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Rick Perry Wanted to Abolish the Energy Department; Now He Runs It
Remember when former Texas Gov. Rick Perry wanted to abolish the Department of Energy? Don’t worry—apparently no one else does, either, and on Thursday Perry was confirmed to become the secretary of the department, because of course he was. The Senate voted 62-37 Thursday to confirm Perry as energy secretary, the Washington Post reports. On…
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Sean Spicer: President Trump Is Confirmed as New HUD Secretary … Psych, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
On Thursday, shortly after Ben Carson was confirmed as secretary of housing and urban development, White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer tweeted out this: Which proves what we’ve all known for quite some time: He’s this administration’s Barney Fife trying to solve a How to Get Away With Murder case. I mean, seriously,…
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FBI to Review Hanging Death of Black, Muslim Teen After Suicide Ruling Changed
The FBI said it is reviewing the hanging death of a black, Muslim teen after the medical examiner changed the cause of death from suicide to undetermined following pleas from family. According to KIRO 7, the bureau confirmed in a statement that it “is communicating with our police partners. We are aware of circumstances of…
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Jeff Sessions Is a Casualty of Trump’s Fight With the Press
Donald Trump and the Trumpettes are quickly learning that picking a war with the media was a bad look. If you are going to go against a group of people whose job is to literally go through all your stuff to see what they can find, you better have your shit tight. And President Vladimir…
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White Supremacists Take Responsibility for Racist Fliers at UMass Boston
It’s a day ending in “y,” so of course there’s some racist incident happening at one American school or another. This time, a white supremacist group has claimed responsibility for a bunch of racist fliers that were put up across the University of Massachusetts Boston campus, sending officials and students on alert. According to the…
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Are We About to Get Jeff Sessions Up Outta Here?
Contrary to the testimony he gave during his confirmation hearing, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, while a U.S. senator representing the state of Alabama, had two conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign last year, and that contact is likely to result in calls for his recusal from a…
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BLM Protester Hit With Restraining Order by L.A. Police Commission President
A Los Angeles Black Lives Matter activist was hit with a civil restraining order Wednesday after being accused of threatening the president of the Los Angeles Police Commission. The Los Angeles Times reports that the city sought the restraining order against activist Trevor Ferguson (also known as Trevor Gerard), who, according to court documents, allegedly…
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White Ohio Sheriff’s Deputies Shown on Video Using Taser on 12-Year-Old Black Girl
Two white sheriff’s deputies in Colerain Township, Ohio, were caught on video using a Taser on a 12-year-old black girl at a skating rink Saturday night after she reportedly attacked them and refused to leave the skating rink when asked. Brian Liette, an employee of the Skatin’ Place, told Fox19 that the girl was asked…
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Flint, Mich., Residents to Start Paying Full Price for Water They Can’t Drink Without a Filter
I’m pretty sure if you look up “adding insult to injury,” you’ll find the qualifier “forcing Flint, Mich., residents to pay full price for water that they cannot safely drink without a filter.” According to the Washington Post, on Wednesday, state officials are scheduled to end a program that helped pay residents’ bills since it…