Politics
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Exclusive: Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Endorses Joe Biden for President
In an exclusive conversation with The Root, the mayor of America’s third-blackest city announced his endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United States, explaining how he came to his decision, why the election is not just a referendum on Trump and why he rejects the notion that “moderate” Democratic candidates…
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Rapper Scarface of the Geto Boys Came Close to Houston City Council Seat
Hip hop and you don’t stop! A rap music trailblazer has blazed new trails in southern political circles. Brad Jordan, also known as Scarface — a member of Houston’s pioneering rap group the Geto Boys, ran for City Council and came close to winning. Last week, it was pretty much established that the revered lyricist…
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Mitch McConnell Is a Not-So-Silent but Deadly (Old) Fart
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the human embodiment of a silent, funky-ass fart, thinks it’s pretty hilarious that the federal courts are being stacked with conservative judges and that he led the Senate in blocking President Obama from installing his own pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. McConnell is so pleased with himself, he…
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Be Best: Michelle Obama Throws Some Love to Greta Thunberg After Trump Cyber-Bullied the Teenage Climate Activist
Michelle Obama had some uplifting words for climate activist and Time Magazine’s Person of the Year Greta Thunberg after the teenager was bullied online by none other than the President of the United States. “Don’t let anyone dim your light,” the bestselling author and forever first lady told Greta, who helped lead the international Youth…
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Damn, Cory Booker: NJ Senator Fails to Make Next Democratic Debate
New Jersey senator and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker’s can-do spirit is still intact despite dismal fundraising and sad polling numbers, both of which will keep him off the debate stage on Dec. 19. “Today is the deadline for the DNC’s December debate qualifying threshold— and while I may not be on the debate…
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2 Articles of Impeachment Approved Against Trump as the Mad King Loses His Mind on Twitter
In a move we all saw coming but it still took forever, the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against President Quid Pro Hoe. After a marathon arguing session Thursday night that looked a lot like arguments in my house, the Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to impeach the president, making him…
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Trump Mocks Teen Climate Change Activist Greta Thunberg and His Campaign Tweets Image of His Face on Her Body
It appears that the Trump campaign’s re-election strategy is to use Photoshopped images of the president’s orange face on the bodies of every successful white person, both fictional and real. As it stands, Trump and his team have shared images of the president’s face on fake great white hope Rocky Balboa and supervillain Thanos. While…
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Human Poop Emoji Donald Trump Jr. Killed an Endangered Sheep Because He’s an Asshole
When the poop emoji wanted to move through the world without being detected, it needed a human host. The human host had to have very little brain activity, with little to no spine and who cheated on his wife with a member of Danity Kane. It needed to be someone who no one would notice…
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Pastor Who Sermonized That Jews Are Going to Hell Was Trump’s Pick to Speak at White House Hanukkah Reception
Only in this time, with this White House, could a pastor who once said that Jews are going to hell be one of the speakers at a White House Hanukkah reception, which included the signing of an executive order aimed at tackling anti-Semitism on college campuses. I can’t make this shit up. “Several prominent Jewish…
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‘Omar’s Coming, Yo!’: House Panel Takes Steps Toward Impeachment Vote
President Trump’s biggest flaw could be described by my favorite character on the best television show in American history, The Wire’s Omar Little, who once stated: “A man gotta have a code.” Trump doesn’t have a code. Hell, he doesn’t have a soul, a decent head of hair or a good tanning lotion. He’s cheated…