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I’m Tired of Hearing About White Men’s Penises
A Los Angeles woman accused Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) of sexual misconduct while the two were on a USO tour to entertain American troops nearly 11 years ago. The woman, Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles radio news anchor and occasional Fox News contributor, says that she kept quiet about the incident for so long because…
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Charges Dropped Against Black Man Shot by Texas Cops Who Thought He Was Breaking Into His Own Damn Car
Charges have been dropped against a black man who was shot by Mesquite, Texas, cops who wrongly assumed he was breaking into a vehicle. Actually, as the Dallas Morning News notes, 31-year-old Lyndo Jones was just trying to access his own vehicle when he was shot by the officers. Jones was wrongly charged with evading…
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Deputy Sheriff Under Fire for Blackface Frederica Wilson Halloween Costume Because Whiteness Might Be a Mental Illness
The NAACP has issued a complaint against a Virginia sheriff’s deputy who works in the school system after she donned blackface and dressed up as Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) to accompany her boyfriend, who was dressed up as Donald Trump, to a Halloween party. I know—there is so much wrong with that previous sentence, but…
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Roy Moore Pens Open Letter to Sean Hannity, Proving He’s As Bad a Liar as He May Be a Molester
Alabama Republican Senate candidate and grown-ass man who still wears a cowboy outfi Roy Moore penned an open letter to the inflated-beach-ball-sized head that sits atop Sean Hannity’s neck Wednesday after the Fox News pundit and maker-up of things to scare white people gave Moore 24 hours to answer multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Instead…
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Louisiana Mom Makes Her Son Do Free Yard Work Following 3-Day Suspension From School
Ain’t nobody got time to waste. At least Demetris Payne was not having it with her son when he was suspended from school for three days. Normally, one would think a suspension would be a three-day vacation, but not on Payne’s watch. In an inspirationally petty way (with just a whole lot of loving discipline),…
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Texas Sheriff Sparks Outrage After Warning Vehicle Owner About Profane Anti-Trump Sticker
One Texas motorist apparently found the perfect sticker to express certain feelings about how this past year has gone, and so it was plastered, big and bold, on the rear window of a truck. “FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM,” the sticker declared. It was eye-catching, to be sure, and a picture…
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3rd Ohio Pastor Charged With Sex-Trafficking Underage Girls
A third Ohio pastor has been indicted on charges of sex-trafficking a minor, and now all three men face new charges in the case after a federal grand jury indicted the Rev. Cordell Jenkins, the Rev. Anthony Haynes and the Rev. Kenneth Butler on conspiracy to sex-traffic children. According to the Associated Press, all three…
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House Democrats Introduce 5 Articles of Impeachment Against Donald Trump
Although they don’t believe their efforts stand much of a chance, with Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate, House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against Donald Trump on Wednesday. CNN reports that the five articles of impeachment introduced by Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen cover obstruction of justice for the firing of former FBI…
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Twitter Removes Verification Badge From White Nationalists’ Accounts, Changes Verification Policies
Well, wail, (fail) whale. A week after being put on blast for verifying the account of white nationalist Jason Kessler—the organizer of the tiki-torch white supremacist rally—Twitter has reversed its decision and removed the check mark from his account, along with that of Richard Spencer, and made several changes to its verification policy in the…
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Rep. Karen Bass Ate Jeff Sessions for Lunch and It Was Delicious
On Monday, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) completely dismantled U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions as he testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Bass questioned why the FBI would be investigating and writing reports on “black identity extremists,” labeling them as a threat against the police, but not writing those same reports and conducting those same investigations…