Donald Trump
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George P. Bush’s Spineless Move to Endorse Trump Is About Power, Not Principle
Long before Jeb! Bush announced what would prove to be a dazzlingly disastrous bid for the presidency, I believed that if we were forced to endure another President Bush in our lifetimes, it would not be him. No, such honors would go to the former Florida governor’s son, George P. Bush, the one whom his…
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Drake Is The Donald Trump Of Hip-Hop
I don’t remember exactly which day last week Funkmaster Flex became a top trending topic. I do remember, however, that when first seeing his name, I assumed that he either 1) died (which, fortunately, didn’t happen) or 2) finally completed his transformation from New York City DJ to the world’s first sentient Lugz chukka. (Which, unfortunately, didn’t…
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Antonio Sabato Jr. and Stacey Dash Believe Stumping for Trump Got Them Blacklisted From Hollywood
Pop quiz (and bonus points if reading those words made you think of Tamia): When is the last time Antonio Sabato Jr. was poppin’? Most will likely answer the early to mid-1990s, when Sabato gained attention as a Calvin Klein underwear model and appeared in the legendary Janet Jackson video for her single “Love Will Never…
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Worst Behavior: How Donald Trump’s Self-Inflicted Wounds Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook
“I’ve never seen anything like it.” That was the response of Larry Sabato, my mentor and old professor from the University of Virginia, when I asked him during a radio interview to put the last week of the 2016 presidential campaign in context. Sabato has been writing about American campaign politics since the 1970s; there…
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What Unity? Twitter Reveals a Great Divide Within Both Political Parties
Bernie Sanders dominates Snapchat, House Democrats just discovered Periscope and your grandma is starting to share her vacation on Facebook Live. Social media isn’t “mediating” life anymore; it is the primary mode of communication for Americans across class, race, gender and age. So when there is a Twitter analysis of the Republican and Democratic conventions,…
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Donald Trump Eats Fried Chicken Like A Gotdamn Alien In A Human Skinsuit. Do Not Vote For This Daft Psychopath.
Look at that juicy, plump, and delectable fried chicken breast. Filled with white meat, delicious skin, and America’s finest hormones; ready to be devoured with hands and fingers and anxious teeth, how God intended it to be. And look at that daft motherfucker looming over top of it; his artificially tanned skin the tint of a…
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Twitter Destroys Donald Trump With #TrumpSacrifices
In what has become an almost predictable cycle—Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes a ridiculous, insulting comment, and he is condemned by Democrats, some Republicans, the press and social media. And then he backtracks. See the Russia/Putin/Hillary Clinton/Democratic National Committee email-hack debacle for a recent example. This time, sensing that lawyer Khizr Khan got the best…
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When Corny Black Celebrities Say They Aren’t Voting, Does Anyone Care?
During the 2004 presidential campaign, Diddy launched the Vote or Die initiative. At the time I was a student at Howard University, and through our newspaper, The Hilltop, I wrote about the problems with giving celebrities too much sway in mobilizing groups—notably young people—to the polls. After all, famous folks may be well-meaning, but for…
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#Election2016: Trump Ain't New, and Clinton Ain't Savior
“To not vote for Hillary is to vote for Trump” is a refrain that liberals have championed this election season. It often rears its ugly head when leftists or black radicals denounce the two-party system, raising significant concerns about Hillary Clinton’s neoliberal tactics alongside Donald Trump’s rabid racism. It also appears when folks deeply question…