elizabeth warren
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Unhinged Trump Holds Rally in Montana, Attacks #MeToo Movement in Rant About Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Heritage
Donald Trump loves to rally. He may actually love rallying more than he loves KFC original recipe, being smacked on the ass with a rolled up Forbes magazine and watching migrant children being ripped from their families. Despite the fact that he’s already won the White House (with the help of Russian oligarchs), the president…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Pocahontas, Potato Salad and Porch Monkeys
I have a confession. The Root’s staff is going to kill me for revealing this top secret information, but in the spirit of openness and honesty, I feel it needs to be said, so here goes: Not everyone hates us. I know it’s hard to believe. I can’t believe it myself. The truth is, although…
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Why Calling Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ Is Racist, Explained
When Don “Puffy” Comb-Over took the opportunity during a White House ceremony honoring the Native American code talkers to call Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas,” the collective response from most nonracist Americans was, “Oh no, he didn’t!” But there were many people—including conservatives, people profiled in the New York Times and original-recipe white people—who didn’t find anything…
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Trump Honored Native American Code Talkers at the White House. What Could Go Wrong?
I want a wall. I’ve never wanted the wall before, but I do now. I want to build a wall around the White House that doesn’t allow anyone of color inside, because once inside, we can’t keep you safe. There is a good chance that you are going to be subjected to racist jokes from…
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Warren Tries to Read Coretta Scott King’s Letter About Sessions on Senate Floor; McConnell Silences Her
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) proved himself to be a coward Tuesday night when he stopped Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) from reading a 1986 letter penned by Coretta Scott King about Jeff Sessions, now the U.S. attorney general nominee. Warren was in the process of reading the scathing letter—which was written by the widow…
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US Ethics Office Warns Trump Nominee Confirmations Are Moving Too Fast
The Office of Government Ethics on Saturday warned that confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees are moving too fast. In a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that was released Saturday, OGE Director Walter Shaub wrote that “the announced hearing schedule for several nominees who have not completed…
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Democrats Put New Leadership in Place, Prepare to Work With Trump Administration
A week after the devastating election losses that made Donald Trump president-elect and kept the Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, Democrats spent Wednesday putting leaders into place that can help plot the party’s comeback. Time reports that the party’s leadership in the Senate now includes a diverse crowd of ideologies and geographies.…
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Elizabeth Warren Tears Into Wells Fargo CEO During Senate Banking Committee Hearing
“Mr. Stumpf, the Wells Fargo Vision and Values statement [pdf], which you frequently cite, says, quote, ‘We believe in values lived, not phrases memorized. If you want to find out how strong a company’s ethics are, don’t listen to what its people say; watch what they do.’ So, let’s do that.” So began Democratic Sen.…