Politics
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'What Black Girl Magic Looks Like': Detroit Cop Seizes Woman's Car, Mocks Her on Snapchat as She Walks Home in Below-Freezing Weather
A Detroit police officer thought it would be funny to post a video of a black woman walking in below-freezing temperatures after he seized her car. In the Snapchat video, the “good cop” filmed the woman, claiming that she was doing the “walk of shame” and posted stickers over the images “What black girl magic…
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Your Little ‘President’ Is a Pathological Liar
At this point, it should not be news to anyone that by all appearances, Donald Trump is a deranged lunatic who has a tenuous grip on reality. Nothing he says makes sense. He wouldn’t know the truth if it walked up to him, tapped him on the shoulder and pointed to the brightly colored “Hello”…
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‘Night Queen’ Kellyanne Conway Called Cory Booker Sexist Because She Knows Winter Is Coming
Presidential advisor and proof that not all White Walkers live beyond the wall, Kellyanne Conway might have made the dumbest comment in her long history of dumb comments. During an appearance on the president’s favorite reality television show, Fox & Friends, the warm-weather White Walker suggested that Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) was somehow sexist for…
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Jersey’s in the Building: Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Run to Kick Off Black History Month
As presidential announcements continue to roll out, another prospect has finally made official his aspirations for office: Cory Booker. The Democratic New Jersey senator kicked off Black History Month by throwing his hat into the ring for the 2020 presidential race. Booker joins a competitive group of Democratic hopefuls, including Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA); Kirsten…
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‘Here I Am, Rock You Like a Herman Cain’: President Reportedly Considering Pizza Boss for Federal Reserve
Looks like Ben Carson might be getting a campus pal as President Donald Trump is reportedly considering Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board. What does the Federal Reserve Board do? Who knows, but we all remember Cain don’t we? He was the black guy that ran for president as a Republican…
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Cory Booker to Announce Decision on Presidential Run, Would Become Second Strong Black Candidate in the Race [Updated]
Update: 2/1/2019, 10:16 a.m. ET: Senator Cory Booker is running for president of the United States, making his announcement on the first day of Black History Month. Read below his comments about running for president, among other issues, in this interview exclusive to The Root. Earlier: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) would be one of the…
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Trump's Former Pastor: He Never Actually Entered the Church Doors. Not One Time
President Donald Trump is not a liar. A liar is someone who occasionally tells mistruths. President Trump is a broken fire hose of lies. He’s a broken slot machine of lies. He’s a lie conveyor belt. On Monday, the president lied again, this time in tweet-form, claiming that America was “starting to make a turn…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham and President Trump Prove That a White Man's Arrest Is Worse Than a Black Man's Death
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is fed up with the way law enforcement overstep their authority in dealing with suspects, so he’s doing something about it. On Wednesday, Graham found time in his busy schedule, which included a full four hours of complimenting the cut of the president’s suit and his exquisite jawline,…
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Sarah Palin Calls Stacey Abrams a ‘Literal Loser’ and Twitter Quickly Reminds Her That She’s Sarah Palin
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s entire Alaskan house—you know the one where she can see Russia from her front yard—is made of glass. So as the old proverb goes: Never throw stones when you’re dumb as a goddamn rock. But when has that ever stopped Sarah Palin? On Tuesday, Palin was attempting to post…