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Sen. Jeff Flake Just Torched Trump on the Senate Floor, but Does This Really Mean He’s an Ally?
Before we run to nominate Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) as the designated white man to bring cups, plates, napkins and other nonfood items to the cookout because of the scorched-earth flames he threw on the Senate floor—in which he compared President Donald Trump to Joseph Stalin—let’s be selective about who gets into the collective backyard…
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Indiana Teen Suddenly ‘Ashamed’ After Video of Him Shouting Racial Slurs Into Megaphone, Carrying Nazi Flag Went Viral
Life catches up with you—especially when you think it’ll be all fun and games to chant racial slurs into a bullhorn while wearing a Nazi flag draped over your shoulders. It’s a lesson 17-year-old Mat Blood is learning after video of his little stunt—with him marching up and down with the flag and yelling, “Fuck…
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21-Year-Old Killed by Off-Duty Cleveland Police Officer Remembered as Someone Who Loved to Help His Community
A Cleveland family is still trying to find answers after 21-year-old Thomas Yatsko was shot and killed over the weekend by an off-duty police officer. According to Cleveland.com, Yatsko, who had turned 21 less than two months ago, was killed Saturday by Sgt. Dean Graziolli, who was working security at the Corner Alley bowling alley…
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The Girther Movement: Many People Don’t Believe the President Is Only 239 Pounds
On Tuesday, White House doctor Ronny Jackson, the white doctor with the inherently black name, announced that the president had the hands of a Grecian god and the balls of a Spanish bull. Seriously, Dr. Jackson proclaimed that the only ailment troubling the KFC-fingered president was high cholesterol, and he added that Donald Trump could…
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‘Dumb Black Asses’ and ‘You Stupid Monkeys’ Signs Posted at University of South Carolina for MLK Day
Black students at the University of South Carolina received a warm welcome on the first day of classes when students discovered racist signs posted on a campus bulletin board. According to the Post and Courier, senior journalism student Leland Williams Jr. said that a group of minority students found out about the signs around 9…
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New Picture Book Tells Story of Raven Wilkinson, the 1st African-American Ballerina to Dance for a Major Company
Misty Copeland, the first black ballerina to earn the coveted title of principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, is known for smashing ceilings and breaking down barriers, heavily promoting diversity in an industry that is still sadly lacking in representation. But before there was Misty Copeland, there was Raven Wilkinson, who actually mentors Copeland…
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Former Ferguson, Mo., City Spokesman Found With Meth: Report
Police charged a former city spokesman with possession of methamphetamine on Tuesday after a traffic stop. Jeff Small, also a former on-air reporter in St. Louis, began working for the city in 2014 following the death of Michael Brown, KPLR-TV reports. On Jan. 6, Small was pulled over by cops for a broken headlight, according…
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Man Unable to Pay Baggage Fees Kicked Off British Airways After Trying to Wear All His Clothes Onboard
Airline baggage fees are too damn high these days … and depending on what airline you’re flying (and the distance you are going), that feeling of being ripped off can vary. Do you get a first bag free or is the first bag $25? Is it the same price for each bag or do the…
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#NetNeutrality: Senate Democrats Need 1 More Member to Vote to Overturn FCC Decision
Senate Democrats announced Tuesday that they have 50 of the 100 members of the Senate prepared to vote in favor of their Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to repeal net neutrality. According to CNBC, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said in a statement that all 49 Democrats were in favor…
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Is There More to the Story of Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels?
On Friday, news broke that Donald Trump had paid former adult-film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in October 2016 for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter the two of them had 10 years prior in 2006. Now a new report raises questions as to whether there is more to Trump’s history with Daniels than just…