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The President of the United States Just Publicly Went Out Like a Bitch. And That’s Fine by Us
Starting almost 30 minutes late for his press conference, President Trump—surrounded by a bevy of white men (literally everyone behind him made up the evolution of white men)—appeared to use the strategy officially called “bubble guts,” softening his tone against Iran, which was vastly different than the Twitter tone he had a few days ago.…
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Lies Detected: GOP Congressman Tweets Fake Photo of Obama and the Iranian President
I’m an Arizona native. While I rather like it here, I am always befuddled by the people we elect to power—none more so than Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Az.) CNN reports that on Monday, Gosar tweeted out a picture of President Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. His caption stated, “The world is a…
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Nigerian Government Open to Granting Cardi B Citizenship, No Word if It Extends to the Rest of Us
Like many American citizens, the Iran crisis has rapper Cardi B feeling a little on edge. Over the weekend she expressed a desire to obtain her Nigerian citizenship to avoid any retaliation attacks. As NME reports, the Nigerian government actually responded. After Cardi posted a tweet expressing her concerns and willingness to move to Nigeria,…
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Iran Launches Missiles at US Bases in Iraq
Numerous missiles have been fired from Iran into Iraq, targeting multiple U.S bases in the region. ABC News reports that the facilities Erbil and Al Asad Air Base were among those hit in the attack. The country’s state-run news outlet ISNA said: “This morning, courageous fighters of the IRGC’s Air Force launched a successful operation…
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Twitter Beef Accelerates as Iranian Official Hints at Targeting Trump Properties
Alright, so boom. The president of the United States decided—on a random-ass Thursday—that he was going to kill a top Iranian military commander who’d been ignored by two former presidents because beefing with Iran is akin to beefing with a young Mike Tyson before he met Robin Givens. Then, because the president is a perpetual…
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Selective Service Site Crashes Over The Weekend As Iran Spurs Draft Fears
If you’re reading this and you happen to be a cis-gender male between the ages of 18-25, relax. You are not going to get drafted. The Washington Post reports that on Friday the website for Selective Service crashed. As of this writing it is still down. After Trump decided to up and kill an Iranian Commander…
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Real White House Wives Recap: Everything You Need to Know About the Potential War With Iran
In case you’ve been living under a rock, simply don’t care, or don’t like to involve yourself with messy drama and stunt queens, then this is everything you need to know about the possible war with Iran, why Trump did what he did, and why we all are about to die. Sike, we aren’t going…
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Colin Calling It: Embattled Football Superstar Under Fire for Tweets About Iran, 'America's Terrorist Attacks'
Damned be the black man that has an opposing opinion. It’s been pretty well established that some people are always going to have a problem with a black person telling it like it is; especially when it’s Colin Kaepernick, who had the nerve to express his opinion about the impending war President Donald Trump could…
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Trump Predicted War With Iran in 2011 to Win Re-election and The Root Has the Tweets to Prove It
President Trump had a game plan long before he took office and it looked like this: Should things start to go awry and reelection seems shaky, just start a war with Iran. But at the time, Trump claimed this was going to be Obama’s game plan, which never happened. Well, guess who is following the…
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Facing an Impeachment Trial, Trump Orders Airstrike, Killing Iranian Commander; Iran Vows to Retaliate
So it begins. Facing a Senate impeachment trial and approval ratings that have fallen lower than the price of a VCR, Trump has pulled a play out of the Wag the Dog playbook and authorized a drone airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, setting the stage for…