alabama senate race 2017
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Roy Moore Believes He’s the Victim of a ‘Political Conspiracy,’ Sues His Accusers
Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, just cannot seem to let go of the fact that he lost his bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate to Doug Jones in a special election on Dec. 12. After previously refusing to concede his loss in the hope that there…
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Doug Jones and the Democratic Party Just Screwed Black Voters … Again
There is a saying that “no good deed goes unpunished.” My grandmother, a slight woman whose values still trickle down through four generations, and who radiated love and wisdom as if she were our family’s own self-contained solar system, once showed me the scars on her legs from being bitten by a police dog and…
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Nah, White Women … You Can’t Have This One
In the aftermath of black people showing up out of nowhere—like little Kenard who snuffed out Omar on The Wire—to kill Roy Moore and the “alt-right’s” dream of making the documentary Mr. Molester Goes to Washington, everyone wants a little bit of credit. The Democratic Party is saying, “I told y’all.” The pundits are giving…
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The Top 10 Moments From Roy Moore’s New Racist, Dog-Whistle, Batshit-Crazy Video
What you are about to see might be the scariest thing you’ve seen online since someone released that close-up image of Donald Trump’s hair. It’s scarier than Chrisette Michele’s miscarriage photos. It’s scarier than the Chrisette Michele “Black Lives Matter” song. I want to say it’s scarier than Chrisette Michelle, but God ain’t through with…
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Y’all Don’t Deserve Black Women
One thing is certain. Y’all don’t deserve black women. On Tuesday the Alabama Senate race took place. Roy Moore, a repugnant alleged serial child molester who believes that women should not have the right to vote, civil rights should be scrapped and slavery was lit, lost by a hair. Doug Jones, Moore’s opponent, was carried…
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Black Women in Alabama Saved Themselves Last Night
If you’ve kept up with how black women roll in American politics, what happened in Alabama last night should hardly surprise you. Per usual, black women showed up and showed out at the ballot box, helping Doug Jones win Jeff Sessions’ vacated Senate seat in what was supposed to be a safe victory for Republican…