Politics
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GTFOH Trump Watch: But You’re Supposed to Be a Businessman…
My cousin Mike and I have this ongoing argument that goes like this: My cousin is convinced that Trump might be the best politician to ever grace the White House. His argument is predicated on the belief that Trump has elevated politicking. He doesn’t believe that Trump is racist, but he admires how Trump uses…
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COVID-19 Exposed the Health Dangers of Air Pollution. Trump's EPA Still Refuses to Budge on Soot Regulation
Public health experts and environmental justice advocates have been calling for years for the Environmental Protection Agency to tighten its standards on soot, a deadly air pollutant that has been associated with higher COVID-19 death rates. But the Trump administration kept its brand strong on Monday, rejecting the tougher regulations, which will keep thresholds for…
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I Guess We’ve Got to Talk About the Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock Debate
This debate was doomed before it started. On one side, you have Raphael Warnock, a sensible Black pastor and politician who rose to prominence on the Atlanta political scene after a push to expand Medicare under the Affordable Care Act. On the other side, you have Kelly Loeffler, a Karen, Trump enthusiast who co-owns the…
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Black Detroit Lawmaker Receives Racist Threats for Refusing to Entertain Widespread Voter Fraud Claims
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Trump supporters are racist. Some people might call the statement debatable or even an outright lie, but anyone who can support a man who constantly proves himself to be a xenophobe and hater of all things Black Lives Matter is no different from their cult leader in…
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Trump Continues His Campaign to Steal the Election by Fixating on Georgia's Election Results
President Trump is still attempting to claim victory in an election that he has indisputably lost, this time by focusing on invalidating President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Georgia. Over the weekend, Trump reportedly called on Governor Brian Kemp to ask for a special legislative session in the state to overturn the will of voters and…
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House Passes Historic but Largely Symbolic Measure to Decriminalize Marijuana
In what was largely a symbolic move, the House of Representatives voted on Friday to decriminalize marijuana on the federal level. Don’t spark up just yet, though. Vice reports that the bill is unlikely to pass through the Republican-controlled Senate. The measure, titled the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, would potentially remove marijuana from…
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Hear That, Maskholes? President-Elect Joe Biden Will Ask Americans to Wear Masks for 100 Days
Look, the current president of white supremacy has grand royally fucked up this whole coronavirus thing, so when President-elect Joe Biden takes office, he wants all Americans—including those maskholes who would rather die than wear a paper mask over their racist faces—to wear masks for 100 days so that America can try and get this…
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How Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Helped His State Become a Superspreader
If you aren’t familiar with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, think South Carolina Lindsey Graham but even more spineless. From the beginning of Trump’s presidency, DeSantis has been fighting to win the president’s gaze. At one point, when states were turning up their nose at hosting the GOP convention because of the coronavirus, it was DeSantis…