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Daniel Pickert | December 9, 2016
Comedian and co-host of “Conan” Andy Richter unleashed a Twitter tirade Friday defending President-elect Donald Trump’s ongoing involvement in NBC’s "Celebrity Apprentice." News emerged Thursday that Trump will keep an executive producer credit on the reality show during his presidency.  If you're going to criticize Trump, his ongoing "Apprentice" $$ is barking up the wrong tree. Create a…
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Daniel Pickert | December 9, 2016
Graphic designer Emma Lawton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 29. For the past three years, her hands have become increasingly unstable, making it very difficult for her to write and draw straight lines. The disease has completely affected her career and stopped her from enjoying her passion. Until now. Computer scientist Haiyan Zhang recently came up with an invention to…
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Daniel Pickert | December 8, 2016
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has struck a different tone with President-elect Donald Trump after viciously attacking him during his campaign. In an interview with NPR Thursday, Reid said about Trump, “I have to say this – he’s not as bad as I thought he would be.” Reid cited Trump’s decision not to pursue charges against his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, as well as the…
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Daniel Pickert | December 8, 2016
Black employees of CNN, Turner Broadcasting, and parent company Time Warner have filed a class action lawsuit accusing their employers of racial discrimination. The new suit comes after CNN employee DeWayne Walker filed a suit earlier this year for $50 million alleging similar misconduct. “As a result of the current discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of DeWayne Walker vs. CNN, Time Warner…
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Daniel Pickert | December 7, 2016
After Hampshire College recently decided to remove the American flag from campus, 54 House Republicans proposed a bill that would take away federal funding schools that ban the American flag. Hampshire College lowered the flag to half-staff after Donald Trump’s win to be sensitive towards people’s feelings. Shortly after, the flag was ripped down and burned on Veterans Day by protesters.…
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Daniel Pickert | December 6, 2016
NBA superstar LeBron James and several of his Cleveland Cavaliers teammates have declined to stay at the NYC Trump SoHo hotel Wednesday when they play the Knicks. The Cavs have a standing contract with Trump Hotels when they visit New York. James, a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign, was clear in his opposition to Trump’s leaked Access Hollywood comments from…
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Daniel Pickert | December 5, 2016
It appears some Hillary Clinton supporters still haven’t accepted that she lost the election. Here's an example: Sirius XM radio host Mark Thompson joined an MSNBC panel Saturday to provide liberal spin on the results of the presidential race.  “We talked about sore winners in the earlier segment. We really didn’t lose. This was sort of a successful failure,” he said of Clinton's loss.…
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Daniel Pickert | December 2, 2016
Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, discussed the current state of American media and the 2016 presidential election Wednesday at a “Times Talk” in New York City. The event was put on by The New York Times to promote Chris Smith’s book, The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart. Stewart took the opportunity to comment on the distrust Americans feel toward the media and…
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Daniel Pickert | December 2, 2016
After being used in classrooms for decades, the classic novels “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” have been banned from a school district in Virginia after a parent in Accomack County complained about the use of racial slurs in the books. “There’s so much racial slurs and defensive wording in there that you can’t get past that,” the mother stated at a school board…
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Daniel Pickert | December 1, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence just finished a rally in Indiana celebrating their successful negotiations with Carrier to keep over 1,100 jobs in the United States. Carrier announced back in February that it would be moving production plants to Monterrey, Mexico, putting many people out of work. The moment naturally calls for a flashback of a statement made by…