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WTF Is This Weird-Ass Video That Paul Ryan Posted?
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan wants to prove that he didn’t just become a horrible person overnight; rather, he was born a horrible person who has consistently pushed for cuts in programs for the poor to feed the rich by posting a weird press-clipping video of him being a shit heel since 1998. On…
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All I Want for Christmas Is This California Woman’s Weed Fortress of White Privilege
May God grant me the serenity to accept the news cycle I cannot change, the courage to call out the evil asshats I can, and the wisdom to know when to use a semicolon and when to just end the sentence (copy editors: I’m still working it). And Lord, if you’re in a generous mood,…
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Sprinter Justin Gatlin Fires Coach Amid Doping Allegations
Justin Gatlin, one of America’s fastest sprinters, has found himself dead smack at the center of a doping scandal in which he is accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, accusations that the world champion in the 100-meter strongly denies. “I am not using and have not used PED’s,” Gatlin wrote in a statement posted Tuesday to…
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Doug Jones Wants America to ‘Move On’ From Trump’s Sexual Assault Allegations, Says He May Vote Republican
Because Doug Jones was running against an accused pedophile for Alabama’s vacant Senate seat after Jeff Sessions decided that he would like to ruin the country from inside the White House, no one thoroughly vetted Jones’ politics. And can you blame anyone for not knowing anything about Jones, really? We all knew that he was…
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‘How Else Are You Going to Meet People?’ Tavis Smiley Defends His Sexual Relationships With Employees
You’d be hard-pressed to imagine a more cringeworthy pairing than accused sexual harasser Tavis Smiley and Fox host Tucker Carlson, but that’s exactly what viewers received Monday night as Smiley took to Carlson’s show to offer some kind of explanation for the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct of which PBS is accusing him. Spoiler alert:…
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Ex-University of Hartford Student Accused of Smearing Bodily Fluids on Black Roommate’s Belongings Will Avoid Hate Crime Charges
Brianna Brochu, the former University of Hartford student accused of harassing her roommate and contaminating the living space by smearing bodily fluids all over her roommate’s belongings, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of breach of peace and criminal mischief. Brochu claimed that her roommate, Chennel “Jazzy Rowe,” who is black, was rude to her…
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Sarah Palin’s Son Allegedly Beat His Father, Called Arresting Officers ‘Peasants’
Updated Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, 8:10 a.m. EST: The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Track Palin, eldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, allegedly broke into his parents’ home and beat up his father. According to a police affidavit the Times acquired, the confrontation began when Track returned to the family home in Wasilla,…
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Watch for the Hook: Sessions Continues His Dishonest ‘Make America Safe Again’ Tour
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, the attorney general with the Mariah Carey memory, traveled to Milwaukee today to give a speech to law enforcement officers about violent crime in America. The speech painted a dystopian image of an America riddled with violent crime and promised a higher “tooth-to-tail ratio” in combating it. Sessions’ remarks gave criminal-justice-reform advocates…
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Charlottesville, Va., Police Chief Announces Retirement Effective Immediately
The Charlottesville, Va., police chief who received widespread criticism over his department’s handling of this summer’s white nationalist rally that left a counterprotester dead announced Monday that he will be retiring, effective immediately. An announcement on the city’s website read: “Charlottesville Police Chief Alfred Thomas announced his retirement today after 27 years of law enforcement…
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Are White Supremacists Infiltrating Law Enforcement?
You would have missed it if you weren’t listening carefully. On Sunday’s 60 Minutes, the second segment of the night was a profile of Christian Picciolini, a reformed skinhead-slash-racist-slash-dude-who-used-to-beat-black-people-up-on-the-reg; a man Dylann Roof recently called a “race traitor.” After saying that he had suffered an angry childhood in Illinois (that would be north of the…