Politics
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Read the Full, Annotated Phone Call of Donald Trump Soliciting Foreign Election Interference
There’s no longer any doubt that Trump did it. On Wednesday morning, the White House released a memorandum of a conversation detailing the July 25 phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Although many are referring to this as a transcript, it is actually compiled from presidential note-takers because the…
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Team Trump Threatens to Yank Billions in Fed Cash From California for Not Cutting Air Pollution—but Won’t Let the State Cut Air Pollution
Does Donald Trump want California to battle air pollution, or not? That’s a question lawmakers there likely have on their minds with the Trump administration’s latest salvo against the politically liberal state. Last week, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department revoked California’s right to set higher emissions standards in the state’s longstanding bid to…
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Elizabeth Warren Pays Tribute to Slain Black Trans Women at LGBTQ Forum, Demands Trump ‘Say Their Names’
Elizabeth Warren gets it. As the latest edition of The Root’s 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings indicates, the 70-year-old Senator is firing on all cylinders in her quest to rid the Oval Office of its imbecilic orange incumbent. She’s got a plan for damn near everything, and when she’s not preoccupied with dismantling the race…
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Nancy Pelosi Announces Plans to Launch Impeachment Inquiry
Metia hates the grits pot. Whenever it was time to tidy up the house, all the kids in my family had a specific job. Even when our cousins came to visit, they knew the rules. Some people mopped, others swept and we all took turns washing the dishes after a meal. My older cousin Metia…
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Here’s How Young Black Voters Are Fighting Back Against Voter Suppression in Mississippi
While folks around the country are galvanizing today, National Voter Registration Day, to make sure people are eligible to vote come Election Day, here in Mississippi, young black voters are fighting for much more than making sure our names are on the voter rolls. For four straight years, Mississippi will have had back-to-back, high-stakes elections.…
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The Trump/Biden/Ukraine Story, Explained Via Game of Thrones
As the story behind Donald Trump’s alleged request asking Ukraine’s president to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential race grows more convoluted, we thought we’d explain it with a slightly less fantastic metaphor—Game of Thrones. Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe that gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It separates the…
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Ben Carson Doubles Down on Transphobic Comments, Quotes Bible Scriptures
You can actually be the smartest person in the room—on paper—and say the dumbest shit. It’s what some in hood culture call “that smart dumb shit.” Enter Ben Carson, a.k.a. Uncle Ben. The current Housing and Urban Development Secretary is defending what some have deemed as transphobic remarks—and of course accusing the media of spreading…
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Booker’s Campaign May Go Belly Up If Donors Don’t Pony Up $1.7 Milly by End of Month
Cory Booker’s coffers need more folks to start coughing up some coins. And fast. On Saturday, the Democratic presidential candidate hopeful’s campaign sent out a memo asking his supporters to raise $1.7 million by Sept. 30 or else…it could be light’s out for Brick City’s beloved golden boy. In a Medium post titled “Now or…