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Asian Woman Says Federal Agents Harassed Her After Mistaking Her for Human Trafficking Victim
An Asian woman is saying she was made to feel more like a criminal after federal agents detained her after allegedly mistaking her for a human trafficking victim. According to WXIA-TV, Stephanie Ung and her friend, both from the metro Atlanta area, were flying back from Cancún, Mexico, trying to make it home in time…
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‘Chuck and Nancy’ Cancel Meeting With Trump Because He’s an Asshole
Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California are getting tired of President Donald Trump’s shit. Fine, I don’t know if they are, but we, the collective millions of us who didn’t vote for him, are. Nevertheless, Schumer and Pelosi were supposed to meet Tuesday afternoon to prevent a government…
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Georgia Tech Football Player’s Brutal KO of Teammate Caught on Video and I Have Questions
A violent fight (if you could call it that) between two Georgia Tech football teammates has been released on TMZ Sports, and it’s pretty brutal. According to the sports site, defensive back Step Durham knocked out teammate and fellow defensive back Lance Austin inside the Yellow Jackets training facility before this year’s football season began.…
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The Perils of Being Black and Undocumented: The Good Place Actor Reveals Status to Los Angeles Times
Of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., approximately 575,000 (5 percent) are black—yet they make up about 10 percent of immigrants in deportation proceedings. Black undocumented immigrants also are less likely to receive valuable resources and help when it comes to programs like the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The cost…
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President Trump’s Latest Tweet Is Undeniable Proof That He’s an Asshole
I think at this point it’s no longer speculation or conjecture or mean-spiritedness to call President Donald Trump an asshole. He is an asshole. He knows it, his staff knows it, his supporters know it. And I think one of his best traits is being an asshole—an unabashed, unashamed asshole. Trump is the physical embodiment…
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Grammys Announce 2018 Nominees and Somehow Cardi B Isn’t Included for Best New Artist
How? Just how???!!! It’s that time of year again, and the Grammys have announced their 2018 nominees for their 60th-anniversary show. Dope. Cool. Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar are going to be battling it out for Album of the Year, which was widely expected. But what is probably most surprising is that somehow Belcalis Almanzar, aka…
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Rep. Al Green Issues Weird Statement Just to Let Y’all Know He’s Not About That Sexual-Misconduct Life
Rep. Al Green (no, not the grits-faced, “Love and Happiness” Al Green—the congressman from Texas with the receding perm line in the front and Shirley Temple curls in the back Al Green) released a joint statement Monday with a former staffer that basically said, “We cool.” Unprompted by any allegation or event, the Texas Democrat…
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North Carolina Names Highway for Groundbreaking Black Historian and Civil Rights Advocate
A stretch of Interstate 85 in Durham, N.C., has been named for the trailblazing black historian John H. Franklin, who directly confronted America’s racist history and helped shaped the discourse around America’s legacy of slavery. The stretch of road was dedicated to the influential scholar Monday afternoon at the Hayti Heritage Center. As the Raleigh…
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‘Happily Gentrifying Since 2014’: Colorado Coffee Shop Puts Up Ridiculous Sign, and I’ll Give You 1 Guess as to What Happened
There are so many, so many cute memes and other coffee-based quips out there in the universe, but out of all of these options, one Denver coffeehouse chain decided that it would be cute to make a funny about gentrification over the Thanksgiving holidays. “Happily Gentrifying the Neighborhood Since 2014,” one side of the sidewalk…