Politics
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Betsy DeVos Tells Students Not to be Mean on Twitter. Student Responds: What About Your Boss?
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, also known as Sarah Palin’s play cousin, continues her “I just want to be loved tour” in which she attends events and tries to prove that she actually became the Education Secretary on merit and not because she’s the wife to a very wealthy man. The cabinet position has always been…
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Stormy Daniels' New Book Makes It Hard to Look at the President or Mario Kart Without Gagging
While The Root will not be paid for this advertisement, as a service to our readers, we would like to suggest this keyboard cleaner perfect for cleaning the cookies you are about to toss onto your computer after reading this article. Porn actress Stormy Daniels has a new book. Her new book is about growing up…
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz Thinks Beto O'Rourke Shouldn't Blame Dallas Officer For Shooting Botham Jean in His Home
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the grown-up Eddie Munster, thinks that challenger Rep. Beto O’Rourke was wrong to rush to judgment when he criticized the shooting of Botham Jean, the 26-year-old black man who was shot dead in his own home by a Dallas police officer. “It’s possible what happened was a horrifying and horrific misunderstanding,…
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Donald Trump Jr. Continues to Be Trash; Mocks Brett Kavanaugh's Rape Accuser on Instagram
Donald Trump Jr. is continuing his quest for relevancy in the worst administration to ever administrate. On Sunday the insignificant Trump child who is not named Ivanka thought that it would be funny to mock the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. The woman initially submitted an anonymous letter detailing her…
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Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Wins 'Everybody’s Favorite Cousin' and Other Awards From Congressional Black Caucus Weekend
Some families have a mom and a dad or just a grandma or two moms or some variation of adults who take responsibility for making sure the next generation turns out OK. Like Hillary said: It takes hot sauce in a bag, and a village, to raise children. However, in addition to parents, aunts and…
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Watch: In New Ad, Jordan Davis’ Mother Says Son’s Death Inspired Her Congressional Campaign
In a new campaign ad, Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis and U.S. Congressional candidate for Georgia’s 6th District, shares how her beloved son’s death was a“catalyst” for her decision to run for elected office. McBath shared the ad on her social media accounts last week. “I never planned to run for office. After my…
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Trump's Ex-Camapiagn Chair Paul Manafort AKA Paulie Walnuts Pleads Guilty [Updated]
Former Trump crime campaign boss Paul Manafort aka Paulie Walnuts is upholding the no-snitching code of the White House mob family and agreed to plead guilty to a second group of charges filed in Washington, D.C. While it is in unclear if the Manafort has agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s deep dive…
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As Ugly As President Trump Is, He's Just A Mirror For White America
Earlier today, while millions of Americans prepared to get hit by what’s expected to be a devastating hurricane, the man America elected president got on an app and denied the existences of thousands of Americans—claiming that their deaths were fabricated by his political rivals to make him look bad. We are likely stuck with this…
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President Who Campaigned on Dangerous Conspiracy Theories Again Peddles Dangerous Conspiracy Theory
On any given day, the president of the United States is liable to tweet nonsense. That isn’t an opinion; it’s a fair assessment of what the president tweets: a mix of hyperbole, self-congratulation, bullying and on more than one occasion, outright lies. Today was one of those “outright lie” days. And it’s disgusting. On Thursday…