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Another Horrible Quarterback Signed by Coach Who Wants Nothing to Do With Colin Kaepernick
According to reports (since I’m boycotting the NFL), Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles couldn’t throw a Frisbee into the ocean if he was standing at the shoreline. Sounds like a perfect fit for a free agent quarterback who not only throws the ball with some accuracy but can also run like a gazelle. Seems like…
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Father, Daughter Face Charges in Beating of Girl’s Ex-Boyfriend
A Kansas father-daughter duo are facing assault charges after authorities say the pair attacked the girl’s ex-boyfriend at a local high school after the boy threatened her. Josiah S. Wright, 40, is facing charges of first-degree assault, while his 17-year-old daughter is facing charges of domestic assault in the Tuesday-afternoon incident that occurred at Ruskin…
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Darth Chad Shows Everyone Why He Was Fired From Google
Disgraced ex-Googler and champion of white-straight-male mediocrity, James Damore, is back on his bullshit, this time to lament that people can’t call certain aspects of the Ku Klux Klan “cool.” Damore, who was a software engineer at Google, first made headlines for writing an anti-diversity memo that was circulated around the company. The memo claimed,…
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Black Employees of Steak House in Trump International Hotel File Civil Complaint Charging Racial Discrimination
Black employees at BLT Prime, a steakhouse in the luxury Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., filed a civil complaint Wednesday accusing the Trump Organization and the managing director of the hotel of racial discrimination. Irving Smith Jr., who still works at BLT, and Dominique Hill and JaNette Sturdivant, both former employees of the steak…
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Racists Target an Asian-American Family for Supporting Black Lives Matter
An Asian-American family in San Francisco was targeted with racist letters this summer for posting a “Black Lives Matter” sign in the window of their home. Because of the threats and racial slur used, the harassing letters are being investigated by the police as hate crimes. But the letters have only strengthened the family’s resolve…
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Va. Church Named After Robert E. Lee Votes for Name Change
The Robert E. Lee Memorial Church in Lexington, Va., is the latest building/memorial/what-have-you to toss the infamous Confederate general back to the past where he belongs, voting to change its name after an intense two-year debate. According to The Hill, the final decision came down to a narrow 7-5 victory Monday for the name changers,…
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Westfield State U Investigating After Student Claims Racist Message Was Written on Her Door
Westfield State University in Massachusetts has launched an investigation into “discriminatory and highly offensive language” after a black student reported finding a racial slur written on her door. According to MassLive, the student, a senior at Westfield State, shared a photo on social media, claiming that someone wrote “niggers live here” on a name tag…
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Former Sheriff David Clarke Uses Expletive in Response to Reporter Who Asked About His Security Detail
Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke is still using the title “sheriff” even though he quit his job last month. He apparently also has lost the round-the-clock security detail that was afforded to him while he was sheriff, and when a local reporter asked him about it last week, he fired back with an expletive in…
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Melania Trump Wants the Next Generation to Live by the Golden Rule, but What About Her Husband?
During a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, first lady Melania Trump (damn, that was hard to type) called on world leaders to teach young people the importance of living by the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The theme of Trump’s speech seemed to…
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Paul Manafort Offered to Give Private Briefings on Presidential Election to a Billionaire Russian Oligarch: Report
On July 7, 2016, less than two weeks before Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, his then-campaign manager Paul Manafort wrote an email to a Russian billionaire with close ties to the Kremlin and offered to provide him with briefings on the presidential race. Portions of the email written by Manafort to aluminum magnate…