After George Floyd was killed, Donald Trump sensed an opportunity. Americans, anguished and angry over Floyd’s death, had erupted in protest—some set fires, broke the windows of department stores, and stormed a police precinct. Commentators reached for historical analogies, circling in on 1968 and the twilight of the civil-rights era, …
Read More »Iman Shumpert Posts First Video Of Baby Girl Rue Rose
Iman Shumpert and Teyana Taylor just welcomed their second child together this weekend, a baby girl named Rue Rose. Via his Instagram account on Monday (September 7), the NBA player posted a video of his newborn, who was born early Sunday at home — just like her big sister Junie. …
Read More »Trump, the Snowflakeyest of All Snowflakes, Threatens to Defund California Schools for Implementing 1619 Project Curriculum
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) Despite all of their lamenting of how “overly sensitive” this new generation is, white conservatives are and have always been the most fragile people to walk this here Earth—and Donald Trump is their president. Oh, Trump may not be as smart as some of these …
Read More »Wendy Williams Teases New Mystery Man
Wendy Williams might have a new relationship on the horizon. After splitting up from ex-husband Kevin Hunter, the multi-talented talk show host has been playing the field as far as dating is concerned, teasing a number of suitors to her social media followers. Now, she’s auditioning a brand new beau. …
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Image: Andrew Hayward Best Deals of the DayBest Deals of the DayThe best deals from around the web, updated daily. A LG 55-inch Nano 8 Series 4K LED Smart TV, the NBA 2K21 Mamba Forever Edition, a Vava 1080p dash cam, the Nesco Digital Pro Food Dehydrator and Jerky Maker, …
Read More »Trump Hired Obama Look-Alike In Video Stunt
Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, reveals his ex-boss’ hatred of President Barack Obama once took a truly bizarre turn. In Cohen’s book Disloyalty: A Memoir, published by CNN and The Washington Post, he confirms that Trump actively pursued his grudge against President Obama by hiring a lookalike “Fauxbama” …
Read More »'Every 24 Hours It's Pain': Jacob Blake Speaks Out for the First Time Since Kenosha Police Shooting
Screenshot: Ben Crump (Twitter One of the most interesting and fortunate things about the case of Jacob Blake is that, unlike most high-profile victims of police violence who have become the subject of protests and civil unrest, Blake is alive not only to tell his side of the story but …
Read More »Chadwick Boseman’s Wife And Co-Stars Gather For Memorial
Family and friends of Chadwick Boseman held a private memorial service for the late Black Panther star to console each other and to say their final goodbyes. The Sun published photos of the gathering in Malibu, California. In addition to Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, several of his co stars, …
Read More »Colorado School Suspends and Calls Resource Officers on Black 12-Year-Old Over Toy Gun Seen During Virtual Class
Photo: John Moore (Getty Images) Oh, how America loves to criminalize Black children. That’s it. That’s the lede. On August 27, 12-year-old Isaiah Elliott was attending his virtual art class as a seventh-grader at Grand Mountain School in Colorado Springs, Co. Isaiah’s mother, Dani Elliott, told BuzzFeed News in a …
Read More »The Uncanny Tale of Shimmel Zohar
I. So I first heard about Shimmel Zohar from Gravity Goldberg—yeah, I know, but she insists it’s her real name (explaining that her father was a physicist)—who is the director of public programs and visitor experience at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in San Francisco. She was calling to tell me …
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