Politics
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Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe Steps Down Because Trump and the GOP Are Bullies: Report
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, arguably one of President Donald Trump’s least favorite people in the agency, is stepping down just months before he was expected to retire. According to multiple reports, the career civil servant, who became deputy director in 2016 and was a frequent target of the president and Republicans, announced his departure,…
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Black to the Future: What The Root Will Be Writing About in 2028
Happy birthday to us! On Jan. 28, 2008, The Root came into the world just as a young, black senator from Chicago was making his way to the White House, spreading a message of hope and change for America. In a changing media landscape, The Root emerged as a platform for the new voices of…
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America Is Not Ready for, Nor Does It Deserve, Another Black President
It’s been several weeks since the general public decided that Oprah—following her amazing speech discussing #MeToo and #TimesUp at the Golden Globes—would be the perfect candidate to run against Donald Trump in 2020. Oprah undoubtedly is a legend, great orator and motivator, and billionaire, and essentially “qualified” to be president. Now she has gone on…
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What You Need to Know About Trump’s Speech to the World’s Richest White Men
Donald Trump, a man who at various points in his presidency has resembled a toddler, a dotard and a weird combination of both, mostly colored within the lines today in Davos, Switzerland. Attending the Davos World Economic Forum, a meeting of the most illustrious and insanely rich white men in the world (the 0.05 percent,…
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An Unofficial Transcript of Donald Trump’s Attempt to Fire Robert Mueller
A new report has revealed that the president of wypipo tried to fire Robert Mueller only days after the veteran FBI official was hired as special counsel overseeing the splash back from the Russian pee tape. According to the New York Times, before we discovered that Donald Trump was reportedly sending money orders to porn…
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Did Trump Actually Apologize for Spreading Racist, Hateful Nonsense?
The short answer is nah, fam—regardless of what other headlines might tell you. While in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday for its annual global economic forum, President Donald Trump gave a sort-of apology for retweeting a far-right British group’s videos supposedly showing Islamist violence. In conversation with Piers Morgan (in what sounds like the pastiest, molted…
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#NetNeutrality Explained as if It Were Burgers, and Other Random FCC Repeal Updates
There are some news topics I cover that are especially near and dear to my heart. Net neutrality is one of them. The existence of an open internet is essential to our ability to communicate and exchange ideas. The repeal threatens that, and makes it inevitable that internet service providers will have control over both…
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The Guggenheim Shaded the Trumps; Instead of a Painting, Museum Offered Them a Solid-Gold Toilet
The level of shade in this move feels epic. After the White House asked to borrow a Vincent van Gogh painting to be placed in the president and his captive the first lady’s private living area, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City politely denied that request but offered them a solid-gold usable toilet instead.…
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Head of Senate Committee Wants to Release Transcripts of Interviews With Trump Jr. and Others Involved in Russian-Lawyer Meeting
Well, what do you know? It looks as if the Senate Judiciary Committee, which conducted interviews with everyone involved in a 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in New York City—with the alleged aim of getting damaging information about Hillary Clinton—would like to make those interviews public, and I’m all here for…
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Why White People Hate Immigrants, Explained
Sure! I once had a job analyzing the economic impact of immigration, so this subject is right in my wheelhouse. I also worked at Arby’s, so if you ever need to know the difference between a half-ounce of roast beef and a full ounce, I could help you with that, too. Deferred Action for Childhood…