Politics
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Gordon Sondland: Oh Yeah! I Totally Forgot to Tell Y'all About That Quid Pro Quo
After saying there wasn’t a quid pro quo—and then maybe there was—U.S. Ambassador to Not Ukraine finally remembered that he, along with President Donald Trump, Substitute Fixer Rudy Giuliani and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, conditioned U.S. aid and support to Ukraine on their willingness to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. “Quid pro quo?”…
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Mayor Pete Ain’t Got to Lie, Deval Patrick Is Gonna Try and the Harris Campaign Won’t Die: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 18 1/2
“Seriously, you might as well bathe yourself in barbecue sauce for all the smoke you’re gonna take this week” —My well-intentioned warning to fellow Black Power Rankings judge Marcus Ferrell (former director of African American Outreach, Bernie for America 2016, and senior adviser for Swing Left). Mr. Ferrell is the silent partner in the Black…
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Julian Castro Says the Democratic Primary Isn’t Fair to Black Folks. He’s Right and Here’s How You Fix It
For weeks now, former Housing and Urban Development secretary, presidential candidate and one true heir to the Obama legacy, Julian Castro, has been pointing out the obvious: It’s peak hypocrisy that the Democratic Party, whose base is largely black, starts the primary process in Iowa and New Hampshire, states that are 90 percent white. The…
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Are We Pretending Donald Trump Wasn’t Secretly Rushed to the Hospital?
Pick one: Donald Trump was rushed to the hospital to visit a sick child because he is such a caring person… Or Donald Trump is the only president in history to break their physical examinations into two parts… Or Donald Trump and the White House staff is lying. Only one of those makes sense. Trump…
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OK Boomer: Joe Biden Says Marijuana Is a Gateway Drug, and He Won’t Legalize It
Joe Biden is a boomer. Let me preface this by saying not all boomers are annoyingly out of touch. There are some boomers who completely understand why marijuana should be legal at the federal level. Those same boomers understand that cannabis is not the gateway drug the pharmaceutical lobby people want you to believe it…
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As Week 2 of Public Impeachment Hearings Begin, President Trump Says He’ll Consider Testifying in Writing…But Nobody Believes That Lie
With round two of the public impeachment hearings set to begin this week, President Trump said in a Monday morning tweet that he would consider testifying—in writing—for the inquiry as to whether he abused his power when he witheld military aid to Ukraine unless they launched an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and…
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Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop-and-Frisk, But Nobody’s Trying to Hear It: ‘This Is a Deathbed Conversion’
For years, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been an ardent proponent of stop-and-frisk, the blatantly racist policy that allowed the NYPD to disproportionately target and terrorize black and brown citizens. But now that he’s laying the groundwork for a 2020 presidential run that’s destined to implode, the 77-year-old billionaire is apologizing for…
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Forever President Barack Obama Warns 2020 Democrats Voters 'Don't Want to See Crazy Stuff'
Will some of that old black magic work this time around? One can only hope it does. If any one can make it happen, it would be Barack Hussein Obama. Black America’s Forever President made an appearance at a Washington D.C. fundraiser Friday night. There, he doled out some advice to a room of well-heeled…
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Surprise, Surprise: Donald Jr.’s Triggered Book Sales May Be Rigged
Like father, like son. Although Donald Junior’s new book has landed in the top spot of the much-coveted New York Times Best Sellers List, there’s some scuttlebutt that the numbers may have been cooked. According to Page Six, Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants To Silence Us by Donald Trump Jr. may…
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Rudy Giuliani Under Federal Investigation for Campaign Finance Violations: 'I Would Not Be Surprised If He Gets Indicted'
It’s often said that your friends are a direct reflection of your own character. And if that’s to be believed, it should come as no surprise that Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and personal attorney of one Donald John Trump, is being investigated for campaign finance violations and a bunch of…