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Early Addition: A Lot Of Donald Trump Followers Really Miss Slavery
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 24, 2016
Modified Feb 24, 2016
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- A chilling sentence about Donald Trump's base: "Nearly 20 percent of Mr. Trump’s voters disagreed with the freeing of slaves in Southern states after the Civil War."
- U.S. military white paper describes wearing a hijab as “passive terrorism.”
- Why you should put a piece of tape over your computer camera.
- Stephen Colbert got to rock out with the Violent Femmes and perform "Blister in the Sun."
- You may want to sit down for this, because the Post thinks these rich kids' bedrooms will shock you.
- Someone turned Kanye West's "Waves" backwards and it turns out it's a message from the heavens.
- The New Yorker goes full-Grampa: What is up with these teens!! and their smartphones!! and reading!! and are they even literate!! these days?
- Suey Park, the woman who started the #CancelColbert hashtag, has had a pretty shitty time ever since.
- Please like the new Facebook like buttons, they worked very hard on them.
- Bernie Sanders is Jewish, but he doesn't really like to talk about it.
- What's up with HBO? Apparently it's a big ol' mess these days.
- A burglar has been hitting Queens apartments by going through fire escapes.
- And finally, this big dog gets a very thorough check-up from her best pal:
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