Politics
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Trump Tells Fox News That Homelessness Started ‘Two Years Ago’ and He’s Right
When you inherit millions in property and money from your father and spend your entire life sheltered from the realities of the real world, you are bound to say stupid shit. If you’re President Trump, the only Boy Scout not to get a badge because he claimed his bone spurs left him unable to tie…
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‘Call Me Tish’: After Trump Goes After Her in Twitter Rant, NY Attorney General Letitia James Says He Better Say Her Name
If you’re going to come for New York State’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Letitia James, know that she is no one’s “tool” and that you had better say her name: “Tish.” That was the message James sent on Twitter Monday after Donald Trump took to his favorite medium to slam New York Gov.…
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Ivanka Trump Inserted Herself Into a G-20 Conversation With World Leaders and Thus #UnwantedIvanka Was Born
Like a stick figure drawn with a shaky hand on Picasso’s “Family of Saltimbanques,” Ivanka Trump, who was not elected to any office, attended the G-20 Summit and tried to make friends—except, she’s not a world leader. Despite being the daughter of a traitor whose presidency will always hold an asterisk next to his name,…
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‘America’s Dicktator’ Now Wants Tanks and a VIP Section to Destroy the 4th of July Celebration
President Donald Trump still doesn’t understand how democracy works. He doesn’t understand that just because Russia stole the 2016 presidential election and handed it to him that he can’t punish the press just because they don’t write favorable stories about his cow pie-esque administration, and that he can’t kill people unless it’s on foreign soil…
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Kamala Harris Now Tied for 3rd With Elizabeth Warren in Polls Behind Two Old White Men
The battle for third place among Democratic presidential candidates is heating up after a stellar showing during the debates. California Sen. Kamala Harris is now tied for third with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) behind former Vice President Joe Biden and America’s favorite H&R Block tax consultant, Bernie Sanders. After the debates, in which Harris handed…
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Lil Nas X Confirms He’s Gay: ‘Deadass Thought I Made It Obvious’
On the final day of Pride Month—and fresh from wrapping up a set at the Glastonbury music festival in the U.K. this weekend—rapper Lil Nas X officially came out as gay. He made the announcement in signature fashion—which is to say, on Twitter—by asking followers to take a closer listen to “C7osure,” the final song…
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‘Your Attraction to Me…Is Not a Reason to Kill Me’: Laverne Cox Speaks Out About the Murders of Black Trans Women
It ought to be common knowledge by now that, without the contributions of black trans women, there would be no gay rights movement in the U.S. Still, they remain the most marginalized and vilified of all LBGTQ groups, a fact that is most evident in the disturbingly high rate of black trans women being killed.…
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Gay History Is Black History: These 10 Icons Prove It
LGBTQ African Americans have always been here. (Drag) Kings and Queens, dykes, homos, gender nonconforming, same-gender loving, queer and trans folk populate our history and have been foundational to every single emancipatory movement we’ve ever had. But often, they are erased for their sexuality or their gender. Gay folx been here. And they’ve been doing…
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Endorses Joe Biden for President
Keisha Lance Bottoms, mayor of what is arguably the blackest city in America, threw her support behind former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday, citing his experience and perceived ability to beat Donald Trump. Bottoms told the Associated Press, “For me, it was most important that we have a president who doesn’t have to walk…