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White People Don’t Know When to Quit
In the latest case of tone-deaf whiteness, a craft-beer lover in Birmingham, Ala., posted the above picture to Instagram. Really? Some people believe (and by “some people” I mean me) that most white people—and people in general—have tasteless jokes and stereotypes that they are comfortable enough to perpetuate in private or around their friends. But…
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Day-Glo Donald’s Secret Fake-News Meeting
Although Donald Trump continues to call legitimate news organizations like CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post “fake news,” even temporarily barring them from White House press briefings, apparently there is one news source Donald Trump trusts: TMZ. The New York Times reports that Harvey Levin, the founder of the multimedia celebrity-gossip rag…
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Obama Is Livid at TrumPutin Over His Fake Wiretap Claims
I’m pretty sure that if someone started a GoFundMe account in which all of the proceeds would go to African-American children throughout the country, and every one of us donated a dollar to the fund, former President Barack Obama would agree to fight President Mother Russia in a pay-per-view match. I know you think it’s…
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Trump Tweets on International Women’s Day and It Might Be His Worst Tweet Ever
On International Women’s Day, President “Grab ’Em by the Pussy” took to Twitter to express his support for women. “I have tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy,” he tweeted Wednesday morning. “On International Women’s Day, join me in honoring…
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L.A. District Attorney Again Declines to Press Charges Against Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Man
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has once again decided not to pursue charges against a Los Angeles police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man after a car chase in March 2015, even though the city’s Police Commission determined that the shooting was unjustified. In a seven-page memo (pdf) that was made public…
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What the Hell’s Going On at Morehouse?
Updated Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 1 p.m.: Earlier today, citing a story from HBCU Digest, we reported that Morehouse had fired President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. Apparently we were wrong. Or maybe we weren’t. This morning, Wilson sent a letter to students explaining that reports of his ouster were “not accurate.” But yesterday’s letter from…
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GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz to the Poor: Health Care or an iPhone; Can’t Have Both!
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is a horrible person. During an appearance on CNN on Tuesday, the horrible Chaffetz was being challenged on House Republicans’ newly released proposed health care bill, the American Health Care Act. Host Alisyn Camerota argued that accessibility to health care doesn’t make it affordable, to which the horrible Chaffetz replied: “So…
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Police Investigating After Indian Man Fatally Shot in SC
The Lancaster County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office is investigating the killing of 43-year-old Harnish Patel, who was fatally shot in front of his yard Thursday. The motive behind Patel’s killing is unclear, although tensions are high given the current political climate and other recent high-profile cases involving people of Indian descent. “We don’t have any facts…
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New Photos Prove That Trump Stay Lying: No One Showed Up at His Inauguration
Remember that narcissistic, rambling speech that President Asshat gave to the CIA shortly after white women elected him president? The one where he claimed that it was raining and that God made it shine just for him to give his speech, and then it started raining again after he stopped talking? Well, in that speech,…
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Innocent Blacks 7 Times More Likely to Be Convicted of Murder: Study
A new report from the National Registry of Exonerations has confirmed what we already knew (I know most of y’all ain’t surprised): Black people are more likely to be wrongfully convicted than their white counterparts, and they are also more likely to spend a longer time behind bars before they are exonerated. As the report,…