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Officials in Lexington, Ky., Approve Plan to Move Confederate Monuments From Outside Former Courthouse
Officials in Lexington, Ky., have cast their vote on the push to relocate two Confederate statues from outside a former courthouse that is being converted into a visitors center. According to CBS News, the proposal to move the two statues that were erected to honor Confederate officers John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge was…
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‘I Hope Trump Is Assassinated!’: Mo. State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal Investigated by Secret Service for Trump Facebook Post
It all started late Wednesday night after a long day of absorbing the same horrible racist news that the rest of America has been enduring. Nobody feels particularly safe or secure watching the president of the United States give a free hunting license to white nationalists, but it’s particularly hard for Maria Chappelle-Nadal, the state…
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Real-Life Clayton Bigsby Writes Email Denouncing Black Lives Matter, Supporting Confederate Monuments Because He ‘Wanted to Help’ Trump
Let me preface this by saying that as black people, we always know there is going to be at least one. You know the type. They do the most to set themselves apart from the rest of us black folks because they want to be viewed as “different” and “special.” Even if it means selling…
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Trump’s Black ‘Friends,’ Explained
It isn’t that hard to understand. Like all slave masters before him, President Shitty McShitFace’s relationship with black folks works like this: If you are a black woman, are you hot? If so, then Donald Trump—when he was single—would’ve dated you. If you are a black man, do you have money or power? If so,…
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Please Let This New Yorker Cover Send Trump Over the Edge
How magnificent is the above cover? And then there’s this: And this one: Each cover pays homage to Donald Trump and his neo-Nazi-sympathizing ways … perfectly. I’m just waiting for someone to write an article titled, “Donald Trump: President of White Supremacy,” or for him to finally resign.
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Maine Gov. Paul LePage Compares Removing Confederate Statues to Losing 9/11 Memorial
Maine Gov. Paul LePage continues to prove that he has indeed lost his damn mind, comparing the removal of Confederate monuments to removing a monument to those who died in the 9/11 attacks. According to the Associated Press, LePage made the comments Thursday morning on WGAN-AM when asked for his reaction to the violent white…
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White Nationalist Says He’s Not Racist Because He’s ‘Spanish’ and From Puerto Rico
Alex Michael Ramos, of Georgia, is yet another white nationalist gaining attention after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., but unlike many of his fellow white racist counterparts, Ramos says he’s not racist because … he’s “Spanish”! Ramos, who bragged about assaulting Deandre Harris in a Charlottesville parking garage, seems to feel that…
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Durham, NC, Activists Stand in Solidarity, Crowds Gather to Turn Themselves In for Toppling Confederate Statue
On Monday evening during a rally against white supremacy, demonstrators in Durham, N.C., toppled a Confederate statue that had been standing in front of the old courthouse in the city’s downtown area. On Tuesday morning, Takiyah Thompson, the black woman who tied the noose around the statue’s neck so it could be pulled down, was…
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Ain’t That Just Like a White Nationalist: Trump Pissed at the Removal of ‘Beautiful’ Confederate Statues
President Douchey von ShitFace isn’t happy that the “beautiful” statues commemorating racism at its finest are being removed, because you know racism and monuments to racism need to be preserved! The president’s tweets most likely came after his bathing and before his morning snack. I believe that during this time, one of his minions reads…
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Steve Bannon Goes Rogue, Calls Reporter and Spills All the Lipton, but Something Doesn’t Seem Right
Steve Bannon, aka Fat Russell Crowe Face, aka the Notorious S.T.E.V.E, aka Papa Bannon, has gone rogue. With rumors swirling that the White House chief strategist might not survive the week, Bannon pulled an Anthony Scaramucci Mane and called a reporter to dump all the Lipton. In an interview with progressive publication American Prospect, Bannon…