Politics
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Secret Recording Shows Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Warned Rich Donors About Coronavirus Weeks Before Us
While the president was busy telling America that the coronavirus was well under control, lying about the number of people infected and claiming that health experts’ data on the virus’ death rate was false because of a hunch, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee was warning a small group of rich donors some three…
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President Draft Dodger Calls Himself ‘Wartime President’ Because He’s Really Into Role Play
The president of the United States—the same man who avoided war by claiming bone spurs and who has never served a day in his life, yet harassed one of the most decorated and beloved senators who was captured and tortured during his time in Vietnam—is now referring to himself as a wartime president. President Trump…
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John Cornyn Blaming Coronavirus on Chinese 'Culture' Is Only the 3rd Most Racist Thing a Republican Said Today
We finally have some good news out of this coronavirus crisis. It turns out, I’m not racist. While I have long suspected that the charges of reverse racism levied against me were bullshit, a group of Republicans went all out on blaming their president’s inability to contain the coronavirus on the Chinese people, even arguing…
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Trump Invokes Defense Production Act, Which Would Force American Industry to Make Medical Supplies
The world is changing day by day. On Wednesday, Trump invoked something called the Defense Production Act (DPA), which would basically force “American industry to manufacture medical supplies that are in short supply in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.” According to the Hill, hospitals, health workers and emergency personnel may soon be out of…
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Eric Reid, Outspoken Veteran and Friend of Colin Kaepernick, Has Been Cut From the Carolina Panthers
Eric Reid is a man. That’s all he’s been since he walked into the NFL, and if he’s played his last game, he will leave the way that he came in, as a man. Despite the NFL’s best efforts to silence his outspokenness against the treatment of African Americans both on and off the field,…
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When Tucker Carlson Started Taking Coronavirus Seriously, Guess Who Followed Suit?
The first case of coronavirus was diagnosed in the U.S. on January 21, but the president knew that this was definitely something to keep an eye on at the end of December 2019. That’s when Wuhan, China, the reported epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, had been investigating an “outbreak of respiratory illness in the central…
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RIP to Bernie Sanders’ Chances of Becoming President as Biden Sweeps Tuesday Primaries
There are people who lose and then there losers. Losers aren’t people who have lost, they are people who perpetually set themselves up for loss. They are people who walk into a situation knowing that there is no way in the world they are going to win and still do it anyway because at this…
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Donald Trump's Old Ebola Tweets Reveal His Incompetence on Coronavirus
Trump’s old tweets prove he’s a hypocritical idiot. That’s it. That’s the lede. What? OK. After writing this article comparing Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis with his previous statements, The Root’s Managing Editor Genetta Adams just informed me this lede is not enough. All I can think of is an old joke about a…
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To Combat the Coronavirus, Trump Administration Proposes an Emergency Stimulus Check for Every Adult American: 'We Have to Do This Now'
Feeding into mass hysteria isn’t exactly my ministry, but I think it’s safe to say that at this point, the coronavirus has ruined almost all of our lives to some extent. But as I sit here in my dark apartment, devoid of groceries, NBA highlights and social interaction, I take solace in knowing that our…