Politics
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Kanye West Makes Six-Figure Donation to Chicago Mayoral Candidate
After announcing his sudden retirement from politics, the no-longer MAGA-adjacent advocate for “free thought,” Kanye West, dropped a six-figure sum on the campaign of activist and candidate for mayor Amara Enyia. West gave her $126,460, according to the Chicago Tribune, which reviewed state campaign records. The donation brings the sum of Kanye’s contributions to Enyia’s…
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Michael Cohen Is Still Snitching on His Boy Donald Trump, This Time Outing His Racist Rhetoric
There was a point in time when many of us thought Michael Cohen would turn out to be the hero we need. He turned his back on his old friend Donald Trump—a man for whom he had cleaned up many a mess. He started telling tales out of school, letting us know bits and pieces…
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz Is Big Mad That A Former CIA Director Endorsed Beto O'Rourke
With the midterms so close, you can smell the swell of the blue wave coming. Maybe that’s why Texas Sen. Ted Cruz got all huffy on Twitter after learning former CIA Director John Brennan endorsed his opponent, Beto O’Rourke. Brennan listed his Texas resume before adding he doesn’t fuck with Grandpa Munster, aka Ted Cruz…
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S.C. Rep. Mark Sanford Says Haitians Shouldn't Get Birthright Citizenship Because They're Not 'Former Slaves'
In an interview with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin this week, outgoing South Carolina Congressman Mark Sanford said he wasn’t a “fan” of birthright citizenship and believed that people who come to the United States. “from Haiti or anywhere else” shouldn’t necessarily have access to it. In fact, if Sanford had his way, it would only apply…
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Frustrated With Trump, Some Florida Republicans Throw Support Behind Andrew Gillum
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—One of the first things Joe Bryant did when I walked into his home was to hand me his Republican Party membership card. “I wanted to show you my bonafides,” he said, before walking me over to his living room, where we sat and talked for nearly hour. He had to tell me why…
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Vice President Pence to Oprah: ‘This Ain’t Hollywood’
On Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence, the White House’s own version of Aaron Carter, was out stumping for Georgia gubernatorial candidate and current Georgia secretary of state and chief manipulator of votes, Brian Kemp. Pence, like the rest of America, has heard that Kemp’s opponent Stacey Abrams, the woman on the cusp of becoming the…
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A Formal Request for Hillary Clinton to Go Sit Her Ass Down Somewhere: [Updated]
Hillary Clinton is doing it again. You know the coy thing that politicians do when they are teasing whether or not they should run for office. The thing where they walk out into a crowd of people cheering their name and act like they want it to stop but secretly love the adoration. Two-time loser—I…
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Andrew Gillum's Hamilton Tickets Are Barack Obama's Tan Suit
When Barack Obama won the Iowa presidential primary in 2008 and went on to win Super Tuesday, I prayed the brotha didn’t have a side piece the Republicans could pull out to dash his hopes for winning the White House. Barring Fox News’ misleading reporting of his former pastor’s “Goddamn America” sermon and conservatives’ false…
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Ron DeSantis’ Racist Smear Campaign Forces Florida Civil Rights Group to Beef Up Security
For more than a month, Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis has been race-baiting the work of the Dream Defenders. That fear mongering, along with heated rhetoric from President Donald Trump, has begun having an effect on the civil rights group, which is why its leadership has grown concerned that Dream Defenders may be in…