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More than 100 attorneys with the Department of Justice‘s Civil Rights Division have resigned en masse, essentially, because they’d rather get new jobs than continue to serve a White House administration that is dedicated to perverting what civil rights protections are all about.
From Newsweek:
“No one has been fired by me … but what we have made very clear last week in memos to each of the 11 sections in the Civil Rights Division is that our priorities under President Trump are going to be somewhat different than they were under President Biden,” Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, told conservative commentator Glenn Beck during an appearance on his show at the weekend.
“And then we tell them, these are the President’s priorities, this is what we will be focusing on—you know, govern yourself accordingly. And en masse, dozens and now over 100 attorneys decided that they’d rather not do what their job requires them to do.”
Dhillon just basically towed Trump’s narrative around “woke ideology,” which, essentially, is anything related to racial justice, social justice, non-whitewashed American history, anti-racism, or anything else that gets white conservatives all in their eternally fragile feelings.
More from Newsweek:
The DOJ’s civil rights division, founded after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, initially focused on protecting the voting rights of Black Americans. But Congress later expanded its responsibilities to include protecting Americans from discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and military status.
But Dhillion reportedly issued a series of memos earlier in April detailing the division would be focusing on priorities laid out in Trump’s executive orders, such as the participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports, combating antisemitism and ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
What neither Dhillion, President Donald Trump, nor anyone else in Trump’s abysmally incompetent Cabinet will admit is that the White House’s so-called civil rights agenda is all about returning America to a nation that protects practically no one except heterosexual, cisgendered, Christian identifying white people.
It’s why white American history and studies that cover and celebrate Western civilization are virtually the only teachings that have gone unaffected by Trump’s takeover of federally funded museums and arts institutions being purged of so-called “improper ideology.”
It’s why Trump, who, during his last campaign, pledged to fight fictitious anti-white oppression in America, is reportedly taking his cues from white lawyers who are unilaterally deciding how much Black history is too much history.
It’s why Trump’s factless anti-DEI propaganda has gotten so out of control that the Department of Justice recently ended a settlement agreement regarding wastewater issues in a mostly Black rural Alabama county, citing the White House’s anti-DEI directive, which, of course, has absolutely nothing to do with a court settlement.
It’s why the Trump administration is working so hard to fight against the rare occurrence of transwomen participating in women’s sports — which isn’t any of the federal governments’s business in the first place — while it also reportedly toys around with the idea of defunding specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
More than 100 attorneys left the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division because, under Trump, the DOJ no longer fights for civil rights — it fights to make white nationalism and the right-wing agenda great again. That’s it, and that’s all.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs can claim a slight legal victory ahead of his explosive trial set to take place next week after a judge ruled that a forced labor claim wouldn’t be entered as evidence. Diddy’s legal team initially requested that some evidence be put aside, but it appears that the sex trafficking evidence will be entered.
TMZ reports that Diddy’s legal team’s request to have certain portions of evidence exempt from the upcoming trial was denied in part, with the judge in the hearing stating that prosecutors would not be able to argue over the forced labor claim.
The defense added in their request that prosecutors turned over their evidence too late, thus not giving the defense enough time to devise a countering strategy. However, prosecutors fired back and said that Diddy’s side had ample time and is attempting to hold up the trial.
Court documents reveal that prosecutors said that the request was “a transparent attempt to narrow the scope of the proof against him at trial by any means necessary, and to yet again make a last-ditch effort to secure an adjournment of trial.”
Diddy’s trial is set to begin on May 5.
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50 Cent’s dislike for Big Meech is still at an all-time high. The rapper trolled him once again with snitching allegations.
As reported by HipHopDX, 50 Cent keeps some petty ready. Last week, he went back to Instagram and posted a video that showed a rat trying to get a piece of cheese out of a trap with a snap mechanism. It seems this is not the first time the tiny animal has encountered the device as the rodent carefully inspects it before proceeding and getting the cheese unscathed. “New footage of Big Meech, slick Rat you know the vibes!” 50 Cent wrote in the caption.
