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Trump Didn’t Want to Sign Russia Sanctions Bill, but Here’s Why He Had To
In a move that would’ve made The Wire’s Stringer Bell proud, Congress effectively played the president and left him with no choice: Either sign the bill issuing sanctions against Russia, or look like you’re in bed with Russia. And get this: The bill even prevents the president from single-handedly easing the sanctions, because Congress doesn’t…
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Mar-a-Lago Served Rotten Meat, but the White House Is a Dump?
At this point, the only way President Vladimir TrumpPutin could disrespect the White House and America more is if he took a helicopter to the top of the Statue of Liberty and pissed on it. He clearly is the worst president in the history of presidents, and might arguably be the worst man in the…
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Woman Goes on Racist Tirade in Target, Starts Throwing Merchandise at Customers
A new video of a woman yelling racial slurs and throwing merchandise at other customers in a Target has gone viral on social media. In the video, the woman can be heard screaming, “You fucking sand niggers! Fucking pieces of shit, fuck all of you … all of you are shit.” The video was posted…
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Tenn. Deputies Repeatedly Used Taser on Teen Strapped in Restraint Chair: Lawsuit
Cheatham County, Tenn., sheriff’s deputies are at the center of a newly filed federal lawsuit that claims the officers used excessive force on an 18-year-old who was taken into custody late 2016. The lawsuit accuses deputies of using a Taser on Jordan Norris multiple times, leaving some 40 Taser burns on his body, even as…
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‘We Are Not Thugs’: Black Police Chiefs Respond to Trump’s Endorsement of Police Brutality
Not all police officers are here for President Donald Trump’s casual endorsement of police brutality when he encouraged officers to be rough with suspects in a speech Friday to officers on Long Island, N.Y. Days after Trump’s controversial comments (when aren’t they ever controversial?), leaders of a leading black policing group met with Attorney General…
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Cop Shares Racist Facebook Post, Will Resign After Public Outcry
An officer with the Estherwood, La., Police Department came under fire Monday after he shared a racist post on Facebook. After deflecting and attempting to defend the post several times, the officer has reportedly decided to tender his resignation to the department Tuesday night. KATC first reported on the situation Monday, indicating that it would…
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Senate Confirms New FBI Director Christopher Wray
Christopher Wray, a former high-ranking official in former President George W. Bush’s Justice Department, was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday and will step into a new role as director of the FBI. Wray will replace James Comey, who was fired by Donald Trump in May in the middle of the investigation into Russia’s involvement in…
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Cory Booker for the Win: NJ Senator Introduces Bill to Legalize Weed Nationwide
If anyone can beat the evil Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his hatred for marijuana, it’s the young, charming Democratic senator from New Jersey, Cory Booker. On Tuesday, Booker introduced, via Facebook Live, legislation to legalize marijuana on a federal level. Booker’s bill would decriminalize marijuana as a Schedule I drug and retroactively remove the…
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Intel Ponies Up $4,500,000 for STEM Scholarships at 6 HBCUs
As the numbers of women and people of color in Silicon Valley continue to be elucidated, it has become increasingly clear that there is a long way to go. One tech company, however, is investing in the talent pipeline while students are still in college, ostensibly to prepare them for work in the STEM (science,…
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A Conference Asked Hackers to See Which Voting Machines Could Be Breached: They Hacked All of Them
We might as well face it, y’all—they stole the election. If you didn’t believe it after the secret Russian house party with Donald Trump’s son (the dumb one, not the neo-Nazi one), the Paul Manafort canceled checks, Jeff Sessions and the Russian ambassador becoming “friends with benefits,” or Trump and Putin making out in the…