Politics
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White People Are Right: They Built This Country
America is angry. Conservatives are mad for the same reasons they wanted to oust Obama, Muslims, immigrants and anyone who doesn’t support the Russia-fellating, rust-colored dotard in chief: They want their county back. Progressives believe Trump is destroying “their country” and the only thing that can save us are safety pins, pink pussy hats or…
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Trump Moonwalks All Over U.S. Intelligence Again, Claims He Doesn't Believe Russia is Targeting Midterm Elections
On Monday, during a press conference with American President Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump kindly escorted the entire U.S. intelligence agency outside to a Helskini highway, where he introduced them to a bus after claiming that he didn’t believe that Russia had anything to do with interfering in the 2016 election despite all claims that it…
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Trump Now Claims He Believes American Intelligence on Russia. Trump is Also a Lying-Ass Liar
The biggest problem with having a habitual liar in the highest office in the land is that a habitual liar is in the highest office in the land. On Monday, during a press conference with Russian president and resident Russian thug with the passcode to America’s wifi, Vladimir Putin, Trump stood on a global stage…
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So Trump is a Traitor. What Difference Does That Make to Black Folks?
Wow! Did you see the season finale of America yesterday? Totally didn’t see that coming. I know there was this whole buildup when that crazy President Trump got elected in 2016, and the storyline kinda got bogged down last season with the whole “find his tax returns” thing, but what a cliff-hanger! I mean who…
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Vladimir Putin Doesn't Want to See No Stinkin' Indictments, Plays Fox News Host to the Left During Interview
Russian President Vladimir Putin is having quite the week. Not only did he get the president of the United States to publicly kiss his ass on national television, he totally played the president’s favorite news station during an interview. While sitting with Chris Wallace from America’s version of RT News (maybe, Fox News can change…
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Writer and Cultural Critic Jamilah Lemieux Joins Cynthia Nixon’s Gubernatorial Campaign Team
It came as a bit of a shock to some on Monday when writer, cultural critic and most recently VP of Men’s and Lifestyle programming at NewsOne, Jamilah Lemieux, announced that she would be joining the New York gubernatorial campaign of progressive candidate Cynthia Nixon. “I am thrilled to have Jamilah join the campaign as…
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Trump's Joint Press Conference With Russian President Makes Their Secret Love an Official Relationship
The president of the United States is currently in a relationship with the Justin Bieber of world leaders. Vladimir Putin is not just a bad boy, he’s a Russian mobster, a dictator and an actual thug, not a play thug for R&B likes. The president has been caught talking to Putin on his burner phone…
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68-Year-Old Black Congresswoman Gets in on the #InMyFeelingsChallenge
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) took to social media Friday to get in on the “#InMyFeelingsChallenge,” which as those who read The Root know, has been quite the time suck for us all. Although she’s no Will Smith, Rep. Beatty says she made the video, which uses the Drake song, “In My Feelings,” to encourage young…