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The NAACP Invited Trump to the Cookout, but He Said ‘Nah’
You know how there’s the one person at your job, at your church or in your sorority who you can’t stand, but you have to invite them to the cookout because you invited everyone else, and you don’t want to be the asshole? Well, Reuters reports that in January, when the NAACP invited Donald Trump…
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Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns in Wake of Shooting
Minneapolis Chief of Police Janeé Harteau resigned Friday after careful reflection on the comments of Minneapolis city officials who told her, in so many words, “We’re gonna fire your ass.” Although Harteau was not fired, CBS News reports that Harteau issued her resignation “at the request” of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges—which is the Caucasian version…
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Kyrie Irving Wants Out of Cleveland; Doesn’t Want to Play With LeBron Anymore: Report
NBA All-Star guard Kyrie Irving may be done being one of the “Jamettes” as a side show to LeBron James’ lead-singer role with the Cleveland Cavaliers. According to ESPN, Irving asked to be traded in a closed-door meeting with Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and noted that he no longer wanted to play alongside James. “Kyrie…
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Detroit Deputy Chief to Become 1st Black Female Chief of Police in Dallas
The deputy chief of the Detroit Police Department will be moving on and up to become the first black woman to become chief of police in the Dallas Police Department. Ulysha Renee Hall will begin her new position Sept. 5, the Detroit News reports. Hall has served as a member of the Detroit Police Department…
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Prostitutes at Bunny Ranch Threaten to Quit if O.J. Simpson Gets a Job There
Deplorables are easy to spot, since they’re usually wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat or a white hood or something by Ed Hardy. Another way to tell if you are a deplorable is if prostitutes threaten to quit if you get a job where they work. Apparently, some of the working women at Nevada’s…
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Nooooo! Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Names Anthony Scaramucci as Communications Director
Noooooooooooooooooooo!!! I can’t deal with this life! The one shining star in President Donald Trump’s abysmal and hopelessly clueless Cabinet was White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer. Now the New York Times reports that Spicy Facts offered the Trump administration his resignation after strongly objecting to the news that Trump had hired a…
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How Trump’s Attack on the Media Is Leading to His Downfall
For 15 years I worked at the Washington Post, and I can say without hesitation that I have never met a more talented group of journalists who are relentless. I was in the Post newsroom when Jayson Blair was pushing out fake pieces for the New York Times about the Washington, D.C., sniper, and Post…
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Calif. Woman Selling Flowers Near a High School Graduation Dragged to the Ground, Arrested Because She Didn’t Have a Permit
Video of a California police officer forcefully arresting a woman who was selling flowers without a permit near a high school graduation last month has sparked social media backlash because of the tactics the officer used. The incident occurred June 7 near the Perris High School graduation ceremony in Southern California, where street vendors were…
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Father Pleads With Trump to Let Him Enter the US to Attend Slain 11-Year-Old Daughter’s Funeral
Eleven-year-old AbbieGail Smith was killed in New Jersey last week in a tragedy that has shocked her entire family. Now the little girl’s grieving father and older sister, both of whom reside in Jamaica, are pleading with President Donald Trump to allow them into the U.S. to attend the little girl’s funeral this coming Monday.…
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‘Utterly Inhumane and Cruel’: Fla. Police Say Teens Laughed at, Mocked Drowning Man
Authorities in Cocoa, Fla., say that a group of teens callously watched and laughed as a 32-year-old disabled man drowned in a retention pond last week. Police in Cocoa said they discovered that the teens had recorded the drowning of Jamel Dunn on video, the Associated Press reports. The video taken by the teens at…