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Unique Views, Episode 35: You Might Be Woke, but You Ain’t Belafonte Woke
Being awake doesn’t mean you are woke. I’ve tried to explain this to my co-host and The Root’s creative producer, Danielle Young, aka Ms. Patti LaDanielle, but she doesn’t get it. Danielle is asleep. Fine, maybe she is awake, but she is definitely not woke. Fine. Fine. She’s woke, but I say this reluctantly because…
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Trumpcare Pulled Because Like the President, the Bill Hates Old and Poor People
Trumpcare got all dressed up with no place to go. President Orange Assclown pulled his shitty health care bill at the eleventh hour because it was so bad that even House Republicans couldn’t get behind it. After all this huffing and puffing, and seven years of Republicans swearing that they would get rid of Obamacare,…
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White House Budget Director: Don’t Like Trumpcare in Your State? Change Your State
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney has been working tirelessly to push this bullshit Republican health care bill through the House. When grilled by CBS This Morning about the 10 essential health benefits (EHBs), including maternity care and mental-health and substance-abuse treatment, that were covered under Obamacare but would be cut from the…
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Okla. State Rep. Believes Rape and Incest Part of God’s Will
Because the world is losing its collective grip on reality, and conservatives want to govern everything, including women’s bodies, Oklahoma state Rep. George Faught, a Republican, authored a bill that would stop abortions including cases involving genetic abnormalities. But wait—I know it’s hard to imagine, but it actually gets worse. When Oklahoma state Rep. Cory…
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TrumPutin’s Time Interview Confirms He’s Batshit Crazy
On Thursday, Time magazine released an interview with President Vladimir TrumPutin, and even as the walls are closing in around his pathetic presidency, he continued to double down on all his batshit-crazy claims. He continues to selectively choose which media reports he agrees with—mostly those stories that are kind to his reign as dictator in…
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FBI Has Information Suggesting Trump’s Team Worked With Russians to Hurt Clinton’s Campaign: Report
The heat is turning up on the White House with news reports claiming that an FBI investigation into this Beverly Hillbillies administration has found that President Vladimir TrumPutin’s associates communicated with suspected Russian operatives before the presidential election to release damaging information about Hillary Clinton’s campaign. On Monday, FBI Director James Comey told Congress that…
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All the Weird Shit Going On at Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing
Admittedly, I watch congressional hearings even when I’m not covering them. I also watch Supreme Court confirmation hearings, but not because I believe anything will change because of them. It’s like watching professional wrestling: We all know the fights are scripted, but it doesn’t stop us from cheering for a winner. Neil Gorsuch’s Senate confirmation…
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Former Trump Aide Was Paid Millions to Benefit Russian Interests: Report
Paul Manafort, a former campaign chairman for President Vladimir TrumPutin, once worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the efforts of the Russian president. In a scathing exclusive, the Associated Press reports that in 2006, Manafort pitched plans to promote Russia’s global influence and signed a $10 million annual contract with Russian aluminum magnate Oleg…
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Seriously, WTF Is Ivanka Trump Doing in the White House?!
As it stands, Ivanka Trump has no official role in her father’s administration. She wasn’t voted into office, she wasn’t gifted an official title, and yet there she is, in the White House next to her father in confidential meetings with heads of state. And there she is staring lustfully at Canadian Prime Minister Justin…
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Dictator in Chief to Republicans: Vote for Crappy Trumpcare or Lose Your Seat
President Vladimir TrumPutin is issuing vague threats to House Republicans who don’t vote for legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. On Tuesday, two days before a scheduled vote on the American Health Care Act, TrumPutin held a private meeting with House Republicans. Of course TrumPutin boasted to those in attendance about his rally Monday in…
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