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Iowa Becky: The Hawkeye State Is Gentrifying Black People Out of Democratic Primary Relevance
During the 1976 presidential election, Jimmy Carter was a little-known governor from Georgia with faint name recognition who was a long shot to capture the Democratic nomination. Lacking the charm of Bill Clinton, the smooth-operator status of Barack Obama and the Hollywood pizazz of Ronald Reagan—who he would eventually beat in that 1976 general election—Carter…
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Neo-Nazi Slapped With $13 Million Fine for Targeting Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams With Racist Robocalls
If there were such thing as a Racist Hall of Fame, neo-Nazi podcaster Scott Rhodes of Idaho would be its latest inductee. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Rhodes is facing a $12.9 million fine for harassing Andrew Gillum supporters with a deluge of racist robocalls during his 2018 Florida gubernatorial campaign. According to the FCC’s…
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Good News for Bernie Bros: Bernie Sanders Leads in Iowa Just Weeks Before Caucuses
The Des Moines Register reported a bit of good news for “Bernie Bros” on Friday. For the first time in either of his two runs for the Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont leads the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll. It notes: The senator from Vermont is the top choice of 20%…
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Smokin’ Joe Biden Challenged a Man to a Pushup Contest Because He’s Strong AF!
I don’t know what is wrong with former Vice President Joe Biden, but I swear he’s becoming the living, breathing version of those Obama BFF memes. Remember those memes, in which a Crazy Joe spouts out silly shit and Obama has to tell him to calm his old ass down? Anyway, on Thursday, during a…
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Angelica Ross of Pose Fame Speaks Truth to Power, Riling Bernie Bros and Trump Twitter Trolls
Angelica Ross gained the attention of a flood of Bernie Sanders supporters and enraged Trump Twitter trolls after the transgender actress and activist’s hot take on Trump policies impacting trans folks and Sanders’ decision to skip an LGBTQ presidential candidates’ forum she hosted. Ross (“Candy Ferocity” on FX’s hit series Pose) told Out she would…
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Iowa Rep. Steve King Continues to Be Steve King: If Not for Rape and Incest, Would There Be Any Population Left?
Iowa Rep. Steve King is the pus-filled boil on America’s ass. Assuming, of course, that the boil is so racist that the New York Times was able to create a timeline of all the racist shit that he’s said. Steve King is so racist that he retweets neo-Nazis. He’s so racist that Congress has tried…
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Rep. Steve King Trots Out Diamond and Silk in Legislative Announcement
Rep. Steve King, the Iowa Republican deemed so racist by his own GOP that party leaders removed him from all the House committees on which he sat, has found a new cause: championing vets and homeless people in the name of two of Donald Trump’s most favorite “blacks,” Diamond and Silk. According to the Washington…
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Rep. Steve King Posts Racist Meme On Facebook. No One Is Shocked
If a masked intruder grabbed Iowa Republican Steve King’s favorite stuffed Hitler doll and told King that he would either have to stop being a racist asshole or never see his stuffed doll again, Steve King would look at his baby Hitler and mouth “I’m sorry” before watching the robber take off with his prized…
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Beto O'Rourke Acknowledges White Privilege in Iowa
Joe Biden has been telling black audiences what they know for a few years. Credit Beto O’Rourke, he’s getting an early jump on preaching to the choir. Beto O’Rourke, the son of a county commissioner and county judge, acknowledged the privilege afforded him because of his race and gender while insisting his bid for President…