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Ben Carson Backs Off Newest HUD Plan, Which Would Raise Rent for Poor Households by 20 Percent
During a press conference in Detroit on Thursday, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson appeared to back off from a controversial plan that would have raised rent among the poorest Americans. Talking about the new initiative, Carson said that other funding had come through, so there was no need to increase rent payments,…
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Bryan Colangelo Steps Down as Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations After Twitter Scandal
In what might be the most bizarre case to ever shame a NBA organization, Bryan Colangelo resigned Thursday as president of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers after a private investigation firm found that Colangelo’s wife created several Twitter accounts to leak damaging and private information about 76ers players. And, get this, Colangelo is pissed…
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Is Trump’s Biggest Frustration That He Can’t Watch Porn in the White House? MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Thinks So
President Donald Trump is a thot. Porn actress Stormy Daniels told us this when she revealed that the president of the Piggly Wiggly likes being spanked on his untanned buttocks with a Forbes magazine. And that isn’t even considering the “water sports” that allegedly took place with Russian hookers. Well, it turns out that you…
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White Football Coach Accused of Using a Noose as a ‘Joke’ to Intimidate a Black Student Gets Paid Leave
A San Jose, Calif., high school teacher and assistant football coach has been placed on leave—but will still be collecting a paycheck—after an incident during which he allegedly simulated a noose to intimidate the lone black student among a group of football players. The Mercury News, citing police, reports that the Santa Teresa High School…
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Tennessee Hardware-Store Owner Who Proudly Displayed ‘No Gays Allowed’ Sign on Door Applauds Supreme Court Ruling
Jeff Amyx, the white store owner of Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies in Washburn, Tenn., made it clear back in 2015 that he doesn’t support gays by posting a sign outside his shop reading, “No Gays Allowed.” In 2015, when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, Amyx immediately threw the sign up to express his…
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Here’s Why Colin Kaepernick’s Legal Team Should Subpoena the President in His NFL Collusion Case
President Donald Trump couldn’t let kneeling players kneel. For Trump, the players protesting the over-policing of black communities became political points for him to hold up as examples of turncoats who don’t honor the American flag. He called them “sons of bitches,” urged NFL owners to fire players who refused to stand for the national…
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A Deliveryman Brought Pizza Pies to a Brooklyn, NY, Military Base. Now He’s Facing Deportation
It wasn’t the first time Pablo Villavicencio delivered pizzas to the base. But on June 1, on a run to the Fort Hamilton military base in Brooklyn, N.Y., Villavicencio was asked by security to provide an ID. As he had done in the past, he presented his New York City ID—a free, government-based ID card…
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Chicago Police Chief Defends Cops Who Handcuffed 10-Year-Old in Case of Mistaken Identity
Another day, another case of this country’s “finest” proving that they are anything but. A 10-year-old Chicago boy was shackled placed in handcuffs outside his grandmother’s home on Friday after police mistakenly accused him of being a juvenile runaway with a gun. Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said Wednesday that police “followed all of the…
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What the Cluck? KFC Is Testing Out Faux Fried Chicken in the UK
In an effort to comply with new public health guidelines, KFC U.K. will start experimenting with a vegetarian version of its Original Recipe chicken. That’s right. Nonchicken chicken. A faux foul. Still with 11 herbs and spices, though! As the Washington Post reports, the move is prompted by new recommendations from Public Health England that…
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Food Truck Worker Hurls Bottle, Racial Epithet at Black Woman After She Tries to Pay With Change: Report
The disrespect of black folk continues. And it continues to be captured on video. A black woman in Oregon was allegedly called out of her name and assaulted by a food truck owner, all because she tried to pay for her food with change. According to Willamette Week, Carlotta Washington says she was called a…