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Donna Brazile Parses Words in Her Denial of Email Leaks
Updated Sunday, March 19, 2017, 11:30 a.m. EDT: Donna Brazile, in an exclusive interview with Richard Prince, who pens the Journal-isms blog on The Root, flatly denies ever giving questions to the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election. However, based on Brazile’s own essay in Time magazine, this seems to some as if she…
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Calif. Police Fatally Shoot Pregnant 16-Year-Old Girl During Robbery Investigation
Fremont, Calif., police fatally shot a pregnant 16-year-old girl who was a passenger in a stolen vehicle linked to a series of robberies, authorities say. The girl, identified as Elena Mondragon by family members, was in her first trimester of pregnancy, according to Sgt. Ryan Cantrell, spokesman for the Hayward (Calif.) Police Department, which is…
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Caribbean Poet Derek Walcott Dead at 87
Nobel laureate and poet Derek Walcott died early Friday morning at his St. Lucia home after battling a long illness. He was 87. Walcott was considered one of the world’s best poets, often challenging some of the greatest works written by Dante, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Yeats and Homer. Fiercely Caribbean, Walcott sought to define not only…
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Former SC Cop Michael Slager Can’t Hide the Truth. Jury Will See Cellphone Footage of Fatal Shooting of Walter Scott
Updated Friday, March 17, 2017, 4:10 p.m. EDT: Well, it looks as if former North Charleston, S.C., cop Michael Slager and his defense team won’t get their way in trying to dust away a key piece of video evidence. A judge ruled at a hearing Friday that cellphone footage of Slager shooting Walter Scott, a…
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White Howard University Professor Examined Black Student in Mock Slave Auction: Report
The Caged Bird is an online magazine created by minority students for minority students across the nation. The magazine recently published a story detailing how a white Howard University professor allegedly opened a class on Frederick Douglass’ slave narrative by turning the classroom into a mock slave auction, singling out one of the two black…
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Steve Harvey Just Can’t Stop Caping for the President
Steve Harvey just won’t stop caping for President Vladimir TrumPutin. At this point I’m fine with the Family Feud host being traded for a future draft pick, and I feel safe in saying his cookout credentials have been revoked. It’s not that you can’t come to the cookout, Mr. Harvey; it’s just that said cookout…
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Why Are We Threatening Crazy Uncle North Korea?
Everyone except this dumb-ass administration knows that North Korea is the crazy uncle in Grandma’s basement that you don’t bother because he’s unstable. You just leave his plate at the top of the stairs and shut the door. But no, not President Vladimir TrumPutin. Because he believes that being president is akin to being Chuck…
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NYC Chiropractor Was Falsely Accused of Making Racist Threats Against Child, Cop; Has Charges Dropped
Updated: As it turns out, a Staten Island, N.Y., chiropractor was falsely accused of sending racist letters to a school crossing guard, having been apparently framed by her alleged victim. “My client was accused of some horrible, horrible acts,” Danielle Serini’s attorney Mark Fonte confirmed back in November. “She has now been vindicated.” Serini, who…
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If You See This Guy on a Dating App, Just Swipe Left: Dine-and-Dash Dater Strikes Again in Los Angeles
If you’re looking for a decent date, it’s just best to hit the pass button if you come across this guy on a dating app. Apparently the man is known for attracting women online, then dining and dashing while on the date. A woman came to CBS Los Angeles with her story about what happened…
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Well, This Is Awkward: TrumPutin to Meet With German Chancellor Angela Merkel After He Talked Mad Shit About Her
During his presidential campaign, Vladimir TrumPutin made a habit of talking recklessly about German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In fact, Merkel became an anecdote in the wildly spun tale of how a country turns to shit once it lets refugees in. Most of TrumPutin’s 2016 campaign fodder was about what a great country Germany used to…