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Dave Portnoy says he's sending culprits behind antisemitic sign to Auschwitz to learn about Holocaust

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he will send the two men behind the "f--- the Jews" sign at one of his company’s bars in Philadelphia to Auschwitz after the antisemitic incident.

Portnoy made the announcement in a video after he went scorched earth on everyone involved in it. Bottle services girls brought out a "f— the Jews sign" to a group of men and women as music blared in the background. The incident was revealed on social media on Sunday.

Mom raises $500K after appearing to hurl racist slur at child in viral video

A video of a Rochester, Minnesota, mom appearing to hurl a racist slur at a Black child on a city playground earlier this week has been circulating widely across social media, garnering criticism from many viewers and a half-million dollars in donations from others.

The online donations poured in alongside notes expressing far-right and racist sympathies, prompting a decision to mute comments by the Christian crowdfunding service hosting the campaign, which has been used to raise money for Daniel Penny, Luigi Mangione and Kyle Rittenhouse.

Minnesota mom rakes in over $500K after calling boy with autism the N-word

A Minnesota woman caught on a viral video calling an autistic child the N-word is painting herself as the victim — and has raked in more than $500,000 in an online fundraiser after declaring her personal information had been leaked because of the incident.

Shiloh Hendrix identified herself as the mother caught on camera this week hurling the vile slur at a 5-year-old boy she allegedly caught rifling through her bag at a playground in Rochester, about 90 minutes south of Minneapolis.

Police investigate after white mother used racist slur at Minnesota park

Video taken at a Minnesota public park this week shows a white woman apparently admitting she used a racist slur against a Black youth she accused of taking an item that belongs to her child.

The man who recorded the video, Sharmake Omar, 30, said in an interview Friday that the 5-year-old child was called the N-word by the woman Monday.

"The Rochester Police Department is aware of the video that was posted on social media and has received multiple calls related to it," it said Friday. "We are gathering information and actively looking into the matter."

Gabbard shuts down office that was ‘slush fund’ for DEI

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard announced the closure of the Intelligence Community Human Capital office that she said was a “slush fund” for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Ms. Gabbard said the office was closed Wednesday morning.

“We discovered this human capital office that was essentially a slush fund for DEI initiatives hidden under the guise of human capital that closed down this morning,” she said during a Cabinet meeting.

Allentown City Hall employee charged with planting noose at own desk

An Allentown City Hall employee was charged with planting a noose at their desk in January, according to police.

LaTarsha Brown is charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and false reports to law enforcement, Allentown Chief of Police Charles Roca said Monday.

"Today, we're even more surprised to learn that it was likely fabricated by the employee herself," Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk, a Democrat, said.

The Allentown mayor believes the incident has helped bring the conversation over inclusion to the forefront at City Hall.

Anti-white discrimination lawsuit against Pfizer reinstated after appeals court admits it goofed

Sixty-seven years after the Supreme Court blocked Alabama from forcing the NAACP to turn over its membership lists to chill its speech, and four years after the high court extended that bar to California's attempted unmasking of a free-market group's donors, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finally got the message on freedom of association and privacy.

Black enrollment at Harvard Law tanks by more than half after affirmative action ruling

Black student enrollment at Harvard Law took a nosedive after the Supreme Court ruled against race-based admissions last year.

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major ruling on affirmative action in the summer of 2023, rejecting the use of race as a factor in college admissions as a violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.