Photo from YouTube channel Honest FBA. This is not an endorsement of Honest FBA. If you’ve ever used YouTube for more than five minutes, your attention has likely been caught by a smiling, fast-talking YouTuber who claims to be an Amazon millionaire. You’ve probably listened as they threw around various acronyms associated with apps orContinueContinue reading “Stop Listening to Passive Income “Gurus” on YouTube”
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Who Voted for Trump and What His Reelection Says about Americans
Photo from MakeaMeme.org. Donald Trump’s first emergence into politics came when he famously questioned President Barack Obama’s citizenry. This vile conspiracy became known as the Birther Theory, nothing more than a baseless, racist lie used as a dog whistle to rile the foulest parts of the American psyche. This time, Trump ran on similar formsContinueContinue reading “Who Voted for Trump and What His Reelection Says about Americans”
A Scorned Woman, Cheating Fiancé and “Cartel” Quadruple Murder
Ermalinda Palomo, left, and her Fiancé Nathaniel Huey Jr. Photo from abc7Chicago.com. When Ermalinda Palomo, 50, found out her fiancé Nathaniel Huey Jr., 32, was cheating with a coworker, she created a catfish page to troll him and ultimately convince him to commit a quadruple murder on behalf of a nonexistent cartel. The results wereContinueContinue reading “A Scorned Woman, Cheating Fiancé and “Cartel” Quadruple Murder”
Him Too: That One Time a Star Football Player was Incarcerated for a False Rape and Lost Everything
Photo of Public Speaker and Author Brian Banks. Photo from The Brian Banks Story on Facebook. When faced with the option of life in prison or pleading no contest to rape and doing five years in prison followed by a lifetime of parole, high school star football player Brian Banks chose the later. This cameContinueContinue reading “Him Too: That One Time a Star Football Player was Incarcerated for a False Rape and Lost Everything”
The Last Stand for the American Middle Class has Failed: Let Them Eat Cake
VP Harris’s presidential campaign might have been the last stand for the American Middle Class. While Harris promised thousands of dollars towards the down payment of homes for first-time buyers, Trump reminded Americans of the $1,200 stimulus checks he “gave” them (It was really the Democrats who did this, but Trump, the salesman that heContinueContinue reading “The Last Stand for the American Middle Class has Failed: Let Them Eat Cake”
Chicago Rapper Lil Tuda Killed at 14
The Rock Fired from Disney
Kanye’s WLM T-Shirt Controversy and Why All Dollars Matter
Above: Photo of Conservative Political Commentator Candace Owens and Rapper and Fashion Icon Ye. Photo from PageSix.com Reluctantly, I address the rapper and fashion icon Ye’s “White Lives Matter” t-shirt controversy. I’ve been hesitant to because, although I don’t know Ye personally, I’ve come to know his tactics. Right before he releases an album, aContinueContinue reading “Kanye’s WLM T-Shirt Controversy and Why All Dollars Matter”
Don’t Jump to Conclusions about Texas Nurse Who Allegedly Killed Six
Photo from DailyNews.com Traveling nurse from Texas Nicole Linton, 37, has been charged with six counts of murder and six counts of manslaughter after allegedly speeding through an intersection, leaving six dead. Citing a record of Nicole’s alleged thirteen previous wrecks, the prosecution claimed she was a danger. A judge gave Nicole a two-million-dollar bailContinueContinue reading “Don’t Jump to Conclusions about Texas Nurse Who Allegedly Killed Six”
Guard Gives Keys to Male Inmates to Rape Female Inmates
J Reed, MFA is an adjunct English professor and writer from Chicago, who writes fiction, nonfiction and local and national news stories. Subscribe and share. Follow J Reed on Twitter @jreed913. Corrections officers of Indiana’s Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville are being accused of renting keys to male inmates so those inmates could roam the jail andContinueContinue reading “Guard Gives Keys to Male Inmates to Rape Female Inmates”