Politics
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Trump: I’m Willing to Testify Under Oath About Comey’s Claims; Also, the President Is a Big-Ass Liar
We have a better chance that Birdman will release Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V than that President Donald Trump will release the James Comey mixtape, and here’s why: There ain’t no tape! He knows it, Comey knows it, everyone knows it; and Trump practically confirmed it Friday during a Rose Garden news conference with Romanian…
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British Election Backs Blacks and Breaks Brexit
While Americans were riveted by the James Comey Senate hearings Thursday, another event, almost as important to our democracy, was happening across the pond. The British had a general election that pretty much upended the political order of the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe for the next several years. Conservative Prime Minister Theresa…
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Comey Testimony Proves Trump Belongs on Set of Horrible Bosses 3, Not the White House
The biggest reveal in the testimony Thursday of former FBI Director James Comey wasn’t about Russia; it wasn’t about Michael Flynn, or even electoral hacking. It was about what a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad boss Donald Trump is. America is stuck with the most Horrible Boss ever, and rather than protect us, the Republicans…
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Damn, Comey, in High School You Was the Man; WTF Happened to You?
Today was #ComeyDay, the day that the former FBI director testified in front of a Senate committee about secret stuff that we never get to hear about that goes on between an FBI director and the president of the United States, who, in this case, is also a damn buffoon. For many people like myself,…
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James Comey’s Statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee Is the Most Epic Dry-Snitch of All Time
James Comey will testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT. In advance of that testimony, he wrote a statement documenting all of his interactions with Donald Trump, both before the inauguration and after Trump took office, and it is the greatest dry-snitch you have ever read in your life.…
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Trump Asked National Intelligence Director to Intervene in Comey’s Russia Probe: Report
Daniel Coats, director of national intelligence, told associates in March that President Donald Trump asked him to intervene with then-FBI Director James Comey and get him to have the bureau back off of its investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his ties to Russia. The incident occurred March 22, less than a…
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#JXNRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Race
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34—son of the late Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and community activist Nubia Lumumba—is the new mayor-elect of Jackson, Miss., beating Republican challenger Jason Wells in a landslide victory. The Jackson Free Press reports: With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Lumumba had 23,175 votes, or 93 percent. Republican Wells had 900…
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Fingers Crossed: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Threatens to Quit as Tension With Trump Escalates
Two days before former FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Donald Trump’s world continues to unravel right before our very eyes. According to an unconfirmed report, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has threatened to quit his job amid rising tensions between him and the president. The friction…
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An 18-Year-Old Who Just Graduated From High School Is Looking to Unseat an Incumbent on Denver School Board
Auontai “Tay” Anderson just graduated from Denver’s Manual High School on May 27, and his plans for the summer include going to Elitch Gardens amusement park, working at the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop and campaigning for the District 4 seat on the Denver School Board. The Denver Post reports that a wave of community activism…