Politics
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AOC Expresses Frustration With 'Moderates,' Generally States Facts In New Interview
It’s been frustrating in recent years watching the Democratic party try too hard to appeal to a group that wants nothing to do with it. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) seems to know that frustration first hand. “Democrats can be too big of a tent,” Ocasio-Cortez told New York Magazine in a profile published on Monday.…
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Selective Service Site Crashes Over The Weekend As Iran Spurs Draft Fears
If you’re reading this and you happen to be a cis-gender male between the ages of 18-25, relax. You are not going to get drafted. The Washington Post reports that on Friday the website for Selective Service crashed. As of this writing it is still down. After Trump decided to up and kill an Iranian Commander…
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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton to Go Full Tekashi 6ix9ine, Says He’s Ready to Testify
In what can only be described as the biggest switch since The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air replaced dark-skinned Aunt Viv with light-skinned Aunt Viv and acted like nothing happened, former national security adviser John Bolton now claims that he’s ready to testify in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. On Monday, out of the clear blue sky,…
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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham Is Willing to Risk It All for Love
I’m convinced that President Trump has several photos of a buck-naked Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) holding an equally naked goat in a seedy hotel room lit only by Russian-prostitute-urine-scented candles, as we’ve not seen this level of commitment since this cat saw bacon. Over the weekend, Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, once a respected member of…
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Real White House Wives Recap: Everything You Need to Know About the Potential War With Iran
In case you’ve been living under a rock, simply don’t care, or don’t like to involve yourself with messy drama and stunt queens, then this is everything you need to know about the possible war with Iran, why Trump did what he did, and why we all are about to die. Sike, we aren’t going…
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Oprah Winfrey Is ‘Awake’ but Worried, Waiting on 2020 Election Frontrunner to Emerge
Though her brand is heavily tied to optimism, Oprah Winfrey is concerned about the current state the world is in. The influential media mogul is also still weighing her options on who she will support during the upcoming presidential election. While kicking off her Weight Watchers Vision Tour in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, Winfrey offered…
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Amy Klobuchar Returns Central Park 5 Prosecutor Linda Fairstein’s Dirty Money
All money may be legal, but it ain’t all good. Senator Amy Klobuchar appeared to show that she knows this by returning a presidential campaign donation from Linda Fairstein, the former New York State attorney who oversaw the prosecution of the Central Park Five. Or at least she’s acting like she does—in hindsight. The Guardian…
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Twitter Says Edited Biden Clip Implying White Nationalism Doesn't Violate Terms of Service
The future is trash. At least that’s the message 2020 is sending me so far between the warmongering, violent racism and now blatant misinformation. The Hill reports that Twitter is refusing to delete a misleading clip of Democratic candidate Joe Biden at a town hall. The initial clip has Biden talking about changing domestic and…
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Booker Learns to Dance, Biden Affirms His Stance and Klobuchar Is Saying There’s a Chance: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 23
It’s the beginning of the end, everybody, so get your popcorn ready. While this is the first Black Power Ranking of 2020, it is also a week when many things either came to an end or are at the start of ending. This week, Julián Castro officially dropped out of the campaign for the 2020…
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Trump Predicted War With Iran in 2011 to Win Re-election and The Root Has the Tweets to Prove It
President Trump had a game plan long before he took office and it looked like this: Should things start to go awry and reelection seems shaky, just start a war with Iran. But at the time, Trump claimed this was going to be Obama’s game plan, which never happened. Well, guess who is following the…