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Minn. GOP Attacks Rep. Keith Ellison in Racist Facebook Post
No one believes that everyone in the GOP is racist, but an official Republican social media account featured a racially tinged, Islamophobic photo of Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) that demeaned his religion and insinuated that he has sex with animals. Late Monday night, someone in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District Republican Party took to the group’s…
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Maybe Donald Trump Can’t Read?
In the past few days, the jack-o’-lantern-looking dullard whom we elected president has made himself look like an idiot again by repeatedly bungling media appearances. Donald Trump’s last week has been reminiscent of a student trying to bullshit his way through a doctoral dissertation armed only with Wikipedia and some facts he picked up in…
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Texas High School Football Team Mourns Loss of Jordan Edwards, 15-Year-Old Killed by Police
Monday morning was meant to be the first day of spring football practice at Mesquite (Texas) High School. Instead, a group of grieving high school athletes gathered in the hour before classes were scheduled to begin, mourning the loss of one of their very own, who lost his life in a police shooting. According to…
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Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones Called N-Word, Hit With Peanuts at Fenway Park
Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones was the recipient of racial epithets Monday night at Boston’s Fenway Park. Jones said it was the worst case of abuse he’s had to deal with in his career to date. “A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me,” Jones said, according to USA Today. “I was…
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Ohio Quadruplets Decide to Attend Yale University Together in the Fall
Remember the Wade brothers from Ohio? The quadruplets made news early last month after all four of them were accepted into Yale and Harvard—among other impressive potential college destinations. Well, now Nick, Nigel, Zachary and Aaron Wade have made their choice, and they’ve decided to attend Yale University together in the fall. At one point,…
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Colin Kaepernick Donates Custom-Made Suits to NYC Parolees
Colin Kaepernick’s football career may be in limbo, but that isn’t stopping him from continuing his community service benefiting those in need. Over the weekend, Kaepernick made a visit to a New York City parole office and donated two large boxes of custom-made suits to benefit 100 Suits for 100 Men, an organization that provides…
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Atlanta-Based Group Training African Americans to Properly Use Guns Sees Rise in Membership
A group offering itself as an alternative to the National Rifle Association and focusing on training African Americans in the proper use of guns says it has seen a spike in its membership, particularly since the election of Donald Trump. The National African-American Gun Association says that some black gun owners are particularly concerned about…
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American University Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Taunted With Bananas
American University’s race issues over the last two years have been brought to the media’s attention. In 2015, racist messages were being spewed on the popular social media campus app Yak. And just last year, bananas were thrown at black students. On Monday, it seems, racists were back to using bananas to convey their racist messages…
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Tomi Lahren Settles Lawsuit Against Glenn Beck and TheBlaze
Tomi Lahren has settled her lawsuit against former employer Glenn Beck and his website TheBlaze. According to the Dallas Morning News, Lahren is now free to go about her hate-spewing life after being released from her contract four months early. Lahren, who says she was suspended because of her pro-choice views, filed the lawsuit last…
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Anthony Daniels Makes History as Ala.’s 1st Black House Minority Leader
Anthony Daniels made history in February when he became the first black person in history to be named the Alabama House minority leader, and the youngest person in modern state history to hold that position. NBC News reports that Daniels, 34, is one of 27 black representatives out of 105 representatives in the state Legislature.…