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White Firefighter Files Racial-Discrimination Lawsuit After He Was Fired for Social Media Post About Running Over Protesters
Some people just don’t know how to quit while they’re ahead. And a white Columbia, S.C., firefighter who was fired after posting to social media that he would run over protesters if they were still blocking traffic when his shift was over has now filed a lawsuit claiming racial discrimination. James “Jimmy” Morris, who was…
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Family Feud: Craig Sager Left His Older Children Out of His Will
Legendary and colorful sports reporter Craig Sager left his three children from his first marriage—Craig II, Kacy and Krista—out of his will, and that is causing a dramatic family feud that is playing out on social media. Craig Sager’s son Craig Sager II took to Twitter Tuesday night to complain about being taken to court…
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Trump Dissolves His Controversial Voter-Fraud Commission
On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively dissolved the controversial commission on voter fraud he created in May 2017, citing states’ refusal to provide the commission with “basic information.” The White House said in a statement: “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission…
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Paul Manafort Has Gone Full Denzel in Training Day: He’s Putting Cases on Everybody
Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has gone full Denzel Washington in Training Day, and he’s putting cases on all you bitches. Below is a clip of Manafort before he filed lawsuits against special counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the Department of Justice: According to CNBC, Mueller is alleging that the…
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Hoda Kotb Will Earn a Fraction of What the Alleged Sexual Predator Who Preceded Her Made
Welcome to 2018, where bad men will no longer helm morning shows at major news networks, but where the women of color chosen to replace them will still be paid a fraction of their predecessors’ salaries. So it seems with Hoda Kotb, the effervescent and charismatic co-anchor of the show Today. Kotb, who was called…
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Founder of SheaMoisture, Richelieu Dennis, Acquires Essence From Time Inc.
Essence Communications Inc., the 48-year-old mutliplatform brand that owns Essence magazine and the annual Essence Festival, has gone back to black (ownership), having been acquired by Essence Ventures LLC, an independent African-American-owned company, Essence Ventures announced in a press release. As reported earlier by Journal-isms for The Root, the Essence brand was not part of…
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‘Alt-Right’ Altercation: Trump Says Steve Bannon Has ‘Lost His Mind’
You know how, when you break up with someone, you start thinking about the little things about them that always irritated you but you never said anything? Then, in conversations with other people, you bring those things up and spill all kinds of tea because, since y’all aren’t cool anymore, you may as well? That…
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Witness: Robert Mueller’s Federal Grand Jury Looks Like Black Lives Matter Rally
So it turns out that special counsel Robert Mueller might be a secret Hotep who is an ally of the nation of Wakanda, as the supporters of President Donald Trump are tight after learning that Mueller’s grand jury has too many black people on it. Apparently, a Trump associate who testified told a New York…
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Why Is the Media Afraid to Call Matthew Riehl a Racist, Anti-Cop Terrorist?
He was a racist and a terrorist. He was an Islamophobe. He spread white supremacist memes. He used the terminology of the “alt-right.” He called Barack Obama a “lying piece of shit.” You probably have no idea who I’m talking about, because when Matthew Riehl fired more than 100 bullets at Douglas County, Colo., sheriff’s…