Politics
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President Trump Is Reportedly Rage Watching Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony
The Root has an exclusive live look at President Trump during the Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Christine Blasey Ford: According to tweets from Vanity Fair reporter Gabriel Sherman, President Trump is shaking the tables in the White House because Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony sounds believable. According to Raw Story, Sherman’s source inside the White…
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Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford Testify on Sexual-Assault Allegations [Live Updates]
The shit show that shouldn’t be is finally upon us and the idea that sexual-assault testimony is being treated like a lead-up to the Super Bowl is sickening and befitting of the times. But here we are. For those living in UnderARock, Wis., Brett Kavanaugh is President BumbleFuck von RussiaOp’s pick for the Supreme Court…
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It Ain’t Worth It: Only Black Woman in Vermont Statehouse Resigns After Sustained Racial Harassment
Only a month after announcing she would not be running for re-election due to ongoing racial intimidation, Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris, the only black woman in the Vermont House of Representatives, announced her immediate resignation on Tuesday. In the short but sweet Facebook post, Morris explained that she originally planned to complete her term, which ran…
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As New Accusations Emerge, It's Time for Brett Kavanaugh to Sit His Ass Down Somewhere
White male privilege is an intoxicating drug and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is high as a giraffe’s ass. On Wednesday, Julie Swetnick came out to claim that during the 1980s, she witnessed Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge attempting to get teen girls “inebriated and disoriented so they could then be ‘gang-raped’ in a…
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Sen. Ted Cruz Caught Gazing at a Photo of Rival Beto O'Rourke
At some point during his flight back to Washington, D.C., on Monday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz slouched in his seat, pulled out his phone and stared hopelessly at what is sure to be his demise. Cruz was starring longingly, or maybe it was hopelessly, at a photo of the young, charismatic, political force that is…
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Minor Damage: The Criminal Injustice of Black Youth Tried As Adults
No one knew. When 25-year-old guard Keriana Alexcee found the body of Jaquin Thomas hanging in a New Orleans jail cell, she didn’t know that Thomas had been dead for more than 90 minutes. According to the Advocate, Alexcee had not been trained to check on Thomas every 15 minutes—as mandated by a federal consent…
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Night School Makes the Grade in Depicting Adults With Learning Disabilities
Anyone with an adult child with special needs knows how hard they can fall after they leave high school and no longer have that safety net. In school, academic and other cognitive tests are used to bring tutors, therapists and other academic supports to students who need them. After high school, all they get are…
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Before Our Meeting, Michelle Obama Asked Me to Remind You What Happens When We All Vote
Wait … I’m not going to meet Michelle Obama? Hold up. Ok, I know that there is a lot at stake this election including the possibility of three black governors (in Georgia, Maryland and Florida, of all places), the chance to kick extraterrestrial humanoid Ted Cruz out of office and control of the House and…
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Trump Bashes Brett Kavanaugh’s Second Accuser, Claims Democrats are Running a ‘Con Game’
According to President Trump, the women who have accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct are bit players in a political drama drummed up by Democrats merely trying to discredit “a high-quality person.” For the second time, the president has come out to not only defend his Supreme Court pick but to unload…
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Watch: That Awkward Moment When the President of the United States Addresses the UN and Gets Laughed At
The president of the United States is a joke. Never before has a president been such a global embarrassment, but here we are, in 2018, the year of our lord Tarana Burke (who also happens to be No. 1 on this year’s Root 100 list, which you can see here), the president was boasting of…