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A Profile in Cowardice: Sen. Lindsey Graham Can’t Wait to Wave His AR-15 During the Next National Disaster

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina claims to own an AR-15. I don’t believe him. Maybe he does. Maybe he uses it as a hat stand or a leveling device to steady his kitchen table. But Graham wants America to believe that he’s a gun owner and that this isn’t about his dick. But…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 29, 2021
Coronavirus, News

Biden Administration Announces Johnson and Johnson to Deliver 11 Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine Next Week

While distribution of Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine hit an initial snag, the Biden Administration announced on Friday that the company will deliver 11 million doses of the vaccine next week. According to NBC News, the company initially declared that it would deliver 20 million doses by the end of March, but after delivering…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

March 26, 2021
News

Fox News Is Being Sued AGAIN Over Its Coverage of 2020 Election Fraud Propaganda

Boooooy, these conservative news outlets sure did let their little ex-president get their asses in some shit, didn’t they? Fox News, aka Republican OnlyFans, has already been sued once—along with then-Donald Trump attorneys and Satan sock-puppets Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell—by Smartmatic USA, a voting tech company based in Florida that was accused of rigging…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 26, 2021
Politics

A Black Woman Knocked on the Door Where a Southern White Man Was Suppressing the Black Vote. It Ended With Her Arrest

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is a comic book villain of voter suppression. No, on second thought, that’s actually offensive to comic book villains, as they usually have nuance and finesse. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is a throwback to an old South that is blatantly racist and doesn’t give AF who knows it. Kemp straight stole…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 26, 2021
Politics

Civil Rights Leaders Pressure Senate Democrats Who Support the Filibuster: ‘They Are, In Effect, Supporting Racism’

If you want to know how racist the filibuster is, just know that it called me the n-word. The filibuster just made a joke about my ability to run faster and jump higher. The filibuster just asked me how long I’ve owned a Chrysler 300 knowing good and damn well I don’t have a car.…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 25, 2021
News, Race Matters

China Quotes George Floyd in Report Calling Out America's Racism

The United States loves to position itself on the global stage as a bastion of freedom, justice and democracy with the authority to call out other nations for not sufficiently exhibiting those ideals. But on Wednesday, the Chinese government issued a 28-page report to the United Nations challenging America’s critique of the rising power in…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

March 24, 2021
Politics

Surprise, Surprise: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Homeboy Was Involved in the Capitol Insurrection

In news that should be shocking to no one who’s been paying attention, it turns out that weird racists kick it both on Facebook and in real life.

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 24, 2021
Culture

Still Nickel and Dimed: Unpacking Tipping, Minimum Wage and the Fight for Equity

“What happened at Emancipation with…the idea of tipping being mutated from an extra bonus on top of the wage to becoming the wage itself—becoming a replacement for wages—really cannot be understood as anything other than a devaluation of Black lives and women’s work.” — Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage text If you’ve been…

By

Felice León

Published

March 24, 2021
News

Damian Williams Could Become Manhattan’s First Black U.S. Attorney

Damian Williams, a longtime New York prosecutor who currently heads the Securities and Commodities Task Force in the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York, is now being considered to lead the office. If confirmed, Williams would be the first African American to serve as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney. Senate Majority Leader Chuck…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

March 24, 2021
Politics

Tucker Carlson Has a Crush on Barack Obama

Tucker Carlson, former President Trump’s favorite Bass boat shoe, is in love with former President Barack Obama. That can be the only explanation for his obvious obsession with a president who hasn’t been in office in years and who spends his time living his best life with his beautiful wife, Michelle. The couple stays booked…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 24, 2021