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Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for U.S. Senate in 2020; Millions Sigh, 'But What About President, Though?'
We still don’t know exactly what Stacey Abrams has in mind for future office, but we can at least rule one possibility out: a U.S. Senate seat in 2020. Early Tuesday morning, the Georgia Democrat announced she will not run to be a Georgia representative, despite “a fierce lobbying effort by party leaders,” the Washington…
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Sen. Cory Booker Is Leading All Democratic Presidential Hopefuls in This Category, and It's a Good Look for Him
The race to become the Democratic nominee could come down to which candidate is willing to use his or her influence to push Netflix prices back down to a reasonable amount so that Netflix and Chill doesn’t become “Netflix and can I get five bucks on this Netflix fee?” The field is already packed and…
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Trump Threatens to Get His Cousins If Democrats Keep Threatening Impeachment
President Donald Trump is doing the preemptive threatening thing that he does when he’s not making up nicknames for congressional members or kicking Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in the back of the knee and watching him buckle. This time, the president is threatening to go to the Supreme Court, where he put Neil Gorsuch and…
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Waiting Is for White People: The Privilege of Not Impeaching Trump
First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more…
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#RepublicansSoWhite: Why Black Voters Don't Mess With the GOP
One of the favorite assertions of Candace Owens, Kanye West and black people who will happily let white people touch their hair, is that negroes have been bamboozled by the Democratic Party. They often ask why the Democratic Party tends to get the black vote by default. With a false sense of superiority bestowed upon…
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Trump Bashes Mueller, Democrats and New York Times in Latest Round of Tweets
Trump took to Twitter to bash Robert Mueller and his 400-page report. labeling the investigation a “witch hunt” that found “no collusion,” Trump told followers that “the Democrats, no matter what we give them, will NEVER be satisfied.” His tweets come as reports that members of the special counsel team have been frustrated by attorney…
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Yo, Bro: Dems’ Push to Swear Off PAC Cash May Be a Hard Call for Candidates of Color
The Democratic Party’s efforts to have candidates pledge not to accept cash from super PACs has some prominent black fundraisers saying, “Hol up.” According to Politico, the Collective PAC, which aims to help elect black candidates to office, wrote a letter to prominent liberal activists asking them to stop pressuring Democrats not to accept money…
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Florida Mayor and Former FSU Wide Receiver Wayne Messam Announces 2020 Bid
As Mayor of Miramar, Fla., and a former football player for Florida State University, Wayne Messam, a 44-year-old business owner, is used to achieving success at a high level. After announcing his bid for the presidency Thursday, Messam believes he has a real shot at continuing his habit of success. A small-business owner for 20…
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Kirsten Gillibrand Officially Announces Candidacy For President
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand officially declared her candidacy for president this morning in a video announcement. She joins an already crowed field of candidates, including frontrunners Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Before today, Gillibrand was still in the exploratory phase. Her announcement comes as no surprise, as she has been traveling regularly Iowa,…