Politics
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Congressional Black Caucus to Host Twitter Town Hall on Community Policing and Police Accountability
On Tuesday, May 8, the Congressional Black Caucus will be hosting a Twitter town hall focused on community policing and police accountability, during which members will be responding to questions and comments from constituents, celebrities, activists and advocates alike. In the wake of the recent police shootings of Diante Yarber, Saheed Vassell and Stephon Clark—shooting…
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President Declares State of Emergency After White Tears Flood Correspondents’ Dinner
I’ve seen a lot of white things in my life. I once watched a man tongue-kiss his dog as if it were prom night. Just the other day, I witnessed a recipe for green macaroni and cheese. Once, while standing in line to buy a gift at Macy’s, I’m pretty sure I listened to an…
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Watch: Nigerian President Asked About Trump’s ‘Shithole Country’ Remarks During White House Visit
For the first time since Omarosa’s firing, the president is hosting a black person at the White House whose name doesn’t rhyme with Fen Barson. On Monday, the White House staff pulled out the good silverware for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. According to CBS News, the meeting between the president of an advanced country and…
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Watch: Trump Wants to Build That Dumbass Wall, but He’s Totally Fine With Low-Wage Foreign Guest Workers
During his millionth rally to drum up support for the presidential office that he already holds, Donald Trump told those in attendance that he had an answer for farmers who he noted may suffer “a little pain for a little while” because of his administration’s shady trade deals with several foreign partners. The answer (you…
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So … We Went to the ‘Nerd Prom,’ and It Was As Awkward as It Looked
Sequins and tuxes and smokey eyes made of burnt facts, oh my! On Saturday night, three members of your fearless crew at The Root ventured to Washington, D.C., to attend the “Nerd Prom,” also known as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Even aside from a surprisingly suspenseful debate on what to wear (a process that…
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Exclusive: Cynthia Nixon Campaign Hires L. Joy Williams as a Senior Adviser for Gubernatorial Race
L. Joy Williams will join Cynthia Nixon’s New York gubernatorial campaign as a senior adviser, making decisions on everything from voter outreach, policy, fundraising and communications. “We are thrilled to welcome L. Joy Williams as a senior adviser to the campaign. She has a long history of advocacy on issues of social justice and economic…
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Trump Just Can’t Stop Lying About Crowd Size
While the rest of the “alt-right” was gathered at a Hilton in Washington, D.C., for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the president was busy stroking his ego by holding another rally for himself, this time in Michigan, and lying, again, about crowd size. The president of white women who carry spit cups told a group…
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‘You Had a Bad Idea and You Making It Worse’: 10 Thoughts About Kanye and T.I.’s ‘Ye vs. the People’
Over the weekend, Kanye “‘MAGA’ Hat” West dropped a song called “Ye vs. the People” (starring T.I. as “the People”). I’ve listened to it several times at this point. I believe the old black griots in the community would refer to what’s happening here as “This n-word has lost his damn mind.” Here are some…
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Cash Me Outside: Vanessa Trump ‘Went Gangster’ on Aubrey O’Day After Learning of Her Alleged Affair With Donald Jr.: Report
Back in 2011, rumors began sprouting that Donald Trump Jr. and failed Danity Kane singer Aubery O’Day were on “Bill O’Reilly and chill” time, which would’ve been fine, except that Lil Donnie was very married with kids. Recently, those rumors popped up again, and shortly afterward, Vanessa Trump filed for divorce. According to the New…
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Suckabee Goes Down in Flames as a Proxy for Donald Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner; Snowflakes Liquefy
I didn’t know who comedian Michelle Wolf was before, but I know her now. And I think I love her. At Saturday night’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, Wolf flamed the Trump administration and its flunkies (since Donald Trump is too much of a punk to take the jabs himself), and conservatives the world…