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US Mint Philadelphia Worker Leaves Noose on Black Colleague’s Chair
A white U.S. Mint Philadelphia employee has been placed on leave after a noose was found at the work station of a black colleague, CBS News reports. According to the president of the Mint workers union, the employee created the noose from the rope used to seal coin bags once they are full. Around 3…
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Trump’s at G-20, so You Know That Means He’s Tweeting Again
President Donald Trump reminds me of myself when I was in junior high school and didn’t have a girlfriend. Let me explain. I’d started a new school my eighth-grade year and I didn’t want to come in single, so I would make up stories about said girlfriend—who did exist, but we weren’t dating. Trump is…
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Dear NBC: A Slave Cannot Be a ‘Mistress’
There are times when black America’s feathers are ruffled, and our reaction does not come from anger or aggravation but from wonder. Even though many of our bruises have calloused over, every now and then someone will stick us in the exact right spot, and when we feel the pinprick, instead of getting mad, we…
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Trump Administration’s Biggest Critic in the Office of Government Ethics Announces Resignation
Walter Shaub, director of the independent Office of Government Ethics, has been one of the loudest and most vocal critics of the questionable ethics of those in the Trump administration. He called for President Donald Trump to divest from his business interests, chastised a senior Trump adviser for violating ethics rules, and questioned the speed…
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Bill Cosby Will Be Retried in November for Sexual Assault Against Andrea Constand
Bill Cosby’s legal troubles stemming from the multiple allegations of sexual assault against him are far from over. On the heels of the announcement last week that he would go on trial in California in June 2018, his Philadelphia trial will get a do-over in November. Prosecutors will once again try Cosby, 79, for allegedly…
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Minn. Governor Wants to Name Police Training Fund After Philando Castile
Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of Philando Castile’s shooting death at the hands of St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton marked the occasion by recommending that the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training Board be named after Castile. The $12 million fund, which was approved by the Legislature earlier this…
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Fla. 18-Year-Old Arrested for Shouting Racist Taunts, Threatening Older Woman With Shotgun
An Ormond Beach, Fla., 18-year-old was arrested earlier this week after pulling a shotgun on an older woman on a local road while shouting racist taunts at her, the Daytona Beach, Fla., Police Department confirmed. William Ramey was pulled over by police around noon Monday and told police that he was not having a good…
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Watch: Trump’s Handshake Rejected by Polish President’s Wife
It’s been over 150 days since President Vladimir Von Trumpelstiltskin took office, and the handshake is still a thing for old Tiny Fingers. President Ass Face and his wife, “I’m Just Here so I Don’t Get Fined,” were in Poland, and the Polish president’s wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, didn’t want any part of Ass Face’s tiny…
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Democratic National Committee Fraud Lawsuit Is the Biggest Story in Politics That No One Is Talking About
Can you sue former President Barack Obama because he told you you could keep your doctor under Obamacare but your insurance company dropped you anyway? Not likely. If President Donald Trump’s wall gets built but it comes out of American taxpayers’ pockets instead of Mexico’s, can we all sue him? Even a jury composed of…
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Gambian High School Robotics Team Will Attend Global Contest After All
It seems that the United States has had a change of heart. The Gambian high school students competing in an international robotics contest will be attending the event after all. The five teens were granted U.S. visas after initially being rejected for unknown reasons. According to the Associated Press, Mucktarr Darboe, a director at Gambia’s…