Politics
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Marcia Fudge Confirmed as First Black Woman to Lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 40 Years
It’s official: Marcia Fudge has been confirmed as the new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by a Senate vote of 66-34. While she was only confirmed Wednesday and has yet to take office, Marcia Fudge has already done more than Ben Carson, the former head of HUD by just staying awake for a full…
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Can Someone Get The Door? The Stimmys Are Here!
In what can only be called the most glorious day since Simba flipped Scar off that fiery mountain only to leave him to the wild hyenas, the House on Wednesday passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which will include money to reopen schools, ramp up vaccine distribution and, most importantly, Target trips. By a…
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Another Woman Has Accused Andrew Cuomo of Sexual Harassment, Bringing the Total to 6: Report
It’s Wednesday, so you know that means another woman has come out to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. This now makes six women who have accused the embattled governor of being a creepy old man who has allegedly said wildly inappropriate shit, invaded personal space and reportedly tried to kiss one…
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President Biden’s Dogs Are Republican, Get Kicked Out of White House After Incident
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden have two dogs, Champ and Major. Both dogs are stuck in their ways and prefer the life they had before Biden became president. While I don’t speak dog, I believe that both Champ and Major both voted against the COVID-19 relief bill and supported the insurrection on the…
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Everything You Need to Know About Your Stimmy
Because there has been so much fuckshit involving the latest stimulus relief bill, let me get you up to speed as quickly as possible. The House of Representatives is like the Trap. These niggas have been down since the beginning and have been working to take care of as many people as possible. That’s because…
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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…