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White House on ‘Sloppy Steve’ Bannon: ‘New Phone, Who Dis?’
Who the hell is Hogan Gidley? Turns out he’s the deputy White House press secretary who was talking mad smack about former White House strategist “Sloppy Steve” Bannon. “I don’t believe there is any way back for Mr. Bannon at this point,” Gidley told reporters aboard Air Force One, Yahoo! Finance reports. Just a few…
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Erica Garner’s Funeral Was Marred by a Family Dispute, but Her Unapologetic Warrior Spirit Could Not Be Diminished
Erica Garner’s short life was marked by her unbridled, studied passion for justice. And that passion, that pain, spilled over into her funeral service Monday evening. Her father was Eric Garner, whose last moments were captured on video as he sputtered, “I can’t breathe” 11 times on July 27, 2014. For Eric Garner, there was…
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New York Department of Corrections Puts Severe Restrictions on Books Prisoners Can Receive
The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision recently began operating on a directive issued last month that severely restricts the books people in prison can receive. Directive 4911 is currently in effect at three prisons in the state but could be expanded to all facilities in the state, according to ThinkProgress. The initiative…
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#NetNeutrality: Senate Democrats Use Congressional Review Act to Force Vote on Overturning FCC Repeal
Senate Democrats on Monday secured enough co-sponsors to force a vote on a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the repeal of net neutrality rules by the Federal Communications Commission last week. The CRA resolution (pdf) was introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) shortly after the FCC first voted to repeal net neutrality last month.…
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The Weeknd Cuts Ties With H&M After Ad Featuring Black Child Wearing ‘Coolest Monkey’ Hoodie
Updated Monday, Jan. 8, 2017, 4:18 p.m. EST: The Weeknd, who has collaborated with H&M for previous collections, announced via Twitter that he has decided to sever ties with the clothing company. The Canadian singer posted on his Twitter account Monday afternoon that he was “shocked and embarrassed” by a photo from H&M’s U.K. website…
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Georgia Was Going to Execute Keith Tharpe Until the Supreme Court Basically Said, ‘Hold Up; This Is Too Racist’
Keith Tharpe should have been dead. He was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Sept. 26, 2017. The state of Georgia had already made up its mind to execute Tharpe despite the fact that his attorneys say that his IQ is below the legal threshold for a person to understand the charges or their…
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Well, What Do You Know? Looks Like NFL Player Richie Incognito May Still Be a Racist
I don’t know how you undo racism, but I don’t know if having a come-to-Jesus moment only after being called out for saying really racist things to a teammate is enough to cure someone. But to hear defensive end Yannick Ngakoue tell it, offensive lineman Richie Incognito may still be suffering from racism. You remember…
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A Firsthand Account of the Legal Hearing, Support Rally, Church Service—and Attack—of Umar Johnson
Two things can be true at the same time. It is possible to believe that Oprah Winfrey might be the transformational black woman of our generation while simultaneously believing that she is not qualified to be president. One can believe that Kanye West is an attention whore who exists somewhere on the fuckboy spectrum and…
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The President Is Going to Be an Even Lazier Thot in 2018
If you think President Donald Trump didn’t do shit in 2017, well, he really isn’t going to do shit in 2018, as reports are surfacing that the man with the little hands but the giant nuclear button, who may or may not be able to read, will be starting his workday later so that he…
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Stephen Miller Showed His Whole Ass During CNN Interview, Then Had to Be Escorted Out by Security: Report
White House policy adviser Stephen Miller has been trash most of his life. In high school, Miller ran for student government as an outspoken conservative who prided himself as someone “who will say and do things that no one else in their right mind will say or do.” He also campaigned that he couldn’t be…