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Tony Hinchliffe speaks onstage during Netflix Is A Joke Festival Presents: The Roast of Kevin Hart at The Kia Forum on May 10, 2026, in Inglewood, California.
REPARATIONS

Netflix Faces Payout Demand After MAGA Comedian’s Sick Joke

“We’re not laughing,” reads a growing petition for the streamer to pay up.

Meera Navlakha

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on September 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Patel is facing questions from lawmakers for the second straight day following a contentious hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee where he was criticized for his handling of investigations into the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk and the case related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
BLOODBATH

Keystone Kash Orders Friday Night Massacre of ‘Woke’ Agents

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.

Catherine Bouris

A Black Lives Matter sign painted on the floor at Feld Entertainment Center in Palmetto, Florida, in 2020.
ONE MOMENT TOO MUCH

MAGA Melts Down Over Basketball Tribute to George Floyd

The WNBA moment of silence proved to be triggering for MAGA culture warriors.

Josephine Harvey

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REWRITING HISTORY

MTG Joins MAGA Push to Have George Floyd’s Killer Pardoned

The former Minneapolis cop has already had an appeal denied by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Josh Fiallo

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers take a knee with demonstrators, as they march on Pennsylvania Av. Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Washington, during a protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died after a police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes.
COLD CASE

Kash Patel’s FBI Reassigns Feds in George Floyd Protest Pic

The agents had reportedly knelt in an attempt to avoid a potentially dangerous confrontation.

Isabel van Brugen

Crews remove light fixtures as they begin work removing the "Black Lives Matter" street mural and plaza in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2025.
MAGA OVER MATTERS

Workers Begin Dismantling D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza

“The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a very painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference,” said D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser.

Sean Craig

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A law enforcement officer goes down while opening a gate for fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
NEW DIGS

Ex-Cop Who Murdered George Floyd Moved After Prison Stabbing

Derek Chauvin was one of four Minneapolis police officers convicted of killing George Floyd more than four years ago.

AJ McDougall

Selwyn Jones next to a mural of his nephew, George Floyd
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FOUR YEARS ON

Uncle Tells How George Floyd’s Death Changed His Life

On the fourth anniversary of George Floyd’s death, his uncle Selwyn Jones tells The Daily Beast how his nephew’s brutal killing turned him into an activist.

Tom Lawrence

Patricia Day, a former Minneapolis city employee, is suing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for using excessive force.
BRUTAL

Female City Worker: Derek Chauvin Run-In ‘Traumatized’ Me

“George Floyd died at the hands of this individual, and had the City intervened on his behavior after my interaction, he could still be alive today,” said Patricia Day.

Edith Olmsted

The Shenandoah County School Board in Virginia has voted to restore the name of Confederate military leaders to to two local schools.
MAJOR REVERSAL

School Board Votes to Restore Schools’ Confederate Names

The board had removed the Confederate names in 2020 after George Floyd’s murder.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Photo illustration of Ben Crump holding the scales of justice with yellow patterned books in the background
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UNCAPED CRUSADER

Civil Rights Lawyer Ben Crump on His ‘Spicy’ New Crime Novel

The main character is a justice-seeking Black lawyer. Sound familiar?

Pilar Melendez

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