Politics
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We Knew It: Melania Trump Reportedly Sleeps in the Guest Bedroom Where Michelle Obama’s Mom Used to Stay
Melania Trump is no damsel in distress; in fact, she’s a calculated genius (if her visa is to be believed) who plotted on the old orange man with the attractive bank account. But unless Scrooge McDuck sleeps with his money, Melania reportedly has no interest in laying next to his old wrinkly ass. And that…
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Black Federal Judge Strikes Crucial Blow Against Trump's 'Absolute Immunity' Claims: 'Presidents Are Not Kings'
In a ruling late Monday, Federal District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said former White House counsel Don McGahn must obey a subpoena to testify before Congress. The subpoena, issued in April, came from the House Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. As NBC News…
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Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF
Seven thousand three hundred twenty-two dollars. I hid it in a white Piggly Wiggly bag in the back of the dishwasher. Every single time I returned to that tiny apartment, I opened up that Navajo-white Kenmore dishwasher and made sure it was there. It was not a gift. It was not a reward. It wasn’t…
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Kamala Harris' Mental Healthcare Plan Calls for Ending Solitary Confinement, Expanding Services for People of Color
U.S. Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris has released a comprehensive mental healthcare plan that calls for ending the “mental illness to jail pipeline” by reclassifying disorders, ending solitary confinement and a range of other proposals the campaign released this morning. It is a well-known fact that America’s jails are the biggest providers of…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders: ‘I’ve Been Called’ to Be the Next Governor of Arkansas
When Sarah Huckabee Sanders left her position as White House press secretary six months ago, Donald Trump gave her a glowing review, saying she was “a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job.” He was, of course, lying. Sanders did not do an incredible job during the 23 months she…
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All About the Benjamins: Kamala Harris Has More Billionaire Donors Than Any Other 2020 Democratic Candidate
She’s in the money, honey!!! While Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren continue their crusades to galvanize the working class with their policy proposals, Kamala Harris is the one presidential hopeful that has appealed to the 1 percent the most. According to Business Insider, the junior California senator has received more donations from billionaires than any…
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Post-Debate Analysis: Joe Biden Wants You to Know That the Blacks Really, Really Like Him
ATLANTA—I’ve seen the word gentrification used for housing and neighborhood displacement, but never did I ever imagine that a person could attempt to gentrify an actually race of people. But last night, Joe Biden proved me, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and the rest of black America wrong. When Booker got his chance to speak on…
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Live Blog: From Atlanta, the Democratic Debate
What’s up from the ATL! The Root is here in the Dirty South live-blogging from Tyler Perry Studios, home of black excellence and Madea! That this debate is taking place on land that a black man bought should not be lost on anyone, by the way. Again, we are at the site of a Democratic…
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Here Is the Full Text of Donald Trump's Sharpie Lies for the Press
You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. Even if you know a baboon with a head injury or have an uncle who dropped out of school in the first semester of kindergarten to pursue a career in the lucrative glue-eating sector, I can guarantee that they are not as rockheadedly dumb as…
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Democratic Debate: Democrats Can Win Stacey Abrams' Georgia If They Really Want It
ATLANTA—Georgia’s Democratic Party Chair Nikema Williams says the eventual Democratic nominee for president of the United States can win Georgia, if they put in the work. Stacey Abrams proved as much. She delivered some brief remarks Tuesday morning at a roundtable addressing access to voting for people with disabilities. Not being able to physically access…