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Q&A: White House Deputy Counsel Danielle Conley
The White House's top Black woman lawyer talks Ketanji Brown Jackson, pardons and creating racial equity in federal government
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GOP Sen. Susan Collins’ Yes Vote All But Guarantees Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation
It now appears that Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote won't be needed
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New Book Gives Look at VP Kamala Harris Inside Biden Administration
Despite internal conflicts, Harris has taken a bigger role on national and world stages.
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Inside the Confirmation Process of Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Root talked to the former U.S. Senator U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, who's advising Kentanji Jackson, as the historic Supreme Court hearings begin
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Merrick Garland Gets Emotional During Senate Confirmation When Talking About Race, and I Owe Him an Apology
I owe Merrick Garland an apology. When it was announced that Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court (See Mitch McConnell as to why that didn’t happen) would now be President Biden’s pick for attorney general, I said some pretty harsh things about Garland. I called him as special as a pair of all-white socks from…
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Jamie Harrison Is Going to Beat the Brakes off Sen. Lindsey Graham (Votingly) and 4 Other Down Ballot Races We Need to Watch
My mother taught English in D.C. Public Schools for more than 50 years. One day, I went to her class to help her carry some boxes down to her car when I saw “Let’s get that pizza” written on the chalkboard. I laughed because my mother, who is a wizard of words and a waste…
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Democratic National Convention, Day 1: Watch Our Livestream of Michelle Obama and ’Dem
Monday marks the start of America’s push towards a new day and much like the rest of 2020, that new day is going to look mad different. For starters, the Democratic National Convention—a political pep rally of sorts—won’t be an actual in-person event because the coronavirus came through and crushed the buildings, so the whole…
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The Furious Fight for Alabama’s Senate Seat Is Crazier and More Racist Than Ever
In Alabama’s 2018 special elections, black women saved their state from sending an alleged teenage dating connoisseur to the U.S Senate. Instead, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) won the empty seat vacated by former MAGA Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, whose voting record is just as racist as his name. This time won’t be that…
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Trump’s Impeachment Trial, Day Who Cares Anymore: The End Is Almost Here
The vote is today and we all have known for weeks, if not months, that the vote is going to go to Team Evil. The Senate will vote on whether to remove President Donald Trump for attempting to bully Ukraine into declaring that they would open an investigation into Trump’s political rival, Joe Biden and…