a stop sign and crashed into his car. Still, it was Wiggins who was arrested in an attempt to cover up the cop’s first mistake.…
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Walking While Black: Bodycam Footage Shows Brutal Beating of North Carolina Man Over Alleged Jaywalking, Trespassing
The incident occurred in August of last year, but it was only earlier this week, on Wednesday, that police bodycam footage was obtained by the Citizen Times showing the brutal beating of Johnnie Jermaine Rush at the hands of Asheville, N.C., Police Officer Chris Hickman. In the video, Hickman can be seen punching Rush multiple…