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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…
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Black NYC Deliveryman Who Was Given Noose by Butcher Says He’s Too Traumatized to Return to Work
A black deliveryman who was given a noose by a New York City butcher is claiming that the incident had such an impact on him that he is too shaken to go back to work. Victor Sheppard said that he is no longer comfortable going back to his job with meat distributor Mosner Family Brands…
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NYPD Officer Encourages Toddler to Use N-Word: Report
An off-duty New York City police officer was reportedly captured on video encouraging a toddler to use the n-word. According to the New York Daily News, Officer Delina Giraldo apparently recorded a video of herself encouraging her 2-year-old niece to use the racist word. In an Instagram video obtained by the Daily News, Giraldo asked,…
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Twitter Users Offer US Ambassador Nikki Haley Some Cheese With Her Whine
Poor U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. She had to work on the Fourth of July, and she wasn’t happy about it. Haley’s tweet was posted after North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that scientists say could have reached Alaska. So there is that. Haley didn’t understand why keeping America safe had…