Politics
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So Trump is a Traitor. What Difference Does That Make to Black Folks?
Wow! Did you see the season finale of America yesterday? Totally didn’t see that coming. I know there was this whole buildup when that crazy President Trump got elected in 2016, and the storyline kinda got bogged down last season with the whole “find his tax returns” thing, but what a cliff-hanger! I mean who…
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Vladimir Putin Doesn't Want to See No Stinkin' Indictments, Plays Fox News Host to the Left During Interview
Russian President Vladimir Putin is having quite the week. Not only did he get the president of the United States to publicly kiss his ass on national television, he totally played the president’s favorite news station during an interview. While sitting with Chris Wallace from America’s version of RT News (maybe, Fox News can change…
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Writer and Cultural Critic Jamilah Lemieux Joins Cynthia Nixon’s Gubernatorial Campaign Team
It came as a bit of a shock to some on Monday when writer, cultural critic and most recently VP of Men’s and Lifestyle programming at NewsOne, Jamilah Lemieux, announced that she would be joining the New York gubernatorial campaign of progressive candidate Cynthia Nixon. “I am thrilled to have Jamilah join the campaign as…
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Trump's Joint Press Conference With Russian President Makes Their Secret Love an Official Relationship
The president of the United States is currently in a relationship with the Justin Bieber of world leaders. Vladimir Putin is not just a bad boy, he’s a Russian mobster, a dictator and an actual thug, not a play thug for R&B likes. The president has been caught talking to Putin on his burner phone…
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68-Year-Old Black Congresswoman Gets in on the #InMyFeelingsChallenge
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) took to social media Friday to get in on the “#InMyFeelingsChallenge,” which as those who read The Root know, has been quite the time suck for us all. Although she’s no Will Smith, Rep. Beatty says she made the video, which uses the Drake song, “In My Feelings,” to encourage young…
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12 Russians Indict for Meddling in 2016 Election and President Trump Still Doesn't Care
On Friday, just days before President Trump is set to meet one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Justice Department announced that a dozen Russian military officials have been indicted for their role in an effort to sabotage the 2016 presidential election. And by sabotage, I mean infiltrating emails and computers used by Democrats to…
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Stormy Daniels Arrested for Doing Stripper Things as a Stripper Inside a Strip Club
President Trump’s non-Russian side bae, Stormy Daniels, was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors for reportedly touching guests who turned out to be undercover officers, who either believed they were at a Hot Shoppes buffet and didn’t understand why a naked woman was dancing or don’t know how to appreciate great customer service at a…
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Trump's Ex- Campaign Chairman Paulie 'Walnuts' Manafort Claims He's Treated Like 'VIP' in Jail
Court papers released Wednesday show that President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, aka Paulie Walnuts—as he’s known in the mafia…erm, White House … fine, no one calls him that, but Paulie Walnuts is living like a boss in jail. That’s because his solitary confinement cell is a “large private room with a shower, a…
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Rep. Louie Gohmert Defends Rep. Jim Jordan Against Claims That He Knew of OSU Wrestler’s Sexual Abuse by Saying They ‘Were Adults’
The sexual-assault apologists just keep on coming out of the GOP woodwork. On Monday, Rep. Louie Gohmert defended his Republican brethren Jim Jordan of Ohio against allegations that he knew about reported abuse during his time as a wrestling coach at Ohio State University and did nothing to stop it. “Unlike the Olympians who were…