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Picture of Young Man Helping Elderly Man Down the Escalator at Mass. Mall Goes Viral
A young man in Massachusetts is being applauded across the internet after a picture of him helping an elderly man down the escalators at a mall went viral. According to MassLive.com, Alonzo Johnson, 23, who hails from Springfield, Mass., came forward at the Holyoke Mall earlier this month after noticing an elderly man who was…
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Trump: There Are No Comey Tapes Because I’m a Liar (OK, He Didn’t Say the Liar Part)
I told y’all there weren’t any Trump-Comey tapes, but I refuse to take a victory lap for this one because anyone with a ninth-grade education and cable television in their home knew that there weren’t any tapes of the conversations between the former FBI director and the president. On Thursday the president used Twitter, as…
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College Campus Shut Down After Professor’s #LetThemFuckingDie Hashtag Scares White People
In a twisted narrative that includes butt-hurt wypipo, conservative trolls, a black college professor, a racist congressman and an online essay, a Connecticut college shut its campus down for what it called “threats received” after a professor at the college shared an article suggesting that first responders should let bigots die. About a week ago,…
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Guess Where the 1st Trump Re-Election Fundraiser Is Being Held?
Because President Vladimir TrumPutin is running the country to better the Trump family, his first re-election fundraiser will be held at …. wait for it … Trump International Hotel. You know—the hotel that was built moments before Russian hackers gave him the election. Campaign director Michael Glassner told the Associated Press that the hotel makes…
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‘I Don’t Want You to Get Shooted’: New Video Shows Diamond Reynolds’ 4-Year-Old Daughter Concerned for Her Mother’s Safety
A newly released video shows Diamond Reynolds’ young daughter’s concern for her mother’s life after St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez gunned down Philando Castile—Reynolds’ boyfriend—in front of the young child. After Castile was shot to death, another officer placed the little girl, 4, and a handcuffed Reynolds in the back of a squad…
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Michael Vick’s Father Charged in Heroin Ring
Michael Dwayne Boddie—the father of former NFL star Michael Vick—is on the run, according to authorities. Boddie was charged, along with 11 other people, with running a heroin-distribution ring. According to federal documents, Boddie of Hampton, Va., was charged with dealing heroin and money laundering for his alleged involvement in a 2014 operation that involved…
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ACLU Sues DC Police, Claims Officers Wrongfully Arrested Protesters During Trump’s Inauguration
The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia has filed a lawsuit against the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, claiming that officers wrongfully arrested innocent protesters during President Donald Trump’s inauguration back in January. According to The Hill, among the plaintiffs are a photojournalist, a legal observer and two protesters, who the lawsuit…
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Fla. Education Official Says He Believes the Gender Wage Gap Is ‘Genetic’
A member of the Florida State University system board of governors said during a meeting Tuesday that the gender wage gap is caused by genetics, and not the systemic social and economic causes that continue to favor men over women in the workplace. The Daily Dot reports that board members were discussing pay discrepancy outside…