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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…
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This Might Be the Scariest Trump Video Yet
On Monday, President Donald Trump walked down the stairs of Air Force One. That part was easy. At the end of the stairs was a presidential limo so big, it’s nicknamed “the Beast.” It’s a massive limo, and it was parked at the bottom of the stairs. So ideally the president would walk off the…
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United Is at It Again: Mom Says She Was Forced to Share Seat With Son on 3-Hour Flight
It seems as if the airline-drama saga is not over yet. This time a Hawaii mom is furious after a United Airlines mix-up forced her to hold her 2-year-old son on her lap for a three-hour flight, despite having bought him his required ticket for almost $1,000. According to Shirley Yamauchi, the incident unfolded last…
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Hollywood, Fla., to Move Forward With Plan to Change Streets Named After Confederate Generals
Earlier this week, the Hollywood City (Fla.) Commission voted to move forward with plans to change the names of streets named after Confederate generals that, coincidentally or not, lie in the heart of the city’s African-American neighborhood. According to the Miami Herald, the commission voted on two key measures. One measure will have the city…
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Ga. Couple, Accused of Beating Up Restaurant Owner Over Cold Chicken, Surrenders to Police
A Georgia couple who were seen on camera attacking a restaurant owner and her 15-year-old daughter over an apparent dispute involving cold chicken have turned themselves in to the Baxley, Ga., Police Department. Nathaniel Smith and Latasha Smith surrendered to authorities at the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office before being transferred to the Appling County Jail,…
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New Black Panther Party Protest in Baton Rouge, La., on Anniversary of Alton Sterling Shooting Leads to Confrontation With Police
A New Black Panther Party demonstration in Baton Rouge, La., on Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the police shooting that left Alton Sterling dead turned into a confrontation with police and ended with seven people arrested after demonstrators attempted to march through a barricade line at police headquarters. Police spokesman Sgt. L’Jean McKneely…
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Federal Court Rules Undocumented Minors Cannot Be ‘Contained’ Without a Hearing
A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Wednesday that undocumented minors who enter the country without permission must be given a hearing to determine whether they can be released. The judges ruled that immigration authorities are bound by a 1997 settlement in the case Flores v. Janet Reno, which said…
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How Much Do Black Folks Owe Colin Kaepernick?
Colin Kaepernick went from cornrowed, flashy-footed quarterback to full-on Afroed protester in one season. One minute he was the hot boy who women were fawning over, then he sat down during the national anthem and became the hot boy with a mind and a blowout that would make the most righteous 1960s revolutionary jealous. And…