Politics
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Take This With You To The Polls: Ballot Initiatives Every Black Person Should Know About
Although most of the talk about the midterm elections have centered on individuals, when we head to the polls on November 6, almost every state and municipality will ask its citizens to make a few crucial decisions regarding the laws, statutes and even state constitutional amendments. Using Ballotpedia’s list of 2018 election measures and information…
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Eric Holder Wants All the Smoke: When They Go Low, We Kick Them
Former Attorney General Nat Turner Eric Holder is not your negro. During a recent campaign event for Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams—who is currently on a quest to become the first black woman governor in American history—Holder told those in attendance when Republicans “go low” Democrats should “kick them.” According to Holder, the suspected…
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USA Today Allows Trump to Publish Fake News
For some reason—possibly because USA Today is trying to get into the good graces of the president, or maybe they just wanted some press—USA Today allowed the Donald J. Trump to publish an op-ed that is full of mistruths that only become apparent when you’re done reading the lies. In short, USA Today published fake news.…
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Stephen Miller’s 3rd Grade Teacher Confirms Long-Held Speculation That He Ate Glue: Report
Donald Trump’s senior political adviser Stephen Miller has always been a weird dude. Given that his third-grade teacher confirmed that fact, there’s little hope that anything will change. In 1993, little Stephen was an 8-year-old third grader who used to kill small animals ate glue. Fine, he never killed small animals. Well, no small animals…
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Melania Trump Went to Egypt Dressed Like a Smooth Criminal and Twitter Got Jokes
First lady Melania Trump never wanted to be here. She thought that she was marrying an old man with one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel, who not only keeps eating family-sized buckets of KFC original recipe but seems to be getting stronger. But this is the life she chose and…
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Black Guy Magic? Black Panther Scores First Midterm Election Victory: Elected Leader of the Avengers
I get it. Everyone is worried about the midterm elections right now (and you should be). Will there be a blue wave of Democratic victories? Will Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams be able to pull off wins in Florida and Georgia? Will Ben Jealous be able to get within 10 points of a loss in…
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Nikki Haley's First Name Is Not Nicole and Other Fun Facts Now That She's Leaving the Trump Administration
Nikki Haley was the White House Nicki Minaj. I learned last Thursday that Nicki Minaj’s real first name is not Nicole. It’s actually Onika. Nikki Haley’s real first name also isn’t Nicole, either; it’s actually Nimrata. On Tuesday, the president announced to widespread panic and utter shock to absolutely no one that Nimrata “Nikki” Haley,…
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Kanye West to Meet With Donald Trump to Discuss Things About a Lot of Stuff
In what is sure to be the lowest collection of IQs in a 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue room since George W. Bush cuddled with Millie, his puppy, President Donald J. Trump will host rapper, designer and iconic sayer of stupid shit, Kanye Kardashian West, at the White House. The New York Times reports that on Thursday,…
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Kenan Thompson Has Three Words About Voting This Election: ‘Figure It Out’
We here at The Root always come with receipts, as hard as they may be to bear. Last week, writer Michael Harriot asked, “Why Is It So Damn Hard to Vote?” Tonight, The Root writer Monique Judge answered, but regardless of the obstacles, one of our favorite big men on late-night has some sage advice:…