Politics
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Republicans Bumrush Impeachment Inquiry With MAGA Lives Matter Protest
Republican lawmakers staged an impromptu protest against the Constitution on Wednesday, intentionally obstructing justice and delaying testimony from a key witness in the impeachment inquiry investigation into crimes that Donald Trump and White House staff already publicly admitted to. Yes, this is a thing that happened. On Wednesday, members of the House Intelligence Committee were…
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Transgender Employee of Rosario Dawson Hits Actress With Lawsuit Accusing Her—and Her Mama—of Vicious Beatdown
A transgender employee of actress Rosario Dawson is suing her and her family, accusing them of a violent assault and transphobic bias, including repeated misgendering. Dedrek Finley came to know the family as a lesbian woman some time ago, Finley’s attorney, Tasha Alyssa Hill, told NBC News. Finley got along so well with Dawson, her…
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HBCU Benedict College Is Set to Host a Criminal Justice Forum Featuring None Other Than Donald Trump
Benedict College will play host to a criminal-justice forum this weekend, and Donald Trump is slated to be one of the speakers at the HBCU. Located in election 2020 battleground South Carolina, Benedict is hosting the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum from Friday to Sunday, and Trump is set to headline Friday’s one-day symposium,…
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Donald Trump, Still Salty Over Dashed Doral Deal for G-7, Dismisses Emoluments Clause as ‘Phony’
Donald Trump’s dreams of making money off of hosting world leaders on the taxpayers’ dime at a Florida resort he owns may have gone down in flames, but on Monday, he defended his impulse, complaining that the constitutional provision that bars presidents from profiting off their office was “phony.” “You people with this phony emoluments…
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#BedBugSummit Exterminated: Trump to Select New Location for G7 Following Criticism
Thanks to what he referred to “the hostile media & Democrat partners,” Poor POTUS will not hold next year’s G7 Summit at his Miami area Trump National Doral resort. Two days after his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney audaciously announced the Group of 7 meeting of world leaders would take place at the financially…
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Elijah Cummings' Wife Maya Rockeymoore Expected to Run for His House Seat
Late congressman and civil rights activist Elijah Cummings’ grave isn’t even cold and there’s already news swirling about someone gunning for his House of Representatives seat. It’s the nature of many businesses — especially politics — but the “who” tongues are wagging about is his younger, politically ambitious (and highly educated) widow. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings…
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Bernie Can’t Say Our Name, Beto Has No Shame, and Biden Can’t Be Tamed: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 14
During a week where there is a Democratic debate the Power Rankings usually focus on who performed best, and how much time candidates spent speaking to issues and policies that concern African-American voters, but not this week. This whole committee was hit hard by the news that Rep. Elijah Cummings died early Thursday morning, and…
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Who Will Succeed Elijah Cummings as Head of the House Oversight Committee?
As members of Congress mourn the loss of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the question of who will take his place as the head of the House Oversight Committee quietly looms in the background. As the New York Times reports, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, who is now the most senior Democrat on the…
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Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Blows Up Trump’s Spot on Ukraine Scandal
Apparently, we all need to “get over it” when it comes to notions of wrongdoing with regard to Donald Trump using his political office to enrich himself or push his personal agenda. So said Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, on Thursday when he basically blew Trump’s cover of apparently feigned innocence as to…
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Brianna ‘BB’ Hill Becomes the 20th Black Trans Woman Killed This Year
In what’s become far too common, another black trans woman has been killed. KCTV reports that on Monday morning, Brianna “BB” Hill was gunned down in the Vineyard neighborhood of Kansas City, Mo. When police arrived at the scene, the alleged shooter was present, according to Police Capt. Tim Hernandez. Authorities believe there are no…