Donald Trump
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COVID-19 Exposed the Health Dangers of Air Pollution. Trump's EPA Still Refuses to Budge on Soot Regulation
Public health experts and environmental justice advocates have been calling for years for the Environmental Protection Agency to tighten its standards on soot, a deadly air pollutant that has been associated with higher COVID-19 death rates. But the Trump administration kept its brand strong on Monday, rejecting the tougher regulations, which will keep thresholds for…
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Trump Continues His Campaign to Steal the Election by Fixating on Georgia's Election Results
President Trump is still attempting to claim victory in an election that he has indisputably lost, this time by focusing on invalidating President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Georgia. Over the weekend, Trump reportedly called on Governor Brian Kemp to ask for a special legislative session in the state to overturn the will of voters and…
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I'm Not Saying Donald Trump Is Planning a Coup, but He's Doing Exactly What Someone Would Do if They Were Planning a Coup
I’m not the kind of person who shares conspiracy theories. But last night, as I was searching Fo’Chan (It’s like Black Twitter, but for 4Chan) for a leatherbound copy of The Willie Lynch Letter, I happened to run across a few articles on Donald Trump that made my whitey senses tingle (It’s like “Spidey senses,”…
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The Obamas Are Reportedly Producing a Comedy Series About Trump. Sadly, the Title 'Insecure' Is Already Taken
You know how you read something that’s too good to be true so you have to do a double (and triple) take? That happened to me just now. I was lollygagging on our work Slack news channel when Staff Writer Jay Connor dropped a link to a Vanity Fair article titled, “The Obamas Are Producing…
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Trump Officially Accuses Wisconsin's Black Voters of Cheating
First, you have to understand how the law works: Remember when those white boys chased down Ahmaud Arbery and shot him for not burglarizing a home? Technically, they were “concerned citizens” chasing a “suspected burglar” to make a citizen’s arrest. According to police, Breonna Taylor was a “suspected drug trafficker.” George Floyd was “resisting.” Sen.…
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Report by Former Military Physicians Says Trump’s Transgender Ban Hurt the Military. Who Would’ve Guessed?
Man, who would’ve thought barring an entire group of people from joining the U.S. military would have lasting, negative effects on the organization? According to a group of former military physicians, that’s exactly what happened as a result of the Trump administration banning transgender people from enlisting. I promise I’m just as not-surprised as you…
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NAACP LDF Sues Trump on Behalf of Black Detroit Residents, Allege Voting Rights Act Violation for Attempts to Block Michigan's Vote Certification
After a week of foolery in the process of certifying Michigan’s election results, which show the state going for decisively for President-elect Joe Biden over incumbent President Trump, Black Detroiters are fighting back against what they see as an attempt to disenfranchise them. On Friday, the NAACP Legal Defence Fund (LDF) filed a lawsuit on…
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Good News: Trump's Twitter Days May Be Numbered After January 20
Hallelujah! Trump could soon be booted off of Twitter as well as out of the White House. At a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that the policy exceptions allowing Trump to incite violence, proliferate racism, and promote white supremacy on his platform will end as soon Trump’s…