Politics
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2 More Women Accuse Andrew Cuomo of Sexual Harassment, and He Still Won’t Resign
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo apparently has trouble reading the room. Two more women have come out claiming that the governor sexually harassed them, bringing the total number of reported victims to Cuomo’s unwanted advances to five, which is one more than four and one less than six. Five. The same number of fingers on…
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It’s Time for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Resign
Not only is New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo knee deep in a sexual harassment scandal that includes three women claiming that the embattled old man was mad inappropriate, but now a scathing report by the New York Times claims that Cuomo’s aides altered a state Health Department report to obscure the actual number of state…
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United Nations Human Rights Officials Release Report Calling for an End to the Environmental Racism of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
The more I learn about how horrific the nooks and crannies of this country are, the less I understand how anyone can proudly declare we’re the best in the world. If this country is best at anything, it’s managing to embed racism in just about every facet of American life, including the goddamn environment. A…
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From Shreveport to Jackson, Water Woes Reveal Infrastructure and Racism Inextricably Linked
Many residents in Jackson, Miss., are closing out their third week without clean water after record-breaking freezing temperatures froze plant equipment and burst much of the city’s water pipe systems in the state’s largest city. Activists on the ground are frantically running around Jackson and the nearby Delta area to ensure that residents have access…
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Sen. Ron Johnson Forced Senate Staffers to Read All 628 Pages of the COVID Bill Out Loud and It Backfired
In what can only be called the pettiest of petty bullshit, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) forced Senate staffers to read the entire 628-page COVID bill aloud on the Senate floor, Thursday, delaying the debate and vote on the bill. Because Republicans are basically a group of whiny white men and komplicit Karens, the stunt was…
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Biden Narrows Stimulus Eligibility Ensuring Some 12 Million Won’t Receive Payments Because He’s a Punk
President Joe Biden promised America $2,000 stimulus payments as soon as he got into office. Shortly after Georgia voters came out in force and helped turn the red state blue, ensuring that Biden would be playing to a Democratic Senate, Biden noted that $1,400 was on the way. Then, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin began…
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Andrew Cuomo Vows Not to Leave Office Because He’s a Toxic Man
When you are a man and you’ve fucked up, the manly thing to do is own up to it, apologize, and if the situation requires it, you step down. Not New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said Wednesday that he plans to remain in office despite three women–yes, three; two short of five and two…
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Why Biden Must Choose Shalanda Young Now That Neera Tanden’s Nomination Has Failed
If any of you thought that Republicans weren’t going to continue their all-out efforts to fuck over America then you would be wrong. But surely none of you thought that since Republicans have been tirelessly working to overthrow the government to create a more perfect QAmerica. So now the move is to care about all…
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Despite Previously Acknowledging There Was No Evidence of Voter Fraud, Georgia House Republicans Still Vote to Pass Restrictive Voting Bill
The wrong people voted. That seems to be the general consensus among Georgia Republicans, because despite repeatedly claiming that elections were safe and secure in the state, they still decided to pass a restrictive voting bill in the state House. According to AJC, House Bill 531 was passed largely along partisan lines in a 97-72…