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Ben Carson’s campaign on Friday admitted that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The academy has occupied a central place in Carson’s tale for years. According to a story told in Carson’s book, “Gifted Hands,” the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen. William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together.

Yesterday, we reported on the police finding that Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniwicz, a Fox Lake, Illinois police officer, actually staged his suicide to look like a murder after stealing thousands from his department. Today, the fallout from the bombshell announcement continues to spread. There were several commentators who used Gliniewicz's death as fodder for statements attacking black activists. Some of them have directly addressed the incident.

Despite cutting ties with Donald Trump after he made racist and hateful comments against Mexican immigrants, NBC has re-employed The Orange One to host Saturday Night Live. Although the public has summoned massive opposition to NBC rewarding Trump's hateful rhetoric, NBC and Lorne Michaels have gone forward with this commitment. Executive Producer Michaels and SNL should know better, as the show has only had two Latino cast members in it's 40 year run, and zero Latinas.