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Jason Kessler Is Planning Unite the Right 2: Electric Boogaloo
The man who planned the rally that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer and led the president of the United States to whitesplain away an incident of white supremacist terrorism is back at it again. Jason Kessler has submitted a special-event application request to Charlottesville, Va.’s Parks & Recreation Department to hold a “rally…
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Lena Horne’s Granddaughter, Filmmaker Jenny Lumet, Accuses Russell Simmons of Sexual Violation
Jenny Lumet, the award-winning screenwriter behind Rachel Getting Married and The Mummy, is the latest woman to come forward with the resounding call of #MeToo, sharing what she says was her horrific encounter with music mogul Russell Simmons, who she says sexually assaulted her when she was in her early 20s. Lumet, the daughter of filmmaker…
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Rep. John Conyers Is Hospitalized for Stress on the Same Day 1 of His Accusers Appears on the Today Show
I’ve always heard that its damn near sacrilege to speak ill of the old, but fuck Rep. John Conyers and Harvey Weinstein and Russell Simmons and Matt Lauer. I’m so tired of hearing how bad they feel, or how poorly they are doing in the wake of allegations that they violated women. I don’t care…
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Trump to Reporter: ‘There’s Nothing in the World Like First-Rate Pussy’
Some time ago, there used to be a magazine called Maximum Golf, which thought it was a good idea to profile then-billionaire golf-resort owner Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago golfing compound in Florida. Trump, then just a really rich asshole and not a presidential one, spotted “a young socialite,” according to the magazine reporter, and…
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Family Still Searching for Answers 1 Year After Young Father Suffers Severe Brain Injuries in Chicago Jail
The family of 23-year-old Tyler Lumar is still searching for some sort of closure, one year after the young father suffered severe brain damage after he was found hanging from his own shirt inside a Chicago jail. As the Chicago Tribune reports, Lumar is currently in need of constant medical care and can no longer…
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Cue the Violins, It’s Time for Matt Lauer’s Apology
And, now, for one of the most predictable parts of this horrid news cycle, the part in which the serial harasser makes the heartfelt apology. This time, it’s Matt Lauer’s turn. The bulk of the top story for Thursday’s Today show—the morning show Lauer anchored for two decades—was spent on his apology. It was read…
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Postal Worker Stalked by Estranged Boyfriend Before Being Shot and Killed: Report
A Georgia United States Postal Service employee was stalked by her estranged boyfriend in the days before she was found fatally shot in the head at her job, witnesses tell reporters. Quantez D’Ante Tyre, 22, waited outside Tyrika Terrell’s job before shooting and killing her Monday night, DeKalb County, Ga., police said Wednesday, according to…
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#Flint: 1,314 Days Into the Water Crisis, the City Now Has a Permanent Water Source
As of Wednesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for 1,314 days. At least one major hurdle has been passed, however: An agreement has been signed to give the city a permanent water source that is not the Flint River. The 30-year water contract between the city of Flint and the…
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After Black Transgender Woman Is Killed in Oklahoma City, Police Are Still Searching for Answers
Around 2:30 Monday morning, Oklahoma City police responded to a disturbance at a local motel. Upon arriving, they found the body of Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson, a 31-year-old black transgender woman. She had been murdered. As Oklahoma City’s KFOR-TV reports, police are still unsure what the killer or killers’ motives might have been and have made…