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Roy Moore Pens Open Letter to Sean Hannity, Proving He’s As Bad a Liar as He May Be a Molester
Alabama Republican Senate candidate and grown-ass man who still wears a cowboy outfi Roy Moore penned an open letter to the inflated-beach-ball-sized head that sits atop Sean Hannity’s neck Wednesday after the Fox News pundit and maker-up of things to scare white people gave Moore 24 hours to answer multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Instead…
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White People Are Weird! Why Are Y’all So Damn Weird? Can Y’all Stop Being So Damn Weird?
Others, including The Root’s staff writer Michael Harriot, have already written about the support Sean Hannity received after some of his sponsors cut ties with him for having alleged child molester Roy Moore on his show to explain his tendency to date teens. We know, already, that this support at all costs is hypocritical. And…
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White People Are Smashing Their Coffee Machines to Show Support for Child Molestation
Those people are at it again. You know who I’m talking about. The ecru-colored citizens who turn beet red at facts and statistics, who wondered why they weren’t included in the phrase #BlackLivesMatter and who called it a “terrorist organization.” The taupe Americans who cried butt-hurt boo-hoos when football players did exactly what they suggested…
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GOP Ala. Senate Candidate Roy Moore Faces Pressure to Drop Out After Being Accused of Sexually Abusing 14-Year-Old
A banner week for Democrats just got better, now that a Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama has been accused of pursuing a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s, and national Republican leadership is asking him to drop out of a special election to replace Jeff Sessions. Sorry to…
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Roy Moore and the Alabamafication of US Democracy
For years, Alabama has been a regressive state with little national influence, but President Donald Trump’s rise and the elevation of former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to U.S. attorney general have changed everything. These regressive voices are now shaping national policy and have ensured that originalist justices dominate the Supreme Court. Enter Roy Moore. The…
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Ala. Voters Chose Between ‘Ku Klux and the Klan’ Tonight in GOP Primary and Got Roy Moore
On Tuesday night, Roy Moore won the Alabama GOP primary by trouncing his opponent, Luther Strange, in what may be a double-digit margin, but the truth is, this was never really much of an election. Political pundits wanted you to believe that this race was a test for Donald Trump’s “brand.” Could Trump push an…
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Ala. Supreme Court Chief Justice Suspended for Rest of Term
After telling probate judges to defy federal orders regarding same-sex marriage, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended from the bench Friday. AL.com reports that this is the second time Moore has been removed from the bench for defiance of federal courts; the first was in 2003 when he refused to remove a…