Politics
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The Royal Wedding Between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Just Might Happen
The love affair between these two unstable leaders has been the best episode of Catfish yet. First the president of the United States and the leader of North Korea played all volatile on social media; then Kim Jong Un had a change of heart and was finally ready to meet with his long-distance lover, but…
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Betsy DeVos to Schools: Call ICE on Undocumented Children
Does Betsy DeVos care more about furthering the xenophobic and racist policies of this administration than she does about educating the children of this country? The education secretary’s latest statement would lead us to believe that is indeed the case, since she basically told schools to call the police on undocumented children who show up…
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Jack Johnson Posthumously Tells Donald Trump to Kiss His Ass
In one of the weirdest White House scenes ever, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, former heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis and former imaginary heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa Sylvester Stallone joined the current heavyweight champion of bullshitting, Donald Trump, for a ceremony on Thursday pardoning boxer Jack Johnson. In 1913, Johnson was convicted by an all-white jury…
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Stacey Abrams’ Campaign Was the Hogwarts School for Black Girl Magic
There was an idea, hatched back in 2017, of bringing together a group of remarkable people to see if they could be something more; to see if they could work together when we needed them; to fight the battles we never could. … They were the Stacey Abrams campaign for governor of Georgia …. Forgive…
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Congratulations, NFL, You Played Yourself! Protest Fines Didn’t Appease Trump, Who Wants Players Who Don’t Stand for the Anthem Tossed Out of the Country
President Donald Trump knows how to light a tiki torch, doesn’t he? Shortly after news broke that the NFL had succumbed to the demands of the grand wizard of “Make America great again” to punish players who protest during the national anthem, Trump, who crusaded against players’ rights to protest, made it clear that he…
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It Is Illegal for Donald Trump to Block You on Twitter Just Because He Is a Big Baby Who Can’t Take Criticism
A federal judge in New York City ruled Wednesday that the ability to view and engage with Donald Trump on his personal Twitter account is part of our constitutional First Amendment rights, and his blocking people simply because he doesn’t like their criticisms of him is a violation of those rights. Since his election, Trump…
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Can Someone Take the iPad From the President? He’s Tweeting About ‘Criminal Deep State’ Conspiracy Again
My money is on Vice President Mike Pence as being the member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet who keeps sliding the president an unlocked iPad when no one is looking so that he can send out his conspiratorial tweets to take the spotlight off the very real Russia investigation. Early Wednesday morning, Trump confiscated Pence’s iPad,…
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Stacey Abrams Wins Big in Georgia and Now Has a Shot at Becoming 1st African-American Female Governor in US History
While the polls in Georgia officially closed at 7 p.m., the window of opportunity for Stacey Abrams, the first black woman to win a gubernatorial nomination for any major party in Georgia, opened up. With only 34 percent of the vote in, everybody from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to CNN to Stevie Wonder could see that…
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In an Attempt to Help America, the Earth Tries to Swallow Up Trump’s White House
A secret Russian tunnel has been found under the White House lawn … Editor: It isn’t a Russian tunnel. Fine, the devil’s portal … Editor: Nope. A hobbit hole? Editor: Whatever. A sinkhole (possibly made by the devil or a hobbit) has appeared on the White House’s North Lawn, and if we are lucky, said…