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First They Stole the Election, and Now We Have Russian Fighter Jets Chilling Near US Airspace
It’s time for President TrumPutin to get on his burner cellphone and call America’s new play cousin Russia to find out why Russian planes keep riding up and down the coast of Alaska near U.S. airspace. According to CNN, “Russian military aircraft were spotted flying off the coast of Alaska for the fourth time in…
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Judge Abdus-Salaam Did Not Commit Suicide, Says Husband
The husband of America’s first female Muslim judge—whose body was found floating in the Hudson River off New York City last week—does not believe she committed suicide. According to the New York Daily News, Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s husband dismisses the idea that his wife took her own life. “Those of us who loved [the judge]…
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Trump Claims His 1st 100 Days in Office Don’t Mean Anything, Since He’s Done Nothing in His 1st 100 Days
As we have all come to learn with this Milli Vanilli-ass administration, nothing they say means anything. Nothing. While campaigning for president, Twitter Fingers loved to talk about what he’d accomplish in the first 100 days if elected president. Now that he is president and has done nothing of note, except moonwalk back on all…
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Meet the SC Woman Running the Craziest, Most Racist, Homophobic Political Campaign Ever
A South Carolina woman vying for an open seat in the House of Representatives has reignited the debate over the Confederate flag, blasts acceptance of gays and doubles down on “Make America great again” in a series of ads that might be the most racist, homophobic and craziest campaign ever. Sheri Few is one of…
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Georgetown University and Jesuits Issue Apologies for Their Role in Slavery
Last year Georgetown University acknowledged the role it played in slavery when, in 1838, it benefited from the sale of 272 slaves to pay off debts. The sellers of the slaves were Jesuits, part of the group of Catholics who helped establish Georgetown University. To atone, on Tuesday, the Rev. Timothy Kesicki, president of the…
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Atlanta, Beyoncé’s Lemonade Named Peabody Award Winners
The Peabody Award entertainment winners were announced Thursday, and Donald Glover’s FX series, Atlanta, and Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade were among the seven winners. “The audacity of its reach and fierceness of its vision challenges our cultural imagination, while crafting a stunning and sublime masterpiece about the lives of women of color and the bonds…
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Ledell Lee Becomes 1st Death Row Inmate in Over a Decade to Be Executed by State of Ark.
Amid rising controversy over the drugs used in its lethal-injection protocol and a flurry of legal battles in the last week attempting to stop its expedited execution plan, the state of Arkansas carried out its first execution in more than a decade Thursday night. Ledell Lee, 51, was pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m. Central Time,…
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United Airlines Accuses Passenger of Crime Literally Because of the Color of His Skin
Either United Airlines is trying to rebrand itself as a whites-only airline, or its employees must have the IQs of sand slugs. In today’s “United drags a person of color off an airplane” news, United Airlines detained a Mexican passenger because the airline thought he might be “trafficking” the little girl who was traveling with…
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Speculation: Did Aaron Hernandez Kill Himself to Make Sure His Daughter Was Taken Care Of?
It didn’t take long for rumors and speculation to start circulating about why Aaron Hernandez may have committed suicide. The former New England Patriots star and convicted murderer was found dead in his prison cell Wednesday after having apparently hanged himself less than a week after being acquitted of a separate double murder charge in…