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Charles Barkley Gifts HBCU Miles College With $1 Million
Charles Barkley definitely understands the value of our nationās historically black colleges and universitiesāso much so that he has reportedly made it his personal mission to give them money whenever possible. USA Today reports that the former NBA All-Star and USA āDream Teamā member, who previously donated $1 million each to Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse…
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Mitch McConnell Is a Not-So-Silent but Deadly (Old) Fart
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the human embodiment of a silent, funky-ass fart, thinks itās pretty hilarious that the federal courts are being stacked with conservative judges and that he led the Senate in blocking President Obama from installing his own pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. McConnell is so pleased with himself, he…
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Texas Teacher May Get Reinstated After Asking Trump to Help Get Rid of āIllegal Studentsā at Her School
A high school English teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, may be allowed to return to her job after being fired in June for tweeting to Donald Trump and asking for his help in getting rid of āillegal studentsā at her school. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports in response to Georgia Clarkās appeal of her termination,…
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Yāall Little āPresidentā Be Lying His Ass Off
Have you ever known a person who just lies for no reason? Like, they stay making stuff up all the time just for the sake of talking and conversation? Their stories have little basis in reality; they just want to get one off, and to do that, they make up whatever details they need to…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders: āIāve Been Calledā to Be the Next Governor of Arkansas
When Sarah Huckabee Sanders left her position as White House press secretary six months ago, Donald Trump gave her a glowing review, saying she was āa very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job.ā He was, of course, lying. Sanders did not do an incredible job during the 23 months she…
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Islamophobic Trump Supporter Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar
A man who threatened to assault and kill Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar pleaded guilty in court Monday, according to the United States Department of Justice. In a statement released by the U.S. Attorneyās Office for the Western District of New York, the DOJ said 55-year-old Patrick W. Carlineo Jr., of Addison, N.Y., pleaded guilty…
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Chick-fil-A Ends Its Bigoted Donations to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations
While #TheChickening continues to happen at every Popeyes restaurant across the country, at least one competitor in the great chicken sandwich battle of 2019 has found a way to change their image from a public relations standpointāsorta. Business Insider reports that after facing years of criticism and negative publicity, chicken sandwich OG Chick-fil-A announced Monday…
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OK Boomer: Joe Biden Says Marijuana Is a Gateway Drug, and He Wonāt Legalize It
Joe Biden is a boomer. Let me preface this by saying not all boomers are annoyingly out of touch. There are some boomers who completely understand why marijuana should be legal at the federal level. Those same boomers understand that cannabis is not the gateway drug the pharmaceutical lobby people want you to believe it…
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Ernest J. Gaines, Author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Dead at 86
Ernest J. Gaines, a MacArthur fellow best known for the book The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, died at his home in Oscar, La., Tuesday. He was 86. In an obituary on their website, the Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, described the author as leaving behind a legacy that…
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Sallie Mae Flew More Than 100 Employees to Hawaii to Celebrate $5 Billion in Sales
As you struggle to make that outlandish student loan payment this month, here is something for you to chew on: In August, Sallie Mae flew more than 100 employees on its sales team to Maui to celebrate them making more than $5 billion in sales. NBC News reports that 1 in 5 adults in the…
