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🇵🇸 Managing editor/co-founder @defectormedia | samer @defector .com

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I started using 🤣 ironically in texts after corny jokes but at this point, I can't figure out my intent anymore. Now I just love to see that little rascal laughing it up, having a great time
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT: I have self-yeeted from Deadspin
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@chipspopandabar @boring_as_heck Guys, please don't laugh at this, the egg being ominously blue and bigger than before means it's stressed
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CHUCK: Look, I'll say this—I never heard of no damn Cassavetes SHAQ: Chuck you look like that baby from Eraserhead. Pull up the picture [Producer shows Chuck’s head on Eraserhead baby as show goes to break] ERNIE: (laughing) Oh now come on, that’s just wrong KENNY: I see it
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I am two feet taller than you
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Hey @samer you gonna quit or just be a pussy and retweet everybody who quit and keep cashing your paycheck. Time to be a man little boy.
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Labor unions are the reason the weekend exists, allowing Saturdays to continue to be for the boys, therefore unions are beneficial in your world
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Sorry Bret, I guess my diseased mind and blood lust got the best of me
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Triple-texting Bari Weiss and getting no response on the platform you bought for $44 billion... this man's in a bad place
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@bariweiss @thehonestlypod @RoKhanna Rather than rigorously pursuing truth, you are virtue-signaling to show that you are “good” in the eyes of media elite to keep one foot in both worlds
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@neontaster Agreed. That is why I have founded the Movement To Stop Brick Violence Against The Imaginary Children Of Racists. Financial support can be sent through my Venmo. I hope to see a significant donation under your name, since you see this as an important, real issue
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It’s been one year since this tweet. Congrats, Clay!
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"I believe the coronavirus is overrated and we are overreacting to it because it is a new and novel fear. The flu happens every year and affects far more people than the coronavirus does." -- @ClayTravis
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Clay, if you want to talk about how to run a business, why don't you respond to my email about how that bar you partly own in Nashville is being sued for skimming tips and violating federal labor laws?
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What do Deadspin, Jemele, Kaepernick, Beadle, Bomani, Kerr, Popovich & Pablo all have in common? All failed at selling woke sports to American masses. Fact: there has never been a successful far left wing mixing of sports and politics. All of them fail as businesses.
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@Lis_Smith This tweet is great because it features a friendless sociopath cackling alone at their computer screen. Also Michael Jordan's in it
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A Portnoy-Trump interview was inevitable, but that shit was boring. It was two Alexas talking to each other about the very unfair treatment they receive. Barstool's whole "un-PC" attitude vanishes when it has the opportunity to suck up to authority respected by its audience
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If you work in the New York Times’ payroll department or know someone who does, get in touch, because I’d love to know how much Bret Stephens is getting paid to dabble in race science
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There are hundreds of examples that could be used for this question, but what's Israel defending itself from here? Is Hamas hiding in these women's purses?
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Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah were singing, painting murals, and flying balloons when Israeli forces attacked. Apparently Palestinian joy is a crime. Via tarekbakri on Instagram
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Always remember that the "debate" over climate change has been years of scientific research, precisely laying out how it'll irreversibly damage our world, versus some people saying, "See? We're fine" every time it snows
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I saw a dog dressed like Kellyanne Conway this weekend and its face keeps haunting me
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So the end result is giving a million bucks to Jonathan Greenblatt so he can continue to hassle college student groups that support Palestine. Tight
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The Nets, Kyrie Irving and the Anti-Defamation League have put out a joint statement saying, in part, that Kyrie Irving and the Nets will each donate $500,000 “toward causes and organizations that work to eradicate hate and intolerance in our communities.”
