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Cory Booker Addresses Whether Democratic Leadership Is Supporting Progressive Congresswomen Enough
In an excerpt from an interview with The Root, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) acknowledged that some of the new congresswomen of color have been facing discrimination when he was asked if the Democratic leadership needed to do a better job of supporting progressive women of color like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) The freshman congresswoman…
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls Trump Adviser Stephen Miller a 'White Nationalist'; Her Critics Accuse Her of Anti-Semitism
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) isn’t here to be liked, she’s here to call it as she sees it, and as such, she’s quickly moving up the “Auntie Maxine reclaiming my time” list of righteous women who don’t have the energy to placate the public. On Monday, Omar called Stephen Miller, the assumed puppet master behind…
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President Mocks Rep. Ilhan Omar Day After Trump Supporter Who Threatened to Kill Her Is Arrested
The great divider in chief just doesn’t get it or really doesn’t give a shit, but either way, his rhetoric is not without consequences. Police arrested Patrick Carlineo Jr., 55, of Addison, N.Y., after he allegedly made calls to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in March threatening to assault and murder the Muslim lawmaker. And only…
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New York Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar
According to the Associated press, a man in western New York has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar from Minnesota. Federal prosecutors announced Patrick Carlineo Jr. was arrested after making a threatening call to Omar’s Washington, D.C. office last month. Omar, among the first of two Muslim women to serve in…
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'My Choice': With a Series of All Black, All Hijabi April Covers, Vogue Arabia Demystifies Muslim Modesty
“I think it’s important to remember that wearing a hijab is a woman’s personal choice. It doesn’t make her any better or worse than another Muslim woman. To me, it symbolizes modesty and gives me a sense of power,” supermodel Halima Aden tells Vogue Arabia. Aden, a groundbreaking Muslim model who has become a well-known…
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Ilhan Omar Wonders Why She’s Living Rent-Free in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Head
Freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar was a frequent target at this year’s American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, drawing stern and, at times, veiled rebuke from Democratic and Republican leadership, as well as the Prime Minister of Israel himself, Benjamin Netanyahu. The Minnesota Democrat, however, struck a defiant tone on Twitter and on the steps of…
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President Trump Tweets for Fox News to ‘Bring Back’ His Bae Jeanine Pirro
President Donald Trump and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro are a thing. Maybe not a thing the way that Trump and Stormy Daniels were a thing, but the president clearly loves the evil news anchor with the Archie Bunker disposition and rugged racist scowl. The president is always tweeting about his boo, and now that…
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Trump Makes Blackface Joke, Claims 'Democrats Hate Jewish People': Report
During a private speech with Republican National Committee donors on Friday night at Trump’s Winter White House, Mar-a-Lago, which looks a lot like a like a shitty resort in Florida, Trump mocked Democrats over blackface photos and claimed that Dems “hate Jewish people.” Maybe Trump believed he was safe to spout his freewheeling ramblings since…
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'We Must Have Equity in Our Outrage:' Ayanna Pressley, Dems Come to Ilhan Omar's Defense Amid Anti-Semitism Accusations
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, along with several top Democrats, released statements defending Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday, as the freshman congresswoman faced mounting criticism—including death threats—following her most recent comments on Israel. “I always have and always will stand in opposition to any and all forms of hatred and discrimination, including white supremacy, racism, transphobia,…
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West Virginia GOP Targets Rep. Omar with Anti-Muslim Display, White-on-White Violence Ensues
Never to be outdone by its own bigotry, the GOP went peak GOP again. NBC News reports that chaos ensued upon the discovery of an anti-Muslim poster disparaging Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar in the West Virginia statehouse on Friday. While chairs reportedly weren’t thrown and assess deservedly weren’t whooped, a rash of arguments did occur, as…