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US Appeals Court Upholds Temporary Suspension of Trump’s Travel Ban
A U.S. federal appeals court decided unanimously Thursday to uphold the temporary suspension of President Donald Trump’s travel ban that restricted people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. CNBC reports that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in a challenge filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota, and…
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Mich. University Under Scrutiny for Anti-Semitic Valentine’s Day Card Handed Out on Campus
It’s almost as if these racists think it’s impossible to be “funny” or “cute” or “original” without being … racist. And there was nothing funny, cute or original about an anti-Semitic Valentine’s Day card that was produced during a Republican-group meeting on the campus of Central Michigan University and then given to a pair of…
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President ‘Oh, You Don’t See Me Signing ’Em’ Signs 3 More Executive Orders
President Executive Order, aka President “Y’all Don’t See How I’m Signing Shit,” is back at it again. On Thursday, with Jeff Sessions’ swearing-in ceremony as the new attorney general as the backdrop, President Asshat hopped off Twitter and signed three more executive orders that he claims will “restore safety in America,” McClatchy reports. While it’s…
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Ky. Deputy Sheriff Suspended After Racist, Islamophobic Facebook Post
Racists never learn, do they? A Boyd County, Ky., deputy sheriff was given the “maximum disciplinary action” after posting a racist, Islamophobic message to Facebook. Boyd County Sheriff Bobby Woods confirmed that the problematic post came from a deputy but declined to name the deputy involved, the Associated Press reports. The deputy was suspended for…
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Steph Curry on Trump: He’s an Asset Without the ‘-et’
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank may want to think about his support of President Asshat or run the risk of losing the company’s biggest spokesman. On Tuesday Plank endorsed President Asshat, calling him an “asset” to the country. When Stephen Curry was asked about Plank’s comments, he said, “I agree with the description, if you…
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Michael Jackson’s Mother, Katherine, Claims Elder Abuse at Hands of Nephew
Katherine Jackson has been granted a restraining order against her nephew Trent Lamar Jackson after claims of elder abuse and theft. According to Katherine Jackson, Trent Jackson not only abused her, to the point of her needing to hide in closets to call her own children, but also stole money from her bank accounts and…
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Miss. Considers Firing Squad, Electrocution and Gas Chamber as Execution Methods
Mississippi lawmakers are pushing forth a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and the gas chamber as methods of execution in case a court blocks the use of the drugs that are used in lethal injections, the Associated Press reports. The bill, Mississippi House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson said, is a response to…
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‘Police Rapists’: Protests Erupt in Paris After Police Charged in Rape of Black Man
Editor’s note: Trigger warnings: rape, sexual violence, state violence, anti-blackness. Four police officers in a Paris suburb allegedly raped a 22-year-old black man, and protesters are seeking justice. So-called officers of the law “forced a 22-year-old man to the ground, beat him, and anally raped him with a baton at a housing estate in the…
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Congressional Black Caucus Struggling With Question of Whether to Admit Afro-Dominican Congressman
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), the first Dominican American elected to Congress and who succeeded former Rep. Charles Rangel in representing New York’s 13th District, identifies as a “Latino of African descent”—and that designation is a cause for debate among members of the Congressional Black Caucus who question whether Espaillat qualifies as an African American. Politico…
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Judge Orders NYPD to Disclose Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters
A judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to disclose documents and video revealing the surveillance of Black Lives Matter protesters at the city’s Grand Central Terminal in 2014 and 2015. The New York Daily News reports that protester James Logue challenged the NYPD’s denial of a Freedom of Information Act request that…