Politics
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Vermont's Only Black Female Lawmaker Withdraws Re-Election Bid After Racist Attacks
The state of Vermont’s lone black female lawmaker, Rep. Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris (D-Bennington), announced that she will not be running for re-election this year, in part because of the overwhelming amount of racist threats she’s received. Morris, who won the Democratic nomination earlier this month, shared her decision to withdraw her candidacy last Friday on…
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Donald Trump Does Not Want That Smoke From Andrew Gillum
Admittedly, I do not know much about Andrew Gillum. I know he won the Democratic nomination in Florida’s primary race for governor, beating heavy favorite Gwen Graham. I know he’s the mayor of Tallahassee. I know he graduated from Florida A&M—which is why every FAMU grad I’m Facebook friends with had 22,000 word-long status messages…
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Well That Didn't Take Long: GOP Opponent Warns Florida Not to 'Monkey This Up' by Voting for Andrew Gillum in Governor's Race
Less than 24 hours after Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum’s historic win in becoming the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, his opponent and Trump favorite, Ron DeSantis, is already pulling out the racist bullhorn to rile up deplorable Floridians. During a segment on Trump’s personal YouTube station, Fox News, DeSantis, the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 6th…
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In an Upset, Andrew Gillum Wins Democratic Nomination for Florida Governor's Race
In a surprising win, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum earned the Democratic nomination in Florida’s primary race for governor Tuesday night, putting him in a position to become the state’s first black governor if he wins in November, the Washington Post reports. Gwen Graham, a former member of Congress who was the Democratic frontrunner and led…
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Biographer: Mike Pence Believes God Wants Him to Be President
Vice President Mike Pence, leader of America’s push for a space force, believes that God is calling him to be president. That’s right, the resident space cadet in the Oval Office not named Trump believes that God is “calling him” to “function as a president-in-waiting,” according to Michael D’Antonio, a CNN contributor and biographer of…
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Auntie Maxine's GOP Opponent to Speak With FBI After Tweeting Most Racist Fake Letter Ever
Although I have always believed there is no such thing as kinda pregnant, an intermediate Spades player or someone who a little bit racist, there are indeed levels of racism. If there was a scale on which you could measure bigotry, the racism threat meter’s colors would range from some-of-my-best-friends-are white to Make-America-Great-Again red. And…
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Trump Googled Himself This Morning and Got Sad. Now the White House Is Looking Into Regulating the Search Engine
The president of people who walk their children on a leash is a self-absorbed, narcissistic, ego-maniac who can’t stop talking about himself and the believed war against his presidency. On Tuesday, the president was up earlier looking at combover tutorials and tiki torch reviews on YouTube when he decided to Google himself. Naturally, he didn’t…
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President Petty Responds to Pushback: White House Brings Flag Back to Half-Staff After John McCain's Death [Update]
The president of people who still eat at Waffle House continued his petty-ass ways after the White House returned the flag back to full-staff less than two days after Sen. John McCain died. ABC News captured the moment that White House workers returned the flag to full-staff. The news station notes that it is tradition…
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Brother of Kalief Browder Endorses Cynthia Nixon for New York Governor
A little more than two weeks before the New York Democratic gubernatorial primary, candidate Cynthia Nixon has released a new video endorsement from Akeem Browder, the brother of Kalief Browder, a New York City teen who took his own life after being locked in jail for years without going to trial. While Browder first declared…