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Source: Sean Pavone / Getty A racist Virginia landlord has been sentenced to almost two decades of prison time for harassing his Black tenants and stealing their identities to get extra COVID relief money. According to Law & Crime, David L. Merryman, 59, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and race-based interference with housing and employment. Merryman owned more than 60 rental properties […]

  Source: Paola Giannoni / Getty It appears that despite electing for the second time arguably the most white nationalism-friendly president in modern history, white supremacists are still very angry and aggrieved. They’re so angry, in fact, that anonymous racists have been going around the Milwaukee area of Wisconsin to leave white supremacy love letters to residents about mass deportations and preserving white power. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Racist […]

Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty President Joe Biden gave clemency to Terry “Southwest T” Flenory, co-founder of the Black Mafia Family (BMF). Terry was released from federal prison in 2020 during the pandemic and put on house arrest to serve the rest of his sentence. This move is part of Biden’s effort to pardon people like Terry who’ve been stuck on house arrest since the pandemic. If you’ve seen […]

Source: US Customs & Border Protection / US Customs & Border Protection It looks like the block might be dry somewhere for some time—as $1.1 million worth of cocaine was found near the U.S.-Canadian border just a few days ago. USA Today is reporting that United States border patrol agents in the Blaine Sector in Lynden, Washington, stumbled upon two black backpacks that contained enough cocaine to turn the average […]

Source: Pool / Getty On Monday, President Joe Biden, an advocate for abolishing the death penalty, announced that he would commute sentences for 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row. The three death row inmates who were excluded from that list were Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted for the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, Robert Bowers, who shot and killed 11 Jewish Americans at Tree of Life Synagogue […]

Source: Kunlathida Petchuen / Getty As families continue to open their Christmas presents, some may come across a gift that, quite frankly, they can’t use. Yes, the thought counts, but there’s nothing wrong with returning a gift that may not suit your lifestyle. In that case, Consumer Reports provided a list of retailers with varying return policies. Some have flexible return and exchange policies year-round, while others are a little […]

Source: PATRICK T. FALLON / Getty Maybe They Should’ve Just Used Some PTO The holidays can be a stressful time of year, especially for our delivery drivers. According to a post by the Lakeville (Massachusetts) Police Department, one delivery driver for Amazon reached their boiling point just before the holiday. A police officer recovered approximately 80 packages around 2 a.m. Sunday morning. The officer spotted three large totes amid a […]

Source: press handout / McDonald’s Lil Baby recently opened up about losing almost $9 million in less than two days because of his gambling problem. He shared the story on Lil Yachty’s A Safe Place Podcast, saying he got caught up in gambling for 40 straight hours. He kept playing, hoping to win big, but ended up losing millions. Realizing he was spiraling, Lil Baby called up his homie Mike […]

Source: Courtesy of Damon Dash / Damon Dash For years Dame Dash would do interviews and would either refuse to talk about Jay-Z or throw small fits whenever broached about the subject, but as of late he’s been opening up about his days with his former business partner and now reveals the moment he knew their relationship was officially a wrap.   During a recent interview with Mighty Bolton for […]