race & politics
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Ann Coulter Wants You to Know She’s Still Trash
Ann Coulter has seen the recent uptick in blustery right-wing pundits who could place in Seabiscuit lookalike contests. After making headlines for slamming Donald Trump’s inability to build his long-promised border wall earlier this week, she’s back to claim her throne. Speaking to the destitute man’s Megyn Kelly, Coulter, the white character from the Good…
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Three Non-Football Reasons Why Baltimore Would Be The Best City For Colin Kaepernick
Five years after his Super Bowl loss to Joe Flacco and the Ravens, Colin Kaepernick is still better than at least a dozen QBs who already have jobs; guys so awful that nobody would’ve paid attention if they were on the sidelines smoking weed during the national anthem. We shouldn’t even be having this conversation…
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Trump Administration To Tackle Affirmative Action And Keep White Women Out Of College
While eating a bowl of fruit last week, the now 20-month-old Feminist Octopus was so upset by a blueberry that dropped on the floor that she refused to eat the rest of the fruit. Which made her more upset an hour later, because she was hungry. Which we solved by giving her that same refused…
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Defending And Excusing Problematic Black Men Aint Love, It's Low Expectations
There’s a virulent strain of criticism that exists both on the Internet and offline; surfacing whenever a prominent and problematic Black male is called on his fuckshit by other Black people — Black women specifically. Someone says “Hey, what that person did was fucked up.” And then someone accuses the Black person making the critique of being anti-Black…
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A List Of Things Longer Than Anthony "The Situation" Scaramucci's Term As White House Communications Director
1. The seventeen furious pumps of fury Lawrence gave Issa during their break-up “sex” on Insecure 2. The rumored text (“Congratulations, I’ll pray for our child”) Anthony Scaramucci sent his soon to be ex-wife when their child was born last week and he was out tanning with Donald Trump instead of in the delivery room (Apparently there’s…
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I Understand Why The DETROIT Movie Was Made, But I Can't Recommend That You See It
Despite living away from my native Detroit for nearly a decade and a half, I stay connected to the city through frequent visits to my immediate family and through friends on social media. As of late, I’ve heard quite a few mixed-to-negative feelings about the upcoming DETROIT film from native Detroiters, so my first goal…
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Why Are The Men Of The White House So Obsessed With Each Other's Dicks?
Yesterday afternoon, I read a thorough and illuminating piece from Morgan Jerkins at The New Republic, where she articulated how Trump’s presidency is hurting the book publishing industry. Her premise — and this is one several agents, authors, and editors agree with — was that the news coming out of Washington has been so bizarre…
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So Maybe John McCain Found Some Courage In Between A Couch Cushion
Earlier this week, I wrote that by receiving government-funded health care to deal with his terminal brain cancer, and returning to D.C. to vote for a measure that would snatch benefits away from millions of people, John McCain — whose entire career is built on a maverick/hero narrative — exhibited a level of cowardice unique…
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Why I’m Willing to Represent the Entire Black Community to the Not Black Community
You know what I don’t mind? Aside from not minding if you stroke me up, (I don’t mind) I do not mind being the voice of Black America. Not on radio or television, I mean in the office and to white people anywhere. If I work at a company and there aren’t a lot of…