Politics
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Barack Obama Calls Out ‘Cancel Culture’ in the Era of Donald Trump
For all eight years of his presidency, Barack Obama was the epitome of class and grace, ever speaking to how to bring opposing sides to common ground, whether during a beer summit or in offering a hand to recalcitrant Republicans. Now, the nation’s forever president is calling out “cancel culture,” telling an audience at the annual…
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NCAA Opens Door to College Athletes Being Able to Make Their Own Coins Off Their Own Names and Images
The NCAA on Tuesday opened the door to college athletes being able to profit from their own names and likenesses, and finally share in the billions of dollars their athletic prowess brings to colleges and universities across the country. In a news release, the college sports governing body indicated that it was willing to discuss…
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Donald Trump Takes His ‘Buffoonery’ on the Road, Trashing Chicago and Its Top Cop in Speech Before Law Enforcement Group
As he has a tendency to do—especially when it comes to black or brown strongholds, from San Juan to Baltimore—Donald Trump trashed Chicago and its police superintendent during a speech Monday before a group of top cops. Trump’s visit to Chicago to speak before the International Association of Chiefs of Police was his first to…
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Trump Organization Is Thinking of Selling the Lease to Its Controversial DC Hotel
Amid criticism that Donald Trump has been wrongly profiting from his swank Washington, D.C., hotel, the Trump Organization now is reportedly thinking of selling the lease it holds on it. “People are objecting to us making so much money on the hotel, and therefore we may be willing to sell,” Trump’s son Eric, an executive…
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Awkward! Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Spills the Tea After Butt-Dialing a Reporter
Maybe Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani needs to learn how to lock his phone. According to NBC News, Giuliani butt-dialed one of its reporters on at least two occasions, allowing the writer to overhear Trump’s hype man mouthpiece discussing how much he needs cold, hard cash and bad-mouthing the Bidens (Joe and his son,…
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New Poll Finds Majority of (White) Americans Oppose Cash Reparations for Slavery
A slim majority of white Americans agree that hundreds of years of chattel slavery continue to impact African Americans to this day; however, only 15 percent of them support reparations to redress this damage, according to a recent poll. According to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, just under a third of…
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A Video in Which Matt Gaetz, a White Man, Whines About Being Called a White Man
Merriam Webster defines “identity politics” as: politics in which groups of people having a particular racial, religious, ethnic, social, or cultural identity tend to promote their own specific interests or concerns without regard to the interests or concerns of any larger political group. Although the Democratic Party’s constituency is far more diverse than the GOP,…
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DOJ Is Reportedly Making Its Review of How Russia Probe Came to Be a Criminal Matter
Donald Trump has long derided as some “hoax” the Mueller probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election that put Trump into the Oval Office. But, now, the Justice Department that has informally reviewing the origins of the special prosecutor’s probe has turned it into an official criminal investigation. That’s according to sources to the…
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Voter Suppression Reportedly on Rise in States Where Increasing Numbers of Democratic-Leaning Students Head to the Polls
College students headed to the polls in droves during the last presidential election, and with that number only expected to grow in next year’s race, Republican lawmakers have been throwing up roadblocks, especially in swing states. That’s because college students trend Democratic, according to recent polls, the New York Times reports. And attempts to suppress…
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It’s Getting Hot in Here: AOC Grills Mark Zuckerberg About Whether Facebook Will Allow Ads That Lie to Black Voters
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—aka the Notorious AOC, aka key member of the House’s progressive “Squad”—set Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg back on his heels Wednesday when she grilled him about the social media giant’s potential to manipulate marginalized communities in next year’s elections. The exchange came during hearings for the House Financial Services Committee, according…