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Thank you for making Deadspin sound extremely cool. Also I've definitely told you this before but I'm not white
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Transfixed by the photo TMZ chose for an article on Mike McCarthy
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Once again, the Trump hotline has rejected my helpful information
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"You're Goddamn Right It's Layering Season" was the headline for Drew's Jamboroo, which was about...sports
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Yikes G/O Media just released a statement criticizing the traffic on non-sports Deadspin stories: "While amusing, our readers haven’t actually come to Deadspin for stories like 'Classic Rock, Ranked,' or 'You’re Goddamn Right It’s Layering Season,' or 'It’s OK to Logoff.' "
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Heartbreaking: Shimon still thinks teachers sleep at the school because no one's ever corrected him
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Watching police retreat and abandon what is essentially their home to allow it to burn is unprecedented. The police have lost all control of Minneapolis. What happens tomorrow?
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White boy summer has been canceled. This year, it's all about the grim men's evenings
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Paul Pierce loses ESPN gig after broadcasting grim men's evening:
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Sources: Bernie Sanders told me that if my hand was bigger than my face I had cancer and then shoved my hand into my face, sending me tumbling into a row of metal trash cans which made such a clatter that it woke up all the sleeping babies in the nearby houses
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-I'm not white -Your site always whines about how no one can take a joke anymore and you're still heated over a week-old joke -Your boss has a running gag about me where the punchline is that all brown people look alike; maybe you can tell him it's racist
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"Get your fucking ass in there!" - me, to a terrified, 5-year-old Patrick Mahomes
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Not one NFL player ran into the WTC on 911. Remember that. Cops did.
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Someday we’ll find it, the
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This was the best media criticism of the decade
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Nothing that's happened since this thought was tweeted has proven it to be wrong
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@DonnyParlock @demillz84 @JayG34 Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.
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Do not commit the same folly as this man, who from his avatar I can only assume is a street magician who hit a rough patch. Visit
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Oh thank god, I haven't been told enough that the Cheifs mascot is racist or read 45 pieces about the 49ers are racist for not bringing Kaepernick along for one last super bowl.
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Why is Bret using inflated outrage in order to try and suppress free speech on a college campus?
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Barstool cribs 31 paragraphs of someone else's reporting, gets called out, gets defensive, blames writer whose reporting was cribbed for not telling them that was wrong even though they knew it was wrong in the first place. The Fuckjerry of sports!
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@slulay2 @barstoolsports Stephanie, did you reach out to Ed or anyone with us about this prior? We could have handled this immediately
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People on here really have to stop using charity as some sort of absolution. It isn’t noble if you use it as a shield from criticism; Harvey Weinstein donated millions and he’s still vile
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@CaptainCons @stoolpresidente Hey @Samer tell me again how terrible these Barstool people are. 🤔
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The Trump hotline hung up on me :( (thanks @bobbyfinger for making this into a video I could upload)
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Man this tweet is 100x funnier now. It’s like if Milhouse made a hype video
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noted.
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I'm on the phone wit the CEO of Wordpress he's telling me only been online for 4hour and u selling like crazy my staff is telling me the servers is about shut down I gave them the ok to add the most powerful servers to handle this
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Ahhhh noooo if only I hadn't had a thousand other chances to hold my racist boss accountable and deliberately avoided all of them
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It's insanely unfair that we've put our black employees in this situation
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"Please don't conflate the Republicans who are white supremacists with the Republicans who are fine with white supremacy as long as they can have lower taxes"
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This one's new to me. Five minutes of Barstool racism packed into a two-minute clip. Kaepernick has "terrorist skin," huh? Shout out to Scott Van Pelt's buddy for laughing along
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🗣 Unearthed: Racist Bartstool Sports Segment on Colin Kaepernick and Arabs (Part 1 of 2) #ExposeBarstoolRacists
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Tough to think of a worse way to spend time than by being a highlight truther about a cop fatally shooting a 13-year-old
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This 40-year-old told me to hate this guy online so I wore a blazer with my best bro and took a photo in my dad’s rec room that has a pool table and Goodfellas poster
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I’m starting to think that some of you rascals don’t actually hate to see it
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Still insane to me that two weeks ago the president was accused, in detail, of rape by a woman who said she'd cooperate with an inquiry and had friends who could verify her account, and no Democrats pursued it further. And there are about 20 other women with similar experiences!
