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  • Democrats Filibuster Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch in Pettiest Senate Fight Ever

    Senate Democrats successfully filibustered the confirmation of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, sparking a series of contentious moves that will likely result in … well … the confirmation of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. Senate Republicans failed to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, landing 55 votes in…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Top Democratic Senator Vows Democrats Will Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination

    The Senate’s top Democrat said Thursday that Democrats would filibuster the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch. The Washington Post reports that Thursday’s hearings on Gorsuch ended on a “confrontational note,” and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that he will vote no on President…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Democrats Put New Leadership in Place, Prepare to Work With Trump Administration

    A week after the devastating election losses that made Donald Trump president-elect and kept the Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, Democrats spent Wednesday putting leaders into place that can help plot the party’s comeback. Time reports that the party’s leadership in the Senate now includes a diverse crowd of ideologies and geographies.…

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    Monique Judge

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  • RIP, Obamacare, We Hardly Knew Ye

    Obamacare has officially moved into hospice. I think the best thing we can all do now is try to make President Barack Obama’s life work, and arguably the most controversial and effective piece of legislation during his two-term presidency, as comfortable as possible, because the end is near. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Maybe if the Black Left Were Trump Supporters, Democrats Would Put Some Respect on Their Names

    Over the course of this farce of a presidential campaign, we have seen mainstream media outlets and politicians seek to analyze and understand white people who support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. What drives them? What incites them? What brings them to the polls and why? We’re all expected to be so fascinated, as if…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • Sometimes It’s Perfectly OK to Hate Those Who Believe in Your Oppression

    When Michelle Obama said, “When they go low, we go high,” she offered a succinct and strong defense of dignity. The idea is that simply because someone else—in this case, Donald Trump—resorts to a certain level of campaigning that many find debasing doesn’t mean everyone else should join him in the mud pool. It’s a…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Marc Lamont Hill on Voting Green, Not Being Afraid of Trump: 'We Can Afford to Lose an Election; We Can't Afford to Lose Our Values'

    Marc Lamont Hill—Morehouse College Distinguished Professor of African-American Studies, New York Times best-selling author of Nobody, VH1 talk show host and a much-sought-after political and cultural commentator—swung by 105.1’s The Breakfast Club to chop it up with D.J. Envy, Charlamagne tha God and Angela Yee. Hill not only talked about his road to success—from dropping out…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • VSB DNC Day Four Open Thread

    It’s the last day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention and Hillary Clinton is slated to accept the party’s nomination as the first woman to receive the Democratic nod for President of The United States. Chelsea will also be speaking. And you can to. Spit your game, talk your shit.

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    VSB Staff

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  • The Democrats Are Led By Fucking Grown-Ups, And The GOP Is Led By An Adolescent Cheeto

    For as long as I’ve been aware of American politics and the differences — real and perceived — between our two major parties, I’ve also been aware that the GOP has been touted as the party for grown-ups. For serious (White) men and the women those serious (White) men were married to. The solid and…

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    Damon Young

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  • Democratic Political Infighting Over Education Harms Black Families

    The Democrats’ political machine is in full gear this summer as special interest groups drive toward a common goal: getting the party elected to the highest office in the land. But the political action group Democrats for Education Reform, which favors charter schools, has veered off the road, blasting negotiators who altered part of the…

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    Andre Perry

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