Politics
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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,…
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A Completely Insane but Very Possible Conspiracy Theory That Ben Carson Authored the NYT Op-Ed
The last time we heard anything about the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Secretary Ben Carson, he was trying to get some blinged-out furniture for his office. It wasn’t on some Paul Manafort ostrich skin-level shit, but Ben was definitely trying to hype his office on some Diddy-esque executive swag. Why is that important?…
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Brett ‘B-Killa’ Kavanaugh Claims He Grew Up Around Guns, Drug and Gang Violence
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m boycotting the NFL for the third year. In the absence of gridiron battles, I’ve taken to Senate hearings to pass time. On Brett Kavanaugh’s second day of grilling by the Congressional panel for his nomination to the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh dropped the most laughable line of his life.…
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Cory Booker Goes Full ‘Rick James’ on Senate, Releases Brett Kavanaugh’s Confidential Emails
In a move reminiscent of Charlie Murphy’s “Rick James True Hollywood Story,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) asked Brett Kavanaugh: “What did the five fingers say to the face?” and slapped Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) squarely in the mouth before breaking Senate rules by releasing Kavanaugh’s confidential documents to the public. In the third day of…
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Donald Trump Jr. Used His Father's Face to Make His Own Nike Ad
Donald Trump Jr., a.k.a. Whose mans is this? a.k.a. Not-Ivanka, a.k.a. Vanessa Trump’s baby daddy, claims to have fixed the controversial Nike ad by adding his father’s flaccid face. “Not-Ivanka” posted his version of the Nike ad to his Instagram page on Wednesday. Since the debut of Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ad for the 30th anniversary…
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Watch Alex Jones And Sen. Marco Rubio Almost Get Into A Fight
In what might be the weirdest dustup of 2018, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Tex.) and resident nutjob Alex Jones (W-hite) engaged in a full-on “Hold me back” moment that included name-calling and vague threats of violence. According to the USA Today, Rubio was outside of a hearing on social media when Jones decided he was going…
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Brett Kavanaugh Is a Dick and the Look He Gave Fred Guttenberg Proves It
On Tuesday, at the end of the first day of the Senate confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh’s possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, a man came over to him with his hand outstretched attempting to shake the nominee’s hand. Kavanaugh looked at the man and then turned and walked away. The man was Fred…