Monthly Archives: January 2018

Wednesday Open Thread | The cop who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice wants his job back

My eyes! My eyes! This can’t be real….. The cop who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 may get his job back after nearly eight months off the force. The Cleveland Police Department fired Officer Timothy Loehmann in … Continue reading

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Senator Dianne Feinstein releases Fusion GPS testimony

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The Conservative Plan To Amend The Constitution | AM Joy | MSNBC

Despite #45’s utter incompetence, ignorant word-salad vocabulary, the GOP—looking at McConnell etc., they are wreaking havoc on our DEMOCRACY. We’re four states away from a Constitutional Convention. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS? STAY WOKE FOLKS! ICYMI Sunday, 1/7/18 … Continue reading

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AUDIO: City workers in Green County, Oklahoma joked about calling Martin Luther King Day “n*gger day”

In audio supplied to Fox 23 Tulsa, city workers in Green County, Oklahoma can be heard joking about calling Martin Luther King Day “n*gger day,” with one man suggesting naming it after the civil rights leader’s assassin. According to the … Continue reading

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Tuesday Open Thread | Trump doesn’t know the words to the National Anthem

This bum railed against Colin Kaepernick & NFL players for kneeling during the National Anthem to protest police brutality and he doesn’t even know the words to the song. What an utter disgrace! Uhhh….the President of the United States pretty … Continue reading

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Monday Open Thread | Israel calls migrants from Africa “infiltrators”

The Israeli government has ordered thousands of African refugees and migrants to leave the country within three months or face prison. The Population and Immigration Authority called this week on those from Sudan and Eritrea to leave “to their country … Continue reading

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Sunday Open Thread

Have a BLESSED Sunday, Everyone.

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HISTORY | Erin Jackson Is First Black U.S. Olympic Speedskater

Go get those medals, girl! Erin Jackson became the first black woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympic long-track speedskating team, finishing third in 39.04 seconds in the 500-meter race Friday in Milwaukee. Jackson joins Maame Biney, who recently became … Continue reading

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Saturday Open Thread

Happy Saturday, Everyone! Enjoy your weekend with family & Friends. Recommended viewwing on Netflix

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Friday Open Thread

TGIF, Everyone! What’s on your bookshelves, tablets, Kindles, etc.? Here’s what I’m currently reading: Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It And check out this amazing couple’s efforts to literally get … Continue reading

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