Politics
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Maybe Donald Trump Can’t Read?
In the past few days, the jack-o’-lantern-looking dullard whom we elected president has made himself look like an idiot again by repeatedly bungling media appearances. Donald Trump’s last week has been reminiscent of a student trying to bullshit his way through a doctoral dissertation armed only with Wikipedia and some facts he picked up in…
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Atlanta-Based Group Training African Americans to Properly Use Guns Sees Rise in Membership
A group offering itself as an alternative to the National Rifle Association and focusing on training African Americans in the proper use of guns says it has seen a spike in its membership, particularly since the election of Donald Trump. The National African-American Gun Association says that some black gun owners are particularly concerned about…
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Trump Can’t Find Money for the Wall. How About for Some Schools?
One of President Donald Trump’s most egregious lies during campaign 2016 was that he would build a wall protecting America from “illegal immigration,” then would get the Mexican government to pay for it. It’s not clear if Trump was watching Fox News, Pacific Rim or Attack on Titan when he came up with the wall…
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100 Days of Minute Maid Mao as President Feels Like 1,000 and I’s Tired
Since Jan. 20, 2017, stupidity, absurdity and white mediocrity have been having the time of their lives as the 45th president of the United States of America has behaved like the brain-damaged oompa loompa many of us who suffered through the 2016 presidential election found him to be then. Knowing that 45 would be a…
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Trump’s 1st 100 Days: A Photo Retrospective
On Jan. 20 around noon, the America that we knew and liked enough to kick it with died. Former President Barack Obama loosened his tie and began windsurfing, and Russia’s play cousin, Vladimir TrumPutin, officially took office as president of the United States. On April 29, Trump reached his first 100 days in office, so…
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100 Days In: The Hate That Hate Created
The late, great comedian Patrice O’Neal had a joke about black Obama voters being upset with the former president shortly after he took office in his first term because the Obama presidency hadn’t turned out to be Vengeance Day. O’Neal joked that by that point, he, too, had thought he would have white slaves and…
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People Are Outraged That Obama Got $400,000 as a Speaking Fee
When Barack Obama boxed up the Lawry’s Seasoned Salt and packed the Texas Pete (because—as we all know—only poseurs use Frank’s Red Hot), black America figured it was finally over. We believed the only upside to the title of “former president” was that he wouldn’t have to endure the inane outrage that some people (pronounced…
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This Is What Happened When Boost Mobile Came Up With a Solution to Voting Inequality
In the running conversation about voter-identification laws, roll purging and the efforts to decrease minorities’ access to the ballot box, the ongoing dialogue often omits the No. 1 form of voter suppression: time. Time makes it difficult for some poor and minority people to vote. Single parents, people who work multiple jobs and people whose…
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Eric Holder Rails Against Voter Suppression at NAN Convention: ‘Voter Fraud Wasn’t an Issue Until People of Color Started Casting Ballots’
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s annual power play, the National Action Network Convention in New York City, is back, and, as promised, the slate of high-powered speakers have brought the pain to “Trump’s front door.” As usual, the convention features the cream of the crop of political leaders, activists, media pundits and intellectuals—with celebrities thrown in…