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Journalismism

CBS News Now Performing Oafish Racism On Behalf Of Bari Weiss

Tom Ley

marge schott addresses the crowd before game 1 of the 1990 world series

Reds Week

Marge Schott Was A Five-Tool Bigot Who Would Have Thrived In Any Era

Samer Kalaf

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks

Politics

The “Ground Zero Mosque” Strategy Makes An Even More Pathetic Return

Luis Paez-Pumar

France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe celebrates past Paraguay's goalkeeper #12 Orlando Gill after winning the 2026 World Cup round of 16 football match between Paraguay and France at the Philadelphia Stadium in Philadelphia on July 4, 2026.

Soccer

Paraguayan Senator Gets Shockingly Racist Toward Kylian Mbappé

James Uthmeier speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C.

Florida Picks A Stupid Fight Over The NFL’s Rooney Rule

Billy Haisley

Gianluca Prestianni of SL Benfica seems with Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid CF during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off First Leg match between SL Benfica and Real Madrid C.F. at Estadio do SL Benfica on February 17, 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Soccer Racismo Sounds The Same Every Time

New York Mayor Eric Adams sits with Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after Cuomo participated in the second debate for the upcoming mayoral election on Wednesday evening during the game between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden on October 22, 2025 in New York City.

Defeat Isn’t Enough For Andrew Cuomo And His Pack Of Lunatics

Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv stage a pro-Israel demonstration at the Dam Square, lighting up flares and chanting slogans ahead of the UEFA Europa League match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 07, 2024. Maccabi fans clashed with pro-Palestinian citizens and ripped off Palestinian flags hung on the streets. In the lead-up to the Ajax vs Maccabi Tel Aviv match, several areas of Amsterdam have been designated as security risk zones.

Keir Starmer Won’t Tolerate Racist Hooligans Being Barred From Aston Villa’s Stadium

racism