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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”…
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Trump Just Thanked Kanye for Doubling His Poll Numbers; Here’s Why This Has Become Dangerous
To many, Kanye West is merely an egomaniacal rapper. To others, he’s a powerful black force with T’Challa-like abilities to rally those who worship at the altar of Yeezus. I believe the former, but it sounds like President Donald Trump believes the latter, since he just thanked “Make America great again” Ye for doubling his…
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Khaki Pants, Meet Tiki Torch: Trump Just Suggested That Rudy Giuliani Needs to ‘Learn Before You Speak’
The idea that Donald J. Trump, president of all the VFW posts in the Midwest, would suggest that ex-New York Mayor and lifetime deplorable Rudy Giuliani needs to learn before he speaks is rich, but that’s exactly what happened Friday before the president departed for Dallas, where he will address the National Rifle Association. “He’ll…
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Wypipo Held a Protest for White Teacher Who Slapped, Kicked and Pulled Locs of Sleeping Student
A group of alabastard activists held an #EvilWhiteWomenLivesMatter march in South Carolina after a teacher was filmed standing on a student’s desk, rubbing her feet on him and pulling his dreadlocks as he slept in her classroom. I will admit that I cannot properly report this story because I have what some would consider the…
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Journalist April Ryan to Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Street Politics Only Lead to Catching These Hands
White House correspondent April Ryan continues to hold the feet of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, aka Aunt Lydia, aka Under His Smoky Eye, aka Suckabee, to the flames. On Thursday, God’s favorite black reporter tried to pin down the elusive Suckabee as to whether the president planned to answer any questions from…
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Is Time Finally Up for R. Kelly? 2 More Women Come Forward With Sexual Abuse Claims Against the Singer: Report
After Time’s Up, an initiative dedicated to combating sexual abuse and harassment, called for “appropriate investigations and inquiries” into repeated allegations of sexual abuse against Robert “R.” Kelly, two more women have come forward with new claims against the singer. According to BuzzFeed News, which was the first outlet to break the story about R.…