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Less than 24 hours after Republican candidate Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff by more than 1,300 votes in a special election for Georgia’s 6th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, the women panelists on ABC’s weekday afternoon program The View sought to console themselves on Wednesday, June 21, by generating excuses for […]

In the wake of the Democratic Party’s humiliating defeat in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Tuesday night, members of the Party were in a rush to cast blame on someone. And for many Democrats that blame fell on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Even with the loud calls for new leadership, CBS News decided to omit […]

Fox Sports Radio’s Clay Travis says it’s all over for NFL-estranged Colin Kaepernick because of his recent Tweet comparing modern police officers to “run-away slave patrol.” Late last week, a Minnesota jury – with two Black members — acquitted St. Anthony, Minnesota, police officer Jeronimo Yanez of second-degree manslaughter charges in the shooting of Philando […]

Editor’s Note: Warning – this story contains sensitive or offensive content in quoting characters in a television show. Wednesday night’s episode of NBC’s The Carmichael Show, “Cynthia’s Birthday,” presented a unique perspective on the use of the n-word. Jerrod Carmichael’s family is appalled that his white friend, Drew, who owns the fancy restaurant they are […]

Syfy’s new show, Blood Drive, centers itself on a dystopian world destroyed by climate change. As a result, anyone who wants a decent life must partake in a gruesome race using cars powered by human blood. Syfy‘s description of the show is: “The Future: where water is a scarce as oil, and climate change keeps […]

On Monday, the news of a Muslim girl being killing in northern Virginian went viral as speculation swirled that she was the victim of a hate crime. According to police, the tragic incident was the result of road rage by Darwin Martinez Torrez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador. That night, both CBS and NBC […]

Pity ABC, NBC and CBS News. If the fall TV season comes and Sean Spicer is no longer White House Press Secretary, they’ll have to talk about something besides Saturday Night Live. Like maybe … news. Spicer is rumored to be leaving the press shop for another job in the administration. And if he’s not […]

On Thursday, Washington Post gossip Emily Heil grew downright catty in attacking Louise Linton, the fiancee of multi-millionaire Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin: Maybe we are blinded by all the multi-carated bling, but are we reading this right? The soon-to-be wife of a humble public servant offers 1-percenter quotes that would ordinarily make a pol’s PR […]

David Eubank, a U.S. aid worker and former Green Beret, braved sniper fire to save a little girl sitting next to her dead mother on a street in Mosul. Eubank’s rescue as U.S-backed Iraqi forces worked to liberate the war-torn city from the Islamic State was captured on video, one of several his Free Burma […]

Sheryl Sandberg is on Uber’s CEO wish list after the firing of Travis Kalanick, but the second-in-command at Facebook won’t be taking the wheel of the troubled ride-sharing company. Sandberg isn’t leaving her job at Facebook, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified discussing private information, reported Bloomberg. […]