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Cynthia Nixon Vows to Legalize Weed in New York if She Wins Governorship
Let me find out that Cynthia Nixon is serious as a heart attack when it comes to moving into that New York governor’s mansion in 2019. As reported earlier by The Root, the actress and longtime public schools activist recently hired kick-ass consultant L. Joy Williams to advise her campaign, and now she’s taking her…
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A Storm’s a-Coming: Porn Star’s Lawyer Says Trump ‘Will Be Forced to Resign’
It looks as if the bumbling and untruth-filled presidency of Donald Trump has met its match in an adult-film actress and her lawyer. Reason being? Media moxie. Clearly, Stormy Daniels (real name: Stephanie Clifford) and her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, are playing up their case against the president with perfect precision. Daniels alleges that she had…
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Off-Duty California Cop Pulls Gun on Guy Buying Mentos
How is it that a man trying to make a purchase of Mentos—you know, the freshmaker—ends up with an off-duty police officer drawing his gun? Who knows, but it happened to Jose Arreola in Buena Park, Calif., and two months later, he’s still looking for answers. Arreola was at a Chevron gas station, and minutes…
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Teen Stabs Classmate With Scissors After He Pulls Up Her Dress
Two Memphis, Tenn., high schoolers have been issued juvenile summonses after a stabbing incident. A female student stabbed a male classmate after he lifted up her dress, according to Fox 13. Authorities say the student at Central High School grabbed the scissors after the young man lifted her dress and attempted to stab the male…
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Ranting Racist White Man on New York Train Identified
Earlier this week, a white man on the Long Island Rail Road in New York went viral as he spewed a racist rant at a black female passenger. Of course, it only took a matter of days for the ranting racist to be identified. According to the New York Daily News, several people have named…
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Cyntoia Brown, Sex Trafficking Victim Serving Life for Killing John, Granted Clemency Hearing
For the last 13 years, Cyntoia Brown, a sex trafficking victim, has been serving a life sentence in a Tennessee jail for killing her john. Brown, who was tried as an adult when she was 16 years old, caught the media’s attention when activists and celebrities rallied for a new trial for her to be…
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Nigerian Lawmaker Offers Kanye a Trip to Africa to Help Him Gather His Senses on Slavery
Kanye West’s antics have made it all the way to the Motherland and back, and suffice it to say, no one—in either hemisphere—is pleased. An outspoken Nigerian senator recently offered West a trip to several/any/all the slave ports on the continent for an education on slavery and the slave trade. He also said that the…
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Maryland College Student Saves 80-Year-Old From Burning House
Not all heroes wear capes. Some happen to wear book bags and are on their way home from class when they come across someone who needs saving. In Tre Williams’ case, it was an 80-year-old Glen Burnie, Md., woman who couldn’t get out of her burning house. On Wednesday, Williams saw Gail Johnson’s home engulfed…
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White People Have Gentrified Fried-Bologna Sandwiches
I was going to sign off for the night, but I have one more post for y’all. It appears that white people have gentrified the struggle meal that put the “struggle meal” in struggle meals: fried bologna. I would not have believed it myself if I hadn’t seen it drift down my Twitter timeline ever…
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Donald Trump and John Kelly Just Came Out as BFFs, so Kelly’s About to Get Fired, Right?
Donald Trump spoke up Friday to refute rumors that there is drama between him and his chief of staff, John Kelly, that could lead to a potential ousting of the ex-Marine whom many have labeled “the adult” in the White House. The Associated Press reports that the president said Kelly is “doing a fantastic job”…