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  • The Democratic Party Is Not Our Friend

    “Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?’ And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.” —Matthew 26:14-16 Maybe you can still feel…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Government Shutdown Ends With House Vote

    Three days after it began, the shutdown of the U.S. government is officially over: The House voted Monday evening 266-150 to pass the Senate-approved continuing resolution. The Senate had already approved the resolution with a 81-18 vote Monday afternoon. The continuing resolution will fund the government through Feb. 8 once it is signed into law…

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    Monique Judge

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  • White House Petty Level on 10: Message Says They Can’t Answer Phone Because Democrats Shut Down the Government

    I think at this point we can all agree that the White House has become a bottomless pit of petty. It’s one thing to have the president trolling nonwhite America on Twitter, but now someone in the White House, most likely at the president’s request, has changed the White House telephone answering service to blame…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • After 1 Year of Trump, America Is Losing Its Soul

    When former President Barack Obama concluded his farewell address on Jan. 11, 2017, Bruce Springsteen’s anthem, “Land of Hope and Dreams,” played for the 18,000 supporters who had crowded into McCormick Place in Chicago. Obama’s soaring speech, followed by Springsteen’s song, offered a momentary respite from the grief, dread and shock many Americans experienced after…

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    Allyson Hobbs

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  • Jeff Sessions’ War on Marijuana Will See Him Face Off in Court Against a 12-Year-Old Girl With Epilepsy 

    Instead of focusing on much more important issues like the opioid crisis and the steady dismantling of American civil rights, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has turned his attention to battling against legalized marijuana. That pretend war will now see him in court as he goes up against a 12-year-old girl who suffers from epilepsy.…

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    Monique Judge

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  • More Donald Trump Dirty Laundry: This Time He Cracked Jokes About Melania’s Pregnancy Weight: Report

    When former model Melania Trump was five months pregnant with her first child, her husband, Donald Trump, went on Howard Stern’s radio show and said he would give her a couple of days to a week to regain her model figure after giving birth. The Washington Post dug up this gem in light of all…

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    Monique Judge

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  • I’m De Captain Now! Republicans Hold 9,000,000 Kids Hostage With Likely Government Shutdown

    Saturday is the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, and you must admit that he’s managed a pretty radical transformation of America. He’s turned his White House into the location of a horrible reality show. He’s turned Twitter into a weapon of mass destruction. He’s made the United States the most hated country on…

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    Jason Johnson

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  • Ian Conyers, Great-Nephew of John Conyers, Announces Campaign to Take Great-Uncle’s Seat 

    Ian Conyers—the 29-year-old great-nephew of former Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)—officially launched his campaign Friday for the U.S. House of Representatives to win his great-uncle’s 13th District seat, after the legendary politician was forced to resign amid sexual harassment allegations. Ian Conyers, a Michigan state senator from the 4th District who announced his run on the…

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    Terrell Jermaine Starr

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  • Trump Appointee Resigns After Report Proves He’s Racist, Homophobic, Sexist Trash

    Carl Higbie, an appointee in Donald Trump’s administration and the former chief of external affairs at the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal government volunteer organization that oversees services like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps, resigned Thursday after CNN’s KFile unearthed some radio clips that have Higbie making racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT statements.…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • The Model Minority Is Not a Myth: It’s Ajit Pai

    In the week after liberals clutched their organically grown pearls that our president would (openly) call the first black republic a “shithole,” many immigrants jumped on Twitter to quip about the shithole countries they come from. But immigrants come from various kinds of shitholes, some more palatable to white America than others. Ajit Pai and…

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    aditi natasha kini

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