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Why the Hell Are Atlanta’s Freeways Exploding?
If you are ever in need of a good, cathartic cry, there are three things that always work: Watching the last scene of Imitation of Life Staring at the close-up of Donald Trump’s hair Driving in Atlanta during rush hour When Inrix listed the cities around the globe with the worst traffic congestion, the traffic-data…
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Woman Who Brought Bill Clinton’s Accusers to Presidential Debate Is Now in Charge of Civil Rights
While Donald Trump was chilling at Mar-a-Lago eating chocolate cake out of that nasty-ass kitchen and listening to the Gap Band’s “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” on an endless loop, Betsy DeVos put an anti-affirmative-action, feminist-hating troll who once claimed to be a victim of reverse racism in charge of civil rights in your…
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I Agree With Charles Barkley: Isaiah Thomas Crying Before the Game Made Me Uncomfortable, Too
Just a few days before the Boston Celtics were to take on the Chicago Bulls, star guard Isaiah Thomas’ 22-year-old sister, Chyna Thomas, was killed in a car crash. The news was shocking. Isaiah Thomas was considered a game-time decision, and in a sports trope that has become as sadistic as it is celebrated, Thomas…
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Mike Pence Issues Stern Warning to North Korea in a Dumb Leather Jacket
You know Vice President Mike Pence spends nights at home reliving scenes from Top Gun. He probably demands that his staffers call him Maverick and secretly refers to President TrumPutin as Goose. On Monday, Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in a show of U.S. resolve a day…
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Family of Cleveland Facebook-Video Shooting Victim Speaks Out
The family of Robert Godwin Sr., the Cleveland man whose killing was filmed and posted to Facebook Sunday afternoon, is speaking out about their beloved family member. “This man right here was a good man. I just hate that he’s gone,” Robert Godwin Jr. told WOIO-TV in Cleveland. “I don’t know what I’m going to…
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Facebook Murder Suspect Steve Stephens’ Ex-Girlfriend Joy Lane Breaks Silence
A manhunt is on for Steve Stephens, the Cleveland man who allegedly posted to Facebook video of the killing of 74-year-old Robert Goodwin Sr. In manifesto videos, Stephens mentions that his motives for killing people involve his ex-girlfriend, a woman named Joy Lane, authorities say. In an text sent to CBS News, Lane broke her…
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NJ Governor Commutes Sentence of Marine Facing Mandatory 3-Year-Term for Gun Charge
Marine Sgt. Hisashi Pompey is a decorated Marine who served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, but six years ago, during a trip to New Jersey, his life changed forever. One Friday night, Pompey had just wrapped up training some Marines in Fort Lee and headed to a nightclub with a friend. That…
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Cleveland Police Launch Manhunt for Suspect Who Broadcast Killing Live on Facebook: Reports
Updated Sunday, April 16, 2017, 7:43 p.m. EDT: Cleveland police have identified the victim in the Facebook Live video as 74-year-old Robert Goodwin Sr., according to ABC News. In the video, which has been removed from Facebook, Goodwin can be seen raising his arms to protect himself as a suspect, whom police have identified as…
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Trump Friends and Foes Face Off in Berkeley, Calif., Leaving 21 Arrested, 11 Injured
Protesters took to the streets in dozens of cities nationwide Saturday to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, both for transparency in his business dealings and for potential conflicts of interest. And, for the most part, the “tax marches” in more than 150 cities across the country were peacable. However,…
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Trump Supporter Says Those Suing the President for Inciting Violence Are Right: Trump Did Urge Him On
President Donald Trump’s lawyers are working double time to get yet another lawsuit against him dismissed, even going so far as to claim that he can’t be sued because he is president of the United States. Yet a federal judge ruled earlier this month that three protesters who claim they were roughed up at one…