Politics
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Michelle Obama Unveils Text Message Campaign That Makes It Easier to Register to Vote
When We All Vote, the non-profit, non-partisan voting initiative started by Michelle Obama, is gearing up for its National Week of Action in a major way: by helping you get registered to vote. The week kicks off in earnest on Saturday, with the only first lady we acknowledge headlining an event Sunday in Las Vegas.…
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Brett Kavanaugh's Accuser Wants to Testify, Even Next Week, But Still Prefers Full Investigation First
The lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who claims that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanuagh, says that her client is ready to testify as early as next week, but not Monday. An email from Blasey Ford’s lawyer, obtained by The New York Times, notes he is willing to negotiate…
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‘Shoot Them on Sight’: Stacey Abrams’ Campaign Harassed by White Nationalists; Republican Brian Kemp and Georgia Media Say Nothing
Massive generalizations are usually the work of a lazy mind or someone with an ax to grind: all cops are white nationalists, all politicians are corrupt, all media is biased, etc. etc. We know all of these things aren’t true, at least not all of the time. Yes, academic studies show that black politicians aren’t…
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Widow Asks Donald Trump Jr. to Stop Using Her Dead Husband's Photo to Spread Conspiracy Theory
The official executive assistant Twitter troll to the troll-in-chief was on his job earlier this week when he tweeted out an image of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper in waist-high water. The funny thing is that the only one lying was the Michelle Williams of Trump family. The photo was shared over 20,000 times on Twitter…
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Trump Says He's Not Worried About Paul Manafort Talking to the Feds. Good Luck With That
White male hubris is a powerful drug—especially in the case of Donald Trump. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, was found guilty in August of multiple financial fraud charges stemming from his pro-Russia party work in the Ukraine. And just last week, he plead guilty to criminal charges…
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Our Trash President Visits North Carolina, Cracks Jokes With Hurricane Victims
President Trump continues his fall into the bottomless pit that is his presidency. On Monday, the old man that loves porn stars and chicken (I never thought I could hate any man who loves porn stars and chicken, president or not) visited Hurricane Florence victims on Wednesday. After learning that a yacht washed up in…
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Senator Marco Rubio Is Salty at Salt Bae
The president of the United States is a liar who claims to be a billionaire and rode that cache all the way to a reality show in which washed-up, Z-list celebrities compete for a chance not to be on the end of his catchphrase. Because this is the world that we live in, earlier this…
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Trump Feels Bad for Brett Kavanaugh; Won't Say Christine Blasey Ford's Name
There’s one thing I can say about the xenophobic, racist, sexist Trump train: It’s never late. Speaking for the first time since Christine Blasey Ford’s claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school, President Trump expressed his sympathy and regret and condolences… For Kavanaugh. “I feel…
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Betsy DeVos Tells Students Not to be Mean on Twitter. Student Responds: What About Your Boss?
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, also known as Sarah Palin’s play cousin, continues her “I just want to be loved tour” in which she attends events and tries to prove that she actually became the Education Secretary on merit and not because she’s the wife to a very wealthy man. The cabinet position has always been…
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Stormy Daniels' New Book Makes It Hard to Look at the President or Mario Kart Without Gagging
While The Root will not be paid for this advertisement, as a service to our readers, we would like to suggest this keyboard cleaner perfect for cleaning the cookies you are about to toss onto your computer after reading this article. Porn actress Stormy Daniels has a new book. Her new book is about growing up…