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Report: Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Connected to Systemic Racism
Finally, some truth out of Flint, Mich. The Michigan Civil Rights Commission released a report Friday that said, in part, “systematic racism” going back decades is at the core of the problems that caused a lead-contaminated water crisis in the majority-black city of Flint. While the 130-page report says that the commission did not unearth…
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Trump’s Attempts to Create Common Enemy Out of American Media Very Orwellian
President Donald Trump had another one of his Twitter temper tantrums Friday, taking to the social network platform to once again attack journalists and the media, calling out specific outlets by name and declaring them to be “the enemy of the American people.” Trump made two attempts to send out the tweet. The first version,…
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Scott Pruitt, Who Opposed the EPA Every Chance He Got, Has Been Confirmed as Its New Leader
Scott Pruitt used his position as Oklahoma’s attorney general to repeatedly sue the Environmental Protection Agency for its efforts to regulate mercury, smog and other forms of pollution, and on Friday he was sworn in as the agency’s new leader, bringing into question the future of the EPA under the Trump administration. The Washington Post…
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Amtrak Officer Shoots and Kills Unarmed Man at Chicago’s Union Station
An Amtrak police officer was ordered held on $250,000 bail Friday and charged in the Feb. 8 shooting death of an unarmed Minneapolis man outside of Chicago’s Union Station. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said that LaRoyce Tankson, 31, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 25-year-old Chad Robertson, who died…
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Here’s What ‘Make America Great Again’ Looks Like
Look at all that diversity surrounding President Donald Trump! There are some short white guys and tall white guys. Some of them have blue ties and some of them have red ties, and if you look really, really closely, there’s a white woman. Yep, one white woman. So, I don’t want to hear anymore that…
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Even a Fox News Anchor Can’t Deal With Trump’s Bullshit
When a Fox News anchor is piping hot over the president, then you know Donald Trump is messed up. Trump gave a horrible, impromptu press conference Thursday that left even Fox News anchor Shepard Smith tight. “It’s crazy what we’re watching every day,” Smith said after Trump’s news conference. “It’s absolutely crazy. He keeps repeating…
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Report: Either Jets Cornerback Darrelle Revis Was Attacked or He Beat Up 2 Guys—or Both
This story is all over the place, but here is what I know: New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis was involved in an altercation over the weekend in Pittsburgh. While that sounds tame enough, here is what I also know: Revis is being charged with robbery, terroristic threats, conspiracy and aggravated assault, according to the…
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NYT Columnist Charles Blow Is Not Your Negro and He’s Not Here for Trump Shade, Ever
If you are unfamiliar with Charles Blow, let me speed you up: He’s never here for the fuckshit. He’s educated, informed and opinionated and isn’t willing to “play nice” during Donald Trump’s dictatorship. During a late-night CNN panel, conservative Trump supporter Kayleigh McEnany thought she was going to throw shade at Mr. Blow, and she…
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Sean ‘Spicy Facts’ Spicer Is Getting Some Help, so Maybe He’ll Calm His Ass Down
Looks like Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer is finally going to get some relief, with reports coming from the White House that a new communications director is expected to be announced Friday. And who is the White House going with? Some dude, Mike Dubke, the founder of Crossroads Media, two administration officials told CNN. Not everyone…
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‘You’re Gonna Burn’: Notes With Swastikas Left at Homes, Jewish Center in Calif. Neighborhood
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office in California has created a task force to look into anti-Semitic notes found at homes and a Jewish center in an Oak Park, Calif., neighborhood over the weekend. The handwritten notes were discovered outside seven homes and the Chabad of Oak Park by residents in the Oak Park community, the…