Politics
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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…
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Coronavirus Can’t Stop Democracy: Primaries Continue in 3 States Today
Voters who own hazmat suits, N95 masks, Lysol spray and brown Listerine will brave the coronavirus to vote in Tuesday’s primary because sometimes democracy is a black mother who doesn’t care how silly you look in dress pants, you are going to church anyway! Sometimes democracy doesn’t care that you don’t like broccoli or that…
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The Divider-in-Chief Just Can’t Stop Dividing America
Think about this for a second: In the midst of a global pandemic, the head of the federal government told state governors that if they can get ventilators (presumably off the street from the ventilator guy) to do it because going through the federal government would take too long. And because the president refuses to…
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Utah Senator Mitt Romney Is Trying to Put Something on Your CashApp
Republican Mitt Romney better be careful before he starts getting pegged as a socialist. On Monday, the Utah senator called for an economic relief package that would include a $1,000 cash payment to all adult Americans to help aid those who are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. “The House coronavirus response package contains critical measures…