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Report: 32 ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills Have Been Introduced in 14 States This Year
Since the beginning of the year, there have been 32 bills introduced in 14 states proposing that members of law enforcement be included in hate crime protections, the same type of protections granted to people of color, religious minorities and members of the LGBTQ community, according to an analysis of state legislatures. The Huffington Post,…
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SXSW Talks in Circles Just to Say, ‘Yes, if You Perform Anywhere Else, We Can Call Immigration’
South by Southwest responded to criticism Thursday that its artist agreements for its music festival included language that indicated it reserved the right to call immigration authorities on any international artist(s) who performed at an event or venue outside of the festival’s own showcases. Early Thursday, Told Slant frontman Felix Walworth tweeted a screenshot of…
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Jeff Sessions Recuses Himself From Russia Inquiry in Press Conference That Displays His Lawyer Double-Talk Skills
On Wednesday night it was revealed that Jeff Sessions had contact with the Russian ambassador to the United States during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, a fact that Sessions denied during his Senate confirmation hearing for the position of U.S. attorney general. On Thursday, Sessions announced that he would recuse himself from any investigations related to…
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Morehouse College President: We Got Played
There is an old African proverb that has been passed down from the ancestors through generations of black people that goes like this: “Never trust anyone who lets people put their feet on the couch.” After meeting with the Trump administration for two days and reviewing Cheddar Bob’s executive order on HBCUs, Morehouse College President…
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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…