Politics
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Marijuana-Decriminalization Ordinance Unanimously Passes in Atlanta City Council
The Atlanta City Council has taken a giant step in the name of marijuana reform. An ordinance that decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of marijuana was unanimously passed by the council Monday. WXIA-TV reports that after it passed in the council 15-0, the ordinance—which was proposed by Councilman and mayoral candidate Kwanza Hall—just needs…
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We Were 8 Years in Power Moves Ta-Nehisi Coates to Top of Black America’s Draft Board
On Jan. 21, 2004, Comedy Central’s groundbreaking Chappelle’s Show debuted the iconic “Racial Draft” sketch. In it, comedian Dave Chappelle imagined a draft in which each race selected and traded individuals to represent the race. The Asians drafted the Wu-Tang Clan, and Jews picked Lenny Kravitz. The concept quickly became an inside joke that still…
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Why We Should Fear a North Korean Nuclear Attack, Explained
As tensions continue to rise between Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear testing, arms-control experts are engaging in very sobering debates concerning America’s capacity to defend itself against full-scale nuclear attack. Verdict: It can’t. For example, the United States’ Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, or GMD, which is designed to intercept intercontinental…
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Couldn’t Pay the Cost, Can’t Be the Boss: The Tom Price Story
Previously, on White House Apprentice, the head of the Department of Health and Human Services got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Instead of doing whatever it is that the secretary of health and human services is actually supposed to do in a Trump administration, Tom Price was out here making it rain…
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Your President Is a Gotdamn Idiot, and This Video Clip Proves It Once and for All
People crack jokes about the current president daily. We discuss his lack of finesse and talk about his questionable degree of intelligence and all the idiotic things he says via his Twitter account—the access to which, shockingly, no one has taken from him yet. We seriously thought that George W. Bush was the worst president…
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Racial Slur Scrawled on Black Military Cadets’ Doors—and the Air Force Academy’s Response Is Weak
This week, five African-American students at Air Force Academy Prep School in Colorado found the words “Niggers go home” scrawled on the dry-erase boards outside their dorm rooms. Once the Air Force Academy, which runs the school, became aware of the racial graffiti, the academy’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, rattled off a statement to…
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But His Emails: Jared Kushner Failed to Disclose Use of His Personal Email Account to Senate Intelligence Committee
When he had his closed interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee, Jared Kushner—White House senior adviser and husband of Ivanka Trump—did not disclose that he had used a personal email account to conduct official business, officials say. According to CNN, the chair and vice chair of the committee were not pleased that they had to…
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Russia’s Recent Facebook Ads Prove the Kremlin Never Loved Black People
Thousands of Russian-bought Facebook ads that the social media company is preparing to deliver to Congress reveal a very sound knowledge of America’s racial discord. With some of the ads calling for protections of gun rights, warning of the so-called dangers of immigration and of promoting Black Lives Matter groups, the Kremlin has shown a…
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Hey, Democrats! Stop Complaining—You’re Actually Winning
While most of America was paying attention to President Donald Trump slamming a multibillion-dollar sports industry or, worse, the election of one Southern-fried bigot over another in Alabama, something else amazing was happening. Democrats won the special election in Florida’s 40th district (which includes Miami), giving them the largest number of state Senate seats in…