While Big Meech and 50 Cent once had a professional relationship because of the BMF series; things went sour between the two when Meech was released from prison in October 2024. The former crime boss partnered with Rick Ross for his homecoming party, which Fif perceived as disloyal. From there the “I Get Money” rapper unleashed a series of social media posts calling Meech a snitch and revealed that his son Demetrius Flenory Jr. has a drug problem and would often show up intoxicated to the television set.
Back in February Big Meech finally addressed the accusations in a short video. “I wasn’t going to address this, because I’m not trying to let nobody trick me off the streets,” he said. “But I never folded, never told, never will. Death before dishonor, always, with me. So I’m doing this for my loved ones and the support of my friends and family.” You can see him defend his name below.
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Cam’ron isn’t buying into any of Kanye West’s latest antics. Killa thinks that Ye is being conveniently gay.
The crew from It Is What It Is had some very interesting takes regarding Kanye’s recent admission that he and his cousin engaged in homosexual acts. And as expected, Cam’ron did not bite his tongue when assessing the controversial reveal. “Ni**as be conveniently gay,” Cam’ron said. “It’s like, ‘Yo, let’s be gay for a little while now ’cause it’s popping. Now, let’s talk about when I was gay at one time.’” He went on to explain why he finds Yeezy’s timing to be suspicious.
“I don’t have nothing against gay people,” Cam’ron added. “I respect the gay people that say they gay. Come out and say that you gay. If that’s what you going, cool. Kanye been in the public eye for at least going on 20 years, if not longer. And now you gay, or had gay acts? Sh*t ain’t working.” Like a seasoned litigator the Diplomats founder also referenced all the stunts Kanye has pulled in the recent weeks. “Everything he got going on ain’t seem to been working. He had swastikas. He was Hitler last month, wasn’t he? Then he was KKK ni**a ’bout three weeks ago. Now he molested his cousin and he going do a song about it. It’s just too convenient.”
Cam’ron pulled out additional receipts to further explain why he feels Ye might have confessed to participating in gay acts with the family member. “Kanye, he play crazy with who he wanna play crazy with… that n***a’s crazy when it’s convenient,” he said. “Every time I seen Kanye he’s perfectly fine, I’ve never seen the crazy Kanye, personally. Ever.”
You can see Cam’ron discuss Kanye West below starting at the two minute mark.
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Carmelo Anthony continues to stay close to Hip-Hop culture. He recently gave his take on whether or not J. Cole is a top 10 MC of all time and his answer got a lot of people talking.
As per Complex the NBA legend is an avid listener of Rap music. On the latest episode of his 7PM in Brooklyn podcast he and his crew discussed who should be included in the top 10 greatest of all time rapper conversation. When J. Cole’s name came up, Carmelo had a very thoughtful take. “We never seen anybody bookend their career and be very serious and intentional about it,” Anthony said. “So to that point, where we’re bookending careers, then yeah, J. Cole is definitely a top 10 rapper.” He added, “Also, he’s smart. He realized that we’ve never seen the bookends of somebody’s career.”
Carmelo went on to theorize that J. Cole will most likely have his hand in sports once he does retire from Rap. “I think we’ll see him back in sports — documenting sports, content wise, telling stories through his eyes. I think we’re gonna see a lot of that.” Carmelo also defended J. Cole’s decision to back out of the beef with Kendrick Lamar. “When you’re at peace, there’s nothing that can disturb your peace,” he explained. “I’m not willing to allow this bullshit ’cause that’s too much work, and if I got to put that much work in to deal with that, then I’m losing my balance.”
You can see Carmelo Anthony discuss J. Cole’s place in the top 10 of all time list below.
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As President Donald Trump’s administration continues to refuse the retrieval of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, Trump is facing backlash for trying to justify his wrongful deportation by sharing what appears to be a doctored photo of Abrego Garcia on social media.
