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It’s Official: President Trump Takes Office
That’s it, it’s official: President Trump has taken office. I, too, was hoping for an alien abduction, but we were not so lucky. With his hand on a Bible, Donald J. Trump took the formal oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” as the nation’s 45th president. Hundreds—hell, maybe even…
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Protests Mark Trump’s Inauguration Ceremony
Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday was marked by spirited protests by those who still feel that Trump is #NotMyPresident. According to ABC News, the spirited protests unfolded mostly peacefully at several security checkpoints near the U.S. Capitol as demonstrators held signs with messages such as, “Resist Trump Climate Justice Now,” “Let Freedom Ring” and “Free Palestine.”…
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Hillary Clinton Went to Trump’s Inauguration
Hillary is there, y’all. So are Bill and Barack. They’re all there because it’s the right thing to do. They are all at Donald Trump’s inauguration, but they don’t want to be there. It’s like when you were little and your mom used to make you go to church because she wasn’t going to have…
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Calif. Teacher on Paid Leave After Confederate Flag Found Hanging in Classroom
Parents are speaking out after reports that a Confederate flag was found hanging inside a Sutter Middle School classroom in Folsom, Calif., CBS Sacramento reports. According to the news station, it is not the first time the teacher in whose classroom the flag was found has been accused of racially charged actions. Parents want to…
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Ricky Williams Just Learned That a Hero Ain’t Nuthin’ but a Sandwich
Ricky Williams was once the pride of Texas; now he can’t even take a walk around the place without police being called on him. A place where he was once a hero. On Wednesday, Williams, a former running back for the Texas Longhorns, and who played 12 years in the NFL, was back at his…
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ESPN Uses the ‘Gorilla Effect’ and Drops Announcer Who Came for Venus Williams
ESPN used the “gorilla effect” when it dropped tennis commentator Doug Adler from its Australian Open coverage and his remaining assignments after he compared Venus Williams’ play to that of a gorilla. On Thursday, Alder used his “around-my-white-friends words” when attempting to describe Williams’ advantage in attacking Stefanie Voegele’s second serve. Watch below: Alder claimed…
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Ohio Mom Charged in Taping of 2-Year-Old Son to Wall in Facebook Live Broadcast
A young Ohio mother is facing a felony charge after authorities got hold of a Facebook video that appeared to show her taping her 2-year-old son to a wall, CBS News reports. According to the network, the video was brought to the attention of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, police by local ABC affiliate WSYX, which obtained the…
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Protesters Pepper-Sprayed on Inauguration Eve Outside ‘DeploraBall’ in DC
Protesters took to the streets Thursday night, on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, to rally near locations of several inaugural balls and events, WUSA9 reports. According to the news station, protesters in Washington, D.C., clogged up F Street Northwest near 14th Street outside the National Press Club, where an event dubbed the “DeploraBall”…
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Michael Slager Headed Back to Court for State, Fed Trials in Walter Scott Death
The first preliminary hearing in the state retrial of a white former North Charleston, S.C., police officer charged with the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist is scheduled for Monday, and prosecutors in his federal civil rights trial are asking that the the jury pool be limited to the local area. Michael Slager, 35,…
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Los Angeles Police Officer Convicted of Sending ‘Harmful’ Texts to Teen
A Los Angeles police officer was convicted Tuesday of distributing “harmful matter” to a teenage girl he worked with through a Los Angeles Police Department youth program, authorities said. According to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Abel Montes de Oca, 32, was convicted of two misdemeanor counts: destroying evidence and distributing “harmful matter” to…