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  • Report: Drastic Cuts to Government Jobs, Spending on the Horizon

    Donald Trump’s team is looking to slash jobs the way a used-car salesman slashes prices. According to The Hill, the plan for the “great job creator,” as he likes to bill himself, is to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy. Clearly, Trump’s people don’t believe in, or care for, the arts, since they reportedly plan to…

  • Mandarin Orange Mugabe Isn’t Distracting Us; He’s Really That Frail

    If I had a dollar for every headline our president-elect generates in a single day, let alone an entire campaign season, I would probably have enough money to pay off both my student loans and at least half of the debt his lying ass pretends not to have. As someone who can see, hear, read…

  • Talladega College Ballin’ After Appearance on Fox News

    Want to know how you know you’re on the wrong side of history if you’re an HBCU president? First you agree for your school, Talladega College, to play at the incoming president’s inauguration—a gig so despised, the lineup includes a 16-year-old second-place reality-show contestant, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (because nothing says hotness like a tabernacle…

  • Obama Administration Close to Announcing Russia’s Punishment for Election Interference

    According to U.S. officials, the Obama administration is close to announcing a series of measures, including economic sanctions and diplomatic censure, to punish Russia for interfering in the 2016 election. The details are being finalized, and officials told the Washington Post that they could include covert action that will likely involve cyber operations. The public…

  • President Obama Says He Could Have Beaten Trump if He Had Run for 3rd Term

    In an interview released Monday, President Obama said that he could have beaten Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “if I had run again.” Former Obama adviser and longtime friend David Axelrod, a CNN analyst, interviewed the outgoing president for his podcast The Axe Files, CNN reports. In the interview, Obama says that Hillary Clinton’s campaign…

  • Congresswoman Introduces Conflict of Interest Bill Targeting Donald Trump

    Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) introduced legislation Thursday that would force presidents and vice presidents to resolve any financial conflicts of interest when taking office. At present, federal officeholders are prohibited from engaging in government business when they stand to gain profit, but the president and vice president are currently exempt from that law. The Presidential…

  • Republicans Unanimously Pick Paul Ryan to Remain Speaker of the House

    Republicans in the House of Representatives unanimously agreed Tuesday that Paul D. Ryan should remain speaker and serve as the chief legislative partner to President-elect Donald Trump. The Washington Post reports that ahead of Tuesday’s vote, Ryan told reporters, “Welcome to the dawn of a new unified Republican government.” The next step is for Ryan…

  • #NotMyPresident: Protests Continue as High School Students Stage Walkouts Monday

    High school students in several states, including California, Colorado and Oregon, walked out of class chanting and carrying signs as protests against the presidential election of Donald Trump entered their sixth day Monday. The students declared concerns about comments the president-elect has made about minorities and the effect he will have on their communities, the…

  • Video Shows Group Beating Man as Bystanders Yell, 'You Voted Trump' 

    A man was beaten up in Chicago’s West Side by a group of men and women yelling, “Don’t vote Trump” and “You voted Trump,” as seen in a video that has since gone viral, the Chicago Tribune notes. David Wilcox, 49, said the altercation started when he was trying to make a left turn from…

  • #NotMyPresident: Protests Against Donald Trump Continue for 2nd Night

    For the second night in a row, demonstrators across the country took to the streets Thursday evening and protested the election of Donald Trump as president. As previously reported on The Root, Donald Trump was declared the victor in Tuesday’s election after winning the most Electoral College votes. Those who worry that he will usher…