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Trump Nominee Stephen Moore Fails Miserably at Defending Racist Public Housing Joke About Obama

If there’s a redeeming quality for racists, it’s that they’re generally crystal clear on where they stand. Their flawed logic is brazen and upfront. They do a terrible job of concealing their bigotry and xenophobia, so why even try to? They call me a “shining monkey” or a “nigger” to my face so I can…

By

Jay Connor

Published

May 1, 2019
Politics

Watch: Angela Davis and Ayanna Pressley Lead Black Women in Rally Supporting Ilhan Omar

Activist icon Angela Davis and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) spearheaded a rally Tuesday in Washington, D.C., of black women in support of besieged Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Davis and Barbara Ransby, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an adviser to the Movement for Black Lives, planned the event, according to…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

April 30, 2019
Politics

GOP Women Senators Raise Alarm About Trump’s Possible Fed Pick Stephen Moore

Looks like charges of a sexist past may be the downfall of yet another of Donald Trump’s presumed picks for appointment to the Federal Reserve Board. GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa went on record Tuesday saying that it was “very unlikely” that she would support Stephen Moore’s placement on the board, according to the…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

April 30, 2019
Politics

Here's How Much Money Trickled Down to Wages From Trump's Ingenious Big Business Tax Cuts

The Trump administration touted its bullshit tax plan as a win for the little guy with the idea being this: by giving big businesses massive tax breaks, they’d have more money, and with more money, they’d do the right thing and take care of their workers. It was all garbage-talk from the beginning, but Trump…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

April 30, 2019
Politics

Trump Sues 2 Banks to Keep Democrats Out of His Finances

How do we know with certainty that the president of the United States is not a high paid sex worker who exclusively caters to Russian President Vladimir Putin? We don’t, and that’s why House Intelligence and Financial Services committees have sought to get their hands on the president’s finances by issuing subpoenas to Deutsche Bank…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

April 30, 2019
Politics

DOJ’s No. 2, Rod Rosenstein, the Man Who Reportedly Said He Could ‘Land the Plane’ for Trump, Hands in His Resignation

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, has officially submitted his resignation papers, stating that his last day will be May 11. The departure of Rosenstein, whose tenure was marked by his appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump to the Oval Office, was expected after William…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

April 29, 2019
Politics

Obama Had Biden Pump His Breaks on '16 Presidential Bid: Report

According to a New York Times feature describing the relationship between the former presidential partners, President Barack Obama urged Joe Biden, his Vice President, not to run. According to the times, Obama “gently pressed” Biden on his 2016 aspirations over the span of a few weeks before having a strategist deliver a sobering assessment to…

By

Ibn Safir

Published

April 28, 2019
Legal, News

Trump Sends Migrants to Sanctuary Cities as DHS Asks Defense Department for Assistance at Border

After tweeting that his administration was considering a move to send undocumented migrants to sanctuary cities, Trump told a crowd gathered at a Wisconsin rally that the authorities have begun sending immigrants to cities around the country. According to The Hill, Trump took credit for the decision, calling it his “sick idea.” “Last month alone,…

By

Ibn Safir

Published

April 28, 2019
News

Omarosa Still Talks to White House Staffers, Wants Anyone But Trump in 2020

It seems reality television star and former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault just can’t stay away. According to the New York Daily News, the 45-year-old reality star who told all in her book, “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House,” which is conveniently out in paperback this week, Manigault still keeps in touch…

By

Ibn Safir

Published

April 27, 2019
Politics

Trump Now Claims His 'Very Fine People on Both Sides' Comment Wasn't About White Supremacists

President Donald Trump spins so much that even trying to keep all his truths, lies and subsequent lies about his truths can make you dizzy. But let’s try and think back a bit to that deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, when the president of people who were wearing khakis and…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

April 26, 2019