Politics
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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…
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Chuck Schumer: Trump Can't 'Take Hostages' In Negotiations Over Border Security
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was in a relaxed, confident mood when I met him in his office Tuesday afternoon—and for good reason. President Donald Trump had recently been forced to agree to the Democratic position that the government be reopened before any talks about a possible border wall—the reason Trump shut the government down—without…
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Trump Just Berated His Own Intelligence Chiefs, Called Them 'Passive and Naive' for Disagreeing With Him
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to berate his own intelligence officials for not understanding the true danger that Iran poses. Yes, it is the job of the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray to assess the threat levels of possible enemies of…
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Trump Met With Vladimir Putin In Private, Again Because No One Can Stop This Love. No One!
One would think that after learning that Russian influenced the 2016 election, causing an investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the president would be smart enough to know that maybe he needs to cool down his love affair with Vladimir Putin. Well, one would be wrong. According to the Financial Times, Trump…
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Trump Adviser Roger Stone Pleads Not Guilty to 7 Criminal Counts. Are We Sure He Even Knows What's Going On?
Since his arrest early Friday morning, former Trump adviser and self-described “dirty trickster,” Roger Stone walked out of jail like he’d just been nominated for several awards for his portrayal of an incompetent political operative. Literally after he emerged from jail, he stood on the steps holding up his outstretched arms and wagging his Richard…