Politics
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Breaking the Bernie Sanders Bubble
There are five stages of grief, political or otherwise. This occurred when Black voters decimated him in South Carolina, turning the tables on a campaign that was riding high from winning Iowa and New Hampshire, two overwhelmingly white states with the total population of Brooklyn and Queens. Of course, no one should have believed in…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders Finally Makes It Official and Ends His Floundering Fish on Sand Run for President
Guess what, America? You aren’t going to have Sen. Bernie Sanders to kick around anymore because the independent Vermont senator has officially ended his presidential campaign, only four months after he should have. Sanders announced Wednesday that it’s over. He’s packing up his briefcase and moving back to one of his three houses to retire…
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You’ll Never Guess W.H.O. Trump Is Blaming for Coronavirus Pandemic Response Failure
President Joe Exotic has found another Carole Baskin to blame for his inept and lackluster response to the Tiger King of viruses. On Wednesday, the president did what he does best and shifted blame for his non-response to COVID-19 to the World Health Organization, claiming that they called it wrong and—get this shit—he also threatened…
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In Coronavirus Economy, Somehow Trump's Friends Keep Getting Richer
As the deadly coronavirus crept its way across America unimpeded by the Trump administration, on February 13, 24 days after the first case hit the U.S., Vice President Mike Pence attended a “Trump Victory” campaign fundraiser at the sparkling new high-tech facilities of Nephron Pharmaceuticals in Cayce, S.C. Lou Kennedy, Nephron’s statuesque blonde multimillionaire owner…
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Supreme Court Forces Wisconsin Voters to Choose Between Their Health and Their Ballot
Wisconsin voters face an impossible choice this Election Day: protect their health, or protect their voice at the ballot box. That difficult decision was placed at their feet this week thanks to the Supreme Court, which, in a partisan decision, ruled to toss out tens of thousands of absentee ballots cast after Tuesday. As Slate…
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Rep. John Lewis Endorses Joe Biden, Pushes Former Veep to Pick Woman Running Mate
Longtime Georgia Congressman John Lewis has been a steady presence in the midst of a storm more than a few times in his life. On Tuesday, the revered civil rights icon and politician endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, telling reporters, “he will help us regain our way as a nation and as a people.”…
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Coronavirus Is Exposing America's Separate but Unequal Healthcare System. But Will It Change It?
As the child of Jamaican immigrants, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to trek across New York City to attend one of the most exclusive high schools in the country (Stuyvesant High School), and one of the country’s best historically black colleges (Hampton University). After serving as an Air Force physician, I intentionally…
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Trump Campaign to Jeff Sessions: Stop Trying to Act Like We’re Still Gang Gang
President Trump and Jeff Sessions were once a White House version of famed New England Patriots duo Bill Belichick and Tom Brady—that is, until Sessions started realizing that what Trump wanted in an attorney general was a body man to do his dirty work. When Session said “nah,” he then resigned at Trump’s request, which is…
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Wait, Who Wants to Hurt Dr. Fauci? America’s Only Hope for Coronavirus Honesty Forced to Beef Up Security
Dr. Anthony Fauci, stealer of Trump’s press conferences and corrector of Trump’s lies, “the country’s top medical expert on the coronavirus pandemic and a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force,” has been forced to beef up security after receiving threats to his personal safety. According to CNN, America’s top pandemic doc has to…
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Auntie Maxine Is Not Here for the President or His Coronavirus Congratulations
It’s become in vogue to bash the president. Don’t get it twisted; he’s deserving of all the hate coming his way, but it’s not really bold to say that the president is an idiot or a Russian operative or that he’s got a thing for Russian prostitute urine, now. It was a bit more taboo,…