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Father of Keaton Jones Is a White Supremacist Serving Time in Tennessee: Report
Further scrutiny of the family of Keaton Jones has dredged up the fact that, while his mother may be accused of being a racist, his father definitely has all the makings of a white supremacist. TMZ has dug up Facebook posts by Shawn White, Keaton’s dad, which had multiple memes, including ones that read “HOLY…
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Omarosa Leaving the White House for Lucrative Career in Unemployment
Omarosa Manigault Newman, reality star and aunt who brings store-bought pound cake to Thanksgiving dinner, is leaving her post in the Trump administration and her position as Black Person in the Trump administration. According to CBS News, Manigault Newman resigned Tuesday to “pursue other opportunities,” effective Jan. 20, 2018. She has served as assistant to…
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NYC Man Who Forced His Girlfriend to Walk Naked Through Harlem Says She Volunteered to Shame Herself
Today in news of masculinity so toxic, you’ll want to cuss out your computer or phone screen: the case of a New York City man who is standing trial for forcing his then-22-year-old girlfriend to walk naked through the streets of Harlem in January 2016 because he suspected that she was cheating on him. In…
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Police Union Is Big Mad After Colin Kaepernick and His Protest Afro Visited Rikers Island Prisoners
I pray that when my infant son is old enough to attend college, there are courses devoted to the historical lineage inside Colin Kaepernick’s Afro. In the history of Afros, Kaepernick’s falls somewhere between Angela Davis and all of the men from the grossly underrated family soul group the Sylvers. On Tuesday, Kaepernick and his…
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With This Alabama Loss, Trump Is Becoming the Permanent Jordan Crying-Face Meme
President Lil Handsy von BackWash can never take his L like a man. After fully endorsing an accused pedophile for Congress, his candidate, Alabama’s own Roy Moore, who totally rode a horse to the voting station to vote, lost. He lost because black women, who are looking more and more like the real heroes in…
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DeRay Mckesson Sues Fox & Friends Host for Saying He Incited Violence Against a Cop
DeRay Mckesson filed a lawsuit against Fox & Friends host Jeanine Pirro for defamation on Tuesday for claiming that he incited violence against a Baton Rouge, La., cop during a 2016 protest. The suit was filed in New York County Supreme Court in Manhattan. As the New York Daily News reports, Pirro’s commentary stems from…
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Florida Middle School Teacher’s Aide Arrested in Solicitation of Nude Photos, Sex Acts From 2 Students
A teacher’s aide at a Tampa, Fla., middle school was taken into police custody Monday after being accused of soliciting nude photos and requesting sexual encounters from two underage girls at the school. According to the Bradenton Herald, 24-year-old Quinton Bradford is facing charges of obscene communication using computer/devices to solicit and lure children, and…
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Could an Ethics Investigation of 2 FBI Agents Derail Mueller’s Russia Probe?
Just when special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe appeared to be picking up steam, a report on the anti-Donald Trump text messages between two senior FBI officials affiliated with both Mueller’s investigation and the probe into Hillary Clinton’s emails has led to the launch of a Justice Department ethics investigation. According to the Washington Post,…
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#Flint: Congress’ Failure to Renew Child Health Insurance Program Impacts Flint, Mich.’s Pipe Replacement
As of Tuesday, it has been 1,327 days since the residents of Flint, Mich., have been able to use water directly from their faucets without relying on filters. Although reports say that the lead levels in the water are down, residents are still being cautioned to use filters and bottled water. In addition to the…