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Texas Sen. John Cornyn: Why Do We Keep Treating Migrants Like Humans?
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is known for saying insensitive, racist-y, fucked up statements. He blamed the insurrection on the Capitol on “lax security,” called then-President Trump’s second impeachment “awfully vindictive,” “completely unnecessary” and “ill-advised,” and doesn’t believe that there is systemic racism. But his comments Monday might take the cake—all of the cakes: the…
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Menthol Cigarettes Were Aggressively Marketed to Black People. Now Congress Is Looking to Ban Them
Kool cigarettes have undergone more makeovers than the Kardashians. Initially, they used a cartoon penguin named “Willie,” who was a chef, a soldier and a doctor. Then, in the 1960s, they kicked Willie out into the cold and tried using a country frost approach that included images of water and snow. Then in the 1970s…
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8th Woman Claims Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed Her. Now He’s Using Black Leaders to Try and Save Him
It’s Monday, so you know that means that another woman has come out to claim that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed her. For those keeping count, that makes eight women who have claimed that the single and allegedly highly inappropriate chin divot in the mayor’s mansion stays on some fuckshit. According to the New…
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Trump’s Boo Vladimir Putin In His Feelings After Biden Calls Him a ‘Killer’
There was a time when the president of the United States couldn’t go to sleep before kissing his shirtless photo of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But that feels like eons ago, back when Trump would use his back channels to play “you hang up first” with the Russian president. Well, it’s a new day and…
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We Must Protect Kamala: Man Arrested Outside Vice President Residence Had Rifle and a Lot of Ammunition
President Joe Biden is old. Not, “I forgot my wallet in the house” old, but “I forget where the house is” old. As such America only has one hope left: Vice President Kamala Harris. Did I mention that Kamala knows the difference between the Wu-Tang Clan and Wuhan, China? She also once wore bamboo earrings and…
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If Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Cuomo Prove True, Biden Believes the Governor Should Step Down: 'He'll Probably End Up Being Prosecuted, Too'
During an exclusive interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday, President Biden stated that if an investigation confirms the seven claims of sexual harassment against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he should step down. “I know you said you want the investigation to continue,” Stephanopoulos told Biden, referring to the New York’s attorney…
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Did the FBI ‘Fake’ Justice Kavanaugh’s Background Check? One Senator Thinks So
Way back in 2018, when the country was under orange rule, the FBI was tasked with doing a background check on Brett Kavanaugh, who had been nominated for the Supreme Court. If you unlock that part of your brain that swore it would never go back there, remember that there were claims of sexual assault…
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The Bachelor Proves That When It Comes to Race, America Doesn’t Know WTF It’s Doing
I cannot say that I’m a fan of The Bachelor. I’ve never watched a full season. I couldn’t tell you who my favorite contestants are. And unless Bachelor Nation is anywhere near Wakanda or Zamunda, I can’t tell you how to get there. But when I learned that the South of television shows was going…
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Black Farmers Ask Lindsey Graham to Apologize for Being Lindsey Graham
The Department of Agriculture is supposed to help farmers. Full stop. The problem is that America is built on white supremacy and as such, the Department of Agriculture not only helped white farmers, “…it systematically denied Blacks and other people of color access to the same loan and grant programs that have helped generations of…
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Sen. Ron Johnson Denies He Made Racist Comments, Then White-splains What He Meant by Using More Racism
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson denied his racist comments made last week were racist and then doubled-down and white-splained why he is no racist. “And don’t try and cry, because if anyone should be crying, it should be me,” Johnson said to a stunned Sheryl Underwood. Managing Editor Genetta Adams: Stephen, you know Johnson didn’t say…