Politics
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President Trump Doesn't Understand That 9/11 Was a Tragedy
The president of the United States of White America shouldn’t need a crash course on arguably the most horrific tragedy in American history in the past 50 years (followed closely the Russian assist that gave this president the White House), yet, here we are. On the seventeenth year anniversary of the day the world stood…
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Omarosa’s Latest Mixtape Drop Is a Doozy
Omarosa Manigault Newman released two more secret recordings Monday, and Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing among other things Hillary Clinton, the Steele dossier and the deadly Niger ambush in which four U.S. service members were killed in October 2017. The first recording—which was initially released on The View and then later aired on…
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Omarosa Claims White House Staff Joked About Removing Trump From Office So Much They Had A Hashtag
Omarosa Manigault Newman, who once worked in the White House under the official title of mixologist of the crew, is back on her mixtape grind and while she didn’t drop another secretly recorded gem, she’s been speculating on who wrote the hit New York Times op-ed and confirming that many White House staffers actually considered…
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America’s Biggest Conspiracy Theory Is Real: The Racist Truth Behind the Myth of Voter Fraud
Whether it is Benghazi, birth certificates, Bigfoot, the Illuminati or an unseen VHS tape of Russian sex workers emptying vodka-filled bladders onto a marmalade-colored man who would eventually become the president of the United States, America loves a good conspiracy theory. Anna Merlan, a reporter at Gizmodo Media Group’s special projects desk and author of…
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During Black Girls Rock, Michelle Obama Had a Special Message to Black Women
During a star-studded celebration of black girlhood and womanhood, our #foreverandeverandeverFLOTUS Michelle Obama premiered a new PSA for her voting initiative, When We All Vote. “We’ve all seen the difference we can make when we choose to cast our ballots. And we’ve all seen the consequences when we don’t bother to show up to the…
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Sarah Sanders’s Misguided Call to Action Has the Opposite Effect
I would like to first give a shoutout to Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s unwavering support of Donald Trump. If there was anyone who epitomizes what Tammy Wynette meant when she sang “Stand By Your Man,” Sanders is it. Nothing this president has done is indefensible in her book. She is more “ride or die” than anyone…
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Trump Wants Department of Justice to Investigate Who Wrote New York Times Op-Ed
Because President Donald Trump doesn’t know how any of this works, he still believes that the Department of Justice is his personal militia who exist merely to handle cases he deems worthy. On Friday, the president called for the U.S. Justice Department to get to the bottom of the great White House mystery of who…
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With Great Power Comes … Less Responsibility? How New DNC Rules Hurt a New Generation of Black Officials
With competitive candidates all over the country, the 2018 mid-term elections look like they will be a revolutionary moment for African Americans. Even the branding of this hidden black wave of candidates has been spectacular. Every flyer or story about gubernatorial candidates Andrew Gillum (Fla.), Ben Jealous (Md.) and Stacey Abrams (Ga.) looks like a…
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Janelle Monae Explains Why Getting Out and Voting Is So Important to Her
Singer and actress Janelle Monae is passionate about voting and she wants everyone to get on board. As such, she appears in a new video telling her own voting story and encouraging others to understand the importance of this most important civic duty and right. Monae is a campaign co-chair for When We All Vote,…