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Exclusive: God Responds to Ben Carson’s Weird Prayer Thanking the Lord for Trump and the Tax Bill
Before a Wednesday Cabinet meeting, the Grinch Who Stole the Middle Class’s Christmas informed the members of the press that they should stay for a few minutes to join Snow White Supremacist and the Seven Demons in prayer. Led by the successful surgeon, failed dick-stabber, and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, the…
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NYC Man Exonerated After Serving 30 Years for Rape He Didn’t Commit
Thirty years ago, three men broke into a Brooklyn, N.Y., Burger King, robbing the store and gang-raping an 18-year-old worker who had been closing up the eatery. But the brutal attack—and the subsequent police investigation—landed four men behind bars. The fourth was a then-17-year-old named Mark Denny, whom the 18-year-old identified in a police lineup.…
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Oklahoma Mom Reports Son ‘Missing,’ Only to Find Out He Was Trying to Make Money to Buy Her a Christmas Gift
One Oklahoma City boy’s secret mission to surprise his mom for Christmas snowballed into a larger surprise for his whole family after their local police officers banded together to ensure that the family had an amazing Christmas. According to KFOR-TV, single mom Sophia Reed had used the last of her extra funds, including Christmas money,…
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In the Dark of Night, 2 Confederate Statues in Memphis, Tenn., Come Down
For 113 years, a bronze statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a man who rose above his station thanks to the slave trade, a Confederate general who orchestrated the massacre of black soldiers at Fort Pillow, and the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard—loomed over downtown Memphis, Tenn. At 9:01 p.m. Wednesday, a time the New York…
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Former Michigan State Trooper Charged With Murder in the Death of 15-Year-Old Damon Grimes
The former Michigan state trooper who allegedly deployed his Taser out of the window of his vehicle while in pursuit of a teen riding an ATV—causing the teen to crash—has been charged with murder in the 15-year-old’s death. Former Trooper Mark Bessner, 43, was in pursuit of Damon Grimes—who was illegally riding an ATV through…
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Yet Another Disturbing Story of a Grown-Ass Woman Messing With a Teenage Boy
It goes against type when an alleged pedophile is a woman; and when we continually read the stories of adult women in “relationships” with teen boys, our heads go into tailspins. It’s like we can’t get through a week without another story of grown-ass women (usually teachers) engaging in sexual activities with teen or preteen…
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New York Man Broke Into Black Neighbor’s Home, Threatened to Lynch Him With Chain: Report
A 32-year-old Lyons, N.Y., man is facing multiple charges, including one pertaining to a hate crime, after authorities say that he broke into his black neighbor’s home, hurled racially motivated threats at the man and even used a chain hung over a tree to suggest a lynching. According to the Finger Lakes Times, Adam J.…
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LaVar Ball Just Declared War on the NCAA, and Something Tells Me This Isn’t Going to End Well
The most hated sports dad in American history may have just taken his hate levels to new heights. The Big Baller Brand CEO isn’t just telling his kids to skip college—he’ll soon be offering top high school prospects a paid alternative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association. On Tuesday, Ball announced that he’s starting the…
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How Sexual Harassment Silences Black Women in the Workplace
Updated Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at 2:29 p.m. EST: The Ford Motor Co. sent The Root a statement responding to the New York Times report about allegations by female employees at the company’s Chicago plants of years of racial and sexual harassment. “Ford does not tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination. We take those claims very…