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Calif. Democrats Enlist the Help of Former US Attorney General Eric Holder
As it braces for an adversarial relationship with the incoming presidential administration, on Wednesday the California Legislature selected former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to serve as outside counsel and advise on the state’s legal strategy against President-elect Donald Trump. The arrangement was announced Wednesday as the Legislature returned to session, and as the Los…
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Wake County, NC, Reviewing School-Policing Rules After Viral Video
The cellphone video of a Rolesville, N.C., police officer body-slamming a female high school student to the floor may lead to changes in the way law enforcement operates in the Wake County school system. School administrators are reviewing the district’s agreement with local law-enforcement agencies on school resource officers, and the News & Observer reports…
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State of Mich. Tries to Pull a Fast One With Invite-Only Meeting on Flint Water
The state of Michigan continues to insult the residents of the city of Flint, who are already enduring what seems to be a never-ending water crisis and the inability to get clean bottled water delivered to their homes without a fight. In its latest faux pas, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality tried to have…
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Pro-Marijuana Group Will Hand Out Free Joints in DC for Trump’s Inauguration
People attending Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., will have the opportunity to experience it on a higher level; a pro-marijuana group plans to hand out free joints the day the president-elect is sworn in. DCMJ is an organization that worked to pass Initiative 71, which made it legal to carry up to 2 ounces…
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'You're Like Orange Savages': Man Captures Neighbor on Camera Hurling Anti-Filipino Slurs
Another day, another person being caught on a racist tirade. This time, a Las Vegas man posted a Facebook video of his neighbor going off on a rant in an argument that he said stemmed from cleaning up leaves. Dexter Manawat told KTNV that his neighbor got out her broom, and while she went about…
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Will Megyn Kelly Be Less Racist Now That She’s on NBC?
If one were in need of confirmation that you, too, can get away with Bill O’Reilly’s type of racism so long as you’re a pretty, blond white woman, look no further than the news that Megyn Kelly is leaving Fox News for NBC. According to reports, Kelly will host her own daytime talk show and…
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When Dabbing Goes Wrong: Lawmaker’s Son Gets Punished for Dabbing in Photo
Somehow, all of this, this great big dabbing debacle, is all Cam Newton’s fault. That’s because the reigning NFL MVP made dabbing a thing for white kids all across the country by making this his end zone dance. Truthfully, I just don’t like the fact that Newton has declared “All Lives Matter,” and I will…
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Dylann Roof Gives Brief Statement During Sentencing Phase of Trial
Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who was convicted of killing nine parishioners in a shooting at a historically black Charleston, S.C., church, did not ask jurors to spare his life or to give him the death penalty while giving a brief opening statement during his sentencing trial, the Associated Press reports. Instead, Roof told jurors…
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6 NAACP Members Arrested in Protest of Jeff Sessions Bid for US Attorney General
Six NAACP members were arrested late Tuesday at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Mobile, Ala., office ending a sit-in to protest the nomination of Sessions (R-Ala.) as U.S. attorney general. According to CNN, five men and one woman, including NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks, were arrested and charged with criminal trespass in the second degree. The protesters…