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Madeleine Albright Will Register as Muslim if Trump Implements Registry
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is not Muslim, but if President Trump continues his attacks against immigrants in the U.S. she’s prepared to register as one. “I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity,” Albright tweeted The Hill reports.…
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Mexican President Cancels Trip to US as Tensions Over Border Wall Rise
The standoff between President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto continued with some pretty stern tweets Thursday. “If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting,” Trump tweeted early Thursday, CNN reports. Peña Nieto had been scheduled to meet with Trump…
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State Department Senior Management Team Resigns Instead of Working With Trump
Senior officials at the State Department could smell blood in the water, and with the gangsterism admired by anyone who has ever wanted to pull a cannabis-smoking news-anchor move (see below), they all said, “Bye, Felicia” to their jobs rather than work under President Donald Trump. According to the Washington Post, what makes it even…
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Minn. Cop Charged With Assault After Punching Handcuffed 14-Year-Old Girl in the Face Because She Spat on Him
A St. Paul, Minn., police officer is attempting to claim self-defense after punching an unarmed, mentally distressed 14-year-old girl in the face. But let’s start at the beginning. According to the Washington Post, back in December, there was a 14-year-girl who needed psychiatric help and was possibly suicidal. She was clearly distressed, according to court…
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Why Mexico’s Ex-President Is Our Inner Voice
Mexico’s ex president Vicente Fox Quesada is not here for no damn wall. In fact, he’s never been here for a damn wall. But President Donald Trump keeps up this delusional tale that Mexico’s going to pay for it. In fact, he ran on a platform that the wall dividing Mexico and the U.S. would…
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Va. Mom Furious After Son, Black Classmates Told to Act Like Slaves for Skit
A Staunton, Va., mom is calling for action after her son, who is in the sixth grade at Shelburne Middle School, was caught up in a controversial history lesson, WHSV reports. Tamika Derozen said that her son’s class was learning about the Louisiana Purchase when “the teacher asked all of the African-American students to come…
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Disciplinary Action Looming for Secret Service Agent Who Vowed She Wouldn’t Take Bullet for Trump
If you work for the Secret Service, it’s in your job description to take one for the president. Unless the president is a racist who has offended everyone who isn’t a rich white man—then I forgive you if you don’t want to take one for the team. But it looks like the Secret Service isn’t…
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Report: Fla. Woman Arrested After Flinging Bloody Tampon at Cop
Tecora Fields apparently wasn’t joking when, according to authorities, she told a St. Petersburg, Fla., cop, “I’ll hit you with my tampon, you bitch!” Cops say they were called to the scene of a brawl that Fields was involved in Monday night, and needless to say, a tampon that authorities say was aimed at Officer…
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White Woman Caught on Camera Attacking Black Actor: ‘Don’t Record Me, You F–king N–ger’
Police in Reno, Nev., are investigating after a white woman was caught on camera attacking a black actor while hurling racial slurs, Raw Story reports. Actor and singer Elijah Ahmad Lewis from Motown: the Musical took to Facebook Wednesday to describe the attack, saying that the woman punched him in the jaw and also hit…
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Jacqueline Craig Case: Leaked Bodycam Video Shows Cop’s Violent Arrest of Mom Seeking Help
Updated Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, 3:30 a.m. EDT: The Fort Worth Police Department has dropped charges against Jacqueline Craig, 46, and her daughter, Brea Hymond, 19, and will not pursue charges against Officer William Martin for the violent Dec. 21 arrests of Craig and her daughters, Dallas News reports. Craig and Hymond faced charges of…