Politics
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Amid Abuse Allegations, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison Considers Stepping Down From Democratic National Committee
Amid allegations that he abused a former girlfriend, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is considering leaving his position as deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee. Ellison has maintained his innocence, claiming the allegations made against him come from jealous former girlfriend, Karen Monahan. During a radio interview with Minneapolis radio station WCCO, Ellison said that…
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Trump Is the Soulja Boy of Presidents; Drops 138 Spots on Forbes List
President Donald Trump and Soulja Boy have a lot in common. Both are self-made. Both can truly spin a yarn. Both have made outlandish claims of wealth and extravagance. One “Superman’d a hoe” while the other had his un-spray-tanned buttocks smacked with a rolled-up Forbes magazine. Both are full of shit. Speaking of Forbes ……
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Trumpslains the President's Mocking of Christine Blasey Ford
Both Donald Trump and his proxy, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, continue their public defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In the latest White House press briefing, Sanders also goes so far as to say defend the president’s mocking of Christine Blasey Ford during a rally in Southaven, Miss., Tuesday. Sanders opened…
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New York Times Report Reveals Donald Trump's Father Was the Real Baller, Not Him
It turns out that Donald Trump is huckster, liar and a fraud. Who knew? According to a scathing report in the New York Times, the president of the United States not only lied about his wealth (he continuously claims that he’s a billionaire and he’s not), but his family defrauded the IRS by using dubious…
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Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford at Rally as He Continues to Campaign as the President of White Men
Rallies are a safe space for President Trump. The crowd is filled with approved and confirmed, card-carrying, MAGA hat-wearing, Trump supporters who would follow him over a cliff. I used to believe that Trump scheduled these rallies to boost his ego; now I think his staff plans them to get him the fuck away from…
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Make This Go Viral: The Voter Registration Deadline for Every State [Corrected]
If you plan on voting in the midterm elections on Nov. 6, the 2018 voter registration will end in less than 17 days for residents in 19 states. Here is a state-by-state guide for the voter registration deadlines according to Vote.org, Headcount and each state’s Secretary of State. In-Person: You have until Monday, Oct. 22,…
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Trump Directed Son Eric and Michael Cohen to Keep Stormy Daniels Quiet: Report
Ever since Trump took office it was always unclear as to what Eric Trump’s role would be. For years he collected unemployment as an out-of-work vampire and technically, he’s only qualified to be a greeter at the White House front entrance. But a new report seems to show Count Trumpula’s official role: Snitch Silencer. According…
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Colleges Promised to Hire More Black Professors, but So Far It’s Been Nothing But Talk
Robert Palmer knows how uncomfortable it can feel to be a black professor at a predominantly white college. He recalls speaking with a white student he was advising at the public Binghamton University in upstate New York, where just 4 percent of tenure-track instructors in 2016 were black, according to federal figures. “He comes out…
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Janelle Monáe, Angela Rye and The Root Show Spelman What Happens When We All Vote
Macaroni and aluminum foil. In 20 years, when two-thirds of the Senate is filled with graduates from Atlanta’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and you spot me on the White House lawn talking to the new Secretary of Clapback, Angela Rye, if you ask me what I brought to President Janelle Monáe’s inauguration cookout, now…