Donald Trump
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Man Donald Trump Called ‘My African American’ Is Not a Supporter but Is Happy About ‘Compliment’
When Donald Trump called out a black man at a Redding, Calif., rally Friday as “my African American,” he had no way of knowing that the person in question, Gregory Cheadle, was not a supporter of his. According to NPR, Cheadle, a Republican candidate to represent California’s 1st Congressional District, said that during the rally,…
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Watch: Chilling Video Combines Trump Rhetoric With ’60s-Era Lunch Counter Protests
When Donald Trump talks about the “good old days” of how protesters were treated, he jokes about them being taken out on stretchers or being ripped out of their seats. But there’s nothing funny about how civil rights protesters were violated in the 1960s as they fought to end Jim Crow in the South. They were beaten, harassed and…
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Donald Trump Clinches GOP Nomination
Well, what we’ve all known finally became official when Donald Trump received enough delegates to clinch the GOP presidential nomination Thursday. Although California and New Jersey will hold their primaries June 7, according to CNN, Trump has reached the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the Republican spot. The news station notes that Trump won’t formally…
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Protest Outside Donald Trump Rally in NM Turns Violent
A protest outside a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico on Tuesday turned violent after several protesters began throwing burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police, authorities say. The scene outside the Albuquerque (N.M.) Convention Center turned chaotic as officers responded to the protesters’ taunts by firing pepper spray and smoke grenades into…
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Trump’s Secret Plan to Win the Presidency: Pitting Minorities Against One Another
In this election, Donald Trump has used a grieving black father’s loss to try to pit black voters against Mexican immigrants. He employs black spokespeople to tell black voters that immigrants are taking their jobs. He tweets false crime statistics as a ploy to get black people to talk about “black-on-black” crime and distract from…
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Why Black Voters Are the Most Rational Voters of 2016
Let’s face it. Black voters are about the only folks in 2016 who haven’t lost their damn minds. Contrary to some nimble-minded pop-culture notions that either we’re not politically sharp or we don’t care about elections or we just vote for people who look like us, black voters (for the most part) are a rather…
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Melania Trump Says Her Husband Isn't Hitler. Which Totally Makes Me Think He's Actually Hitler
There’s a brunch party I plan on attending Saturday. There will be people there. Many of whom I will know. Some I will not. Some of these some will (probably) introduce themselves to me. And some I might introduce myself to. The start of those conversations will probably look something like this: “Hey, are you…
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Five Great Alternatives Black America Should Seriously Consider For President
As Barack Obama’s second presidential term winds to a close, Black Americans are contemplating the sad prospect of holding their noses when they cast their votes for the next Commander-in-Chief. Instead of choosing the lesser of the remaining evils, here are five choices you should consider for the next Black President of the United States:…
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Fuck This Entire Election Cycle
When Donald Trump was scheduled March 11 to stump on the University of Illinois Chicago campus, I was driving to Detroit with the goal of getting out of town before the inevitable protests began. I openly questioned on Facebook the purpose of protesting Trump, as if making a scene in public wouldn’t just embolden his…
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Ben Carson Endorsed Trump For A Job Hook-Up, Which Reminds Us Ben Carson Is Black As Fuck
You can say many things about Ben Carson, the backordered decaffeinated coffee machine who recently dropped out of the presidential race. Iconic surgeon. Popeyes enthusiast. Vigilante. Black History Month book report muse. Delusional motherfucker. But one thing you cannot do is doubt his Blackness bonafides. Yes, his actual politics, if enacted, would have put America back to 1953.…