Politics
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Kamala-Con: Maya Rudolph Gushes About Finally Meeting Sen. Harris IRL
Comedian Maya Rudolph’s impersonation of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris was impressive enough to net her an Emmy last week, but Rudolph feels like there’s still room for improvement—particularly after meeting the potential veep in real life recently. “I got to meet her, and she is so fantastic. She is so incredible, she is…
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Obama, Jeezy, Team Biden Focus on Black Voters as Trump Focuses on Killing Them
Jeezy is not “young” anymore, and while The Root could not verify the color of Jeezy’s Lamborghini or his rims, we can, unfortunately, confirm that his president is no longer Black. To help rectify the situation and make sure that the next vice president is Black and the House, Senate and executive branch are blue,…
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Adderall Versus Nothing at All (Maybe): 5 Things to Watch for in Tuesday’s Presidential Debate
Two old white men fighting in a Walmart parking lot is what we can expect at Tuesday night’s presidential debate and I can’t tell you how hype I am for this fucking debate! Live footage of Trump and Biden pre-debate: First, if you are an undecided voter, I want you to walk out of your…
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How Trump’s 2016 Campaign Used Facebook to Target and Deter 3.5 Million Black Voters: Report
Trump’s 2016 campaign used every trick possible to steal the election. When he wasn’t using Russian interference in the actual election, his campaign targeted some 3.5 million Black voters and tried to suppress their vote. According to British news outlet Channel 4, Trump’s campaign compiled data of some 200 million voters and then divided them…
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Former Trump Campaign Manager Hospitalized After Police Find Him Armed and Threatening Self-Harm and Somehow Manage Not to Shoot Him
Being white looks like having a moment, a desperate moment, in which everything inside your brain turns to TV static and you begin to threaten self-harm and you have a weapon and police are called and in the end, you are taken to a hospital for help. You are not shot. You are not killed.…
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President Trump Is Putin’s Drug Holder and Other Things We Learned From Trump’s Taxes
Whenever a rapper or an NBA player travels, they need a person who is willing to carry the drugs. That person is usually a friend who has nothing more going on in life than being the one who is willing to take the charge so that the “money” doesn’t get arrested. It’s a job; and…
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The Trump Administration Gave a Journalist an Award Then Took it Back After Realizing She Criticized Trump and Then They Lied About All of it
The Trump administration is skullduggerish AF. Last year, they honored a journalist from Finland and then took that shit back after learning that she’d posted some harsh words about the great white leader of whiteness on social media. Then, they lied about taking the honor back. According to the Washington Post, apparently journalistic honors are…
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Lindsey Graham Finally Understands Righteous America’s True Feelings About Him: ‘They Hate My Guts’
For years, all of us, the collective us that hate everything that Trump’s spray-tanned fingers have touched, have been telling everyone that would listen that Lindsey Graham was the trashiest trash can that ever trashed. Oscar the Grouch literally lives in a trashcan and even he told the Trash Times, (the paper of record for…
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Report Finds North Carolina Threw Out Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots at Twice the Rate of White Voters in 2018
Voter suppression isn’t a new phenomenon. But as the country lurches toward a November election in which President Donald Trump has flatly refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose, concerns over the integrity of the voting process are as high as they’ve ever been. Adding to those concerns is a…