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TrumPutin and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon Face Off in the Handshake Yank-and-Pull
Like most things in TrumPutin’s administration, even the president’s handshake is really weird. Instead of a normal greeting in which an adult orange-faced man merely shakes a person’s hand, the president does this really obnoxious handshake arm-wrestling move wherein he starts with a normal shake and then tugs the shit out of the person. The…
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Black Man Found Not Guilty of Crime, Still Sentenced to 7 Years In Prison
In today’s example of how the American justice system treats black bodies, we take a look at Ramad Chatman, a 24-year-old man who was found not guilty by a jury of his peers but will serve seven years in prison because … Come on, you know why. Read the first two words of the headline…
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Betty Shelby Returns to Cushy Desk Job With Tulsa, Okla. Police Department After Killing Unarmed Black Motorist Terence Crutcher
Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby is back working a “desk job,” keeping the community safe, after killing an unarmed black motorist whose car had broken down on a highway late last year, the Associated Press reports. Shelby was acquitted of manslaughter earlier this month in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher. Shelby claimed that…
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Bowie State Honors Richard Collins III, Student Killed at University of Md.
A moment of silence was held during the Class of 2017 commencement ceremony at Bowie State University in Maryland on Tuesday to remember the life of Richard Collins III. During the commencement speech, Mickey L. Burnim, president of the university, spoke about Collins and offered the moment of silence at the 2:14:25 mark in the…
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Black Lives Matter Awarded the 2017 Sydney Peace Prize
In a groundbreaking departure from tradition, the prestigious international award that recognizes peacemakers around the world for promoting human rights, nonviolence and “peace with justice” will not be awarded to an individual. Instead, The Guardian reports that the 2017 Sydney Peace Prize will go to the Black Lives Matter movement. Since 1998, Australia’s Sydney University…
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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.” …