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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

There's a Chick-fil-A Sauce Shortage and Republicans Know Exactly Who’s Responsible: Joe Biden

If you bring me anything from Chick-fil-A—which I sometimes call Chick-Fila—and you don’t bring me the Chick-fil-A honey mustard sauce, I will ask that you stand back a bit so you can watch as I slam the bag to the ground and stomp the living shit out of it.

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iCarly Reboot Cast and Crew Speak Out Against Social Media Racism Directed Toward Co-Star Laci Mosley

The audacity and unmitigated gall of racist “purists” of a TV show or film that attack Black cast members because they don’t look like the fictional character they envisioned in their lily white minds...is something I wish wasn’t in real-life syndication... but, unfortunately, it is. It’s the circle of strife.

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Report: White Supremacists Pose Greatest Threat to Domestic Security

A recently released report by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security says that racially motivated extremists (read: white supremacists) are one of the biggest threats to domestic safety.

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N.C. Prosecutor Clears Cops Who Killed Andrew Brown Jr., Says Deadly Force Was 'Justified'

The North Carolina district attorney investigating a police shooting cleared the sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed an unarmed Black man because, apparently, North Carolina law allows police officers to kill people based on the cops’ imagination.

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DMX’s Ex-Wife Tashera Simmons Speaks Out in the Aftermath of His Death; 'He Was Never Afraid of Passing On'

It’s been nearly four weeks since the public memorial service was held for beloved rapper and forever Ruff Ryder DMX. Now, his ex-wife Tashera Simmons is finally speaking out and giving some bittersweet insight into how things have been for her and her family.

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