Politics
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Atlanta’s New Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Is the Coldest
Keisha Lance Bottoms did not come to play. The Atlanta mayor, who took office in January, came to work Monday and told everyone in her entire Cabinet—which includes 35 top city officials—to turn in their resignations by the end of the day, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. And if that wasn’t already cold enough, she…
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FBI Raids the Office of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen, Seizes Info on Payments to Porn Star Stormy Daniels: Report
Now, this is getting good. On Thursday, President Donald Trump denied having any knowledge that his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 not to discuss her relationship with the reality charlatan—a relationship she claimed included sex and the spanking of his orange-tinted buttocks with a rolled-up Forbes magazine. The New…
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth Becomes 1st Senator to Give Birth While in Office
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) might be the toughest member of Congress, and yes, I’m fully aware that veteran and war hero John McCain is still the senior senator from Arizona. Duckworth, who served as an Army pilot during the Iraq War, lost both of her legs after her plane was shot down in 2006. Duckworth…
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Trump to Make Decision on Syria Soon. It Looks Like We ’Bout to Go to War, Y’all
On Monday, President Donald Trump condemned the chemical weapons attack that took place in Syria on Saturday, killing dozens of people, and added that he would be deciding which course of action to take as early as Monday evening. “We’ll be making that decision very quickly probably by the end of the day. But we…
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott Is Running for Senate and This Race Is Going to Get Messy
In between the rampant racism and police violence against unarmed black men, women and children that seem to plague the boot that wouldn’t leave the other 49 states alone, Florida’s Senate race just became interesting. While many people of color would be just fine if the entire state of Florida just drifted into the Atlantic…
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Compton, Calif., Mayor Aja Brown Drops Congressional Bid
Compton, Calif., Mayor Aja Brown announced Thursday that she will no longer be running for the House seat in California’s 44th Congressional District. Brown’s announcement comes just one week after Stacey Dash dropped out of the same race. Both Brown and Dash were attempting to unseat Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-San Pedro), who, according to the Los…
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Trump’s Advisers Have Tried to Teach Him How the Post Office Works but He Won’t Believe It
If you’re reading this, you’re smarter than Donald Trump. Even if you have a friend who snorts condoms while eating Tide Pod soup, you don’t know anyone as dumb as our 45th president. Hidden in a Wall Street Journal article about Trump’s war with Amazon.com was a gem of a story illustrating the fact that…
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Everyone, Including Trump’s Wig, Is Protesting Now
OK, it’s not everyone, technically. But tens of millions of Americans have protested and rallied since 2016. And new data shows that not only does that number include a substantial amount of people who weren’t politically active before, but the act of protesting is cutting across political affiliations, age and race. A new Washington Post-Kaiser…
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Robert Mueller Follows the Money by Questioning Russian Oligarchs
In a quest to find out whether or not money was illegally funneled to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign—either directly or indirectly through cash donations—special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has been questioning Russian oligarchs traveling into the United States. Multiple sources told CNN that at least one Russian oligarch was stopped and had his electronic devices…
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EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Is Doing His Best to Make Joanne the Scammer Proud
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is out here living his best life on the taxpayers’ dime. First there were charges that he and his wife were flying first class with a security detail and using military planes like his personal Uber. In one month, Pruitt charged some $90,000 in first-class flights. Since that scandal,…