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Trump Believes Flag Burners Should Lose Citizenship or Spend a Year in Jail
President-elect Donald Trump is destroying freedoms on Twitter again. Despite two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that burning the U.S. flag is a right protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution, Trump tweeted Tuesday that burning the American flag should result in a penalty that could include jail time or loss of citizenship. “Nobody should…
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'I Voted for Trump': White Woman Has Epic Meltdown After Workers Ask Her to Pay for Bag
In the new Trump World, a shopper can rage and claim anti-white discrimination after being asked to purchase a $1 reusable bag at a Chicago-area arts and crafts store. “I voted for Trump—so there,” the woman shouted, according to Raw Story. “You want to kick me out for that? And look who won.” Several shoppers…
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This Homeless Man's Swanked-Out Digs Include a Bed and Living Room
Ceola Waddell Jr. is homeless. Ceola Waddell Jr. refuses to believe that, just because he doesn’t have a home, he shouldn’t have all the amenities that someone with a home would have. So with a lot of gumption and a bit of imagination and ingenuity, Waddell’s humble abode has made him something of an internet…
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Calif. Teen Overcomes Abuse and Homelessness to Earn 4.1 GPA
Elexis Webster is a 17-year-old junior with a 4.1 GPA. She’s been on the honor roll throughout high school and has plans to go to college. “As a 17-year-old junior with a 4.1 GPA, many wouldn’t expect me to have such a rough life,” Elexis, of Oakland, Calif., began her application essay to Students Rising…
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White Supremacist Doesn't Understand What the 'N' in NAACP Means; Gets Dragged on Twitter
White supremacist leader Preston Wiginton is a genius racist, but that’s where his genius ends. On Wednesday the Texas A&M University student newspaper, The Battalion, reported comments made by Wiginton in which the racist says he wants to create a WAACP. “If we want to have a white state, or a white community or a…
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#NoDAPL: ND Governor Issues Executive Order for Evacuation of Resistance Camp
Just days after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told water protectors that they had to vacate the #NoDAPL campsite by Dec. 5 or risk being arrested for trespassing, the governor of North Dakota issued an executive order Monday calling for the emergency evacuation of the area. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican, signed Executive Order…
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Airline Passenger Whose Trump Rant Was Caught on Video Banned by Delta for Life
An airline passenger whose pro-Trump rant on board a flight earlier this month was caught on video has been banned from flying Delta Air Lines for life, the airline’s chief executive told employees in a memo Monday. The man was on a Nov. 22 flight from Atlanta to Allentown, Pa., when he began shouting his…
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1 Killed, 3 Injured in Shooting at South Texas Grocery Store
Three employees at a H-E-B grocery store in South Texas were injured and another was killed after a co-worker allegedly opened fire on them early Monday morning. Police say that at around 3:15 a.m., 25-year-old Raul Lopez allegedly fired 15 shots at the break-room window of an H-E-B store in Palmview, Texas, about 10 miles…
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Betsy DeVos, Religion and Taxpayer Dollars for Private School Education
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos was his choice for education secretary. DeVos, a conservative activist, has no professional experience in schools, and she is known politically for pushing private school voucher programs—which, as the Washington Post describes, is a controversial position within public school circles. DeVos has spent millions of…
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Veteran Denied Chili’s Discount Moves Out of Home Because of Threats
Ernest Walker has moved his family out of their Ovilla, Texas, home because of racially charged threats he’s reportedly received, according to WFAA-TV. This is reportedly not the first time the U.S. Army veteran was disrespected. He received an apology from Chili’s restaurant after getting denied a free meal on Veteran’s Day. According to WFAA,…