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According to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog agency, more than 1 million dead people were given stimulus money intended to keep the economy from flatlining (irony? no?) during the pandemic. It was revealed back in April that dead people were getting checks due to the need to get said checks out to people quickly, but […]
Scottsdale councilman Guy Phillips issued an apology on Thursday morning following heavy backlash after he mocked some of George Floyd’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” at an anti-mask rally in Arizona on Wednesday. In a statement to the Arizona Republic, Phillips said, “It was a stupid and insensitive comment that I shouldn’t have made, and I […]
Doja Cat was the subject of controversy last month after landing at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Say So,” and now she’s trying to put the situation in the past yet again. Footage of Doja in group chats filled with alleged alt-right types surfaced online, while an old song saw her […]
Just over a week after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell encouraged teams to sign Colin Kaepernick, NFL Network reporter Michael Silver said “multiple teams” are interested in signing the quarterback. “I have talked to one head coach who is absolutely interested,” Silver said on NFL Network on Wednesday. The only roadblock for many of these teams, however, is […]
As a confounding number of Americans continue to behave as if COVID-19 isn’t real, the country has now broken its own record of daily cases. The U.S. bagged a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day—45,557—on Wednesday, per an NBC News tally of new diagnoses. This tops the previous record for highest […]
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is the subject of a new Department of Justice indictment. Though the superseding indictment doesn’t contain any additional charges other than the 18 the DOJ unsealed in 2019, prosecutors argue that it “broadens the scope” of alleged efforts by Assange to gather and release classified information. Among the mentions in […]
Amazon announced on Wednesday the launch of the Counterfeit Crimes Unit, a global team consisting of former federal prosecutors, investigators, and data analysts, who will work with the online retailer on preventing knockoffs from making their way into its stores. This newly-established task force will not be required to identify counterfeiters, but rather, use their respective skills to punish any […]
Eminem has extended the proverbial olive branch to the Revolt TV team. On Wednesday, the Detroit rapper returned to social media to address a recently leaked verse in which he takes aim at the Diddy-founded network: “Yeah, shout to Puffy Combs, but fuck Revolt,” he is heard rapping. “Y’all are like a fucked up remote/Now I get it why our […]
Bomani Jones took Will Cain to task on his own ESPN Radio show Wednesday for comments about how NASCAR immediately responded to the story of the noose found in the garage of Bubba Wallace. Earlier today, Cain appeared on First Take where he criticized NASCAR for “rushing to judgment” in their statement when they classified what was found […]
Saniniu Laizer entered millionaire status last week after discovering some very rare and very big gemstones in Tanzania. According to the BBC, the country paid the small-scale miner about $3.4 million for two Tanzanite stones, which had a combined weight of 33 pounds. The dark violet-blue gemstones are only found in northern Tanzania and have become one of the rarest […]
