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From Baltimore to 'Broadway' to Bloomberg? Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Named Co-Chair of Mega Billionaire's Presidential Campaign
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is all about the come-up. The former Baltimore mayor—who made history as the first city official to star in the legendary musical Chicago (as an ensemble member)—is now the face of Michael Bloomberg’s presidential bid. On Feb. 20, the mega billionaire’s campaign announced Rawlings-Blake was endorsing the former New York City Mayor’s run…
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Surprise, Surprise: Donald Jr.’s Triggered Book Sales May Be Rigged
Like father, like son. Although Donald Junior’s new book has landed in the top spot of the much-coveted New York Times Best Sellers List, there’s some scuttlebutt that the numbers may have been cooked. According to Page Six, Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants To Silence Us by Donald Trump Jr. may…
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Gov. Cuomo Comes for the New York Times, Drops N-Word While Defending Italian-Americans
In the latest installment of white people whitepeopling, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a very stupid thing. Less than 24 hours after riding for Italian-Americans by announcing his intention to erect a statue honoring Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants and the first naturalized American citizen to be canonized—all while undermining New York…
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Ayanna Pressley to Introduce Impeachment Inquiry of Brett Kavanaugh
Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley plans on introducing a House resolution Tuesday calling for an impeachment inquiry of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who recently became the subject of another sexual misconduct allegation. “Sexual predators do not deserve a seat on the nation’s highest court and Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process set a dangerous precedent,” Pressley said…
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Please Allow Jonathan Weisman of the New York Times to Teach You About White Supremacy
Here is the essence of white supremacy. Despite the pronouncements of those who proudly declare their bodies free of a racist bone, white supremacy is not the same as racism. Actions and their results are what determine whether or not something is racist, not belief or intent. Nor is white supremacy defined by tiki torch…
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White People Are Boring
Soggy toilet paper sheet repurposed as a mesh romper for bougie chipmunks David Brooks emerged from his seltzer waterbed today to warn us that the Democrats will definitely lose the Presidential election if we don’t remember to be as damp as he is. He is maybe not wrong—perhaps a can of La Croix might have…
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Forgiveness Is a White Privilege
Then Peter came to Jesus and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who…
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Deutsche Bank Employees Notice Suspicious Transactions From Trump and Kushner Accounts; President Tweets It's All Fake News
It appears that White House aides may be playing the president short. On Monday morning, during the president’s allotted Speak ‘N Spell time in which the president was given strict instructions to only work on his rhyming words, it appears that the president found a way to hook the Texas Instrument up to Wi-Fi, because…
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Apparently, the New York Times Really Misses White Supremacy
While life and familiarity have, for the most part, left me unfazed by the audacity of whiteness, there are times when I am still awestruck by its reckless cockiness. How it can feel nostalgic about slavery and wax poetic over wickedness. How it dances in the middle of the ballroom floor, twirling on top of…