Politics
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The Trump Administration Is Quietly Winning 1 Fight That Shows How White Supremacy Works
While we were wringing our hands about the travel ban or the nonsensical plans to staff a Game of Thrones-style wall so the Night’s Watch can keep out the Mexican wildlings, the Trump administration has quietly been instituting a scheme that will affect every aspect of U.S. law. His legislative failures may be notable, but…
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Trump Dissolves His Controversial Voter-Fraud Commission
On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively dissolved the controversial commission on voter fraud he created in May 2017, citing states’ refusal to provide the commission with “basic information.” The White House said in a statement: “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission…
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Paul Manafort Has Gone Full Denzel in Training Day: He’s Putting Cases on Everybody
Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has gone full Denzel Washington in Training Day, and he’s putting cases on all you bitches. Below is a clip of Manafort before he filed lawsuits against special counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the Department of Justice: According to CNBC, Mueller is alleging that the…
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‘Alt-Right’ Altercation: Trump Says Steve Bannon Has ‘Lost His Mind’
You know how, when you break up with someone, you start thinking about the little things about them that always irritated you but you never said anything? Then, in conversations with other people, you bring those things up and spill all kinds of tea because, since y’all aren’t cool anymore, you may as well? That…
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In Nod to Shirley Chisholm, Cincinnati Councilwoman Brings Her Own Seat to the Table at Swearing-In Ceremony
Shirley Chisholm, the trailblazing New York congresswoman who was the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first black candidate on a major party’s presidential ticket, once said, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” The phrase served as a mantra and rallying…
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Anti-Muslim Gun Nut Says She’s Running for Arkansas Governor. Great
Another proud bigot is going to run for national office. Whooppeee. This time it’s 54-year-old Jan Morgan, an Arkansas gun range owner, who announced that she would be running for governor of the state in a video posted to YouTube. Morgan came to dubious fame in 2014 when she said that her Gun Cave Indoor…
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Sen. Orrin Hatch Was Voted Into Congress the Same Year Atari 2600 Was Released; Now He’s Finally Set to Retire
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Senate Republican, is finally leaving Congress. He has announced that he won’t be seeking re-election at the end of this year. The 83-year-old Hatch has served since 1977, when the Atari 2600 was released and came with nine games and two joysticks and sold for $199. Hatch has been…
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The Biggest Losers of 2017
As the year comes to a close, The Root takes a look back at those who took an L. We aren’t talking the kind of loss you feel sympathy for—or the kind of losses you point a finger and laugh at or shake your head in shame and secondhand embarrassment. Let’s review everyone—and everything—that caught…