Donald Trump
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The Return to Boredom America Deserves
The past four years of Trump’s presidency have been like living with a drug addict who is deep in their addiction. Anyone who has endured this unfortunate cohabitation knows that each day brings with it a certain unsteadiness that creates its own kind of frantic normalcy. It’s toxic and exhausting and if you stay in…
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GTFOH Trump Watch: And Just Like That, the Devil Is Gone
If you have a moment to take, take it. We survived. We survived the racism, the xenophobia, the disrespect, the insensitivity, the negative rhetoric, the divisiveness, the homophobia. We survived beyond the wall, the migrant children in cages, the good people on both sides, the chaos, the blatant cheating on America with Russia, the mayonnaise-slathered…
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On Biden’s To-Do List Today Is Rescinding the Racist 1776 Commission [Updated]
After his inauguration today, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the arduous process of undoing much of the racist mess put in place by his predecessor—and top of his list is rescinding the racist 1776 Commission. As you’ll remember, the Trump administration kept up its racism until the bitter (though sweet for us) end by releasing…
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Around a Dozen National Guard Members Removed From Inauguration Security Team, Including 2 for Ties to Far-Right Militia Groups [Updated]
On Monday, The Root reported that the FBI screened around 25,000 members of the U.S. Army National Guard to make sure a second attack on the U.S. Capitol wasn’t being planned for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration by insiders tasked with securing Capitol grounds. It was an unusual screening of an unusually large Inauguration Day security…
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GTFOH Trump Watch: The End Is Near
Apparently, in between stealing whatever isn’t nailed down in the White House and helping Melania pack for a long stay with her boyfriend, Trump is planning on issuing 100 pardons, and as long as he pardons himself out of America’s house, I don’t give a fuck. Oh, and he’s still looking at being impeached because…
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FBI to Screen Around 25,000 National Guard Members Fearing Possible Insider Attack on Inauguration Day
We’re just two days away from the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Some Americans are excited, some are still mourning the about-damn-timely demise of Donald Trump’s presidency and others are pretty indifferent about the whole thing as a lifetime of witnessing America being America has left them cynical AF. Meanwhile, the FBI and U.S. defense…
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Capitol Terrorists Seek Trump Pardons, Some Already Freed from Jail
It’ll be worth watching the process of American justice as it is applied to the mostly white insurrectionists who took over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 with threats to hurt and hang elected government representatives. Already, some of them have indicated that they expect special treatment—like wanting to be served organic food while in…
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Army Veteran Charged With Attempted Murder for Shooting 15-Year-Old Black Girl at Trump Rally
The many army veterans and law enforcement officers who participated in the insurrectionist attack at the U.S. Capitol confirmed that there are people in the forces who also identify as violent Trump supporters, as does the recent case of an Army veteran being accused of shooting at a Black teen girl during a Trump rally.…
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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Whitenotes
The Clapback Mailbag will often search through the emails, tweets, DMs and comments to find a common theme from our perturbed readers. Sometimes they are upset about one thing. Occasionally, we will receive a spate of responses that all have the same “whataboutism.” But not this week. This week’s letters feature a mishmash of all…