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Trump Asked National Intelligence Director to Intervene in Comey’s Russia Probe: Report
Daniel Coats, director of national intelligence, told associates in March that President Donald Trump asked him to intervene with then-FBI Director James Comey and get him to have the bureau back off of its investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his ties to Russia. The incident occurred March 22, less than a…
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#JXNRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Race
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34—son of the late Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and community activist Nubia Lumumba—is the new mayor-elect of Jackson, Miss., beating Republican challenger Jason Wells in a landslide victory. The Jackson Free Press reports: With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Lumumba had 23,175 votes, or 93 percent. Republican Wells had 900…
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Fingers Crossed: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Threatens to Quit as Tension With Trump Escalates
Two days before former FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Donald Trump’s world continues to unravel right before our very eyes. According to an unconfirmed report, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has threatened to quit his job amid rising tensions between him and the president. The friction…
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Andrea Constand Testifies on Day 2 of Bill Cosby Trial
Andrea Constand took the stand on day 2 of the Bill Cosby trial being held in Norristown, Pa. Constand has accused Cosby of sexually assaulting her in his home in 2004. “I was frozen … I was very limp,” Constand said during her testimony. “I wanted it to stop,” she said during questioning by Montgomery…
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Bill Maher Books Michael Eric Dyson in a Desperate Attempt to Get Re-Invited to the Cookout
After apologizing for casually tossing out the n-word on live TV, low-key racist and prominent liberal douchebag Bill Maher has replaced Sen. Al Franken with scholar Michael Eric Dyson on Friday’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher. According to Variety, Maher announced earlier that Ice Cube will also appear on the show, but when…
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Trump Tweets Are Now ‘Official Statements’ From President; He May Live-Tweet During James Comey’s Hearing
White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer is up to his old tricks again. After several months of claiming that the press spends too much time paying attention to President Twitter Fingas’ timeline, Spicy now claims that the president’s tweets are official statements from the president and should be treated as such. This about-face…
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Diamond Reynolds, Girlfriend of Philando Castile, Testifies That Fear for Her Own Life Prompted Her to Facebook Live Aftermath of Shooting
The girlfriend of Philando Castile, the black motorist who was killed by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop last year, said that she began livestreaming the widely seen aftermath of the shooting out of fear for her own life. According to the Associated Press via CBS, Diamond Reynolds cried as squad-car footage, her…
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Hey Charlottesville, Va.: The KKK Is Coming to Town!
Organizers announced Monday that the next stop on the much anticipated, sold-out White Supremacist World Tour will be the cozy college town of Charlottesville, Va. The Washington Post reports that the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have applied for a permit to hold a rally in Charlottesville on July 8. Another group…
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Fla. Man Who Fatally Shot 5 Former Co-Workers Planned Attack, Authorities Say
A Florida gunman who was recently fired from his workplace planned out his attack on his former co-workers, singling out five employees and fatally shooting them in the head before killing himself, authorities say. The shooter, identified as 45-year-old John Robert Neumann, took his own life upon hearing the sound of approaching sirens Monday, according…