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  • Y’all, They Trying to Tear Barry Down; New Book Claims He Snorted Coke and Cheated on Michelle

    A deplorable has written an “unauthorized biography” that sounds like fiction and claims that former President Barack Obama regularly snorted cocaine and was a man about town. Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Garrow, claims that before Obama rose to fame, he was once a drug-fueled, partying college…

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  • Trump Logic: Ben Carson Grew Up Poor, so He Understands Poverty

    Updated Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, 12:48 p.m. EST: Ben Carson sat before a Senate committee Thursday morning to make the case that he should be confirmed to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Carson leaned on his upbringing growing up in inner-city Detroit and his family’s need for public assistance, although they never…

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  • Spy Chief Tries to Make Peace With Trump Over Russian Dossier

    President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since winning the presidency, to less-than-stellar reviews. Trump was combative and elusive when questioned about Russia’s involvement in his bid to become president and compared the U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazis after unclassified information was leaked to the press. On Wednesday evening, James R. Clapper Jr., the…

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  • Sen. Chuck Schumer Will Oppose Jeff Sessions’ Nomination for Attorney General

    Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has come out against President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), noting that he doesn’t believe Sessions will be willing to go against Trump should the law require he do so. Schumer released a strongly worded statement noting that the role of attorney general must ensure the rights…

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  • Obama Makes Play for Chicago Cubs: He’ll Meet With World Series Champs Before He Leaves Office

    President Barack Obama is a Chicago White Sox fan, but during the World Series, the Chicago native found himself cheering for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs became America’s feel-good team after their historic World Series championship win, and on Monday, just four days before Obama leaves the White House, the team is scheduled to make…

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  • Russia Claims Cause Trump Meltdown: 'Are We Living in Nazi Germany?'

    The Kremlin wants to make it clear that it does not have a dossier of damaging information on President-elect Donald Trump. Its comments come after reports surfaced Tuesday that four U.S. intelligence agencies received files that included unverified claims Russia reportedly used to blackmail the president-elect. Kremlin officials came out Wednesday to call the reports…

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  • Booker Will Be 1st Sitting Senator to Testify Against Colleague in Cabinet Fight 

    Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will testify Wednesday against Jeff Sessions’ nomination to become U.S. attorney general, making Booker the first sitting senator to oppose another sitting senator for a Cabinet position. With Democrats scrambling for fresh, new leadership, many Republicans believe that Booker’s move is political jockeying for a national platform to serve his own…

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  • How Former Running Back Warrick Dunn Helped Clemson QB Deshaun Watson

    Warrick Dunn has been giving back to the community for almost half his life. For the past 20 years, Dunn has been building and remodeling homes to help single-parent families fulfill their dreams of home ownership. In 2006, Dunn and Dunn’s foundation, Warrick Dunn Charities, donated a house to a family, and one of the boys…

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  • Coretta Scott King Wrote a Letter Blasting Jeff Sessions in 1986. So Where Is It?

    Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is currently undergoing a weird process of schmoozefest and hard-hitting interrogation as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. This isn’t the first time Sessions has faced a committee while seeking approval to fill a high-ranking position. In 1986 Sessions was up for federal judge, and Coretta Scott King wrote a…

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  • Northwestern Women's Basketball Player Found Dead in Dorm

    Northwestern women’s basketball player Jordan Hankins was found dead in her room at the university. According to the New York Daily News, Hankins was found unresponsive Monday afternoon. There appears to be no indication of foul play or “any danger or threat to other members of the Northwestern community,” university spokesman Carsten Parmenter said in…

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