Donald Trump
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RIP, Obamacare, We Hardly Knew Ye
Obamacare has officially moved into hospice. I think the best thing we can all do now is try to make President Barack Obama’s life work, and arguably the most controversial and effective piece of legislation during his two-term presidency, as comfortable as possible, because the end is near. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,…
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Trump's Victory Equals Conservative Majority on Supreme Court
Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election Tuesday means that a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is not too far behind. In his action plan for the first 100 days of his presidency, Trump promised to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. With a Republican majority in…
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Unhappy With a Trump Victory, Protesters Across the Country Take to the Streets
Despite pleas from President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton asking their backers to accept Donald Trump’s victory and support his transition into power as the president of the United States, people took to the streets Wednesday evening to express their dismay with the election outcome. The Washington Post reports that demonstrators marched through the streets…
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Trump’s Action Plan for His 1st 100 Days as President
While on the campaign trail at the end of October, President-elect Donald Trump made a stop in Gettysburg, Pa., and outlined his plans for his first 100 days in office. The plan focuses on three main areas: cleaning up Washington, D.C., protecting American workers and restoring rule of law. NPR reports that Trump also laid…
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2 Top GOP Leaders Make Peace With Trump to Create United Republican Front
Two top congressional Republicans who were previously critical of President-elect Donald Trump are working to bridge the gap with him after his election win Tuesday night. Last month, when a leaked 2005 video showed Trump boasting about being able to sexually assault women by grabbing them in their genitals without consent, House Speaker Paul Ryan…
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Thousands of Calif. High School Students Stage Walkout in Protest of Trump Presidency
California isn’t done denouncing Donald Trump’s win yet, with high school students across the state—some of whom probably were not eligible to vote in Tuesday’s presidential election—still insistent on having their voices heard, CBS San Francisco reports. According to the report, students at Berkeley, Bishop O’Dowd and Oakland Tech high schools all staged walkouts just…
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Once Again, Black Women Did The Work White Women Refused To
There will be plenty of time in the coming days, weeks and months to do a full post-mortem on what just happened last night — exactly how and why every projection was wildly wrong, what could have been done differently, whether or not Mike Pence is a sentient Death Eater, et cetera. There are a…
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I Will Never Underestimate White People's Need To Preserve Whiteness Again
There is an understandable inclination to believe that by voting for and ultimately electing Donald Trump, White people (particularly working class White people) voted against their own self-interests. After all, this is a man who became a billionaire by swindling and defrauding and sometimes just outright not paying people exactly like them, and there’s no…
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Judge Denies Trump Campaign’s Request to Put Nev. Early Ballots on Hold
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump tried unsuccessfully on Tuesday to have some early ballots that were cast in Nevada put on hold, alleging that the presidential election in Las Vegas might be rigged to favor Democrats. According to the Washington Post, the Trump campaign alleged that the Clark County Registrar of Voters kept the polls…
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Eric Trump Tweets, Then Deletes, Illegal Ballot Selfie Showing He Voted for Dad
The second-eldest son of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seems to have broken the law Tuesday when he tweeted a photo of his ballot showing that he voted for his father in the presidential election. Eric Trump, 32, posted the photo of his ballot with the caption, “It is an incredible honor to vote for…