Politics
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Trump on Mob Violence: Riots Happen Every Day, B
If you were waiting for Trump to take accountability for inciting a mob riot on the Capitol, then you, my friend are a goddamn idiot. Respectfully. On Tuesday, an indignant Trump spoke about the violence at the Capitol and noted that he found it “totally appropriate” while also calling for “no violence” in his first…
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Second Congresswoman Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Capitol Lockdown With Maskholes
Rep. Pramila Jayapal has tested positive for COVID-19, making her the second congresswoman to test positive for the highly contagious virus because they were locked in a room with maskholes who refused to wear a mask even when they were offered one. “Only hours after Trump incited a deadly assault on our Capitol, many Republicans…
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GTFOH Trump Watch: You Better Go Look at That Border Wall While You Can
The wall that no one wanted has become a metaphor for Trump’s time in office: an unfinished, expensive waste of time and energy that will be forgotten as soon as he leaves office. On Tuesday, the president of people who shop at Big Lots will travel to Alamo, Texas, to gaze at his failure one…
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Corporate America Cancels Political Donations for GOP Legislators Who Objected to Electoral College Votes
Man, is Donald Trump the worst thing that ever happened to the Republican party, or what? Who knew that electing the Tropicana-flavored guy from The Apprentice to the highest office in the U.S. would lead to widespread voter fraud propaganda, an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and the canceling of congressional Republicans by corporate America?…
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Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Doesn't Want to Return New York City Back to 'Normal'
There are a lot of folks running for office who want to get back to normal. It makes sense, given how rough four years of Donald Trump have been. Here in New York City, where the pandemic has pulled the city into a projected $4 billion budget deficit this year and an unclear window of…
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House of Representatives Formally Introduces Resolution to Impeach President Trump on Grounds of ‘Incitement of Insurrection’
The House of Representatives formally introduced a resolution on Monday to impeach President Donald Trump for the “incitement of insurrection.” CNN reports that the resolution to impeach the president was introduced by Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.). On Sunday, Cicilline tweeted that the resolution has 200 mostly Democratic co-sponsors in the…
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As Democrats Seriously Consider How to Remove Trump, Republicans Plea to Biden to Save Him 'in the Spirit of Healing'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has instructed members of her party to get ready to go to work in the coming week on a plan to remove President Trump from office, given the clear and present danger his continued presidency poses after his gang of supporters overtook the U.S. Capitol building. Coincidentally—just around a year ago, the…
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Twitter Permanently Suspends Donald Trump’s Account for Violating 'Glorification of Violence' Policy
Twitter announced Friday evening that it would permanently ban the account of President Donald Trump after continuing to use the platform to incite violence following the riot at the Capitol on Wednesday. The company released a blog post explaining what led to this course of action. They cited two tweets the president published on Friday…
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Hate Crime Legislation in Arkansas Facing Roadblock From GOP Lawmakers
Arkansas is one of three states that doesn’t have a hate crime law on its books. Despite support from community members, local businesses, and the state’s Republican governor, Republican state legislators are working to kill a hate crime bill. The Associated Press reports that the lack of hate crime legislation has long made Arkansas a…
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Pay Me What You Owe Me: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Reintroduces Reparations Bill
“Is the stimmy a form of reparations?” my 1-year-old daughter asked me the other day. I looked at her puzzled, and then asked where she’d heard such big words. She replied that her daycare is near: I kid. My daughter doesn’t go to daycare with COVID-19 running unchecked in these MAGA streets. I live near…