Donald Trump
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Jemele Hill Says Race Was Definitely a Factor in Being Labeled 'Too Political' for ESPN
For years, whenever complaints about ESPN being “too political” came up, anchors Jemele Hill and Michael Smith were pointed to as the primary culprits. Their race was always the subtext, though no one—least of all ESPN—seemed to want to call attention to it. But now that Hill has taken her talents to the Atlantic, where…
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Trump’s Treatment of Female Reporters During Press Conference Shows Why He Supports Judge Kavanaugh
As with most things during Trump’s presidency, what started as a victory lap over a bootleg NAFTA alternative turned into a show of sexist, misogynistic, male chauvinist pig shit … or in laymen’s terms, “the presidency.” After Trump boasted about his dumb ass trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, more properly called the “I don’t…
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Omarosa, in Her Own Words: The Former Trump Aide Dishes on Reactions to Her Book and Why She Doesn’t Care About Being Invited to the Cookout
The ongoing drama at the White House is the epitome of “political theater.” And it seems to be the gift that keeps on giving to a public and media with an insatiable appetite for the onslaught of egomaniacal behavior from the current leader of the free world. Omarosa Manigault Newman has borne witness—and even contributed,…
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Millionaire Sens. Chuck Grassley and Jon Tester Are Applying for Wypipo Welfare
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is not only a curmudgeonly old man and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he’s also an asshole. The distinction needs to be made. One can be crotchety and harmless. Grassley, however, is a crotchety, rich, powerful, asshole. He’s literally the walking embodiment of Mr. Burns or Scrooge McDuck. Turns…
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White Republican Men, Yet Again, Hid Behind a White Woman. And It Backfired, Bigly
Once again, white Republican men hoped a white woman would save them. Maybe Republicans will continue rallying behind Brett Kavanaugh and appoint him to the Supreme Court despite the credible accusations leveled against him, but the GOP’s gambit to use a woman to speak for the all-white male Republican panel during today’s massively important Senate…
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President Trump Is Reportedly Rage Watching Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony
The Root has an exclusive live look at President Trump during the Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Christine Blasey Ford: According to tweets from Vanity Fair reporter Gabriel Sherman, President Trump is shaking the tables in the White House because Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony sounds believable. According to Raw Story, Sherman’s source inside the White…
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Watch: America's Ashiest People
If you ever wanted to 1. know who the nine ashiest people in America are and 2. watch me on camera revealing the list, today is your day. Today is your birthday. Behold as I list the folks whose ashiness transcends the physical and becomes spiritual—metaphysical, even. This is what happens when both your skin and…
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Trump Bashes Brett Kavanaugh’s Second Accuser, Claims Democrats are Running a ‘Con Game’
According to President Trump, the women who have accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct are bit players in a political drama drummed up by Democrats merely trying to discredit “a high-quality person.” For the second time, the president has come out to not only defend his Supreme Court pick but to unload…
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Trump Continues to Back Brett Kavanaugh, Calls Latest Allegations 'Totally Political'
In a move that has shocked absolutely no one, President ChiChi von PeeTapes is continuing to back his pick for Supreme Court despite new allegations. On Monday, the president of people who wear overalls in a non-fashion way, called the newest set of sexual misconduct allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh politically motivated and added that…
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There's No Such Thing as a Republican Party
As a child who was prone to going down rabbit holes, I was obsessed with stories about unexplained phenomena. I consumed books about subjects such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, ghost stories, the Bermuda Triangle, extrasensory perception, spontaneous combustion, unidentified flying objects, alien life, and the existence of a higher power. When I became…