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In a Confession Letter, Matt Gaetz’s Friend Claims the Embattled Congressman Paid for Sex With Minor: Report
Welp, it looks like Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz better start working out so that he can fight off attackers in prison because he’s about to lose his job and go straight to the pokey if anything in his former friend’s letter is true. Joel Greenberg, a longtime associate of Gaetz, admitted in a letter that…
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‘Uncle Tim’ Hashtag Blocked on Twitter After Sen. Token Tim Scott Gave His Rebuttal to Biden’s Address to Congress
Here at The Root, we don’t do house negro shame. Sure, there are plenty of Black people who sit comfortably at the feet of white men waiting all day for a pat on the head and “good boy,” but we don’t call people out on it. OK, maybe we do but that was mostly Omarosa…
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No Matter What Happened in the Derek Chauvin Trial, the Former Cop Was Leaving in Handcuffs: Report
If the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin had found the former Minneapolis cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck until he died not guilty or if a mistrial was called, the Department of Justice planned to arrest him and charge him with federal police-brutality violations. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, federal prosecutors…
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OMG! I Love This Song: Rudy Giuliani's Apartment Searched in Federal Investigation
First, a prayer. Dear sweet 8 pound, 7 ounce baby Jesus, I see you. I see what you’re doing and I like it. Please continue my continuous streak of Ls on the SNKRS app (I know you are thinking about my wallet and not my happiness). Please look into making the McRib a regular offering…
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Idaho Wants to Pass Bill Making It Illegal for Schools to Teach About America’s Racist Past or Present
You know what white people hate more than Seinfeld’s ending? Admitting that America was and still is racist AF. So Idaho—which, let me say here and now that I’m not into sexual shaming, and I don’t know Ida or whether or not they are a ho, but they are definitely on some ho shit—wants to…
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Biden to Unveil Sweeping Childcare Plan to Congress, and Republicans Plan to Send Lone Black Senator as Tribute
On Wednesday night, President Joe Biden will address Congress and reportedly unveil a $1.8 trillion plan to aid social welfare and family assistance programs that will try and do the heavy job of lifting America out of poverty. The American Families Plan would look to invest some $200 billion in “universal prekindergarten and more than…
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Now This Is Rich: Former Trump Adviser Stephen Miller Uses MLK to Claim Racism Against Whites
If I told you that a former Trump adviser filed a lawsuit claiming that white people were being discriminated against, how long would it take you to come up with Stephen Miller, and why did it take less than two seconds? Because, of course he did. See, Stephen Miller may no longer be in the…
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Fox News Lady Focuses on Bakari Sellers ‘Accent’ and Not the Police Killing He’s Talking About
Fox News is the place where racism goes when it needs some alone time. Fox News is the grease on Matt Gaetz hair. It’s the oil sheen in Rand Paul’s white man jheri curl. It’s Republican OnlyFans. On Monday, because the Fox News lady (seriously, I don’t know these people’s names, and would it matter…
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If Lindsey Graham Claims That Systematic Racism Doesn’t Exist, Does It Make a Sound?
Trump’s favorite ball gag, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, is doing it again, and by “it,” I mean speaking, and if Lindsey Graham is speaking then by default some inherently racist or completely ignorant shit is coming out of his mouth. On Sunday, Graham argued that systemic racism doesn’t exist in the U.S. because…Barack Obama…
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Rand Paul Claims Democrats Created Jim Crow and Are Responsible for Beating John Lewis. Rand Paul Is an Idiot
If a single boat shoe, a lemon rind and Rand Paul were on a sinking boat and you could only save one thing, tell me why it’s the boat shoe. Rand Paul is the Jim Jordan of Lindsey Grahams. Rand Paul has a white man’s jheri curl. On Sunday, because news stations have time slots that…