Politics
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At Least 130 of Trump's Secret Service Staff Have Coronavirus or Are Quarantining After Being Exposed
Even after being hospitalized for COVID-19, President Donald Trump and his senior staff didn’t appear to take concerns about spreading the virus seriously—continuing to campaign furiously while eschewing masks and hosting large indoor events. The possible fallout from those decisions: The Washington Post is now reporting that more than 130 Secret Service officers charged with…
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GTFOH Trump Watch: Enough Already
You know that TV show, Intervention? It’s a reality show featuring family and friends confronting a loved one who is suffering through an addiction crisis. Well, it feels like some folks in the Trump administration have had enough and are doing their own version of an intervention for a president who is addicted to telling lies…
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Did Police Protests Help Biden Get Elected? Black Swing State Activists Believe So
Since the election (which is still not technically over, although it’s very much decided), Congressional Democrats have squabbled over what is to blame for their less-than-stellar performance at the ballot box. Among the accusations, launched most vociferously by S.C. Rep. James Clyburn, is that “sloganeering” in the form of “Defund the police” was harmful for…
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Man, We Ain’t Ever Going to Get Another Stimulus Check
First, there were talks and then the talks were off. Then there were talks about the talks and then those talks were off. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Pelosi’s $3.4 trillion coronavirus proposal was too high. Then Republicans slapped together some bullshit bill that ol’ turkey neck McConnell, with his Mitch-ass, was pushing…
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Republican Senator Puts White House on Notice and Then Remembers He’s a Republican and Backtracks
I don’t know much about the spine. I know that it’s like a fuse box inside the body and that all of the central nervous system is hooked into it. I also know that baffling scientists everywhere, one GOP member is appearing to grow one back. Well, kind of. On Wednesday, Oklahoma Republican Sen. James…
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GTFOH Trump Watch: Just Because You Don’t Acknowledge It Doesn’t Mean It Ain’t So
I don’t think powerful white people understand how this works. And, maybe that is America’s fault. Maybe America didn’t do the hard work of teaching them that sometimes things won’t go their way. Sometimes the hero (both actual and perceived) loses. And sometimes, no matter how much of a temper tantrum they throw, they aren’t…
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Efforts to Make Voting Harder in Georgia’s Senate Runoff Surprisingly Rejected by State Leaders
The fate of the Senate is in the hands of Georgia voters, and state Republicans were hoping to bust out their tried-and-true tactics of just straight up not letting people vote. Surprisingly, Georgia’s Republican governor and noted election thief has pushed back against those attempts. AJC reports that Gov. Brian Kemp released a joint statement…
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A Bootleg Politician, Patti LaBelle’s Nephew, a Twitter Burner Account—or Was It? 2020 Is Wild As Shit, Moe
Dean Browning is believed to be a straight white man who unsuccessfully ran for a Congressional seat for Pennsylvania. So why was he tweeting that he was a Black gay man? Confused already? Don’t worry, so are we. In fact, as of this writing, I still don’t know what the hell is going on but…
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White People Will Believe Anything…Except Facts
The Democrats stole the election for Joe Biden. It’s becoming painfully obvious that the Democratic Party somehow convinced the Republican legislatures of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to throw the elections in their respective states. And, after bellyaching for five years about Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, obstruction and three stolen Supreme Court seats, for…
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GTFOH Trump Watch: There Is No There There
Imagine the president of the United States calling his staff into the Oval Office to show them an imaginary ham sandwich on the Resolute desk. The president wants to know who put it there. One by one, staff members come in and are questioned about the ham sandwich that they don’t see. And one by…