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Anti-LGBTQ Lawmaker Caught in His Office Having Extremely Pro-LGBTQ Sex With a Man
An Ohio Republican legislator who campaigned on “family values” and fought against LGBTQ rights has resigned after he was reportedly caught having sex. In his office. With a man. According to Newsweek, a few months ago an “observer” encountered the patriotic state Rep. Wes Goodman in his Columbus, Ohio, office at the Riffe Center, planting…
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Jameis Winston Under Investigation in Grabbing of Uber Driver’s Crotch
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston is under investigation by the NFL since allegations have surfaced that he groped an Uber driver in 2016. According to BuzzFeed, Liesa Friel, the NFL’s special counsel for investigations, sent a letter to a female Uber driver, identified only as “Kate,” informing her that the league is investigating an…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Not All Mailbags
Today’s Clapback Mailbag is dedicated to last week’s mailbag. I know this sounds like some Inception-level shit where we make references to a mailbag inside a mailbag about the mailbag, so I will include some new stuff, too. Last week was a rough week for mail. I feel like you guys weren’t bringing your racist…
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I’m Tired of Hearing About White Men’s Penises
A Los Angeles woman accused Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) of sexual misconduct while the two were on a USO tour to entertain American troops nearly 11 years ago. The woman, Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles radio news anchor and occasional Fox News contributor, says that she kept quiet about the incident for so long because…
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WTF Is Wrong With Alabama?
Dear Alabama, First, allow me to say that I like you. I’ve lived here for nine years, and when I told my friends and family that I planned to make a home in Alabama, the most frequent response that I received was, “But why, though?” I must admit that I don’t remember much about the…
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Deputy Sheriff Under Fire for Blackface Frederica Wilson Halloween Costume Because Whiteness Might Be a Mental Illness
The NAACP has issued a complaint against a Virginia sheriff’s deputy who works in the school system after she donned blackface and dressed up as Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) to accompany her boyfriend, who was dressed up as Donald Trump, to a Halloween party. I know—there is so much wrong with that previous sentence, but…
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Roy Moore Pens Open Letter to Sean Hannity, Proving He’s As Bad a Liar as He May Be a Molester
Alabama Republican Senate candidate and grown-ass man who still wears a cowboy outfi Roy Moore penned an open letter to the inflated-beach-ball-sized head that sits atop Sean Hannity’s neck Wednesday after the Fox News pundit and maker-up of things to scare white people gave Moore 24 hours to answer multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Instead…
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Anonymous Disables More Than a Dozen White Supremacist Websites in Coordinated Hacking Attack
I don’t know about you, but even in my most defiant, unapologetic blackness, there is still one group of people I dare not mess with: white people wearing masks. Specifically, clown masks. I’m not talking about old-bedsheet-wearing, Casper the Friendly Ghost clowns like the Ku Klux Klan. I’m talking about scary people like Pennywise from…
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Issa Coup but Not Really: How Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe Happened to Find Himself Under ‘House Arrest’
In a surprise military takeover that is being described as not a coup, Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, has been confined to his home since the country’s military declared that it had taken over the country to target the “criminals” inside the Mugabe regime. Because this ongoing drama hasn’t been at the forefront of regular, white-people…
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Every Argument Against Commonsense Gun Control Broken Down to Its Idiotic Nonsense
Baby killing is bad. It is difficult for Americans to come to a consensus on almost anything. Some people think Kevin Hart is funny. There are people out there who believe Beyoncé is fair to middling in the looks department. The Root employs a full-blown Nazi. (She isn’t a white supremacist or anything, but she…
