Author: Alex Haynes
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Dammit America, I Have Questions.
I consider myself to be a fairly conscious individual. Working in media has definitely enhanced that and the over inundation of information can obviously be a lot to deal with at times. That said, Friday nights are usually a fine time for me to unwind. For the last 6 years, despite how late or lit…
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Usher & Herpes: What You Don’t Know
Shocking. Scary. Nerve Wrecking. The internet has been shook over a story that Usher allegedly passed on herpes to a woman and had to pay damages to her for failure to disclose his condition. Though we don’t have all of the details in this case, there are several things that you should know about herpes before you troll…
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Perspective: Justin Bieber & Jesus
Justin Bieber Reportedly Cancelled His Purpose Tour Because He Rededicated His Life to Christ Wow. What a headline. I was on the fence on whether or not I was going to speak on this. I’ve seen so many poking fun and other’s truly relieved. Of course, I think perspective is everything. I was raised/spent time…
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Op-Ed: THE PURGE – Murder by Government
Friday – once again – America made history. Undoubtedly, there was heightened sensationalism behind what we saw, more than anything else, but if there’s something to be sensationalized, it should definitely be the Trump administration’s first ‘win.’ Yeah, let’s call it that. Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve heard by now that House republicans…
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DMX checks into rehab after cancelled shows
Shortly after DMX cancelled three shows due to a “medical emergency,” he is reportedly checking into rehab. DMX has previously been open about his past struggles with drugs and addiction, so when he felt that he was “moving to a dark place,” according to TMZ, the famous rapper wanted to keep from sliding into that same path. DMX,…
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OPINION: Trump’s Muslim Ban: Why Them?
I’ve already accepted that this will be difficult for some to read and even more difficult for some to accept. For hundreds of years, “minorities” have faced persecution from white men in this country. Actually, for thousands of years, white men have persecuted this world. Literally. Anywhere and everywhere possible, white men, have historically invaded…
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Donald Trump: Executive Order Bans Syrian Refugees and Muslims From 7 Countries
Exactly one week after being sworn in as President of the United States, a country founded by refugees escaping a tyrant in their home country, Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday indefinitely banning Syrian refugees and temporarily suspending Muslims from seven countries from entering the country. According to the New York Times: Declaring the…
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Trump’s 10 Most Racist Moments of 2016
We know that President-elect Trump is a racist—or, at the very least, racist-adjacent. Like no other before him, Trump won the 2016 presidential election because much of white America underestimated the level of white supremacy on which this country was founded. It is this supremacy that allowed Trump to claim that he didn’t know David…
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‘The Jeffersons’ get a reboot!
Some more of the classics might be getting reboots of their own thanks to Sony Pictures Television. Some of the titles being reimagined include “The Jeffersons,” “All in the Family” and “Good times.” The reboots would have new actors recreating classic episodes from the series. They would work from the original scripts and package them as…
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Joe Biden: ‘I’m going to run in 2020. For president’
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s more than a month before Donald Trump even enters the White House, but Joe Biden says he’s running for president in 2020. Maybe. “I’m going to run in 2020. For president. So, uh, what the hell, man,” the departing vice president told reporters Monday with only a slight smile on his…