Politics
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Donald Trump, White America’s Favorite Christian
There is no point in debating whether or not President Donald Trump is a “real Christian.” At this point it really doesn’t matter. He is America’s religious darling and is the single most important political figure in mainstream Christian politics. Delving into the minutiae of Scripture and its meaning is inconsequential because none of that…
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North Korea Says It’s Ready to Pop Off at ‘Any Moment’
If you wanted a reason to stop paying your student loans, North Korea’s got you. North Korea’s deputy United Nations ambassador, Kim In Ryong, told the General Assembly’s disarmament committee Monday that tensions between North Korea and the U.S. had “reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment,” the Washington…
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After Freddie Gray, Marilyn Mosby Intends to Keep on Fighting the Good Fight
Marilyn Mosby is fighting new battles. She’s used to that. The Baltimore prosecutor—an African-American woman, putting her among the 1 percent of all elected prosecutors in the nation who are women of color—made a name for herself by doing what shouldn’t have been considered remarkable: prosecuting six police officers in the death of a black…
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The Blood on Trump’s Hands: White House Ends Obamacare Subsidies for the Poor
Donald Trump, saddled with a Congress that couldn’t repeal Obamacare, finally took matters into his own tiny hands yesterday. Unable to toss out the Affordable Care Act outright, Trump has instead opted to sabotage it. After signing an executive order Thursday morning that cripples Obamacare by loosening regulations on health plans, later that same afternoon,…
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Steve Scalise Was an Asshole Before He Got Shot. Now He’s Just an Asshole With a Bad Hip
In the early morning of June 14, 2017, several Congress members who would be participating in a Congressional Baseball Game the following day met up at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Va., just across the Potomac River, to get in one last practice. What none of the 20 or so congressional staffers in attendance…
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10 Things That Might Make America Admit the President Is Losing His Marbles
Just as there is a difference between mental illness and batshit insanity, there is also a difference between regular madness and white-boy crazy. There are millions of people who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder or dementia. America’s unwillingness to address mental-health issues is an ongoing problem, but that is not what we are here to…
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Fires Are Raging in Calif. and Residents in Puerto Rico Still Don’t Have Drinking Water, so Why Is the President Tweeting About Jemele Hill?
In day No. 145 of “OMG, I hate this man,” it seems that the president has once again found a way to concern himself with matters that don’t concern him because he’s so low and petty he can’t help himself. On Monday, ESPN announced that it would be suspending news anchor Jemele Hill for two…
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Why Scrapping the Iran Deal Is a Dumb Move, Explained
President Donald Trump is expected to announce this week that he’ll scrap the Iran nuclear deal, former President Barack Obama’s compromise with Tehran not to pursue nuclear weapons in exchange for access to the global economy. Trump has long derided the 2015 deal as “one-sided” and poorly negotiated. Key members of his administration, including Secretary…
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White Female Candidate Gets Triggered, Claims Black Opponent Isn’t ‘Intelligent’
It really doesn’t take much to trigger a Donald Trump supporter. Mention Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Russia or George Soros and they’re off, screaming about “pizzagate” and wiretapped microwaves. Sometimes it doesn’t even take that much; sometimes all you have to do is be black on a sunny day to trigger a deplorable’s “T-Gene” (similar…
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Trump Administration Removes Mandate to Cover Birth Control From Obamacare
Birth control will now be harder for some women to get, depending on who their employer is. The Trump administration decided Friday that, effective immediately, any employer can claim a religious or moral objection to providing birth control coverage under its insurance plan. The Obamacare mandate that requires birth control to be provided at no…