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Who Wasn’t at This Russian Hoedown? 8th Person Attended Trump Jr.’s Meeting With Russian Lawyer
Remember the good ole days when that June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., aka Not-Ivanka, was just him, Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and a Russian lawyer? Well, those days are long gone; it turns out that not only was there a fifth, sixth and seventh attendee, but an eighth person was also…
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In Addition to Killing Weed, Jeff Sessions Wants Police to Take All Your Shit, Too
What is the world coming to? U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is steadily trying to take us back to the ’80s (I wouldn’t fault you if you thought I was talking about the 1880s, but slavery was over then, so … ). Less than a week after saying that he wants the country to go…
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New Judge Appointed in Laquan McDonald Cover-Up Case
A new judge will hear the case involving three Chicago police officers who allegedly covered up for Officer Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Chief Criminal Court Judge Leroy Martin Jr. has stated that Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson will manage the case against Officers…
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Ebony’s Linda Johnson Rice Joins Board of Tesla
Elon Musk appears to be heeding the call of a group of disgruntled investors by bringing two new members onto Tesla’s board. One of them happens to be a black woman. In an announcement Monday, the Tesla CEO named Johnson Publishing Co. CEO Linda Johnson Rice as an independent director on Tesla’s board. Johnson Rice…
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DeQuince Brown Raises Money for Defense After Police Kill Her Boyfriend
DeQuince Erin Brown is launching a crowdfunding campaign to help with legal fees after an Evangeline Parish, La., sheriff’s officer killed her boyfriend and charged her with attempted murder. Brown, 21, was out with DeJuan Guillory, frog hunting on an ATV, when they were stopped by Deputy Paul Holden LaFleur. After a brief argument, LaFleur…
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Notorious 86-Year-Old International Thief Doris Payne Arrested Again
Old habits truly do die hard, and notorious international jewel thief Doris Payne is back at it again. She was arrested Monday night at a Walmart in DeKalb County, Ga., and charged with theft by shoplifting. According to WSB-TV, police were called to the store around 5 p.m. after receiving a report about a woman…
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The President’s Love for Big Trucks Feels Racist
I don’t know if big trucks breed racism. Like, I don’t know if you aren’t a racist but then happen to want a truck so big that you need a ladder to climb into it and you automatically become racist, but it feels as if racists love big trucks. Not just pickup trucks, but all…
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2 Black Pastors Sue Coca-Cola, the American Beverage Association, Charging They Deceive Consumers About Soda’s Health Risks
Two black pastors filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association last week, claiming that soda manufacturers knowingly deceive consumers about the health risks associated with the drinks, costing their communities lives through illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and stroke. The complaint was filed in Washington, D.C., Superior Court on Thursday on…
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Shipping Dirty: $1,000,000 in Pot Found Stashed in Ford Fusions Shipped to Ohio From Mexico
Someone obviously thought he or she was being smart by using new cars to ship marijuana from Mexico to Ohio, but the plot was foiled and Drug Enforcement Administration agents confiscated $1 million in weed. According to CNN, 15 Ford Fusions that arrived at a Lordstown, Ohio, plant had weed stored in the spare tire…
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Miss. Man Accused of Beating 3-Year-Old Girl to Death Over Math Lesson Charged With Capital Murder
A Meridian, Miss., man is accused of beating a 3-year-old girl as hard as he possibly could because she could not answer questions about numbers correctly. Police say that 25-year-old Josh Salovich was teaching numbers to little Bailey Salovich when, they say Salovich explained, the little girl did not give the correct answers, so he…