Politics
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Trump’s Revolving Door: No. 3 at the Justice Department Out After 9 Months
They’re scattering like rats from a sinking ship. Just days after two officials in the Trump administration resigned over domestic-abuse allegations, and amid rumors that his chief of staff wants to go, Rachel Brand, No. 3 at the Department of Justice, is leaving after nine months on the job. As associate attorney general, Brand is…
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White House Speechwriter Is 2nd Staffer This Week to Resign Amid Domestic-Abuse Allegations
For the second time this week, a White House staffer has resigned from his position amid allegations that he was physically and emotionally abusive to a former spouse. The Washington Post reports that White House speechwriter David Sorensen, who worked with senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, resigned Friday as the Post was preparing a story…
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Will Gen. John Kelly Resign as White House Chief of Staff?
In the wake of the mishandling of former White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter’s history of domestic abuse, sources close to Donald Trump have revealed that not only is the president looking to replace chief of staff John Kelly, but Kelly has reportedly indicated that he would be willing to resign from his position. One…
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President Donald ‘Grab ’Em by the … ’ Trump Wishes Staffer Accused of Domestic Violence a Fond Farewell
At this point I would take a cardboard box that had been flattened by a four-wheeler over this administration. I don’t say that lightly. I literally mean that a cardboard box wearing a hat and a robe would do a better job of not being an offensive asshole like the current president of the United…
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Mike Pence Doesn’t Bat an Eye Bashing North Korea’s Military Parade While Praising Donald Trump’s Parade
Vice President Mike Pence refuses to admit that President Donald Trump’s call for a military parade is really just a dick-measuring contest of presidential proportions. Since Russian oligarchs all but awarded Trump the presidency, he’s been engaging in a game of chicken with arguably one of the world’s most unstable leaders, dictator Kim Jong Un.…
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Chi-Town, Check Your Damn Blind Spots; I Have a Lifelong Nazi as GOP Congressional Nominee in My Backyard
There are many reasons why, when people ask me where I’m based, I say, “Entirely too close to Chicago.” Most of them have to do with hating the concrete jungle. I’m approximately the only black man so inspired by Steve Irwin that he wants to go running off to frozen volcanoes in Russia and jungles…
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This Country Does Not Care About the Claims of Abused Women, and It Enables the Men Who Have Been Accused
Before Donald Trump even won the presidential election, women had come forward and accused him of various types of sexual misconduct. A recording surfaced in which he bragged about being able to do whatever he wants with women, and in which he said you should just “grab ’em by the pussy.” No one thought he’d…
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#NetNeutrality: Virginia Lawmakers Vote Against Creating Open Internet Protections for Their State
Another move in a long line of maneuvers to protect net neutrality at the state level was smashed down when a Virginia bill that would have prevented internet service providers from prioritizing or blocking web content was killed by a state House subcommittee Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that the House Commerce and Labor Subcommittee…
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John Kelly Is a White Man
On Wednesday night, as the world learned about allegations of domestic violence against presidential aide Rob Porter, pundits and politicians from across the political spectrum focused on White House chief of staff John Kelly’s defense of Porter and Kelly’s recent comments about the laziness of immigrants. The sentiments of the wide-eyed people perplexed by the…
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Russia Is Boring
I never thought I’d say this, but I am tired of hearing about Russia. That’s hard for me to admit, given that I’ve devoted my entire graduate education and more than four years of my life—so far—to living in Russia and other former USSR republics. But the news cycle that seems to find Russia under…