On Friday (April 18), Trump shared a photo of the Maryland resident’s left hand. The photo showed tattoos on the knuckles, which were of a marijuana leaf, smiley face, cross, and a skull along with what appeared to be “MS-13,” the notorious street gang that the administration claims Abrego Garcia is part of. “This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such ‘a fine and innocent person.’ They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he’s got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles, and two Highly Respected Courts found that he was a member of MS-13, beat up his wife, etc. I was elected to take bad people out of the United States, among other things. I must be allowed to do my job,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network in the caption of the photo.But tech reporter Matt Novak observed on Bluesky that in another photo of Abrego Garcia’s left hand, as he met with Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, the “MS-13” tattoo is nonexistent, as he shared a story from the New York Post highlighting the discrepancy. The backlash was immediate, adding to a growing bipartisan disapproval of the administration’s handling of the Abrego Garcia situation, including defying an order from the Supreme Court, which upheld a lower court decision to bring the father of three back to the United States.CNN’s Kaitlan Collins shared the doctored photo with one of Abrego Garcia’s lawyers, Rina Gandhi, during her show later that Friday. “My reaction is, this is just a continuation of the distraction,” Gandhi said, adding: “This case is about the simple fact that he was removed without due process. And if it can happen to him, and the government pushes back at every turn, despite three different courts ordering them to return him, then who’s next?”
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It’s become obvious in 2025 that Kanye West will say and do damn near anything for attention, but would he lie about his marital status too?
Weeks after rapping about his wife, Bianca Censori, leaving him due to his online antics, Kanye West and Bianca were spotted heading to an intimate dinner together in Spain even though they are supposedly split up. According to Page Six, Yeezy and Bianca were seen entering an Indian restaurant in the Balearic Islands this past Friday (April 18). Of course Kanye made sure that his trophy wife wore something that showcased every curve that the good Lord blessed her with.
Per Page Six:
The “Carnival” hitmaker — who now goes by the name Ye — wore an oversized hoodie for the outing while Censori donned one of her usual skintight looks, wearing a black bodysuit.
Prior to their Spain outing, the rapper spent some time alone in Japan, where he fled to last month to “decompress” following his many divisive social media rants.
Earlier this month, West rapped that Censori, 30, “ran away” from him on his track, “BIANCA,” which is featured on his new album “WW3.”
And here we were thinking she smartened up and got as far away from the self-destructive Yeezy as possible. A las, she did not, and that begs the question, did Kanye West lie about Bianca leaving him? Are they currently working on their marriage? At the time Page Six confirmed that Bianca did in fact leave Kanye, but with Kanye West, you just never know.
At the time, a source told us the former Yeezy architect left him because she had “had enough” of his antisemitic stunts after West started selling Swastika-branded shirts.
“The swastika shirt [he was selling] was the last straw. She told him that’s not who she is, and that she can’t be associated with that,” a source said at the time.
On the flip side, Kanye West did in fact change his mind about being a Nazi. He took to X in a now deleted tweet to announce he no longer identifies as one. So there’s that…we guess.
What do y’all think about this latest twist in the Kanye West and Bianca Censori story? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Lil Wayne has given a much needed update on him and Kendrick Lamar. He recently said there are no issues between them.
As spotted on Hip Hop N More, Lil Wayne is preparing the release of his forthcoming album Tha Carter VI. As part of his promotional tour he spoke to Rolling Stone about the upcoming project. During the interview, which took several months to happen due to the Los Angeles wildfires and schedule changes, writer Andre Gee got an advance sneak peak of VI. Here Lil Wayne revealed that an all-star line up of collaborators will be featured on the LP including Miley Cyrus, Wyclef Jean, Bono, Machine Gun Kelly, Andrea Bocelli, Elephant Man and his son Kameron Carter. While the cover feature also puts a spotlight on his approach to parenting, how he creates his music and more, it was his response to where he stands with Kendrick Lamar that soon went viral.
When asked about their relationship he said things are “fine” after Kendrick Lamar referenced him on “wacced out murals.” He also explained that he was not following the Drake and Kendrick beef thus it didn’t dawn on him what he was doing when he was spotted singing the lyrics to “Not Like Us” at one of his shows.
