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Funeral for Antwon Rose, Pittsburgh Teen Killed by Cops, to Be Held Today
The family of Antwon Rose II, the 17-year-old shot three times in the back by an East Pittsburgh Police officer last week, will lay him to rest on Monday. As CNN reports, protesters have demonstrated in downtown Pittsburgh since Antwon’s shooting on June 19, demanding accountability for Officer Michael Rosfeld, the cop who killed him,…
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Black Firefighter Conducting City-Mandated Inspections in Oakland Hills, Calif., Questioned by Residents, Reported to Police
An Oakland, Calif., firefighter doing his duty to serve his community, conducting city-mandated inspections around Oakland Hills, actually had the police called on him, and on another occasion, he was harassed questioned and recorded by a resident who thought he was suspicious even though he was in full uniform and had his fire truck parked…
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Trump Supporter Tells Black Man He’s Out of His ‘Cotton-Picking Mind’ During Appearance on Fox & Friends
A former deputy campaign manager for Donald Trump told a black Democratic strategist that he was out of his “cotton-picking mind” during a heated panel debate concerning the president’s immigration rhetoric on Fox & Friends. The New York Daily News reports that David Bossie and Joel Payne were discussing former CIA Director Michael Hayden’s tweet…
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Mike Huckabee Tweets Racist Photo Associating Nancy Pelosi With MS-13 Gang
White supremacist, Christian extremist and fFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tweeted a photo suggesting that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) campaign committee to “take back” the House of Representatives is made up of MS-13 gang members. Here is the racist tweet: The tweet was a clear effort to associate Pelosi and other Democrats with…
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Trump Reverses Obama-Era Ocean Policy Because He Is a Sad, Spiteful Man
It is clear that Donald Trump wants the fanfare that former President Barack Obama enjoyed with America and the world, but he knows he will never achieve that same level of popularity. Like, ever. So, in a very sick fashion that makes sense only to Trump, he uses his small hands to sign away all…
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#Restaurants4Sarah: Where in the World Shall Sarah Huckabee Sanders Eat?
Poor, poor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She works for a white supremacist who happens to be president of the United States. Consequently, a dining establishment chose not to host her. She boo-hooed about it on Twitter yesterday: Mind you, this is the same woman who stood her butt at the White House podium in June defending…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Refused Service by Restaurant, Then Cries White Tears on Twitter
I don’t condone refusing service to people unless their names rhyme with “Farah Suckabee Flanders”—then I’m all for a restaurant staff asking the White House press secretary to leave the premises immediately. According to Suckabee’s tweets, a Virginia restaurant kindly asked the first lady of defending the indefensible to kick rocks. Suckabee claims that she’d…
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Trial Finally Set for White Man Accused of Shooting at 3 Black Men After Hurricane Katrina
A trial date has finally been set for a 55-year-old white man who was charged with shooting at three black men in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Authorities claim that Roland Bourgeois Jr. shot at three black men, wounding one, after he and others discussed protecting the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans after Hurricane…
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EPA Chief Scott ‘2 Chainz’ Pruitt Spent Nearly $3,000 on ‘Tactical’ Pants and Polos: Report
While America’s focus has rightly been on the Trump administration’s draconian border policing, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is out here balling! According to The Intercept, Pruitt has now spent some $4.6 million on security, a $1.1 million increase since his last financial disclosure, and “according to three expense line items for April, spent…
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Michelle Obama’s Memoir Will Be a ‘Rehumanization Effort’
Former First lady Michelle Obama told the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference audience in New Orleans that her upcoming memoir, Becoming, will be a “rehumanization effort” in which she shares the “ordinariness of a very extraordinary story” that she hopes will give voice to people who feel voiceless, the Associated Press reports. The memoir,…