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My takeaway from Colorado-Oregon: It is still embarrassing when any media member calls him “Coach Prime,” but especially when he’s losing
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Uncut Gems was pretty good, but unrealistic—if I were in a jam like Adam Sandler’s character, I would simply make the correct decisions before my situation got dicey
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@bdomenech @FDRLST Haha, it's funny because it's illegal
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Guys, resistance is not the answer. The path to liberation is waiting another 75 years for humanitarian intervention
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Me: People who tweet at airlines are overreacting Me, after 12-hour delay: Everyone responsible for this must experience a devastating loss
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What this actually means: Some guy named Anthony with 16 complaints in five years is watching the same Twitter videos as everyone else
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We are closely monitoring the incident involving a large explosion that occurred in #Beirut , Lebanon.
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Just so it's clear: The marathon blog by @BillBradley3 on Deadspin today was originally published in July of 2017. It seems that someone tried to republish it in an attempt to keep the site lively. Don't get mad at Bill.
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Brave of @drewmagary to show up on Chopped even after every other shirt he owned was presumably burned in a devastating fire
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Two months ago Barstool was bragging about getting Dr. Fauci as a podcast guest and now they're calling him a midget and a cunt. Weird how that happens... I wonder if it's because their only remaining move to stay profitable is to go all in on pandering to conservatives...
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@jwpetersNYT You're right, healthcare, like coal, is a dying industry. No one needs it anymore. Smart stuff from the New York Times reporter
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Sometimes, if you write something critical ofBarstool Sports, one of their readers finds/emails your gf to tell her you're about to be arrested for sexting an underage girl, his "friends younger sister," for the past year. Truly the "Barstool difference"
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Hey Curt, first time long time. Do you find it ironic that in 40 years people will collect MAGA memorabilia the same way you hoarded Nazi gear?
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The dumb hairpiece who runs G/O Media has ruined the only good blog I ever published
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MYTH: After using the bathroom, Jim Spanfeller doesn't wash his hands, leaving them covered in pee and poo particles. FACT: Jim Spanfeller embraces a more expeditious bathroom experience, so that he can maximize his time spent overseeing G/O Media.
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G/O Media has released a "myth" vs "fact" sheet about the #gmgstrike (that'll do it!). My favorite parts are when they proceed to... not at all rebut that the "myth" is accurate, or just go on unrelated tangents.
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I published the article last night and included a quote from your limp-ass apology. Catch up. Feel free to share my original questions with your readers, though
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In a shock to nobody Samer is writing a Barstool hit piece. This is who I was referring to in my first video.
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Before I can process the significance of the Bucks' boycott, I have to know how this will affect NBA ratings, a metric I deeply care about. Where's Ethan Strauss to make sense of all this in an arrogant and specious manner??
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When you’re talking about sports personalities who have abandoned their dignity and scruples to cash a fat check from an amoral source, it’s smart to get some firsthand analysis
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When my grandfather died in 2009, I immaturely chose not to attend the funeral. As I grew older, I vowed not to repeat the same mistake with my grandmother. This April, while the world was on pause, she died. Here's what I remember about both of them:
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I keep thinking about this, and everyone else who acted like all of it was a joke. People I used to respect pretended this kind of shit was harmless
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Just gonna say it: The twitter courting going on right now b/w @stoolpresidente and @laurawags is restoring my faith in old-fashioned romance.
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Major history tonight: Jared Polis is projected to be America’s first gamer governor
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My latest for No Shit Magazine:
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The outtakes of any prerecorded Trump speech are more revealing than what he's actually shown saying.
