Politics
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Rep. Marcia Fudge Calls Out Nancy Pelosi: There Is an ‘Undertone of Racism…in Our Caucus’
Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge joined the ever-rising chorus of people calling for California Rep. Nancy Pelosi to step down as speaker of the House, saying it’s time for new leadership for the Democratic Party. In an interview with HuffPost, Fudge called out what she considered Pelosi’s dismal support of black candidates, saying the Congressional Black…
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The Petty President vs. CNN's Jim Acosta: Round Two
Just in case you haven’t been following the White House beef with CNN’s Jim Acosta, the story goes like this: During a press conference, Acosta asked President Donald Trump why he kept hyping up the migrant “invasion” when reports noted that the migrants were at least a month away. The president basically responded like a…
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Stacey Abrams to Voter Suppression Terminator: 'I'll Be Back'
You have not seen the last of Stacey Abrams. Sure, she lost the Georgia governor’s race because it was impossible for her to beat the human voting suppression terminator that is Republican Brian Kemp. Abrams, black god’s favorite candidate and the former minority leader of Georgia’s House of Representatives, told CNN’s State of the Union…
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Trump Gives Himself an A+, Slams Navy SEAL for Not Finding Osama Bin Laden Faster
President Trump is the personification of white privilege. He’s the young man who claimed he had bone spurs and therefore was unable to fight for the country but sees no irony in blasting retired Adm. Bill McRaven—the Navy SEAL who led the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden—for not doing it sooner. He’s the…
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GOP Advisor Channels the Ghost of 2Pac in 'Hit 'Em Up'-Style Rant Against Brian Kemp
From tying her shoe strings together, to grabbing the controller while she wasn’t looking and entering the Contra Code, we all know governor-elect Brian Kemp went to great lengths to steal the spoils of victory from Georgia’s should-be governor Stacey Abrams. But apparently there’s plenty of outrage on the other side of the fence too—as John…
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Andrew Gillum Concedes Florida Gubernatorial Race
Andrew Gillum, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida—and the first African-American candidate to do so—announced his concession to his Republican opponent, former Rep. Ron DeSantis, on Saturday. “R. Jai and I wanted to take a moment to congratulate Mr. DeSantis on becoming the next governor of the great state of Florida,” Gillum said in a…
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Stacey Abrams Ends Campaign for Governor of Georgia
Like the previous one and the one before him, the next governor of the great state of Georgia will be a white man. In a speech Friday afternoon, Stacey Abrams announced the end of her gubernatorial campaign, effectively squashing her bid to become the first black woman to serve as a chief executive of a…
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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar Catches Heat for Support of Israel Boycott
Minnesota Congresswoman-elect Ilhan Omar is catching heat for saying she supports BDS, a movement to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel, which some critics say is a reversal to earlier statements she made while campaigning. For those unfamiliar with BDS, the movement says it aims to end “international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure…
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Stacey Abrams May Ask For a Whole New Election: Report
As Georgia officials are preparing to crown former secretary of state and reigning Grand Wizard of Voter Suppression, Brian Kemp, governor, the legal team for the Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, is readying an unusual but not unprecedented legal challenge: A do-over. In light of numerous instances of voter suppression, vote-tossing, long voter lines,…