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  • Why Does Chuck Todd Exist?

    Look, I get it. Despite having ball-handling skills that resemble a Caucasian clapping at a Pentecostal gospel concert; in spite of possessing the vertical leap of a Benadryl-drunk third-grader, I am often afforded the privilege of not having to wait to be picked in predominantly white pickup basketball games because of my blackness. I was…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Trump Trying to Explain Why His Job Numbers Aren't Better Than Obama's: A Story Told in Gifs

    Donald Trump is a liar. He’s not even a skilled liar. He’s just a regular old run-of-the-mill liar you could find in any mall in America. He’s the Marshalls of liars. He’s the intramural, coed, every person has to play five minutes basketball league of liars. So when Trump claims he’s got the best job…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Trump Has the Perfect Location for His Library: A Trump-Owned Property

    Leave it to the businessman who’s so bad at business, he’s probably lost every game of Monopoly he’s ever played, to try and profit off his presidential library. On Sunday, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd—who is no Tim Russert—asked the president if he has thought about his presidential library. The question should have been…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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    Why Obama Didn’t Cure White Supremacy, Explained

    For all their faults, there is one thing both ultra-conservatives and super-progressive black radicals can both agree on: Barack Obama made America worse. Right-wingers will attest that Obama did not do as much for Black America as their great purveyor of equality and tolerance, Donald Trump. Aside from the fact that Obama didn’t put on…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Rep. John Lewis Doesn’t See Trump as a Legitimate President 

    Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) says he doesn’t see Donald Trump as a legitimate president, and he will not be attending next week’s inauguration. In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Meet the Press, Lewis was asked by Chuck Todd if he would try to forge a relationship with the president-elect. “I believe in forgiveness; I…

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    Monique Judge

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