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Tiffany Brown, Head of the 1-Woman Company That Delivered Only 50,000 of 30 Million Meals to Puerto Rico, Blames FEMA
An Atlanta woman whose one-person company was contracted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide millions of meals to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, but delivered only a fraction of that, says that FEMA is to blame. Tiffany Brown, who is listed as the only employee of Tribute Contracting LLC, last…
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1st-Ever Black Hockey Player for Team USA Hits the Ice for Winter Olympics
So apropos that it’s Black History Month because Jordan Greenway will be making some black history when he steps onto the ice for the 2018 Winter Olympics as the first African American to be named to the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team. At 6 feet, 5 inches tall and 238 pounds, the 20-year-old will also…
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Trump’s Revolving Door: No. 3 at the Justice Department Out After 9 Months
They’re scattering like rats from a sinking ship. Just days after two officials in the Trump administration resigned over domestic-abuse allegations, and amid rumors that his chief of staff wants to go, Rachel Brand, No. 3 at the Department of Justice, is leaving after nine months on the job. As associate attorney general, Brand is…
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Tonya Harvey Is 3rd Transgender Woman Killed in US in 2018
A transgender woman in Buffalo, N.Y., was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon, and her death is being investigated as a hate crime. The Buffalo News reports that Tonya Harvey, 35, was shot around 5:30 p.m. on a dead-end street. She died at the scene. Police have not released any other information regarding the shooting. Harvey, who…
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White House Speechwriter Is 2nd Staffer This Week to Resign Amid Domestic-Abuse Allegations
For the second time this week, a White House staffer has resigned from his position amid allegations that he was physically and emotionally abusive to a former spouse. The Washington Post reports that White House speechwriter David Sorensen, who worked with senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, resigned Friday as the Post was preparing a story…
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Will Gen. John Kelly Resign as White House Chief of Staff?
In the wake of the mishandling of former White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter’s history of domestic abuse, sources close to Donald Trump have revealed that not only is the president looking to replace chief of staff John Kelly, but Kelly has reportedly indicated that he would be willing to resign from his position. One…
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President Donald ‘Grab ’Em by the … ’ Trump Wishes Staffer Accused of Domestic Violence a Fond Farewell
At this point I would take a cardboard box that had been flattened by a four-wheeler over this administration. I don’t say that lightly. I literally mean that a cardboard box wearing a hat and a robe would do a better job of not being an offensive asshole like the current president of the United…
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#BlackPantherChallenge Raises More Than $300,000 to Send 23,000 Kids to Theaters
Everybody is going to see Black Panther. Frederick Joseph, and his now famous #BlackPantherChallenge through GoFundMe, has seen to it. The fundraising site has confirmed that some 300 campaigns on the site have collectively raised more than $300,000 combined, which will be enough to send about 23,000 children to see Black Panther in movie theaters…
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Report: California Police Protected White Nationalists Who Helped Them Hunt Anti-Racism Activists
When anyone insinuates that cops are racist, they’re said to be willfully painting with too broad a brush. Sure, there might be a few bad apples, but the fact that police officers stop, arrest and kill black people in disproportionate numbers doesn’t mean that all police officers target black people. If you’re going to say…
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Speedskater Shani Davis Throws Shade at the Winter Olympics After Learning He Won’t Be the Flag Bearer
The Winter Olympics, aka the Privileged Olympics, have barely begun, and the drama is already heating up. Apparently U.S. Olympic speedskater Shani Davis was big mad after learning that he lost the opportunity to rock his Ralph Lauren outfit (because nothing says all-inclusive like suede tasseled Polo gloves that are reselling for thousands of dollars…