Politics
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‘Protect and Serve Act’ Would Make Police a Protected Class and Violence Against Them a Hate Crime
On Tuesday, Congress introduced the “Protect and Serve Act,” legislation created to address violence against police. The House of Representatives and the Senate introduced their individual versions of the bill, with the Senate version designating violence against police a federal hate crime. The House version (pdf) of the bill makes it a crime to knowingly…
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Not Only Did Melania Trump’s Team Bite the Obama Playbook, but They Also Got Mad When the Media Pointed It Out
On Tuesday, after several news outlets exposed first lady Melania Trump’s reuse of an educational booklet from the Obama-era Federal Trade Commission to serve as the template for her stupidly named Be Best campaign, her team reportedly took offense at being called out on it. Melania, aka Ofdonald, launched her initiative focusing on childhood “well-being,…
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Cynthia Nixon Catches Heat for Calling Cannabis Licenses in Black Community a ‘Form of Reparations’
In an interview with Forbes magazine Saturday, Cynthia Nixon, the former Sex and the City star and current New York gubernatorial candidate, told the outlet that communities of color most devastated by decades of the country’s war on drugs should get first priority when it comes to licenses to sell legal cannabis. “Now that cannabis…
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Rudy Giuliani Is Either a Spy for the Left, an Idiot or Both Because He’s Destroying Trump With Every Interview
Rudy Giuliani has been in the White House just about two weeks, and he’s already taking a flamethrower to the place. In his first interview, Donald Trump’s latest lawyer has confirmed not only that the president did have an affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels but also that he paid his longtime attorney Michael Cohen…
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Arizona Sen. John McCain Really Hates Trump; Doesn’t Even Want the President to Attend His Funeral
Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who once voted against making Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday, is not long for this world. According to several reports, the 81-year-old, who has been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer for almost a year, has been getting his funeral guest list in order. NBC…
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West Virginia Pol Uses the Word ‘Negro’ to Defend Racist Ad About ‘China People’
Now that it’s “Trump time” in America, it’s clear that wypipo have gone plumb loco when it comes to spewing the pent-up racial animus they’ve obviously been holding on to for so long. As such, West Virginia coal baron and Republican Don Blankenship is making up for lost time (or a lost era—or a lost…
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Bernie Sanders Is Trying to Get Race Right
One of the biggest criticisms against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2016 was that he didn’t talk enough about race and racism. While he was ever cognizant and well-read on the intricacies of economic inequality, Sanders’ racial analysis, in comparison, was severely lacking for the most part. But on Friday at an invitation-only roundtable focused…
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Khaki Pants, Meet Tiki Torch: Trump Just Suggested That Rudy Giuliani Needs to ‘Learn Before You Speak’
The idea that Donald J. Trump, president of all the VFW posts in the Midwest, would suggest that ex-New York Mayor and lifetime deplorable Rudy Giuliani needs to learn before he speaks is rich, but that’s exactly what happened Friday before the president departed for Dallas, where he will address the National Rifle Association. “He’ll…
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Donald Trump Apparently Thinks Putting Kanye West in a Room With Colin Kaepernick Can Solve Racism
The Donald Trump adviser who solved Chicago’s violence problem in early 2017 by speaking to some of the city’s “top gang thugs” has received approval from the White House to invite Kanye West, Colin Kaepernick, Jim Brown and Mike Tyson to a summit to discuss race in America. What could go wrong? According to HuffPost,…
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It’s Been a Week; Can We Finally Admit That Everybody Won at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner?
Sometimes you have to wait a week to see if something really takes hold. Did I actually like Infinity War or was I just shocked and emotional? Is Ben Simmons really the new LeBron James or just Jason Kidd with less baggage? Did I really like that new Travis Scott track or was I just…