Kanye West got in trouble with a judge Thursday for ducking his deposition in a lawsuit alleging he subjected staff and students to bigoted rants and threats at his ill-fated Donda Academy school. At a court hearing in downtown Los Angeles, Judge Thomas Long ordered the rapper, who now goes …
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Tim Burke, a freelance journalist and media consultant, has been charged with 14 federal crimes, including conspiracy. Burke was arrested this morning, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Rolling Stone obtained a copy of the indictment, which accuses Burke of playing “multiple roles in the conspiracy, including utilizing compromised credentials …
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On a pitch-black evening, on the anniversary of Ye’s, (f.k.a. Kanye West), monumental classic debut The College Dropout, fans from all over endured a nasty mix of thunder, rain, and hail to hear Yeezy and Ty Dolla Sign’s collaborative effort, Vultures before the rest of the world at the United …
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In the wake of Kanye West’s horrific media tour spouting love for Hitler, denying the Holocaust, and preaching naked antisemitism, many far-right members of the GOP are scrubbing their social media feeds of past praise for the rapper. A notable exception to that trend is Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) who …
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Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin has been reinstated to Twitter under Elon Musk’s new policies for the platform. The founder of the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer had been banned from Twitter since 2013. Anglin has publicly indicated that the goal of his operation and adherence to white nationalist ideology is …
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From post to deletion took 56 days — and the rapper’s declaration of love for Nazis. It was early October, and Kanye West was fresh off an appearance at Paris fashion week, where he appeared with the conservative troll Candace Owens, wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words “White Lives …
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