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Donald Trump Looked Directly Into the Eclipse and Unfortunately Did Not Spontaneously Combust
If there was one thing I wished to happen during all of this eclipse hoopla, it was for Donald Trump to somehow spontaneously combust after looking at it directly. Little did I realize that the president, like many other people, would be dumb enough to look directly at the eclipse without eye protection. But, of…
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Bill Cosby Is Putting Together a ‘Dream Team’ to Defend Him During His November Retrial on Sexual Assault Charges
Bill Cosby is hard at work putting together a “dream team” of attorneys to represent him in November at his retrial in Pennsylvania for sexual assault charges. The comedian has hired an attorney who previously represented Michael Jackson. The Associated Press reports that the 80-year-old Cosby is rebuilding his legal team after the lawyers from…
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Petition Proposes Replacing Confederate Statue in Va. With a Statue of Missy Elliott; Here’s Where You Can Sign
The internet can be a dark and enraging place sometimes, but every once in a while, there is a ray of light in this darkness: This time, that beautiful spark of greatness comes in the form of a petition to replace a Confederate statue with one of Missy Elliott. The Change.org petition proposes removing a…
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‘If I Were KKK, Would I Hold You Like This?’ Viral Picture Supposedly Shows Confederate-Monument Defender and Black Lives Matter Supporter
So, there’s apparently a viral photo circulating the interwebs that purportedly shows a Confederate-monument defender embracing a Black Lives Matter supporter … and I have some serious questions. On Friday the Virginia Flaggers, a group committed to defending Confederate monuments and memorials, stationed “Monument Guards” around a monument in Lynchburg, Va., in response to a…
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White Supremacist Teen Says He’s Leaving Boston University Because of Threats
Nicholas Fuentes is now a former student of Boston University just a week after attending the “alt-right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. Fuentes says that threats and harassment caused him to transfer to Auburn University in Alabama, where his Southern pride and love of cement statues will probably be embraced. But never mind the fact that…
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University of Texas Removing 4 Confederate Statues From Campus
When students at the University of Texas at Austin return to classes Aug. 30, they may notice that the air on campus is cleaner, and the view clearer and brighter, since the university took action to remove four second-place trophies (aka Confederate statues) from campus. University President Greg Fenves announced the removal of the statues…
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Md. Man Confesses to Killing 6-Year-Old Sister, 2 Young Cousins: Report
A 25-year-old man has confessed to killing his 6-year-old sister and his two young cousins while he was supposed to be baby-sitting the little girls at a family home in Maryland, authorities say. CNN reports that the man in question, Antonio Williams, is facing charges of first- and second-degree murder in the deaths of his…
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Parents Outraged After 4-Year-Old Girl Is Allegedly Duct-Taped to Chair at Day Care
The parents of a 4-year-old Missouri girl are demanding answers and action after a picture apparently showing the child duct-taped to a chair at her day care was brought to their attention. According to WBRC, parents Elysha Brooks and Christian Evans said they were unaware that anything was wrong until they were contacted by the…
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So, 2 White Women in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Walk Onto an HBCU Campus …
There are certain weeks in history when you just don’t want to test black folks’ patience. These weeks include but are not limited to: Jan. 23-30, 1977: The week that Roots originally aired. April 29-May 4, 1992: The week four officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King. Aug. 12-19, 2017: The week white nationalists attacked…
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NYPD Officers Rally, Sing ‘Black National Anthem’ in Support of Colin Kaepernick
Some have confused Colin Kaepernick’s stance against police violence with an edict against police. Yet a contingent of mostly black police officers … and New York City Police Department whistleblower Frank Serpico … gathered Saturday in New York City to show the blackballed quarterback much love. The cops and a slew of activists, politicians and…