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Trump Can’t Seem to Get His NRA Objectives Together, Now Backtracking on Teachers Carrying Guns
News coming out of Lex Luthor’s secret cave, aka the Trump White House, continues after the president threw a Twitter hissy fit because news folks supposedly misunderstood his call to arm some teachers as a call to arm all teachers. As we’ve learned with this administration, what Donald Trump says on Wednesday has nothing to…
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Washington, DC, Reaches $3,500,000 Settlement With Family of Terrence Sterling, Unarmed Black Motorcyclist Killed by Police
The nation’s capital is set to pay out $3.5 million to the family of Terrence Sterling, an unarmed black motorcyclist who was gunned down by a Metropolitan Police Department officer. According to the Associated Press, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser released a statement saying that the city was seeking to “illuminate what went wrong” and…
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South Carolina Lawmakers Want to Ban Baggy Pants Because What Other Political Issue Could Possibly Be More Pressing?
While the rest of the country clamors for gun control, South Carolina lawmakers have chosen to home in on the real issues, like banning baggy pants. According to WLTX 19, House Bill 4957 would make it illegal “for a person to expose their skin or underwear by wearing their pants ‘three inches below the crest…
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Maryland Gas Station Under Fire After Employee Called Customer Racial Slur
A Maryland woman is getting the support of an entire community after an employee at a local BP service station hurled racial slurs at her. According to WJLA-TV, last Thursday, Rachel Sherman went to the Largo, Md., service station to confront the individual who was doing state vehicle inspections about attempting to overcharge her younger…
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White Powder Sent to Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Sparking Anthrax Scare
Scotland Yard is investigating after a letter containing white powder that was claimed to be anthrax was sent to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Kensington Palace in London. According to the London Evening Standard, because of security measures, the couple never saw the letter, but it did spark a full-on security scare. Analysis of the…
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Oprah Cares, Even if Republicans in Florida Don’t
Even if Republican Party politicians in the state of Florida don’t care about the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Oprah Winfrey does. The media mogul announced Tuesday evening that she would be joining Amal Clooney and her actor husband, George, in donating $500,000 to the student organizers of…
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Pioneering Educator and Founder of Washington, DC’s Duke Ellington School of Arts Dies
Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a socialite, social activist and founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, died this past weekend in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post reports that the 70-year-old trailblazer died as a result of complications from pneumonia, her son, Zach Cafritz, said. Cooper Cafritz will be remembered for breaking down barriers, starting…
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‘Patriotic’ Trump Supporter Finds Out She Was Tricked by Russian Trolls and Her Reaction Is Hilarious
Florine Gruen Goldfarb loves America. She is a real, down-home patriot. So much so that she unwittingly promoted Russian-coordinated events on Facebook in support of Donald Trump. Goldfarb, who runs the Team Trump Broward County Facebook page, was one of the 53 percent of white women who backed Trump in 2016 and likely didn’t need…
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University Spokesperson Complains About Horrific Reverse Racism That Affects Her in No Way
A University of North Texas official and future candidate for dean of white fragility took to Twitter to protest an incredibly racist petition circulating around the campus to name one of the college’s new buildings after a woman of color. UNT Student Government Association Sen. Misaki Collins recently posted a petition online to get signatures…
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Dallas Mavericks Investigating Sexual-Misconduct Allegations After Bombshell Report
The Dallas Mavericks have launched an independent investigation after a report by Sports Illustrated on Tuesday alleged that the NBA franchise maintained a “corrosive workplace culture” where women were routinely sexually harassed by male co-workers. The SI report focuses primarily on the conduct of former team President and CEO Terdema Ussery, who reportedly had a…