“I went onstage and I was singing this song, and they thought I was dissing,” he said. “I ain’t want my dude to be mad at me. I didn’t even know it was Kendrick!” He added, “If it don’t happen on [ESPN] or FS1, I wouldn’t know that happened.”
Tha Carter VI is set to be released June 6. You can read the Rolling Stone interview here.
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Doechii has been one of the hottest up and coming artists in the game for a minute now and after nabbing herself some Grammy awards earlier this year, the TDE artist continues to give her fans what they want with a new video for one of her biggest hits.
Dropping off some new visuals to “Anxiety,” Doechii shows off her acting side (kinda) as she finds herself running for her life in a house that’s seemingly under attack by outside forces while things go haywire on the inside. Ultimately finding her way out, Doechii and neighbors participate in a cool choreographed dance number that demonstrates she’s a woman of many talents.
FERG meanwhile has some things to get off his chest and in his clip to “Alive :(“ the former A$AP Mob member informs listeners on everything he’s been unhappy about while a group of men move paintings and canvases around the man’s apartment.
Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from Wiz Khalifa, G Perco, DJ Drama and Keith Price, and more.
DOECHII – “ANXIETY”
FERG – “ALIVE :(“
WIZ KHALIFA – “CRIME BUD AND WOMEN”
G PERICO, DJ DRAMA & KEITH RICE – “THANKFUL”
BAS & THE HICS – “EVERYDAY PPL”
R2R MOE & SHEFF G – “HAWK ‘EM”
SHORDIE SHORDIE – “DO SUM WIT IT”
OVRKAST. FT. SAMARA CYN – “SMALL TALK”
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After weeks of the Trump administration refusing court orders to facilitate the return of the wrongly deported, Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an infamous prison in El Salvador, many began to speculate that Garcia might’ve actually lost his life. Even Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele refused requests to let the man return home to his family.
Now, we finally have proof of life as Democratic Senator, Chris Van Hollen, of Maryland traveled to El Salvador to visit Garcia at the CECOT prison. After initially receiving the runaround the first day he arrived, prison officials finally let Van Hollen sit face-to-face with his Maryland constituent, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
According to Newsweek, Van Hollen was finally able to meet with Garcia at the prison known for housing thousands of MS-13 and MS-18 gang members, and in the process, laid to rest any notion that Garcia had somehow lost his life in the process of being deported and wrongfully incarcerated at CECOT. Though Salvadorian officials are still denying any requests to let Garcia return to America (as the U.S. Supreme Court instructed the Trump administration to make happen), Van Hollen was at least able to confirm that Garcia is alive and well at the current moment. Unfortunately for Garcia, the Trump administration is fighting tooth and nail to keep Garcia in El Salvador regardless of the Supreme Court’s 9-0 ruling. And they don’t seem to be backing down anytime soon, if ever.
Per Newsweek:
In an order on Thursday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s plea for an emergency stay in Abrego Garcia’s case requesting that the White House should no longer be required to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return.
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, an appointee of GOP icon former President Ronald Reagan, ripped the administration in the order, saying in part, “It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done.”
“This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty thatAmericans far removed from courthouses still hold dear,” Wilkinson wrote.
With the Trump administration paying Bukele $6 million a year to house hundreds of deported immigrants and asking Bukele to build five more prisons for future deportations of migrants AND American citizens who Trump deems as “criminals,” this saga is only getting started. Politicians, Americans, and Garcia’s family are demanding that the defiant Trump administration follow court orders and bring Garcia back home. They won’t.
Knowing that the public perception behind this deportation of Garcia is a horrible look for Trump’s agenda, his spokespeople and administrative officials continue to lie and label Garcia a “terrorist” and member of MS-13 even though neither the U.S. nor El Salvador can provide any evidence of such allegations in a court of law. While most people see right through the lies, MAGA supporters on social media continue to push the false narrative to justify Garcia’s detention at CECOT to further muddy the waters and paint Garcia as a “bad hombre.”
American fascism in 2025.
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