Donald Trump
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Donald Trump Does The Hood: A Halloween Horror Story
He had been warned about this. His adult children, Ivanka, Eric, Donald Jr, and even the one no one gives a shit about, tried to reason with him, sharing horror stories about what they’ve heard about the hood, complete with anecdotes about deadly and sarcastic bodega cats and Ivanka’s own first-hand experience with mysterious and…
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Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Has Plan for HBCUs and Education. Trump? Not So Much, She Says
This election may be the most important of our lifetimes. It will determine whether we build on President Barack Obama’s legacy to create a more just and equitable society, or let all the progress we’ve made get ripped away. Every issue we care about is effectively on the ballot. That includes education. I believe it’s…
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Trump Supporter Arrested for Voter Fraud in Iowa
A Des Moines, Iowa, woman has been arrested for voting twice this month for Donald Trump in the general election, reports USA Today. Some may find this ironic, given that the Republican candidate has repeatedly said that his supporters should be on the “watch” during the election for potential voter fraud. Terri Lynn Rote, 55,…
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FBI Probing New Emails Tied to Hillary Clinton Case, 11 Days Before Presidential Election
In a shocking twist of events, the FBI announced Friday that it will continue to investigate Hillary Clinton’s emails, based on new emails discovered during an investigation into Anthony Weiner, the husband of Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin. According to the New York Times, the emails were uncovered when an FBI investigative team was looking…
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Donald Trump: Cancel the Election and Declare Me the Winner
Donald Trump wants to end it all now and be declared the winner. He doesn’t care that he’s trailing Hillary Clinton in all battleground states less than two weeks from Election Day. “Just thinking to myself right now, we should just cancel the election and just give it to Trump,” the Republican presidential nominee said…
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Donald Trump Unveils His 'New Deal for Black America' to Largely White Crowd
Donald Trump unveiled his “new deal for Black America” Wednesday to a predominantly white Charlotte, N.C., crowd, and painted himself as the great white savior to fix all the problems plaguing the black community. According to NBC News, Trump’s plan includes three concepts meant to sway African-American voters: safe communities, great education and higher-paying jobs.…
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Let's Get Ready to Rumble: Joe Biden and Donald Trump Want Fistfight
Vice President Joe Biden, like much of America, has had enough of Donald Trump. During a stump speech last week, Biden said, forget debating the vile Trump; he wished he could beat his ass. “The press always ask me, ‘Don’t I wish I were debating him?’ No, I wish we were in high school—I could…
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Another White Student Posts Photos in Blackface on Social Media
Another day, another white college student caught in blackface on social media. The latest incident has sparked student body and community outrage at Xavier University in Cincinnati, after the image of a white female student in blackface went viral, Raw Story reports. The caption under the problematic Snapchat photo read, “Who needs white when black…
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Civil Rights Groups Ready to Stand Up to Voter Intimidation
Gabrielle Gray is a little busy these days. The 26-year-old doctoral student in political science at Howard University is coordinating the school’s 2016 Presidential General Election Voter Protection Project. It involves putting together teams of students from HBCUs around the nation to keep voters of color from being intimidated at the polls on Election Day.…
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Sometimes It’s Perfectly OK to Hate Those Who Believe in Your Oppression
When Michelle Obama said, “When they go low, we go high,” she offered a succinct and strong defense of dignity. The idea is that simply because someone else—in this case, Donald Trump—resorts to a certain level of campaigning that many find debasing doesn’t mean everyone else should join him in the mud pool. It’s a…