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Trump on Black History Month: Where Frederick Douglass At? I See You, Baby!
President Donald Trump was surrounded by all his blacks on Wednesday. That’s right; Omarosa Manigault and Ben Carson were there to hear Trump shout out Frederick Douglass like he was a new artist coming out on Trump Records, during what I believe was supposed to constitute some form of Black History Month appreciation. “Frederick Douglass…
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White House Will No Longer Send Officials on the Air on CNN: Report
The White House is reportedly giving CNN the cold shoulder and will no longer send spokespeople or surrogates on the air with the network, freezing it out from on-air administration voices, Politico reports. “We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” a White House official told the news…
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Sean ‘Spicy Facts’ Spicer Gets in Heavy Fuss-Fight With the Press
White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer is so out of his depth, it’s amazing to watch. On Tuesday, Spicy Facts found himself knee-deep in a tense conversation with members of the press corps over a tweet sent out by the tweeter-in-chief. On Monday, President Donald Trump tweeted: I know it’s difficult, but ignore…
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2 Wrongfully Imprisoned NYC Men Open Restaurant, Work to Help Wrongfully Convicted
It’s been a long way home for two New York City men who were wrongfully imprisoned for murders they didn’t commit. However, as CBS News reports, far from being bitter, the men have now become business partners in a new Brooklyn, N.Y., restaurant while working full time to help the wrongfully convicted. According to the…
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‘White Privilege’ Essay Contest Offends Those With White Privilege in Overwhelmingly White Conn. Town
When a committee in the town of Westport, Conn., announced an essay contest on the topic of white privilege, it did so in hopes that it would spark an important conversation in this wealthy coastal town of roughly 27,000 people, 85 percent of whom are white. Instead, the contest offended many of the residents. “In…
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What We Need to Know About US Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Pick for Supreme Court
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that he had selected U.S. Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. So just who is Neil Gorsuch? According to NPR, Gorsuch, 49, is a solidly conservative judge with a record of strictly interpreting the Constitution, who reportedly sailed through…
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Wesley Snipes Isn’t Here for Trolling Trump Supporters
First there was Kirk Franklin with his Holy Ghost finger on the trigger ready to fire shots in the name of Jesus. And now Wesley Snipes is here to school people on “what you’re not gonna do.” Snipes posted several anti-Muslim-ban tweets early Tuesday evening, and of course there were those people who wanted to…
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Former Ohio Inmate Files Lawsuit Alleging She Was Refused Medication and Raped by Jailers
A female former inmate of the Warren County Jail in Ohio filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that during her 11-day incarceration in 2013, two corrections officers raped her, and on one occasion they assaulted her with so much force that they “shattered” her shoulder bones. The Washington Post reports that according to the suit, on…