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President Obama Orders Investigation of Alleged Russian Hacking in 2016 Election
President Barack Obama has ordered a full investigation into the 2016 election process and alleged hacking by the Russians, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco said Friday, according to CNN. “The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process,” Monaco said. “It is…
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First Lady Michelle Obama on Election Night: ‘I Went to Bed Before Trump Won’
While first lady Michelle Obama scorched President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail, she wasn’t interested in watching the returns come in on election night. “I went to bed. I don’t like to watch the political discourse; I never have,” she said in a joint interview with her husband, President Barack Obama, with People magazine. Michelle Obama went on…
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Surviving Trump: Black Women Strengthen Coalitions, Practice Revolutionary Self-Care
Now that the shock has subsided from the election of Donald Trump as our next president, many of us are wondering what we do next and how his presidency will affect our daily lives. From his Cabinet picks, it is clear Trump supports a racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and transphobic agenda in which corporate business…
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Jill Stein Drops, Then Resumes, Pa. Recount Bid
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein said early Sunday that she was moving forward with her recount efforts in the state of Pennsylvania after announcing the day before that she would drop it. On Saturday, Stein cited a $1 million bond as the reason she would not move forward with the recount effort in the…
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Donald Trump’s Baseless Claim That Illegal Votes Cost Him Popular Vote Is Classic Trump
President-elect Donald Trump is continuing the same ridiculous stunts that got him elected. On Sunday, after learning that Hillary Clinton had joined Jill Stein’s movement to challenge voter results in three states, Trump tweeted that millions of votes were cast illegally for Clinton. “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won…
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Jill Stein Calls for Recounts in Mich., Wis. and Pa.—But Why Is She Leading the Charge and Not Hillary Clinton?
Throughout election night, the Clinton campaign comforted themselves with the belief that her “blue wall” would ultimately secure her presidential victory. Then, one by one, to the surprise of just about everyone in America, including the Trump campaign, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin all went red. These are states that not only were polling in Clinton’s…
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#Recount2016: Jill Stein Raises $3,000,000 for Vote Recount in 3 States Clinton Narrowly Lost
Perhaps that “blue wall” held after all. Or maybe the Defiance election-rigging plotline from Scandal has really come to life. In the last week, prominent computer scientists and election lawyers have been urging the Hillary Clinton campaign to challenge election results in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, three swing states that Donald Trump won, ceding him the…
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Trump's Proving That Those Who Called Clinton "The Lesser Of Two Evils" Didn't Know What Evil Looked Like
So, I’ll be honest. After the shock of the election began to subside and the waves of the post-shock tsunami began to recede, there was a tiny, infinitesimal, Lilliputian part of me that began to look for silver linings. And, even, the subset of hope responsible for giving someone the benefit of the doubt. “Maybe Darth…
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Hillary Clinton Makes 1st Public Appearance Since Losing Election
In her first public appearance since her stunning loss to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton urged supporters “not to give up.” Speaking at the Children’s Defense Fund gala in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, Clinton spoke about how difficult the election results have been for her. “I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the…
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We Are the Future Our Ancestors Fought For
Since Tuesday, I have read countless posts from Facebook friends sharing some of the racist experiences they have endured since Donald Trump was elected president. Many of them express hurt and pure shock at being called the n-word, being told to go back to Africa or Mexico, or being taunted and targeted for how they…