Politics
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Maya Rudolph, Who Portrays Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, Responds to Harris' VP Selection: 'That's Spicy'
On Tuesday afternoon, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced that his pick for vice president is none other than Senator Kamala Harris. While many sang Harris’ praises (if the duo defeats Donald Trump and Mike Pence in November, she will be the first Black vice president and first female vice president in U.S. history),…
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Joe Biden Picks Sen. Kamala Harris as His Vice President
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was competing only with Rihanna for forcing Black America to hold its collective breath with anticipation. Unlike Rihanna, it wasn’t as if Biden couldn’t put out a new album because he was busy shutting the makeup and beauty world down with a product line called “Robinette,”…
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'God' Is 'White'
Everything is theirs. Embedded in the dog whistles that spread the dogma of white supremacy, is the false notion that this country was created for and by white people. It echoes in the way they have taken ownership of the word “patriot” and made it synonymous with “racist.” As white national-ish Tucker Carlson repeatedly insinuates,…
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Destiny’s Child Breakup and Other Events Trump Believes Ended Because of the 1918 Spanish Flu
In Trump’s world, facts don’t matter, common sense is a liability and all of his staffers are required to act as if human skin can just naturally turn the color of a carrot without assistance. On Monday, the president of people who let their pets sleep in their beds claimed that the Spanish flu of…
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100 Black Entertainers and Celebrities Send Letter to Biden Urging Him to Pick Black Woman as VP. Biden Is Going to Mess This Up
This wasn’t supposed to be remotely hard; in fact, the groundwork had already been laid down. It works like this: Black women are the backbone of the Democratic party and they needed to be rewarded with a vice-presidential pick in this upcoming election. And the presumptive Democratic nominee for president still hasn’t made his pick,…
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Trump and Anthony Scaramucci Get Into Twitter Spat After the Former White House Employee Says He’s Voting for Biden
There is a trend with ex-employees of the Trump administration and it looks like this: Bash the president that they once happily served—which is why it will always be fuck all of them. Fuck Omarosa. (Where is she, anyway?) Fuck John Kelly, James Mattis, John Bolton, H.R. McMaster, and most spectacularly, Anthony Scaramucci, whose time…
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Trumpkashi 45 Has to Be Trolling Us With This Mount Rushmore Bullshit
A good troll has to work hard to sell it or else it doesn’t work. And Trump has been trolling for years. In fact, he’s been trolling since Obama was in office, but I’ve mentioned this to several friends at different times: I don’t really know where Trump stands on any issue because he’s, well,…
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2Chainz Partners With Michelle Obama's When We All Vote Initiative to Encourage Formerly Incarcerated Voters
Atlanta-bred emcee 2Chainz is as serious about the upcoming presidential election as we all should be and wants to turn voting skeptics into believers during this incredibly crucial year. The “I’m Different” rapper has partnered with former First Lady Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote initiative to discuss the importance of making sure formerly incarcerated…
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Democrats Call for Investigation into Changes at U.S. Postal Service Amid Latest Organizational Upheaval
Democrats are calling out the head of the U.S. Postal Service, who is a donor to the Trump Campaign and chair of the finance committee for the GOP convention, even as he continues to barrel forward with a series of changes that have been majorly slowing down mail ahead of the 2020 elections. Nine Congressional…