2016 election
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Dave Chappelle Will Return to Host SNL Post-Election Day in Reprise of 2016
At least one part of this week’s election whirlwind will feel like déjà vu: Comedian Dave Chappelle is returning to the SNL stage again this weekend, taking the helm of the show post-Election Day just as he did in 2016. Chappelle’s opening monologue is expected to set the mood for the show. In 2016, after…
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Fake Black Accounts That Spammed Pro-Trump Tweets Removed by Twitter
On Tuesday, Twitter removed two fake accounts that spammed tweets about Black people leaving the Democratic Party. According to NBC News, the fake accounts used pictures of Black men as their profile pictures to create the illusion they were run by Black people. One of the accounts, @WentDemtoRep, was created on Tuesday and used a…
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Crystal Mason, Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Unknowingly Casting an Illegal Ballot, Speaks Out on Newfound Activism
Crystal Mason never intended to become an activist. But after being sentenced to five years in prison for unknowingly casting an illegal ballot in the 2016 election, Mason committed herself to advocate for voting rights: On the day she was released from prison, Mason writes in a new op-ed for the Washington Post, she held…
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Droppin' Jewels: Chief of Staff for Former Trump Counsel Gave Mueller Detailed Notes on President's Conduct
If the current trend keeps up, special counsel Robert Mueller may have to hire police detail to keep the line of Washington, D.C. lifers waiting to flip on Trump at bay. With Michael Cohen’s solo snitchin’ debut set for Tuesday, and notes from hours of interviews with the likes of Steve Bannon, Mueller and his…
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Michael Cohen to Testify in Public Before House Oversight Committee on February 27th
Did you forget about Michael Cohen? Don’t worry, Congress hasn’t. After citing “threats made against his family“ after President Donald Trump and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani made public remarks concerning Cohen’s father-in-law earlier this year, Cohen will testify publicly before Congress on February 27th. Cohen is expected to field questions on an array of topics…
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In 2019, Maxine Waters Is Taking on Big Banks—and Trump’s Corrupt Coins
It’s a question that arose early on election night last week, as a nationwide Democratic surge propelled the party back into power in the House of Representatives: What will Rep. Maxine Waters do now? The question was relevant for many reasons. Waters stands as one of the country’s most well-known Democrats and fiercest critics of…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Time for Ilhan Reminds Us That Hope Can Make History
In 1993 I left my birthplace of Minneapolis, seeking a hopefully glamorous future in New York City. Two years later, a 12-year-old Ilhan Omar and her family sought out Minneapolis as the site for their future, after spending four years in a Kenyan refugee camp and escaping war in their native Somalia. They weren’t alone;…
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Texas Woman Gets 5 Years in Prison for Casting an Illegal Ballot in 2016 Election
A Texas woman on supervised release from a tax-fraud conviction will lose her freedom once again—this time for casting an illegal ballot in the 2016 election. A judge handed 43-year-old Crystal Mason a five-year sentence on Wednesday for casting a ballot before completing the full term of her sentence, including the supervised release, for a…