Politics
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Angela Rye Talks the State of the Black Union. Next Stop ‘the Black Party’?
The premiere of Angela Rye’s four-episode special for BET was a riff on President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union, wherein he continued to dip into his bag of cheap tricks, pulling out dog whistles and race-baiting to assure his “base” that he’s the white supremacist in chief. As usual, Rye, former general counsel…
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The Top 10 Racist Dog Whistles Hidden in Trump’s State of the Union Address
People everywhere are praising Donald Trump’s mediocre, uninspiring State of the Union address simply because it was not terrible, which is akin to a woman telling a man who suffers from micropenis, “It’s not the size of the boat … ” Because Trump didn’t repeatedly start screaming the n-word like he does at the end…
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CDC Director, Trump’s Top Health Official, Resigns After Investing in Tobacco Stocks
It shouldn’t be this hard to understand, but if you are the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, then you probably shouldn’t be investing in tobacco stocks. I mean, that should probably go without mention. I don’t think you should have to tell a dog walker not to walk your dog into…
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I Wanted Stormy Daniels to Bring Down the White House, but Turns Out She’s Just Like Trump
I really wanted to believe Stormy Daniels, the porn actress who claims to have had an affair with Donald Trump and is now denying it, because I hate the president that much. I wanted to believe the earlier reports she gave claiming that the president, who was not the president at the time of the…
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Trump’s State of the Union Gave Me Life … Not a Life I Wanted, but a Full Life Nonetheless
I just finished watching Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. And to quote former President George W. Bush, “That was some weird shit.” Seriously, that was the absolute worst, most disturbing speech I have ever heard by a major American politician, and I’ve seen Sarah Palin speak live … twice. I was expecting…
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An Unofficial Glossary, Concordance and Appendix to the State of the Union
As you watch Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, there will be parts that will likely confuse you. To help you have an optimal SOTU experience, The Root has compiled a list of words and phrases that may give you a better understanding of Tuesday night’s speech. Feel free to use this handy…
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Congresswoman Convicted of Scamming Low-Income Students Pulled Up to Prison in a Limo Bus
You might think a politician who’s been indicted on federal corruption charges and convicted of fraud would want to keep a low profile, but you would not be thinking like former Rep. Corrine Brown. Brown, who used to represent Florida’s 5th Congressional District, was sentenced last month to five years in federal prison after being…
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A Lists of Protests by Congress Members Who Think the State of the Union Is Trash
It’s that time of year again. What time of year, you ask? The time of year when President Racist von WallBuilder reads his prepared speech from a teleprompter, and a roomful of fat, rich white guys and affluent white women applaud as if the world were crafted from his tiny hands. This is also the…
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The Root’s State of the Union Drinking Game
If you’re like me, it’s hard to watch a man who looks like a microwaved circus peanut stand in front of a microphone and string together lies for an hour. It has been a decade since we last heard a white State of the Union, so you’re probably going to need something to help you…
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UN Ambassador and Trump’s Possible Side Chick Nikki Haley Was Big Mad During Grammys
Nimrata Randhawa, aka Nikki Haley, once had a promising career in politics. In 2010 she became the youngest governor in America at age 43, and she credited Hillary Clinton for her foray into politics. She was even critical of political albatross Donald Trump. But that feels like a lifetime ago. At some point, Haley’s moderate…