Politics
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People in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore Were Targeted by a Russian-Bought Facebook Ad That Referenced Black Lives Matter: Report
More information has come to light about the Facebook ads purchased by a Russian-government-affiliated troll farm during the 2016 presidential election. Ads were purchased that referenced Black Lives Matter and specifically targeted people in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore. Both Ferguson and Baltimore were the sites of widespread civil unrest and protests after high-profile killings of…
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Donald Trump Jr. Broke Up With the Secret Service Just a Week Ago, but They’re Reportedly Back Together Again
Previously, on White House Apprentice, Donnie Jr. decided that he no longer needed his Secret Service detail, and he would much rather live his life in privacy—without a law-enforcement detail that could be called to testify about things they see or hear while protecting him all up in his damn business. Apparently Donald Trump Jr.…
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Ala. Voters Chose Between ‘Ku Klux and the Klan’ Tonight in GOP Primary and Got Roy Moore
On Tuesday night, Roy Moore won the Alabama GOP primary by trouncing his opponent, Luther Strange, in what may be a double-digit margin, but the truth is, this was never really much of an election. Political pundits wanted you to believe that this race was a test for Donald Trump’s “brand.” Could Trump push an…
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Watch: Auntie Maxine Says Black Women Can Put Trump Out of Office
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) pulled no punches during her sitdown interview with The Root at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 47th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., when she called out President Donald Trump for being a white supremacist as well as blasting his campaign’s alleged ties to the Kremlin. However, as discouraging as life…
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I Watched CNN Debate Night: The Fight Over Obamacare. I Would Like Most of Those Minutes Back
In theory, a cable news network holding debates between members of different parties arguing over the merits of their respective policies seems like a novel idea. However, because we largely consume for-profit media, these debates often prove to be more about spectacle than anything substantive. Therein lies the problem with “infotainment”: the intent is geared…
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A Hurricane Devastated Puerto Rico, but Donald Trump Only Cares About White People (Old Kanye Voice)
I know that it’s insane to want President Donald Trump to act presidential. I know that it’s insane to want him to stop tweeting like a boy-obsessed teen who can’t stop mean-girling. I know that it’s insane to want the president to stop emboldening and encouraging racist white hate. I also know the definition of…
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Trump Adds North Korea to His Infamous Travel Ban: Power Move or More Child’s Play From the Idiot in Chief?
We all laughed over the weekend when, in response to Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry saying that he didn’t want to go to the White House, Donald Trump responded with something akin to, “Yeah! Well, I disinvite you anyway!” It was yet another juvenile moment in a long line of juvenile moments this…
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Best Part of Congressional Black Caucus Week? Exclusive Footage of Marvel’s Black Panther
These are some of the things the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference is known for: policy talk for the black community, mixed in with big parties, behind-the-scenes shenanigans and profilin’ outfits. This year was the same, with one huge exception : The panel put together by first-term Rep. Val Demmings (from Florida’s 10th…
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An Annotated Translation of the Greatest Clapback of All Time
The text of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s response to Donald Trump’s United Nations speech will go down as one of the pettiest incidents in the annals of international shade throwing. To highlight the cataclysmic clapback of this piece of art, we assembled a group of world-renowned pettyologists from Atlanta; Compton, Calif.; and Brooklyn,…