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Black State Senator Says It’s Time to Call Out the Racism That Is Rampant in Fla. Politics
Earlier this week, Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles made headlines after he referred to six black colleagues as “niggers.” At the same time, reports emerged that a black female state attorney had received a noose in the mail at her office in Orlando, Fla., in response to her refusal to pursue the death penalty in…
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent, but Can the Police Retaliate Against You for It?
If the police pull you over, it is your constitutional right to refuse to answer their questions, but does it violate the Constitution if they retaliate against you for refusing to answer their questions? That is the question at the center of a case that went before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th…
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Aaron Hernandez’s Closeted Sexuality May Have Been a Motive in Murder Case: Police Sources
Updated Friday, April 21, 2017, 6:09 p.m. EDT: After a report came out early Friday that Aaron Hernandez had left a suicide note in his cell addressed to a jailhouse lover, speculation as to whether or not Hernandez had a sexual secret began to circulate. Police sources are now confirming that Hernandez’s closeted sexuality is…
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Vice President Mike Pence Forces Reporters to Watch Hoosiers
I knew when I saw photos of Vice President Mike Pence in that dumb-ass leather jacket earlier this week that he was a big old movie buff. I figured it was all about Top Gun, but it turns out it was Hoosiers. Pence, aka Maverick, while on the latest leg of his Eastern Hemisphere tour…
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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…