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Trump Saluted a North Korean General, but Let’s Keep Talking About Kneeling NFL Players
During his visit with brutal North Korean dictator—and wearer of one of the tightest Asian-man high-top fades, Kim Jong Un—President NuNu von SherbetSkin saluted a uniformed North Korean military officer because he doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing. According to the Daily Beast, after Donald Trump shook Kim Jong Un’s hand, the president then…
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It’s Official: London Breed 1st Black Woman Elected Mayor of San Francisco
On Wednesday, after a neck and neck race in which thousands of provisional ballots needed to be counted, London Breed officially became the first black woman elected mayor of San Francisco after her opponent, fellow Democrat Mark Leno, conceded the primary race. The election, held June 5, was so tight that the San Francisco Department…
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School Board Member Blames Her Racist Facebook Posts on Michelle Obama, NFL Protesters
After being called out for a collection of racist social media posts echoing the sentiments of noted Twitter political pundit Roseanne Barr, a board member of Alabama’s second-largest school district passionately explained herself by citing Michelle Obama’s unpatriotic hate for America and kneeling NFL players’ insistence on disrespecting the troops. Donna Pike, a member of…
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‘Operation Broken Heart’: 2,300 Suspected Child-Sex Offenders Nabbed in Nationwide Operation
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has arrested more than 2,300 suspected online child-sex offenders during a nationwide operation that lasted three months. The sweep, called “Operation Broken Heart,” was conducted by the Internet Crimes Against Children task forces and homed in on online sex offenders specifically. According to the Justice Department, the alleged…
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Wakanda Forever: Watch the Moment This 10-Year-Old Gets His Brand-New Black Panther Prosthetic Leg
The cultural significance and impact of Black Panther will never die, but the superhero has a special place in the heart of one 10-year-old from Raleigh, N.C., as the movie became the theme for his custom prosthetic leg. Michael Mack’s fresh-as-all-hell leg was designed and made by Milton Purnell from Tattoo Supreme, and now the…
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Actor Darris Love Arrested at Gunpoint, Detained for Hours After Being Mistaken for a Burglary Suspect
A black actor believes that his arrest and subsequent hourslong detainment were a result of racial profiling after cops mistook him for a burglary suspect. According to the Los Angeles Times, actor Darris Love and his girlfriend, Ayesha Dumas, had just finished up a trip to the Apple Store in Glendale, Calif., when the former…
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Are We Done Yet With Waffle House? Viral Video Shows Black Couple Being Arrested for Questioning Juice Charge at Florida Waffle House
Waffle House is back under intense scrutiny after an employee called the police on a black couple who wanted their bill explained to them because of a dispute over the cost of some orange juice. The employee even went so far as to insist that police officers press charges against the couple if they refused…
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White House Wizardess of Weird-Ass Lies Will Willingly Walk Away From Her Job: Report
Previously on White House Apprentice, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders—alias “Suckabee”—spun so many yarns in the act of protecting her lord and savior Donald Trump that even Fox News was giving her the side-eye. She has been called out on her lies and rightly dragged for them, but still she persisted—until now, that is. Suckabee…
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Disney and Comcast Set to Go Into Bidding War Over 21st Century Fox
When a federal judge ruled Tuesday that AT&T could purchase Time Warner for the whopping sum of $85 billion, many predicted that the case would pave the way for other such mergers, including a potential bidding war over the assets of 21st Century Fox. On Wednesday, those predictions came true as Comcast threw its hat…
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8-Year-Old Protects Siblings While Mother Is Killed During Carjacking
An 8-year-old Missouri boy saved himself and his siblings as he watched his mother get shot to death. Porsha Owens, a mother of three, was killed Monday morning as she was leading her kids to her car to take them to day care. Fannie King told CBS News that her great-grandson told her about the…