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Does the coronavirus pandemic mean that Jim Spanfeller is finally washing his hands after using the bathroom
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Three Photos Of Jay Cutler Looking Like An Exhausted Substitute Teacher http://t.co/wBPstXQpRZ
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80K are dead under current restrictions and he thinks the solution is what, operating normally and hoping the virus goes away on its own? At least this shitstain's getting the attention he craves from the right-wing blue checkmarks
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Emergency Press Conference - When Did Flattening The Curve Turn Into Finding The Cure
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Twitter no longer feels like being on a sinking ship. More like hanging out at a mall as the stores shut down and are replaced by worse and worse businesses
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@MattWalshBlog Ah yes, the abortion that happens before anyone can tell the 12-year-old is pregnant. The Immaculate Termination, as it's commonly known
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We have a blog. This one has a name and we are hoping to make it permanent, with your help:
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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company from the writers you missed. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together.
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I’d say it goes beyond jokes given that your boss said he’d stick his tongue down my colleague’s throat, mobilized readers to make her shut up, has harassed other women who criticize him, and openly asked on radio whether what Weinstein did was that bad
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Just finished Catch and Kill this weekend. 400 pages about an evil serial rapist and abuser who used ex-mossad to silence his victims. Barstool makes jokes Samer doesn’t think are funny.
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I don't know if it's accurate to say Barstool stayed quiet on those issues. You definitely said something.
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Barstool has not turned into Deadspin. Barstool has just stopped being silent on important issues because we aren't 23 years old anymore. If you can't handle adults discussing racism you are the reason we have a moral obligation to speak up.
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Drop everything, the guy who thought Colin Kaepernick was Arab because his skin color reminded him of terrorism is concerned about tensions now
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And why I thought it was important for her to speak LOUDLY on this tragedy is because tensions are wildly high right now across the globe. This tragedy seemed like appropriate time to condemn violence and show compassion in US as vocally as possible. Not overly complicated.
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Psst... if you listen to Pardon My Take but hate everything else about Barstool, you still put money into the pocket of the guy who makes wild racist jokes about Colin Kaepernick and Arabs
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And Dan Katz's sob story is obvious ass-covering. The only reason he's mad is because he can't manufacture plausible deniability for this. Your boss goes on Tucker Carlson's show every month, you're a "key part" of the company, and now you're mad about politics? Sure thing, man
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I feel like most students would not feel so emboldened as to talk to a professor like this, especially when said student is defending his dad
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This new phase of the internet is sweet. You log on and hold your head in your hands until your eyes hurt
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It's been two weeks. Looking forward to those important updates!
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G/O spokesperson on Deadspin resignations: "They resigned and we're sorry that they couldn't work within this incredibly broad coverage mandate. We're excited about Deadspin's future and we'll have some important updates in the coming days."
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Now would be a good time for everyone to start insisting that Chris Cuomo is Andrew’s son
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I am so confused
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Damning oppo research reveals Bernie Sanders has two refrigerators, one of them kept in his garage and used exclusively for beverages
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The ceasefire began on May 21. Four days later, Israeli undercovers shot a Palestinian refugee camp resident and let him bleed to death in the street. What a ceasefire really means:
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If you really want to play this game, it's weird that you cover sports media but have avoided anything about Barstool's handling of its racism in the past few weeks. Also you work for Clay Travis
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Point me if I'm wrong but I just looked at the timelines of a number of vocal former Deadspin staffers and haven't seen one of them weigh in on DeSean or Stephen Jackson this week.
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Biden loves to say “number one” and “number two,” which is appropriate because his talking points belong in the damn toilet
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Goodell can't even say Kaepernick's name. Also, too late. Fuck you
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We, the NFL, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of Black People. We, the NFL, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the NFL, believe Black Lives Matter. #InspireChange
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“We here at The Racist Site spent years sneering at anyone who pointed out how used racism and sexism to pander to an audience easily separated from its money, but now we realize it’ll hurt our bottom line if we keep that up”
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So there’s been Blow-Up and Blow Out, but my pitch is This Blew Up—a YouTuber realizes he’s captured evidence of a murder while filming a chicken sandwich review in his car
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My hunch is that if protest numbers are stronger this weekend, it'll expose the exhaustion of these law enforcement groups. Sure, there are a lot of them, and in some cases they get overtime, but there are many more protestors who can refresh/regroup
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