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After Tough Tweets, Trump Issues 20 Percent Import Tax on Mexican Goods to Fund Wall
After a tense day of tweeting between Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and President Donald Trump, including Peña Nieto deciding to cancel a scheduled visit to the U.S., the White House announced Thursday that it will seek a 20 percent tax on imports from Mexico to help pay for the U.S. southern-border wall. The tax…
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Madeleine Albright Will Register as Muslim if Trump Implements Registry
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is not Muslim, but if President Trump continues his attacks against immigrants in the U.S. she’s prepared to register as one. “I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity,” Albright tweeted The Hill reports.…
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Mexican President Cancels Trip to US as Tensions Over Border Wall Rise
The standoff between President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto continued with some pretty stern tweets Thursday. “If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting,” Trump tweeted early Thursday, CNN reports. Peña Nieto had been scheduled to meet with Trump…
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State Department Senior Management Team Resigns Instead of Working With Trump
Senior officials at the State Department could smell blood in the water, and with the gangsterism admired by anyone who has ever wanted to pull a cannabis-smoking news-anchor move (see below), they all said, “Bye, Felicia” to their jobs rather than work under President Donald Trump. According to the Washington Post, what makes it even…
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Why Mexico’s Ex-President Is Our Inner Voice
Mexico’s ex president Vicente Fox Quesada is not here for no damn wall. In fact, he’s never been here for a damn wall. But President Donald Trump keeps up this delusional tale that Mexico’s going to pay for it. In fact, he ran on a platform that the wall dividing Mexico and the U.S. would…
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Disciplinary Action Looming for Secret Service Agent Who Vowed She Wouldn’t Take Bullet for Trump
If you work for the Secret Service, it’s in your job description to take one for the president. Unless the president is a racist who has offended everyone who isn’t a rich white man—then I forgive you if you don’t want to take one for the team. But it looks like the Secret Service isn’t…
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In Less Than a Week, Donald Trump Has Rick James-ed All Over America’s Couch
He’s been in office less than a week and he’s already wreaking havoc. In his first full day playing president, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, issued a hiring freeze on the federal workforce and took federal funding from all nongovernmental agencies that perform abortions. In subsequent days, he pushed for…
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Usain Bolt Loses Gold Medal Over Teammate’s Drug Test
I’m sure Usain Bolt is pissed right now, because a teammate is messing with his legacy. Bolt’s going to have to return his 2008 Olympic relay gold medal after Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance, the BBC reports. Here’s the thing: If I’m Carter, I’m pissed, too. Why is a sample…
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Your Ultimate Auntie, Rep. Maxine Waters, Takes ‘Knuck if You Buck’ Stance on Trump
Maxine Waters should be tired. At 78 years old, she shouldn’t be the congresswoman leading the fight against Donald Trump, but don’t tell her that. She’s fought bigger and tougher, and to her, this is the fight in front of her and she isn’t the running type. Serving since 1991 as the U.S. representative for…
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Trump Calls for ‘Major Investigation’ Into Nonexistent Voter Fraud
President Donald Trump doesn’t need evidence to make claims, and he also doesn’t need evidence to demand “a major investigation” into voter fraud. That’s right; Trump is going to investigate the claims that only he’s made since losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton. “I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD,…
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