Politics
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Tito Jackson Hopes to Become Boston’s 1st Black Mayor Today
Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson knows polling data isn’t in his favor and that he’s running against a well-established incumbent mayor in Marty Walsh. But Jackson is confident that the pulse on the streets is giving him a more accurate feel of Tuesday’s outcome: That he will be elected Boston’s first black mayor. “The local…
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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Lie-Filled FBI File on Martin Luther King Jr. Released by Trump
Buried in the government documents surrounding the death of President John F. Kennedy was an explosive FBI report about civil rights leader and icon Martin Luther King Jr. Even though the report had nothing to do with the JFK assassination, the Trump administration included the newly unsealed dossier in a trove of documents released Friday…
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Bernie Sanders Is Not a Real Progressive
America’s most marginalized people could use a real progressive politician who is fearless enough to take on the racist doctrine of Donald Trump. That person is not Sen. Bernie Sanders, and that is a pity. Black people and immigrants have been particularly singled out in Trump’s racist attacks. Besides his support of police brutality and attacks…
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4 State Elections That Could Prove How Much Everybody Hates Black Voters
This election season could prove that “the resistance” is really all bullshit. On Tuesday, in states like Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and on Dec. 12 in Alabama, there are big chances to begin striking back—and in a language that can scare people like White House chief of staff John Kelly, his boss, Bannonites, congressional…
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Hillary Clinton’s Camp Responds to Donna Brazile’s Claims: ‘We Don’t Recognize the Campaign She Portrays’
Donna Brazile has caused a media storm with excerpts from her new book, Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White Hous e. First, in an excerpt published on Politico on Thursday, the longtime Democratic strategist and former Democratic National Committee chairperson revealed the nature of an…
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The Curious Case of Donna Brazile and Liberal Refusal to Admit So-Called Democracy Is Rigged
Donna Brazile, a veteran Democratic strategist and former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, has come under intense fire in the wake of her explosive claims that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton—and her deep pockets—unethically influenced the 2016 primary election against Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). According to an excerpt from Brazile’s forthcoming…
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Trump’s Energy Secretary Believes Fossil Fuels Can Help Prevent Sexual Assault
If you needed any further proof that the Trump administration is the political embodiment of the Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels classic Dumb and Dumber, here it is: Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday that fossil fuels can help prevent sexual assault by keeping the lights on. No, this is not a joke. No, you…
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Hillary Clinton Rigged the Race Against Bernie Sanders and Donna Brazile Has Proof
When Hillary Clinton took the stage as the party’s nominee at the Democratic National Convention, it was already a foregone conclusion. She had long tied up the nomination process by securing the number of delegates needed for a victory. But in an explosive new article, former interim Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile says that…
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Trump Thinks the US Justice System Is a Laughingstock
Donald Trump thinks our justice system is as joke. As he called for there to be swift action against terror suspects after Tuesday’s attack in New York City, he called our country’s justice system a “laughingstock” for the way it punishes terrorists. Trump—who put Jeff Sessions in place as the head of the entire U.S.…
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Paul Manafort: The Adviser to Sellouts for Russia
. One of the worst things you can call a black person is a sellout. The phrasing doesn’t require context; nor does the person hurling the insult need to explain his or her intent. It’s pretty basic: If you’re willing to throw your people under the bus in order to promote your selfish ambitions and…