Politics
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Donald Trump Jr. Was Put in Twitter Jail for Posting False Information About COVID-19
Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot. That’s not a diss, that’s just a fact. If Donald Trump Jr. was taking an IQ test against a tractor-trailer tire and the fate of the world lay in the results, smart money would be to bet on the tire. On Tuesday, Trump Jr., aka Not Ivanka, was put…
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes: Record Number of Black Women Running for Congress
When it comes to saving America, there is only one group that is even remotely qualified to field the call: Black women. Not only are they the backbone of the Democratic party, but they are a voting bloc that cannot be easily swayed or influenced by bullshit. Black women are literally America’s moral compass and…
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National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Tests Positive for COVID-19
Despite all the warnings and the cautionary tales, President Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien still managed to leave the NBA bubble to get wings from world-renowned Atlanta strip club, Magic City. Managing Editor Genetta Adams: Stephen, you are mixing two stories together. NBA player Lou Williams left the NBA bubble to go to the…
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Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton Is Not a Racist. He Just Plays One in Real Life
Here at The Root, we are very particular about how we label people. We know that labels can be damaging and unshakeable so we are careful not to brand a person a thing unless we are sure that they are in fact said thing. So, it’s with that in mind that I say Republican Arkansas…
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White House Lies About Paw Patrol Being Cancelled While Criticizing So-Called 'Cancel Culture' for Cops
As part of its ongoing campaign to flood American cities with federal police all too willing to do the President’s violent bidding, not to mention drag the country’s institutions of government further into absurdity, the Trump Administration is now decrying the loss of the children’s show Paw Patrol as an example of ‘cancel culture’ against…
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Trump on Portland Mayor Getting Tear-Gassed: They Rocked That Bama!
On Thursday, Trump took a break from punching South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in the stomach to call into his favorite OnlyFans exotic dancer Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to clown the Portland, Ore., Mayor Ted Wheeler. Wheeler wanted to join the Black Lives Matter protesters in the Oregon city, but the protesters really don’t…
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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis to Lie In State at the US Capitol
The civil rights legend and Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who fought the racist Trump administration right up until his final breath, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on Monday and Tuesday. Lewis, the longtime Democratic congressman from Atlanta and last living speaker from the March on Washington, died July…
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Wearing Masks and Canceling a Portion of the Republican National Convention—What’s Happening With the Trump Administration?
For months, the Trump administration has been the leader of the coronavirus deniers movement. They have acted like masks were akin to slavery and that the media has been pushing falsehoods about one of the most deadly viruses to ever do it. Now, as if God had smacked the shit out of the entire administration,…