election
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LeBron James, Isiah Thomas Among NBA Greats With Plenty to Say About the Presidential Election
Prior to the presidential election, NBA players were extremely vocal in stressing the importance of American citizens exercising their right to vote. But of all the players in the league, there’s probably no one who’s been more committed to that goal than Lakers superstar LeBron James. Not only did he launch More Than a Vote…
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We Won the Fight to be Heard. But We Still Have to Fight to Win Racial Justice
Today, we should celebrate. When I think about how our community pulled together—and what we achieved in terms of making our voices heard, despite everything stacked against us—I am joyful. I feel deep love for Black people, families and communities all across this country who showed up in record numbers to make their voices heard.…
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Biden Takes Leads in Georgia and Pennsylvania, Coming Within a Tick’s Toenail of Becoming Next President
Can you hear that noise? It is the faint cries of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) getting punched in the stomach by an enraged Trump, who realizes that his political life is coming to an end as Biden takes leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia, moving within a gnat’s pubic hair of becoming the next…
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If Biden Wins the White House, He May Still Have to Deal With Mitch McConnell, With His Mitch-Ass
After the Senate shoved judge, now justice, Amy Coney Barrett down America’s throat with that sham-ass Supreme Court confirmation hearing during an election, I wanted a Joe Biden presidency that would come in burning shit down. I wanted a president who would come in dictating shit from the job. I basically wanted Biden to come…
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We Need to Break Down What’s Going on With the USPS and ‘Missing’ Mail-In Ballots
I was really hoping that I would be done writing about election mail on Election Day, but as you can see, I don’t always get what I want. The United States Postal Service keeps on generating controversy, mainly due to early data that shows the USPS may have not delivered up to 300,000 mail-in ballots.…
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As Expected, Trump Continues His Delusional Fight Against Mail-In Ballots
President Donald Trump tries to act like he doesn’t listen to mainstream media but he does and he heard the same news that we did; that mail-in ballots were likely to favor Biden because Democrats aren’t about that “standing in line during a fucking pandemic” life. So of course, before the election, Trump and his…
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Trump Goes on Fox & Friends to Complain About the Good Ole Days When Fox News Was Really Biased
It’s Election Day! So that means President Trump is up early on the phones with Russian operatives making sure that all of the systems are in place to steal another election. I kid, or do I? But seriously, you know someone is worried when they make an appearance on Fox & Friends to complain about…
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The Root’s Live Election Blog, Prayer Circle and Dumpster Fire Watch Party
Welcome to the season finale of America! In the previous episode of this long-running reality show, the villain, played exquisitely by veteran reality show veteran Donald J Trump, played a racist dog whistle as an uncontrolled coronavirus dumpster fire killed more than 200,000 Americans. Meanwhile, Joseph Robinette Biden appeared out of nowhere to save the…
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If Trump Has Any Lead on Election Night, He’s Going to Prematurely Declare Victory: Report
The way elections normally work is that both candidates running for office usually wait until there is no clear path to victory for their opponent before they declare themselves the winner. Remember I said “normally.” According to an Axios exclusive, Trump has told those close to him that he plans to prematurely declare victory on…
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Slavery and 4 Other Things We Expect to Happen if Trump Wins a Second Term
There are some who believe that should Trump somehow pull out a victory on Election Day, America is headed for armageddon. They believe that the president will ride to a podium on the White House lawn on the backs of two unfriendly, fire-breathing dragons, wearing the black hood of a guillotine executioner in which he’d…