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Ayanna Pressley Becomes the First Black Woman to Represent Massachusetts in Congress
Can you hear that noise? It’s the swell of the blue wave riding into Washington. In one of the first races called in a night full of anticipation, Democrat Ayanna Pressley crushed everyone, winning her race to become the first black woman from Massachusetts elected to Congress. Root Staff Writer Michael Harriot: Umm … Steve.…
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Yeezy Taught Him: A Theory on How the Yeezy Mauve’s Poor Sales May Have Rescued Kanye From the Sunken Place
At The Root we loves us a good conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories. On the tame side, we absolutely believe that Russian bots stole the election through deception and Russian prostitution pee pee blackmail. And on the aluminum foil Kangol side, we believe that Tupac may or may not be living in a Cuban flat…
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Progressive Jewish Leaders to Trump: You're Not Welcome in Pittsburgh
Progressive Jewish leaders have a simple message for President Trump in the wake of the tragic shooting that left 11 people dead at the Tree of Life synagogue: Don’t bother coming to Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism. Oh, and stop being an absolute racist, xenophobe who hates refugees. According to The Washington Post,…
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Trump Has Figured Out What’s Triggering Violence in America. Hint: It’s Not Him
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has proven he does three things well: Lie Stoke white fear Place blame on anyone other than himself When he’s really at his best—usually during one of his rallies in some midwestern showplace arena that normally holds monster truck shows and cowboy competitions—he works through all three of his…
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Wannabe Cop Who Shot and Killed a Black Man Says He's Sorry But He Shouldn't Have Been Sent to Prison
Remember Robert Bates? Sure you do. He was the old, white Oklahoma man who wanted desperately to be a cop, so he donated loads of money to his local police force and, in turn, was allowed to be a volunteer deputy and participate in ride-alongs and even had a real working gun, which he used…
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Auntie Maxine Ain’t Scared of No Damn Pipe Bomb
From day one, Rep. Maxine Waters of (D-Calif.) has made it abundantly clear that the president of the United States was a vile man who couldn’t be trusted and that she had no intention of trying to work with him. In fact, while the rest of her constituents were busy trying to walk the fine…
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The Devil’s Mouthpiece Claims Trump Isn’t Responsible for Suspicious Packages Sent to Democrats
The Devil’s Mouthpiece aka Sarah Huckabee Sanders aka Lil’ Suckabee is doing the false equivalency thing that she’s become known for, in which she takes some shit that has nothing to do with the trash-ass administration she willingly works for and tries to pass it off as the same thing that the trash-ass president has…
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Old White Men Fight in the White House; John Kelly and John Bolton Get Into Profanity-Laced Argument: Report
There was a heated fuss-fight inside the White House, a battle of the Johns. And I don’t mean tricks. Well, they could be tricks if they were in Russia and the price was right. Those inside the leaky Trump administration told Bloomberg that President HoofHead von SpittoonFace’s Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security…
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Former President Jimmy Carter: Brett Kavanaugh Is Unfit to Serve on the Supreme Court
Former President Jimmy Carter saw what the rest of us saw during newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing: a spiteful, miserable, hostile man-child fuming like a baby. During a talk with students at Emory University in Atlanta on Wednesday, Carter said Kavanaugh was “unfit” to serve on the nation’s highest court and that…
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Pusha T Reveals Who Told Him About Drake’s Secret Baby. Hint: It Wasn’t Kanye
Pusha T, aka the rapper who tried to single-handedly end Canadian Screech’s rap career by exposing all of the baby mama drama, is talking to rapper-turned-journalist/gossip blogger Joe Budden. If you are busy concerning yourself with actual news like, special counselor Robert Mueller’s findings in the Russia investigation or what happened to Washington Post journalist…
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