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  • Trump’s Thirsty Ass Wants His Patriotic Supporters to Remember How Much They Hate the NFL, Please

    President Donald Trump, beleaguered by multiple reports of his lack of empathy and concern for the military and military families, would like his supporters to please go back to hating NFL players. “Two dozen NFL players continue to kneel during the National Anthem, showing total disrespect to our Flag & Country,” our country’s foremost Cheeto-dusted…

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  • His Coffin ‘Could Be Empty for All I Know’: Gold Star Widow Still Has Questions About Her Husband’s Death 

    Myeshia Johnson, in her first televised interview since receiving a controversial condolence call from President Donald Trump about the death of her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, said she wants the world to know what a great soldier her husband was—but she still has questions about her husband’s death. The Gold Star widow spoke with…

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  • John Kelly Should STFU About Rep. Frederica Wilson

    White House chief of staff John Kelly must have forgotten that we live in a world of receipts. Because Kelly thought he could completely misrepresent a story about Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.)—one that paints her as self-serving and self-aggrandizing; that he could insult her intelligence; that he could engage in some grand-ass moral posturing about…

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  • Trump-Loving ‘War Hero’ Admits He Lied His Ass Off About His Service

    Earlier this month, Fox News ran a segment about a former Navy SEAL and two-time Purple Heart recipient (read: “war hero”) who made a custom glass presidential seal for Donald Trump. “A lot of love went into that,” John Garofalo said of the 150-pound glass-and-bronze seal. “For the country, the people, the soldiers, the president.”…

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  • School Apologizes for Photo That Seems to Show Black Student on Leashes

    A Massachusetts school has apologized and added some much-needed context to a racially insensitive photo that appears to show a young black grade-schooler tethered to two white children. WBZ-TV reports that the photo was taken during a history lesson in a third-grade class at Mitchell Elementary School in Bridgewater on Oct. 13. The lesson showcased…

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  • Congresswoman Who Called Out Trump’s Disrespectful Comments to Military Widow Now Getting Threats

    Rep. Frederica Wilson’s office says that the Democratic lawmaker received multiple threatening calls Wednesday following a public spat with Donald Trump. Wilson (D-Fla.) had publicly shamed the president for comments he made on a phone call to Myeshia Johnson, the wife of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in a military ambush in…

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  • Irate Dad Shoots Daughter’s Boyfriend in the Groin After Catching Them in Motel Room

    Pennsylvania police are searching for Donald Jenkins Jr. after he reportedly walked in on his daughter and her boyfriend at a Motel 6 on Sunday and shot the boyfriend in the groin. The 40-year-old Jenkins then took off in his car. The boyfriend survived the shooting—which was a pretty lucky break for Jenkins. Police now…

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  • How Trump Continues to Fail the Family of Sgt. La David Johnson

    It’s not a terribly difficult name to remember: La David Johnson. Five syllables for a fallen soldier who died in an ambush in Niger earlier this month. But according to Rep. Frederica Wilson, a Democrat who represents the district where Johnson was from in Florida, that name was too much for Donald Trump to remember.…

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  • States Sue Betsy DeVos for Refusing to Enforce Obama-Era Protections for Student Loan Borrowers

    A coalition of 18 Democratic attorneys general are suing Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for the second time over her plan to end an Obama-era regulation that protects student loan borrowers from predatory career-training programs. The rule, “gainful employment” was created to protect students from exploitation and fraud by cutting off federal funding to vocational…

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    Anne Branigin

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  • NFL Says It Won’t Penalize Players for Kneeling During Anthem

    The NFL would have you believe it woke up. After weeks of NFL owners trying to appease their players and their racist fans, too, the league has decided that players can continue to kneel during the national anthem to call attention to racial injustice without penalty. The decision came after a meeting Tuesday afternoon in…

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