Politics
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GOP Lawmakers in Wisconsin Rig the Game Against Incoming Elected Democrats Who Won Fair and Square
What’s happening in Wisconsin right now should be criminal. Republican lawmakers in the state passed legislation Wednesday that limits the power of the incoming Democrats who won their elected positions in November. The New York Times reports that after Scott Walker lost his bid for re-election and Republicans lost their stronghold on state government last…
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Is Mueller’s Sentencing Memo for Michael Flynn a Veiled Warning for Donald Trump?
Robert Mueller is still doing his job. Despite all the criticism from the “president” and his cronies, Mueller has continued to press forward with his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. On Tuesday, the special counsel’s office released a court sentencing memo (pdf) in which Muellersaid because of former national security…
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George W. Bush Is Just Like All of Us, He Desperately Wants to be Friends With Michelle Obama, Too
Remember that moment during Sen. John McCain’s funeral during which former President George W. Bush handed Michelle Obama a cough drop and the two exchanged a laugh? Well, on Wednesday, that moment played out again at the funeral of Bush’s father. As Dubya was greeting the distinguished guests in the front row… along with Donald…
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Bush's Funeral: Trump Was Assured That No One Would Say Bad Things About Him
George H.W. Bush’s funeral Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral will not include any bad speeches about President Trump and the Bush family even gave the president assurances that no one would speak ill about the president so he could attend. Despite the president being a thrower of stones and vocal critic of the entire Bush…
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Brian Kemp Is Getting Called to the Principal's Office to Explain How He Stole Georgia's Gubernatorial Election From Stacey Abrams
Remember that time when Brian Kemp, while serving as Georgia’s secretary of state, oversaw the same 2018 gubernatorial race that he eventual won? And how he used every voter suppression tactic imaginable—from understaffed polls, to purging hundreds of thousands of voters from state rolls, to tossing out provisional ballots, to ensuring that voting machines were…
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Exclusive: In Combatting Housing Discrimination, New York City Goes an Unconventional Route
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCHR) today announced a settlement that could be a game-changer in the way cities tackle housing discrimination, particularly as it affects black and brown residents, by identifying companies that deny housing to prospective applicants based exclusively on their criminal history. In an exclusive to The Root, NYCHR…
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Joe Biden Says He’s the ‘Most Qualified Person in the Country’ to be President
Former Vice President Joe Biden has people buzzing about whether or not he will run for president in 2020 after he declared himself “the most qualified person in the country to be president” and said he will make a decision within the next two months. The death of Biden’s eldest son, Beau, from brain cancer,…
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Eric Trump Invited Himself Into Kellyanne Conway’s Marriage and Then Promptly Regretted It
Eric Trump is a Trump, which means a few things. First, it means that he’s going to do some really stupid shit often. Second, it means that he’s going to do really stupid shit more times than not. And lastly, it means that he’s going to do a lot of stupid shit. On Tuesday, the…
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The Real Reason Donald Trump Hates CNN
Donald Trump has a lot in common with the drug culture of Baltimore that popularized the “stop snitching” movement. The way D. Trump sees it, if he’s your friend, you can’t be out here telling people the truth about who he actually is. In the newest episode of David Axelrod’s podcast, “The Axe Files” CNN…