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Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates After She Directs Justice Department Attorneys Not to Defend Trump Immigration Ban
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, 1:13 a.m. EST: This was just too rich not to add. Here is CSPAN video from the Sally Q. Yates confirmation hearing as deputy attorney general. Notice who is asking her the question that would ultimately end her job. Updated Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, 9:50 p.m. EST: Donald Trump has…
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Trump’s Tall Tales, Lies and Exaggerations in His 1st 10 Days as President Debunked
You have likely seen the phrase “alternative facts” circling around the internet and news stories since President Orange Foolius took office. Coined by Kellyanne Conway during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, it describes the flat-out lies Trump and those in his administration have told, starting with the size of his inauguration crowd and…
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Marshawn Lynch Went to Scotland and the Punch Line Is Marshawn Lynch
So I never know how to take these videos; you know, the ones where they take the African-American sports star out of his element and surround him in whiteness and then record him. It’s always felt like a backward safari, one of those moments when we collectively laugh at how uncultured the athlete is around…
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Trayvon Martin’s Parents Consider Running for Political Office
The parents of Trayvon Martin have been fighting for their son’s legacy and for racial justice for all since their son was gunned down five years ago by then-neighborhood shithead watchman George Zimmerman in a controversial shooting that fueled the Black Lives Matter movement. However, now, with a Trump presidency appearing to threaten whatever accomplishments…
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Sage Steele Is Still Out to Prove That a Biracial Woman Can Cry White Tears
ESPN host Sage Steele will never be coming to the cookout. Ever. On Sunday, as thousands around the country protested President Evil’s “Muslim ban”—the one his administration is refusing to call a Muslim ban even though that’s exactly what it is—Steele tweeted not about the protest, or solidarity with those who find the dictator-in-chief’s actions…
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GoFundMe Campaign for Burned Texas Mosque Raises More Than $800,000
A South Texas mosque is receiving an outpouring of love and support after the building was burned down in a weekend fire, WFAA reports. According to the report, the fire started early Saturday morning at the Islamic Center of Victoria in Victoria, Texas. However, members of the mosque are urging people not to rush to…
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The Donald Blames Airport Mess on Computer Outage and Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Tears
Donald Trump is doing what he does best when faced with difficult questions: lying, deflecting blame, mocking people and talking trash on Twitter. On Monday, after protesters converged on airports throughout the country to protest the Muslim ban this administration swears is not a Muslim ban, except the part where it totally is, Trump took…
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ACLU Receives $24,100,000 in Donations the Same Weekend as Trump’s Muslim Ban
The American people appear to be signaling that they will not be divided or sit quietly as President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring entry to refugees and citizens of seven majority Muslim countries goes into effect. According to CNN Money, the American Civil Liberties Union has received six times as much money over one…
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Facts: Trump’s Muslim Ban Doesn’t Include Countries He Has a Business Interest In
The seven countries that President Donald Trump issued a ban against are predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa. Christian refugees from those nations can expect to receive more favorable treatment than Muslims from those nations. The countries included in Friday’s executive order (stayed by a federal judge on Saturday) are Syria, Libya,…