Politics
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Watch: In New Ad, Jordan Davis’ Mother Says Son’s Death Inspired Her Congressional Campaign
In a new campaign ad, Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis and U.S. Congressional candidate for Georgia’s 6th District, shares how her beloved son’s death was a“catalyst” for her decision to run for elected office. McBath shared the ad on her social media accounts last week. “I never planned to run for office. After my…
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Trump's Ex-Camapiagn Chair Paul Manafort AKA Paulie Walnuts Pleads Guilty [Updated]
Former Trump crime campaign boss Paul Manafort aka Paulie Walnuts is upholding the no-snitching code of the White House mob family and agreed to plead guilty to a second group of charges filed in Washington, D.C. While it is in unclear if the Manafort has agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s deep dive…
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As Ugly As President Trump Is, He's Just A Mirror For White America
Earlier today, while millions of Americans prepared to get hit by what’s expected to be a devastating hurricane, the man America elected president got on an app and denied the existences of thousands of Americans—claiming that their deaths were fabricated by his political rivals to make him look bad. We are likely stuck with this…
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President Who Campaigned on Dangerous Conspiracy Theories Again Peddles Dangerous Conspiracy Theory
On any given day, the president of the United States is liable to tweet nonsense. That isn’t an opinion; it’s a fair assessment of what the president tweets: a mix of hyperbole, self-congratulation, bullying and on more than one occasion, outright lies. Today was one of those “outright lie” days. And it’s disgusting. On Thursday…
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Jenifer Lewis Calls on Cardi B and Nicki Minaj to Get Out the Vote!
She’s the straight-talking grandmother on black-ish and the self-proclaimed “Mother of Black Hollywood,” but “Auntie” Jenifer Lewis also has issues. Political issues, that is. Just ahead of the highly-anticipated New York primaries on Thursday, Lewis made another in her ongoing series of musical social media posts, encouraging millennials to “get woke” and “get out and…
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This Donald Trump Story Reveals the True Power of Whiteness
Buried among the mountain of tales in Bob Woodward’s excavation of Donald Trump’s Hogwarts Acadamy for Grand Wizards, is a story that reveals the ineptitude of Donald Trump and the brazen supremacy of whiteness. According to Business Insider, Woodward’s new book, Fear, contains an anecdote about Donald Trump that boggles the mind. It details a…
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As Hurricane Florence Approaches, Trump Trapped in Tornado of Lies
At The Root, we don’t employ a psychologist or a psychiatrist (although Michael Harriot serves as the senior wypipoloigist on staff), so we are unable to assess the president’s mental health. Therefore no one on The Root staff can currently say whether or not the president suffers from some narcissist personality disorder. However, as someone…
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Here's What's Going to Happen at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 48th Annual Conference
Ask U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, what’s on his mind for 2018 and he’ll get directly to the point: 218 seats. That’s the number of seats the Democrats need to really throw its weight around to do the things its members want to achieve over the next two years.…
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Can Letitia James Win the NY Attorney General's Race and Make History?
Light rain fell on Sunday as Letitia James and her two campaign aides hurried into St. Paul’s Community Church in East New York in Brooklyn. It’s the type of day pastors fear will keep their flocks from filling the pews. That morning, projections that Hurricane Florence would hit the East Coast before Thursday’s New York…