Politics
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Court Rules for Redistricting in NC to Address Racial Discrimination
On Monday, three federal judges in North Carolina ordered the state Legislature to draw up new legislative-district boundaries within a month. The current boundaries drawn by Republicans are considered unacceptable, The Hill reports. The ruling, which was unanimous, affects 28 of the state’s 170 General Assembly districts. The court has ruled that the current boundaries…
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Will New Chief of Staff John Kelly Be the Next Contestant Fired on White House Apprentice?
Previously on White House Apprentice, Anthony Scaramucci’s storyline was getting all the headlines and camera time. In the weird Big Brother-Survivor-Apprentice interpolation that is Donald Trump’s administration, there is only room for one star in front of the camera—your megalomaniac president—so Scaramucci Mane was kicked out of the house. Although Attorney General Jeff Sessions has…
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What Happened to Trump’s Favorite Blacks?
During his run to the White House, President Donald Trump seemed to have an endless supply of African-American supporters whom he could rush out to sing his praises. There was the B.A.P.S-like duo of Diamond and Silk and the greasy-headed preacher Darrell Scott. And there was 2017’s real-life Stephen from Django: Milwaukee County Sheriff David…
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Stop Calling John McCain a Hero for Flying to DC to Kill Other People’s Health Care
Today, John McCain is doing something “heroic” or “tough” or “badass,” according to a certain echo chamber of political pundits with short memories. After recently being diagnosed with brain cancer, one of a series of ailments that have plagued McCain over the years, he’s decided that today’s health care vote is so important that he…
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Donald Trump Has Always Been a Disloyal Thot
Shortly before Super Tuesday last year, then-Sen. Jeff Sessions endorsed Donald Trump for president. At a campaign rally in Sessions’ home state of Alabama, Sessions explained to the crowd that while “we don’t get everything we want” in a candidate, “at this time, in my best judgment, at this time in America’s history, we need…
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If Trump Tweets and No One Reports It, Does It Make a Sound?
It’s Monday, and that usually means that the president, who has the mental capacity of a teenager in the back of his parents’ car on a road trip vacation he doesn’t want to be on, is tweeting again. Of course, he’s tweeting about Russia and witch hunts and FAKE NEWS (all caps, always all caps)…
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A Bold Sista: Move Over, Bernie Bros. Nina Turner Is the New Head of Sanders’ Our Revolution
Nina Turner is not hard to describe. She’s that other black woman on MSNBC and CNN talking about workers rights, fighting back and pushing for a progressive agenda, even during President Barack Obama’s administration. A former Ohio state senator and secretary of state candidate, she’s straight out of hardscrabble Cleveland, with the political scars to…
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Everyone Hates Jeff Sessions
In this political climate, which seems to be grounded in separatism, it is rare when we can all come together to agree on one thing, but I think we can all agree that everyone hates Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Blacks hate Jeff Sessions. Latinos hate Jeff Sessions. Middle America hates Jeff Sessions. The president hates…
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Kamala Harris Takes on Bail Reform in Her 1st Bill as Senator … Oh, and Rand Paul Is There, Too
In her first major piece of legislation since taking office, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), along with everyone’s favorite Republican, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), has introduced a bipartisan bail-reform bill—the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017—which would encourage states to stop holding accused offenders in jail who can’t pay bail for their release. As it…
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Fla. Mayoral Candidate Tells Audience ‘Go Back to Africa’ During Mayoral Debate
A mayoral race in St. Petersburg, Fla., took quite an interesting turn Tuesday when one of the candidates, Paul Congemi, snapped at another mayoral candidate and his supporters, telling them to “Go back to Africa” and saying that reparations came in the form of Barack Obama. You can’t make this stuff up. According to Fox…