Donald Trump
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White House Will No Longer Send Officials on the Air on CNN: Report
The White House is reportedly giving CNN the cold shoulder and will no longer send spokespeople or surrogates on the air with the network, freezing it out from on-air administration voices, Politico reports. “We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” a White House official told the news…
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Sean ‘Spicy Facts’ Spicer Gets in Heavy Fuss-Fight With the Press
White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer is so out of his depth, it’s amazing to watch. On Tuesday, Spicy Facts found himself knee-deep in a tense conversation with members of the press corps over a tweet sent out by the tweeter-in-chief. On Monday, President Donald Trump tweeted: I know it’s difficult, but ignore…
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Howard U. Republican Students Actually Think Donald Trump Will Benefit Black People
Howard University’s College Republicans organization has rebooted itself after 10 years of being silent. Why? Because its members think Donald Trump will actually benefit black people. Alexis Hasty is the woman behind the resurgence of the group, and she even received a $2,000 donation from Republican National Committee Chairman-turned-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.…
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The Last Black History Month
After Donald Trump issued a statement that refused to acknowledge the 6 million Jews slaughtered by Nazi Germany during the 1940s on International Holocaust Remembrance Day Friday, black America should prepare ourselves for what may be the last Black History Month. I’m sure many of you doubt that the Cheddar Comb-Over could erase a tradition…
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What We Need to Know About US Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Pick for Supreme Court
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that he had selected U.S. Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. So just who is Neil Gorsuch? According to NPR, Gorsuch, 49, is a solidly conservative judge with a record of strictly interpreting the Constitution, who reportedly sailed through…
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Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos Is a Plagiarizing Machine; Still Passes Senate Committee
The appointed apples fall not far from the corrupt presidential tree. Betsy DeVos—you know, the woman President Executive Order pegged to be the education secretary—looks to have plagiarized at least two of her answers on her Senate-committee take-home exam. Yet the nomination of the controversial billionaire who never attended a public school in her life…
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Why the Muslim Ban Matters to Black People
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.…
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Why Is Tina Campbell Helping President Hog’s-Head-Cheese Hussein?
If I could charter our new President Hog’s-Head-Cheese Hussein a flight anywhere, the destination would be obvious: the Seventh Circle of Hell. If his long list of sins against humanity before he was elected (insert laugh track) president did not confirm what an arrogant, selfish, greedy, cruel waste of the gift of life he is,…
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Bracing Ourselves for Trump’s Possible Supreme Court Pick
Amid the resulting commotion from his latest executive actions, President Donald Trump announced Monday that at 8 p.m. Tuesday he would announce his pick to replace late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. That’s right. The president gave us a heads-up that he would be making a major announcement of who may get one of the…
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Trump’s Tall Tales, Lies and Exaggerations in His 1st 10 Days as President Debunked
You have likely seen the phrase “alternative facts” circling around the internet and news stories since President Orange Foolius took office. Coined by Kellyanne Conway during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, it describes the flat-out lies Trump and those in his administration have told, starting with the size of his inauguration crowd and…