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Melania Trump Hates Her Husband and She’s Becoming Our Spirit Animal
Melania Trump is becoming the other America’s spirit animal, and by “other America,” I mean the America with a full set of teeth that doesn’t own a pickup truck or believe that the Confederate flag is a symbol of America’s pride. You know, the America that didn’t vote for this dirtbag. It appears not only…
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TrumPutin Has Lost His Mind During Overseas Trip
On Saturday, President Vladimir TrumPutin landed in Saudi Arabia for his first official trip as the lord and ruler of the “alt-right” deplorables. And, since landing in the birthplace of Islam, the president has curtsied, danced, softened his xenophobic rhetoric against Muslims and touched a glowing orb, and I think it’s clear that the president…
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White Nationalist Richard Spencer’s Gym Membership Terminated After Georgetown Professor Confronts Him, Calls Him a Neo-Nazi
Looks like white nationalist Richard Spencer will be hunting for a new gym after his regular Alexandria, Va., establishment pulled his membership after he was confronted by a Georgetown University professor who called him a neo-Nazi. According to the Washington Post, C. Christine Fair, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, was…
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Trustees of Mass. Charter School Unanimously Vote to Suspend Controversial Hair Policy Surrounding Students Wearing Braids
The board of trustees of a Malden, Mass., charter school has unanimously voted to suspend its controversial dress code policy that caused students to be disciplined for wearing braids in their hair. According to the Boston Globe, the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School tossed out the section of the school’s dress code that prohibited hair…
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‘They Should Be Lynched’: Miss. Lawmaker Karl Oliver on La. Leaders Taking Down Confederate Monuments
Mississippi state Rep. Karl Oliver says that Louisiana leaders should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments and that he will do everything within his power to make sure that Mississippi does not follow suit. As previously reported by The Root, the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed last Friday, making it the…
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#Flint: Black Women-Owned Construction Company Awarded Contract to Replace Contaminated Water Pipes
WT Stevens Construction, a construction management and services firm based in Flint, Mich., is the only black-owned company to be awarded a service contract to replace contaminated water pipes across the city. The Network Journal reports that WT Stevens is “one of just four companies recently contracted—under a court order—to replace more than 18,000 lead…
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Black Congressman Threatened With Lynching After Calling for Trump’s Impeachment
Deep in the heart of Texas, it can still be sketchy for black folks. Ask Sandra Bland. Or James Byrd Jr. Or the scores of others who lost their lives in acts of racial terror in the Lone Star State. Warning: The images in the video below are of a real-life lynching and are extremely…
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Words Shot the Sheriff? David Clarke Reportedly Plagiarized Parts of His Master’s Thesis
It seems as if everyone around our dear president is more sketchy and unqualified than the next. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who rode his deep-seated disdain for black people to a plum position in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, reportedly lifted text without proper attribution in his 113-page master’s thesis. An investigative report…