Politics
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Live Blog: Michael Cohen Is Doing His Best Operatic Solo In Front of Congress Right Now
The day of reckoning has come. Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer, former attorney, the Spliff Star to the president’s Busta Rhymes, the Ty-Ty to the president’s Jay Z, the Gayle to his Oprah is testifying before the House Oversight Committee and it’s about to be lit. The Root senior editor Stephen A. Crockett Jr.…
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Lawmaker Stricken By Rare, Selective Amnesia That Makes Her Forget Saying the N-Word in Front of Black Colleagues
It happens to us all. Even the smartest people have momentary lapses of memory when they misplace the car keys; can’t recall if they unplugged the iron or forget when they called a majority black county the n-word in public. Well, that’s what happened to Maryland Democrat Mary Ann Lisanti, who, according to the Washington…
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America's Kim Jong Un and North Korea's Kim Jong Un Arrive In Vietnam for Bae-cation
It’s no secret that President Trump is an open relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Korean leader Kim Jong Un. All three dictators met on the political version of Gindr and have been canoodling ever since. For some reason, President Trump is insistent on giving Kim Jong Un a world stage that helps legitimize…
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Michael Cohen Is Ready to Sing Like National Anthem Marvin Gaye, Will Give Up Dirty Details on Trump to Congress
The president’s former fixer and attorney Michael Cohen has reportedly asked for a half tux/half gown number to rival Billy Porter’s Oscar ensemble, because he’s about sing like a young Michael Jackson with the wide nose. Cohen is set to testify before Congress on Wednesday, and he’s supposed to be dropping his hits “Donald Trump…
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Chance the Rapper, Cops and the Chicago Way: Talking the Windy City Mayoral Race With Amara Enyia
Chicago has had a rough couple of weeks when it comes to the American news cycle. The Night King decided to make the city his vacation spot, Jussie Smollett and the Chicago Police Department have been in a fight to see who sounds the least credible, and R. Kelly’s latest arrest is a reminder of…
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Exclusive: Kamala Harris Calls for Decriminalization of Sex Work, Unequivocally Calls Trump a Racist and Wants Reparations (Sort of)
U.S Sen. Kamala Harris, a frontrunner in the burgeoning 2020 race for the Democratic nomination for president, is addressing criticisms of her criminal justice record and, more recently, her stance on reparations. Harris told The Root that she supports reparations for black people, but that is not precisely what she told The Grio’s Natasha Alford…
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Do the White Thing: Racist-In-Chief Calls Spike Lee’s Oscar Speech 'Racist Hit'
I believe that that there is someone on President KKKlansman’s staff whose job it is to bring him clips of news in which people mention or even vaguely allude to his name. Because I don’t believe that there are enough hours in the day, even for a president who spends most of his time ordering…
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Black Campaign Staffer Files Lawsuit Alleging Trump Kissed Her Without Consent: Report
Former campaign staffer Alva Johnson claims that during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, as rumors were swirling of allegations that he’d sexually assaulted several women, the then-Republican nominee for the White House kissed her without her consent, a moment she calls “super-creepy and inappropriate.” Johnson told the Washington Post in an exclusive interview that during…
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Amid Calls to Resign, Justin Fairfax Calls Himself Victim of a Political 'Lynching'
Justin Fairfax, Virginia’s embattled Lieutenant Governor—though, let’s be real, ‘embattled’ applies to damn near half the state’s politicians at the moment—had some choice parting words for the state Senate as the 2019 legislative session drew to a close. In a six minute speech on Sunday, Fairfax, who has been accused by two women of sexual…