Donald Trump
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Bless Her Heart: Chrisette Michele's "No Political Genius" Is The Best/Worst Thing I've Ever Heard
I’ve spent the better part of the last week wondering why in the hell Chrisette Michele was singing at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Not because I don’t think she’ll engage in nonsense for a check – the girl was just touring for Love Jones: The Musical after all – but I simply can’t figure out where…
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2 Republican Senators Propose Giving States Option to Keep Obamacare
On Monday, two Senate Republicans said that U.S. states should be allowed to stay in the Obamacare medical-insurance program if they choose to. Donald Trump and congressional Republicans made campaign promises to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and since the new session of Congress started and Trump became president, they have…
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America Is A Big-Ass Alternative Fact
The first time I lied on my dick was the summer between 5th and 6th grade, when realizing that lying about the dispossession of my virginity to impress veteran non-virgins and fellow rising sixth graders (and, more than likely, fellow liars) Aaron Ray and Anthony Allen was much easier than finding a willing partner to attempt to have sex…
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Gregg Popovich Just Maxine Water’d President Trump
Don’t ask San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich anything about Donald Trump or this election or the state of affairs of this country if you aren’t ready to hear the real. Before the Spurs took on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night, Pop was asked his thoughts about the women’s marches that were happening around…
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Trump Makes Good On Promise to Nix Trans-Pacific Partnership
President Donald Trump didn’t waste any time fulfilling his campaign promise to remove the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). On Monday sources confirmed to CNN that the newly minted president plans to sign an executive order to do just that. Although the TPP was a bipartisan trade agreement that planned to promote economic…
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About Putin and His New Boo
Now that doomsday has happened, there are certain things to which we can look forward. For one, there will be pain. Lots and lots of pain. Unfortunately, it won’t be like a Betty Wright track in which said pain will yield some gain. It will just hurt. There will also be plenty of stupidity because…
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Jessica Williams’ Sundance Women’s March Speech Is a Must-Read
Jessica Williams is anything but average. And her mother made her realize that a long time ago after she stopped doing homework for school and thought getting C’s on her report card was acceptable. In middle school, Williams received the talk many black kids get from their parents growing up. The same talk I received…
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Mary J. Blige Says Donald Trump Is Racist
Mary J. Blige had a few words about President HWSRN at a Sundance press junket for her upcoming film Mudbound. Early on in the election, Blige made it clear that she was with Hillary Clinton and even broke out into Bruce Springsteen’s song “American Skin (41 Shots)” in front of Clinton during the Democratic candidate’s…
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‘The Black Girl’ Stacey Dash Gets Canned by Fox News
Stacey Dash, a vehement Donald Trump supporter and Republican apologist—you know, the one former Fox CEO Roger Ailes reportedly called “the black girl”—has been kicked off one of her biggest soap boxes. The Hill reports that Fox News has declined to renew Dash’s contributor contract. The only network our current president seems not to despise…
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About the Blacks the Marigold Manchurian Candidate Has Been Meeting
For as long as he is president, there will be debate over whether or not black people should be meeting with the Marigold Manchurian Candidate. It’s a question The Root’s political editor, Jason Johnson, recently tackled in the piece “So, When Is It OK to Meet With Trump?” While we are in accord with the…