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Joe Arpaio’s Infamous and Inhumane Tent City Jail Officially Shut Down
In 1993, now-former Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio opened his infamous Tent City outdoor jail, supposedly as an answer to the problem of overcrowding in Phoenix’s jails. Tent City was a source of controversy for the entirety of its existence, and this weekend, it finally closed for good, just 10 months shy of its…
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Who Gon’ Check Me, Boo? Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins Says He Will Continue to Protest Even if Team Owner Forbids It
The vice president of the United States wasted taxpayer dollars Sunday so he could stage his own mini protest against NFL players who exercised their constitutional right to peaceful protest by kneeling during the national anthem, and according to the current president, the vice president acted at his request. NFL owners and coaches are doing…
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Sesame Street Wants to Help Children Cope With Traumatic Experiences
Sesame Street understands that the children of today live through at least one traumatic experience before the age of 18, and coping with those experiences can have a serious impact on the rest of their lives. With this in mind, Sesame Workshop announced on Friday its first-ever comprehensive initiative to help children cope with these…
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Jemele Hill Suspended From ESPN for Social Media Post
ESPN anchor Jemele Hill, who once tweeted that Donald Trump is a “white supremacist” (still looking for the lie), has been suspended for two weeks after violating what the sports station is calling “a second violation of social media guidelines.” After news broke that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would be benching any player who…
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Texas Mom Goes Through 9 Surgeries to Look Like Melania Trump
First ladies are often looked to as fashion icons. However, one Houston mom seems to have taken that admiration to the next level after having a grand total of nine surgeries done to look like first lady Melania Trump. This is not a drill. Claudia Sierra, 41, really committed to her vision, completing an eye…
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The New York Times Profile on White House Policy Adviser Stephen Miller Confirms That He’s Been an Asshole His Whole Life
Although photos of White House Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller tend to bend toward aging senior citizen, I assure you that the man is only 32. I researched this because I, too, had a hard time believing it, but he’s only 32 years old, and he grew up in Santa Monica, Calif. What we already…
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#ForTheCulture: How a Black Woman Led Miami Dolphins Coach to Resign After Release of Video Showing Him Sniffing White Powder
Protests are personal. There are some of us who’ve elected to turn the station on NFL Sundays. There are some of us who kneel while watching the entire game. Some of us are willing to watch with only one eye open, while the other eye is reading Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. And…
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Mike Pence Left the Colt-49ers Game Because He’s a Messy Bitch Who Lives for Drama
I’m not sure how puppet Vice President Mike Pence was able to leave Lucas Oil Stadium with the president’s tiny hand shoved that far up his ass, but I’m sure he’s used to being played for a fool. It’s in his job description. There is a stipulation in his vice presidential contract that requires him…
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Exclusive: NFL Owners, Coaches Pressuring Players to Stop Kneeling During Anthem
Multiple NFL players say they have been explicitly and implicitly warned against doing any kind of demonstration during the national anthem in the weeks following President Donald Trump’s directions to owners to “get that son of a bitch off the field” for protesting racial inequality. Before this weekend’s slate of games in the NFL, The…