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Trump Hates Old Poor White People, Too
I bet a lot of old, poor white voters who stumbled into the voting booth to pull the trigger for Donald Trump are secretly regretting that decision every day. That’s because Trump used their racist hatred for blacks and catered to their xenophobia and innate hatred for Hillary Clinton to ride that wave into the…
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NC Honor Roll Student Suspended, Prohibited From Walking at Graduation After Dress Code Violation, ‘Insubordination’
I have a lot of issues with dress codes in general, but this case is definitely one that takes the whole damn cake. A North Carolina high school senior and honor roll student is left worrying about her future in college after a huge fallout with the school principal over a shirt that she wore…
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Aaron Hernandez Wanted to Bunk With a Cellmate Whom He Called ‘My Heart’
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was found dead last month in prison, wrote several letters asking to be moved to a different part of the lockup and asked to be allowed to move in with one of his friends from the outside whom he referred to as his “heart.” Five handwritten…
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Out-of-Control Man Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Kicked Off United Flight as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Him Up’
Some things are just poetic to witness … like this one belligerent Donald Trump supporter being booted off a United Airlines flight in Shanghai on Sunday as a crowd of passengers cheer throughout the terminal: “Lock him up! Lock him up!” According to the Washington Post, the man, who was wearing a “Make America Great…
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Trump Administration’s Failure to Recognize Haiti Is a Painful American Tradition
Editor’s note: Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced Monday that he has extended Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status for six more months. He hinted that this shortened extension will be the last, saying that TPS recipients should take “time to attain travel documents and make other necessary arrangements for their ultimate departure from the United States.” …
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7-Year-Old Ky. Boy Killed by Stray Bullet While Eating Cake at Kitchen Table
Louisville, Ky., Metro police are investigating the shooting death of a 7-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet while eating a piece of cake at the kitchen table in his home. According to WLKY, Dequante Hobbs Jr. was with his mother and grandmother at their home Sunday evening when the tragedy occurred. “They…
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Woman Goes on Racist Rant in Manassas, Va., Store, Calls Latino Man a ‘Spic’
Updated Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 12 p.m. EDT: The woman who went on a racist rant in a Manassas, Va., Sprint store has been identified as Tiffany Cormier, The Root has confirmed from a source reached through Fusion. Cormier is married to a Latino man and works for American Airlines in its payroll department and…
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Minn. Woman Accused of Using Mace on Wendy’s Employees Over Stale Fries
A Minnesota woman took her fries way too seriously, allegedly going to the extent of spraying Wendy’s employees with Mace during an argument over the freshness of the french fries. According to WTSP, employees at a Coon Rapids branch of the fast-food chain told the police that 25-year-old Eiram Chanel Amir Dixson came through the…
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5 White Jurors Selected for Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Trial
Bill Cosby arrived at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh for the first day of jury selection in his sexual assault case Monday. At the conclusion of the day, five of 12 jurors were selected for Cosby’s sexual assault trial. The jury currently consists of a middle-aged white woman, a middle-aged white man whose sister…
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Trump’s New Budget Slashes Medicaid, Other Anti-Poverty Programs for Needy Families
Donald Trump is set Tuesday to reveal his first major budget proposal, and with it comes major cuts to Medicaid and changes to anti-poverty programs that would allow states to limit a range of benefits for needy families, something Congress has already been uneasy about. Trump’s plan follows through on a bill passed by House…