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Wait, CIA Director Mike Pompeo Met With Kim Jong Un?
In between the Russia scandal, the wayward tweets and the plethora of lawyers turning down the president’s promposals, CIA Director Mike Pompeo dipped out to visit North Korean leader and resident nut job Kim Jong Un. Oh, and you want to know how all of America found out? Twitter. Early Wednesday morning, President LittleFingers unlocked…
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If Trump Is Meeting With North Korean President Kim Jong Un, Then Dennis Rodman Needs to Be There
You know what’s more bizarre then two hot-headed world leaders getting together in a room to talk peace? Dennis Rodman. Rodman—the tattooed, onetime drug addict-and-onetime basketball player-turned-reformed drug addict, whose temperament can best be described as a faulty shredded trip wire on its last thread—has the distinguished privilege of being one of the few men…
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Mike Pence Doesn’t Bat an Eye Bashing North Korea’s Military Parade While Praising Donald Trump’s Parade
Vice President Mike Pence refuses to admit that President Donald Trump’s call for a military parade is really just a dick-measuring contest of presidential proportions. Since Russian oligarchs all but awarded Trump the presidency, he’s been engaging in a game of chicken with arguably one of the world’s most unstable leaders, dictator Kim Jong Un.…
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Taunting Kim Jong Un Into World War III Seems Like a ‘Violent Threat,’ so Why Won’t Twitter Suspend Donald Trump’s Account?
If, by chance, you happened to be invited to my house to play Mafia and eat some takeout from Nicky’s Thai Kitchen (I recommend the crab fried rice and the shrimp pad Thai) and you were greeted at my front door by my 2-year-old daughter, you’d probably think it was cute but mostly vaguely neglectful.…
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We All Gonna Die: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, and The Root Staff Contemplate Becoming X-Men
North Korea is back to being North Korea. After a two-month layoff, the communist regime launched a ballistic missile Tuesday afternoon. According to the New York Daily News, the missile was launched from a base just south of North Korean capital Pyongyang and flew more than 600 miles before landing in the Sea of Japan.…
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Should Congress Take Away Trump’s Authority to Pre-Emptively Launch a Nuclear Strike?
Over the past few months, members from both chambers of Congress have expressed doubt over whether President Donald Trump should retain the presidential authority to unilaterally launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike. His temperament, childish Twitter rants about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and reckless language over nuclear use have frightened some lawmakers into introducing…
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Trump Hints at ‘Major’ Announcement on North Korea, Trade Following Asia Trip
Well, it’s anyone’s guess what President Donald Trump has lurking up his sleeve since he hinted Sunday about a “major” announcement on trade, and even North Korea, upon his return from his 12-day, five-country tour of Asia. According to ABC News, Trump said that he would be making the statement from the White House on…
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North Korea Says It’s Ready to Pop Off at ‘Any Moment’
If you wanted a reason to stop paying your student loans, North Korea’s got you. North Korea’s deputy United Nations ambassador, Kim In Ryong, told the General Assembly’s disarmament committee Monday that tensions between North Korea and the U.S. had “reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment,” the Washington…
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Why We Should Fear a North Korean Nuclear Attack, Explained
As tensions continue to rise between Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear testing, arms-control experts are engaging in very sobering debates concerning America’s capacity to defend itself against full-scale nuclear attack. Verdict: It can’t. For example, the United States’ Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, or GMD, which is designed to intercept intercontinental…
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Trump Adds North Korea to His Infamous Travel Ban: Power Move or More Child’s Play From the Idiot in Chief?
We all laughed over the weekend when, in response to Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry saying that he didn’t want to go to the White House, Donald Trump responded with something akin to, “Yeah! Well, I disinvite you anyway!” It was yet another juvenile moment in a long line of juvenile moments this…