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Trump Sues 2 Banks to Keep Democrats Out of His Finances
How do we know with certainty that the president of the United States is not a high paid sex worker who exclusively caters to Russian President Vladimir Putin? We don’t, and that’s why House Intelligence and Financial Services committees have sought to get their hands on the president’s finances by issuing subpoenas to Deutsche Bank…
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Maxine ‘Reclaiming My Time’ Waters Still Has No Time for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s Shit
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin apparently failed to learn anything the last time he went up against Auntie Maxine, aka U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) A reminder: Yeah, that was nearly two years ago (it seems like only yesterday!) when Mnuchin went before the House Financial Service Committee and tried to vamp his way through Auntie…
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Auntie Maxine Bids Impeachment Efforts Adieu, Shifts Priority to 'Getting That Report'
I’d be lying if I said I saw this coming, but now Auntie Maxine herself says not to hold your breath waiting for an impeachment of alleged president Donald Trump. “[Impeachment has] never been discussed as a strategy for this caucus. It’s only a few of us,” she told Politico. “I think we do nothing…
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Auntie Maxine on Mueller Report: ‘This Is Not the End of Anything’
This weekend, the Justice Department announced that there was no evidence that our alleged president Donald Trump conspired with Russia during the infamous 2016 election. These findings, courtesy of one Robert S. Mueller III, did not exonerate Trump, but failed to reach a conclusion on whether he definitively obstructed justice. As such, Jesus wept because…
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Maxine Waters Wants the Credit Reporting Industry to Be More Consumer-Friendly [Corrected]
Do you know what your credit score is? Do you know what it is at all three bureaus? The numbers are not the same. Do you know what factors contribute to your credit score? Do you know how it’s calculated? Do you know what to do if you find incorrect information on your credit report?…
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Maxine Waters Calls Donald Trump a 'Bluffer' Ahead of the State of the Union Address
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters has never bitten her tongue when it comes to expressing her disdain for Donald Trump, the white-supremacist-in-chief. During an interview with The Root, Rep. Waters told us how to push back against Trump’s bully tactics, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership and how she feels empowered by the new crop of black…
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From 'Big Daddy' Clyburn to Wakanda Salutes: The Biggest, Baddest Congressional Black Caucus Has Arrived
Nobody knows what to call them yet. For years it was just the Congressional Black Caucus, or the CBC. In the 1980s they were nicknamed the Conscience of the Congress. Several years ago contributor to The Root, Lauren Victoria Burke, launched a blog calling them Crew of 42. Of course that name didn’t fit for…
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Heads Up, Trump: Democrats Say They’ll Make Hate Crimes a Top Priority in 2019
Earlier this month, an FBI report found that the number of reported hate crimes increased substantially under President Donald Trump’s tenure in office. Now, following the Democrats taking power back in the House of Representatives, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is warning the Trump administration that the rise in hate crimes—and the…
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In 2019, Maxine Waters Is Taking on Big Banks—and Trump’s Corrupt Coins
It’s a question that arose early on election night last week, as a nationwide Democratic surge propelled the party back into power in the House of Representatives: What will Rep. Maxine Waters do now? The question was relevant for many reasons. Waters stands as one of the country’s most well-known Democrats and fiercest critics of…
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Queen Maxine Still Ain't Scared and She Expects Voters Not to Be Either
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who won’t allow bomb threats to intimidate her, is encouraging voters to “step up to the plate” on Election Day. The Root caught up with Auntie Maxine at this year’s Women in Media Awards in New York City. “I’d like to say to those who are targeted for bomb threats…