Politics
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Dave Chappelle Revisits 'Give Him a Chance' Comments About Trump: 'There's Got to Be More Cultural Sensitivity'
In a recent sit-down with CNN’s Van Jones, Dave Chappelle revisited his public plea to give Donald Trump a chance, telling the host that he felt like he didn’t have much choice at the time. Chappelle also expressed disappointment in the president’s “repugnant” rhetoric. The comments were made during an SNL monologue Chappelle did shortly…
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Why the Democratic Party Hasn’t Canceled Keith Ellison—For Now
Less than a month after Al Franken was accused of groping a woman, the U.S. senator from Minnesota resigned from his seat under pressure from his Democratic colleagues. Two months have passed since Rep. Keith Ellison, also a Democrat from Minnesota, was accused of assaulting a woman. He is still deputy chairman of the Democratic…
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Is That All You Got? Georgia Organizations Were Ready for Black Voter Purge by the GOP
“For YEARS I’ve been trying to get people to give a shit about ‘Exact Match,’ before the day after the voter-registration deadline,” says a Georgia Democratic campaign operative, who wished to remain anonymous. The exasperation in their voice is obvious. Exact Match is the gentrified name for Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s anti-black voting…
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Stacey Abrams Campaign: Supreme Vote-Suppressor Brian Kemp Needs to Resign as Georgia Secretary of State
As we barrel towards one of the most momentous elections in Georgia’s history, Democrat Stacey Abrams’ campaign is calling on Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp to resign following a report his office is cheating using a rigorous verification process to suppress the votes of thousands of African Americans. As reported by The Root, Kemp…
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The Wizard of Voter Suppression: Brian Kemp’s Long History of Making Black Votes Disappear
On Nov. 6, Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams could turn the nation’s political map inside out and become the first black female governor in U.S. history. The mathematics say its entirely possible. The voter enthusiasm is on her side. There’s only one problem: She’s running against one of the greatest suppressors of the black vote in…
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Donald Trump Has a Nose for Trash Black People
If there’s a silver lining so far with the Trump presidency—and one attribute that I’m honestly grateful he possesses—it’s that Donald Trump has a nose for trash black people. He has a way of sifting through the sea of blackness and sniffing out those who are the most shameless, the most feckless, the most hypocritical,…
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Kanye West Met With President Trump and We Need to Talk About It
I’m not sure if it was the part where Kanye West exclaimed that the ‘Make America great again’ hat gave him energy, his 10-minute rant, or the hug he gave Donald Trump … alright fuck it, it was the hug! HE HUGGED THAT BAMA! Kanye West. Southside’s own; the Louis Vuitton Don (who once brought…
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NJ Candidate Claims He Helped Diversity by Promoting People Who 'Didn't Deserve It'
After being stumped during a recent debate, a New Jersey political candidate explained his efforts to improve diversity and inclusion by telling his constituents that he has a history of promoting employees who don’t “deserve it,” adding that he umm… Actually, he didn’t add anything else. On Tuesday, the League of Women Voters hosted a…
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Wife of World's Biggest Bully Claims She's the Most Bullied Person in The World
First lady Melania Trump is doing it again. You know, that thing where she paints herself as a victim and then acts as if she’s rising above her life inside her gilded cage. Yes, Melania of House Trump; Queen of Mar-a-Lago, Wearer of a Pith Hat; Mother of Mullets, Keeper of Secrets, the Unshitholed, Princess…