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Rep. Maxine Waters Ain’t Got Time for Bill O’Reilly: ‘I Am a Strong Black Woman and I Cannot Be Intimidated’
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has a lot of things going on, what with basically being one of the few members of Congress willing to fight the current administration tooth and nail and calling it out on all its bullshit. So it’s quite obvious that she doesn’t have time for Bill O’Reilly or his shenanigans trying…
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Fox News Slapped With Racial-Discrimination Lawsuit
Fox News has a lot of problems, and apparently racial discrimination is one. (Surprise?) Two black women filed a federal lawsuit in state Supreme Court in the Bronx, N.Y., Tuesday night, claiming that they were subjected to “top-down racial harassment” in the Fox News payroll department thanks to longtime comptroller Judith Slather. According to the…
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NYC Cops Accused of Using Choke Hold on Black Teen Who Seemed to Be Having Seizure: Report
The New York City Police Department is under fire after residents at Brooklyn’s Pink Houses accused officers of using a banned choke hold Monday on a teen who seemed to be having some type of seizure during the encounter. Witnesses identified the teen as 17-year-old Zavon Hodges. According to the New York Daily News, a…
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NYC Subway Rider Threatens to ‘Kill’ Iranian Couple: ‘Donald Trump Is in the House’
A video of a man on the subway in New York City is sparking online attention, as well as conversation about how to respond to hateful, violent threats in public, after the man was seen cursing and apparently threatening to kill an Iranian couple who were on a Manhattan train over the weekend. In a…
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Lawyer Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Cop’s Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Activist
Campaign Zero co-founder and prominent activist in the Movement for Black Lives DeRay Mckesson is being sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge, La., police officer who claims he was injured during a protest in the city four days after a police officer killed Alton Sterling, and now an attorney for Mckesson is urging a federal…
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Student’s Violent Threat Against Her Md. School Thwarted Because Her Parents Turned Her In
Authorities in Frederick County, Md., said that they were able to stop a teenager who was planning violence at her high school because her parents alerted them to her plan. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office identified the 18-year-old Catoctin High School student as Nichole Cevario and said she was transferred to a hospital for emergency…
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Innocent Man in Los Angeles Freed After Serving 20 Years for Attempted Murder
File this under “Our messed-up justice system just righted an incredible wrong”: A man who spent 20 years behind bars for a gas station shooting he didn’t commit was freed Tuesday by a Los Angeles County judge. Marco Contreras, 41, was convicted in 1997 of attempted robbery and attempted murder for a 1996 shooting at…
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Bill O’Reilly Just Came for Maxine Waters’ Hair: I Can’t Hear a Word She Said With That ‘James Brown Wig’
Updated Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 4:45 p.m. EDT: Unlike the president and House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes, Bill O’Reilly can admit when he’s made a mistake. On Tuesday he tweeted out an apology of sorts after he made fun of Maxine Waters’ hair. “As I have said many times, I respect Congresswoman Maxine Waters…
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Fla. Woman Gets 10 Years for ‘Toxic Tush’ Injections That Left Women Sick, Disfigured or Dead
A Florida woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years’ probation after pleading no contest to illegally injecting toxic substances into women’s backsides and causing illness, disfigurement and even death. Oneal Ron Morris also pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge after one of her illegal procedures led to the death of…
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President Pee-Pee Won’t Be Throwing the 1st Pitch on Opening Day Because He Has Tiny Fingers and Hates America
If you ever had any doubt that President Vladimir TrumPutin was an un-American shit bag, look no further: The deal-maker who has made no deals since riding Russia’s wave into the White House has turned down the Washington Nationals’ offer to throw out the first pitch on opening day. The good people over at Sporting…