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Trump’s Consumer Watchdog Just Approved Predatory Lending, Again
The greatest president to ever set his Stacy Adams inside the Oval Office did something monumental during his time in office. Former President Barack Obama changed payday loans to make it so that the lenders had to be sure the borrower could actually repay the loan. Meaning, the lender couldn’t just give cash to any…
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When Boredom Hits an Old Racist: Trump Hate Tweets About Bubba Wallace and NASCAR’s Ban on Confederate Flag
What is a racist to do when he doesn’t have any news to throw gasoline on the racist fire he keeps lit? Well, bring up some old news, that’s what. On Monday, the president of people whose biggest burden in life is feeling muzzled by a hospital-grade mask decided that life was moving along a…
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The White House Confirms That the President Can Read and Also Make Poopies By Himself
I have two children under the age of 3, which basically means I’m tired of clapping. In my house, as with most houses with toddlers, we clap for everything. Literally everything. Basically my job as the father is to hype my children up like they just broke an Olympic record that’s been standing for hundreds…
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It Took 3 Hours to Delete the President’s ‘White Power’ Tweet Because No One Could Reach Him. He Was Out Golfing…During a Pandemic
I stand before you ashamed. I never thought that I would have to apologize to you but I must. See, all this time I’ve been arguing that a racist third-grader has been widely tweeting from the president’s official Twitter account and I was wrong. Grossly wrong. Not only did it turn out that the president…
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Trump Continues to Weaponize Twitter and Sharon Shows Karens How to Be an Ally
For President Trump, Twitter serves several purposes. First, it is his bully pulpit (more bully than pulpit) in which he vaguely threatens and intimidates rivals. Second, it’s his unfiltered voice to his people, which basically serves as a virtual “yee-haw” to round up the good ole boys. Lastly, it’s his masturbatory aid to continuously pat…
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Joe Biden Just Wrote That He Wants to Give Police More Money, and He Totally Needs to STFU
I don’t know how many times I need to say this, but Joe Biden needs to only be rolled out to the American public three times: Once to say that he’s picked a black woman to be his vice president, another time so he can say “Black Lives Matter” and the last time to say…
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Colin Powell Is Voting for Joe Biden and You-Know-Who Went Into an Orange Rage
Former Secretary of State and noted Republican Colin Powell is voting for Joe Biden in the upcoming presidential election. “I’m very close to Joe Biden in a social matter and in a political matter,” Powell told CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union Sunday morning, Politico notes. “I’ve worked with him for 35, 40…
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Defense Secretary to Trump: Are You Bugging? We Aren’t Using the Military Against Protesters
For days, President Trump has been threatening to use military force to stop peaceful protesting in the name of George Floyd, whose life was taken by Minneapolis police while in their custody. On Wednesday, The Root was there to capture Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper reaction when asked about the military being used against American…
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Biden Comes for Trump’s Saggy Throat: 'I Won’t Traffic in Hate and Fear'—Unless It’s Trump, Because I Hate Him (OK, I’m Paraphrasing a Bit)
Former Vice President Joe Biden is tired of Trump’s hateful and divisive speech. He’s tired of Trump speaking out of both sides of his mouth, and he, like much of America who doesn’t believe that McDonald’s is a sustainable and healthy diet, is just tired of watching Trump grandstand just to grandstand. “When peaceful protesters…