white house
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The Root Goes to the Least Exciting White House Correspondents' Dinner Ever
Every year for the last nine years The Root usually gets lucky and gets one or two tickets (but usually just one) to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. During the Obama years this celebration of Washington’s nerdiest journalism nerds turned into a celebrity super bowl of sorts, a place where you could embarrass yourself in…
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Fighting for Environmental Justice Is Fighting for Racial Justice
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Governmental neglect left majority-black wards destitute. Seventy-three percent of those displaced by Katrina were black, and more than one-third of them were estimated to have been poor. Although the hardest-hit areas in New Orleans were low-income communities and communities of color, white residents were favored over black residents…
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1st Look at President Vladimir TrumPutin’s New Staff
Nothing says good ol’ American racism like these three: Kid Rock, Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent. For some reason, maybe because the president is a big ol’ conspiracy-theorist-loving colostomy bag, he had these three over in the White House. No, they aren’t President TrumPutin’s new staff, although they probably have the same IQ. I mean,…
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TrumPutin Won’t Like This: Tom Brady Skipping White House Visit
When the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots make their visit to the Orange House on Wednesday, arguably the most important player and friend of President Pee-Pee, quarterback Tom Brady won’t be there. Brady cited the president’s overall fuckery and disregard for men, women and children of color as the reason he won’t be making the…
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Black Republicans Are Mad at Omarosa, but It’s Not Her Fault They’re Still Foolish Enough to Believe in the GOP
There are many things about Omarosa Manigault that are befuddling. Like, say, why she enters every interview as if she’s Sensational Queen Sherri and everyone else is Miss Elizabeth or Sweet Sapphire. Indeed, very few ordained ministers maneuver like Omarosa, who seemingly resides in a constant state of “Who the fuck want war?” The fact…
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Even Devin Nunes Knows It’s Time to Recuse Himself
It’s time for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from this investigation. He knows that. He’s compromised himself too much to be even remotely impartial, if that was ever going to happen. Nunes was part of President Pee Pee’s transition team, so the idea that he could lead an investigation into whether…
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President’s Son-in-Law to Meet With Senate Intel Committee Over Russia Meetings
President Vladimir TrumPutin’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, aka “Kushy Jared,” has agreed to a sit-down with the Senate Intelligence Committee because he has served as a “primary point of contact with foreign government officials.” “Throughout the campaign and transition, Jared Kushner served as the official primary point of contact with foreign governments and officials,”according to a…
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Former Trump Aide Was Paid Millions to Benefit Russian Interests: Report
Paul Manafort, a former campaign chairman for President Vladimir TrumPutin, once worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the efforts of the Russian president. In a scathing exclusive, the Associated Press reports that in 2006, Manafort pitched plans to promote Russia’s global influence and signed a $10 million annual contract with Russian aluminum magnate Oleg…
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Seriously, WTF Is Ivanka Trump Doing in the White House?!
As it stands, Ivanka Trump has no official role in her father’s administration. She wasn’t voted into office, she wasn’t gifted an official title, and yet there she is, in the White House next to her father in confidential meetings with heads of state. And there she is staring lustfully at Canadian Prime Minister Justin…
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Historian on White House: There’s a Smell of Treason in the Air
Historian Douglas Brinkley says that he believes Monday’s House Intelligence Committee hearing with FBI Director James Comey was a pivotal moment in White House history. “There’s a smell of treason in the air,” Brinkley told the Washington Post. “Imagine if J. Edgar Hoover or any other FBI director would have testified against a sitting president?…