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#StayWoke: Trump Names ‘Alt-Right’ Racist Steve Bannon to National Security Council While the World Protests His Muslim Ban
In a flurry of executive orders* even the most ardent news hound finds hard to keep up with—including one banning Muslims from seven nations from coming to the U.S., sparking protests throughout the country Saturday night—President Donald Trump is remaking the world in his skewed, scary image. And while many are rightly incensed over the…
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Malia Obama Seen at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest at Sundance
America’s former first daughter (fight me) is apparently keeping busy now that her dad has stepped down from the presidency. Malia Obama marked her first week as a “normal” person by attending an event supporting the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah,…
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Clutch the Pearls: Will Gucci’s New Campaign Feature Only Black Models?
Gucci’s Instagram blew up Friday after it showed its #GucciPreFall17 campaign and a series of “audition” videos filled with all black faces. The rare-air fashion house featured six black models—all with natural hair— answering quirky questions and busting dance moves on its colorful IG page. Time reports that the casting agency featured in the videos…
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NBC Ain’t Shit: Megyn Kelly to Replace Only 2 Black Folks* on Today Show
In their groveling assent to the “people of the country who are so forgotten”—you know, real Americans—NBC is reportedly contributing its own special brand of self-interested racism to the culture by keeping daytime TV and news as white as it wanna be. You would have thought, after the MSNBC debacle when the network tried (and…
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Family Raises Money for Okla. Mother Killed in MMA-Fighter Double Homicide
Professional MMA fighter Roshaun Jones was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder this week. One of his victims was a mother and grandmother who was killed at work. Police charged the 33-year-old bantamweight—who lost more fights than he won—with the deaths of two people he allegedly shot and killed in an armed…
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Serena Williams Rocks No. 23 Jordans—Sent by Michael Jordan—to Celebrate Her 23rd Grand-Slam Win
Tennis phenom Serena Williams made history as she won her 23rd grand-slam title on Saturday night against her sister Venus Williams in in a 6-4, 6-4 victory at the Australian Open. And not only did Serena return to the world No. 1 ranking, but she capped off the sweet night by changing into classic “23”…
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Donald Trump: Executive Order Bans Syrian Refugees and Muslims From 7 Countries
Exactly one week after being sworn in as president of the United States, a country founded by refugees escaping a tyrant in their home country, Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday indefinitely banning Syrian refugees and temporarily suspending Muslims from seven countries from entering the country. According to the New York Times: Declaring the…
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#Flint: EPA Says No Freeze on Grant Money, but Residents Aren’t Holding Their Breath
The Trump administration reportedly conducted a brief review of Environmental Protection Agency grants but never ordered a “freeze” on new awards despite reports to the contrary, a spokesman said Thursday, but confusing responses from those in the administration still have not answered the question of whether or not Flint, Mich., is getting the aid it…
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That’s That Ish I Don’t Like: Chief Keef Arrested in Armed Robbery at Producer’s Home
Chief Keef just can’t seem to leave the streets alone. The Chicago rapper was arrested Thursday in connection with a home-invasion robbery that happened last week at his former producer’s home, authorities said. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 21-year-old rapper, whose real name is Keith Cozart, was arrested by a team of Los…
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Dallas Teacher Investigated for Firing a Toy Gun at an Image of Donald Trump and Yelling, ‘Die!’
A teacher with the Dallas Independent School District is being investigated after video surfaced of her firing a toy gun at a projected image of Donald Trump and yelling “Die!” in front of her class. Payal Modi is a teacher at W.H. Adamson High School, and CBS DFW reports that the video surfaced on social…