Politics
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President Signs Executive Order Mandating That Poor People Work or Lose ‘Welfare’
Without much fanfare (totally apropos, given what’s been happening in the world of the White House in the last 72 hours), President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that will force recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, Medicaid and low-income housing subsidies to find work or lose their assistance. Trump quietly signed the…
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Trump Is Not in Bed With Russia and He Proves It by Sending Mean Tweets!
At this point, if you aren’t laughing at the Trump administration, then you really are missing the fun in all of this. As the investigation into Donald Trump’s reported ties to Russia, and specifically Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election that gave Trump the White House, continued, Trump took to Twitter to continue this overly…
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Eau de Bull, Again: Good Ole Boys Have ‘No Concerns About Anything Inappropriate’ in Environmental-Racism Case
Last year I wrote about an environmental-racism conspiracy in which a corrupt black congressman implicated Jeffrey Wood, the man now overseeing the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, or ENRD. I’m back to report that this story has aged like wine: It’s gotten more complex, mightily more interesting and warrants an incredulous second taste…
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NAN Convention Arrives Just as Civil Rights Progress Is Taking Its Biggest Hit in Decades
Stevante Clark clung to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s neck as Sharpton delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Stevante’s brother, Stephon, who was gunned down by Sacramento, Calif., police officers on March 18. At one point during the service, Stevante took the mic from California NAACP President Alice Huffman and asked the audience if they…
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Kellyanne Conway, Is This Your Husband? If So, You Need to Get Him Off Twitter ’Cause He’s Destroying Your Boss
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway has a husband. Her husband’s name is George. George is an Ivy League-educated attorney. There is a Twitter user named “George Conway” who has a sketch avatar of Kellyanne’s husband’s face. This George Conway has over 20,000 followers on Twitter, and on a daily basis he trolls the White…
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Eric B. Is President, but He Wants Miranda From Sex and the City to Be New York’s Next Governor
There are a few things that I have come to expect when going to an old-school hip-hop concert. Lots and lots of weed, drunk gentrifiers unironically wearing throwback Kangols and Adidas tracksuits, and most importantly—no matter what time is posted on the ticket—the show starting almost two hours late. These three experiences pretty much encapsulate…
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Trump Is Big Mad Because the FBI Raided His Attorney’s Office
On Monday, agents from the FBI searched the home, office and New York City hotel room of Michael Cohen—Donald Trump’s longtime attorney—and the president didn’t like it one bit. The Wall Street Journal reports that the records seized from Cohen include those related to payments made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. The best part? The…
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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…