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Who Is Hope Hicks? Who Cares? Trump’s Interim Communications Director Won’t Be There Long
Senior communications adviser Hope Hicks has been temporarily promoted to White House communications director, and we all know that this assignment won’t last long—not necessarily because Hicks isn’t capable, but because defending the president is proving to be impossible. Since taking office in January, the president has already burned through, among others, Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer,…
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2 KKK Members Who Were Correctional Officers in Fla. Convicted in Plot to Kill Black Inmate
Two Ku Klux Klan members who also somehow managed to serve as correctional officers for the Florida Department of Corrections were both convicted in a plot to kill a black inmate upon the man’s release, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday. As News4Jax reports, David Elliot Moran, 49, and Charles Thomas Newcomb, 45, were each…
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Here’s Why the CEOs Leaving Trump’s Councils Aren’t Heroes
When I was in the seventh grade, my dad gave me firm instructions to come home after school. My middle school was across the street from a mall, which meant that after school, everyone hung out, and my dad didn’t want me in the mall getting into trouble, since a group of kids had been…
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‘Black’ Surrogates Take to Social Media to Tap-Dance for Trump’s White Supremacist Bullshit
President Donald Trump defended white supremacists in George Wallace fashion yesterday at Trump Tower in New York City, and like clockwork, his black surrogates took to social media to step and fetch for him. It doesn’t matter that a white supremacist is being held on a second-degree murder charge after, law-enforcement officials say, he rammed…
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PayPal to Cut Services From Hate Sites
If you were planning to use PayPal to send some coinage to your favorite racist, hate-mongering website to show support, PayPal just made it a little harder for you to support hate. “Regardless of the individual or organization in question, we work to ensure that our services are not used to accept payments or donations…
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Baltimore Wastes No Time, Tears Down Confederate Monuments 1 Day After Vote to Remove Them
Baltimore took quick action after showing its hand, removing Confederate statues across the city in the early-morning hours of Wednesday, just one day after voting on the issue. A lot of areas could take notes from Baltimore: No sitting around twiddling thumbs, waiting on God knows what. The city voted for the loser trophies to…
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Former SC Trooper Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison (but Will Only Serve About 5) for Shooting Unarmed Black Motorist
A former South Carolina state trooper will serve about five years in prison for shooting and injuring an unarmed black motorist during a 2014 traffic stop. Sean Groubert shot and injured Levar Jones after pulling him over for not wearing his seat belt. Video footage from the dashcam was released to the public and showed…
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Ga. Judge Suspended After Comparing ‘the Nut Cases Tearing Down’ Confederate Monuments to ‘ISIS’
A Georgia judge was temporarily kicked off the bench after he compared anti-racist and anti-Confederate protesters to the Islamic State group, often referred to as ISIS, in comments on Facebook over the weekend. Gwinnett County Judge James “Jim” Hinkle started the controversy Saturday after he called anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville, Va., “snowflakes” who had “no…
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State Senator in NC Calls Black Lives Matter a ‘Violent, Racist Movement’ Comparable to White Supremacists
After the deplorable racist and violent incidents that happened over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va., many have spoken out against the white supremacists involved and called for action to be taken. One state senator in North Carolina took it a step beyond by calling Black Lives Matter a “violent, racist movement” and comparing it to…
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Black Woman Arrested in Connection With Confederate Statue Being Taken Down at Protest in Durham, NC
A black woman in Durham, N.C., was arrested Tuesday in connection with the toppling of a Confederate monument outside the Durham County courthouse Monday evening, and the Durham County Sheriff’s Office is executing search warrants, with more arrests expected to come. Takiyah Thompson, who, witnesses told The Root, was the activist who climbed a ladder…