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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…
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Trump’s 1st News Conference: UK Is Still Bae; Russia Remains Strong Side Chick
To the shock of no one, President Donald Trump spent his first White House news conference Friday talking about America’s side bae: Russia. That’s right, everyone, the president hasn’t been cozying up with Russia President Vladimir Putin for nothing; he’s looking to continue dating Russia, Trump announced during the joint press conference with British Prime…
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UW-Madison Student Trying to Start White Nationalist Group on Campus Pleaded Guilty to Arson of Black Churches
You can’t make some stuff up. According to WISC-TV, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who is in the middle of trying to start a white nationalist group on campus has served time in federal prison for setting two black churches on fire. Daniel Dropik, 33, pleaded guilty to arson charges in 2005 after starting fires…
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Woman Who Caused Emmett Till’s Death Admits to Lying
We all (should) know the story of Emmett Till, the black 14-year-old Chicago boy who was murdered in August 1955 by two white men, J.W. Milam and his half-brother Roy Bryant. As the story goes, Emmett, who was visiting family in Mississippi, had gone into a store to buy some bubble gum. As he was…
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The Guy Behind Trump’s Claims of Voter Fraud Doesn’t Have Any Proof
Well, well, well. Turns out President Donald Trump’s trusted man behind these absurdly ludicrous claims of voter fraud doesn’t have any proof—or, even better, any proof he can explain. During a recent appearance on CNN’s New Day with Chris Cuomo, VoteStand founder Gregg Phillips boasted that he could prove that there absolutely was voter fraud…
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Ga. Police Chief Publicly Apologizes for Lynching of Black Man in 1940
Police Chief Louis Dekmar of LaGrange, Ga., publicly apologized Thursday more than 76 years after a black man was brutally murdered in the small town, CBS News reports. To be specific, Dekmar apologized for the lack of protection given to Austin Callaway when he was shot to death in 1940. According to Reuters, Callaway was…