Outside symbolic gestures, what’s changed since the Charleston Massacre? Not a damn thing. It seems like an ironic twist of fate, a perverted prophecy of tragedies to come when you think back on it. Two years ago, on June 16, 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump announced his bid for the U. S. presidency. Trump would...
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Why I Plan To Tell My Brown Kids That Their New President Is A Racist — And You Should, Too
This is the time to talk to your children about race, gender, immigration and Donald Trump. By Margaret When my daughter was born it was 2008, Obama had just been elected president. I thought it was so amazing that the only America my daughter would know was an America run by a black man. The...
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Election 2016: Don’t Tell Us We Live In A Post-Racial America
Trump’s election-night performance confirms that racism is alive and well in the U.S. of A. Experts expected Hillary Clinton to steamroll over Donald Trump on Election Day. But to everyone’s shock, that’s not what happened. In a surprise turnout, Republican voters in hard-hit rust belt states like Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania came out in droves...
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Puerto Rico Has No Say in This Election — And That’s a Big Problem
If you are a citizen of Puerto Rico, you may live under U.S. rule, but you have no say in the U.S. Presidential Election. That’s right. Puerto Rican citizens live under U.S. rule, even paying taxes (save for federal income tax), but they have no say in who is elected to govern them. A prime...
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Why I’m Not Scared After Trump Said He’s Willing To Blow Us All To Kingdom Come.
Donald Trump’s philosophy on nuclear programs shouldn’t make you scared. It should make you angry and battle-ready. Folks, at this point nothing Donald Trump says or does that’s out of the political ordinary surprises me. And, honestly, it shouldn’t surprise or shock you, either. He’s insulted people of color. He’s offended the disabled community. He’s pandered...
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Hillary Clinton Gets the Nomination, But Her Husband Gets the Front Page Photo
Say what you want about Hillary Clinton, but the media’s refusal to run her photo on their front page after she secured the Democratic nomination is sexist. Hillary Clinton has made history by being the first woman in America to win the Democratic Nomination. Say what you wish about Clinton, but don’t deny the fact...
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What The Wikileaks DNC E-mail Leak Tell Us About Hillary Clinton’s Nomination
The glow of Hillary Clinton’s history-making nomination is damaged and looks dimmer because of revelations that DNC rigged the primary. Effective at the end of this week, amid the WikiLeaks DNC e-mail scandal that broke on Sunday, Debbie Wasserman Schultz will step down as chair of the Democratic National Committee. As it happens, her resignation announcement coincided...
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How To Survive A Trumpocalypse
The “apocalypse” in question is none other than a Trump presidency. There is a very real chance that Donald Trump will actually win this election. According to a recent CNN election poll, Trump — following a weeklong catastrophic circus act in Cleveland, Ohio — jumped 6 percentage points to take a 45 to 48 percent lead...
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Breaking News: Trump To Build Wall Against Immigrant Wife Melania
Hot on the heels of the revelation that GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, stole paragraphs from a hardworking African American First Lady — affectionately referred to alternately as “The Black”, “My Black Person” or “My Black Friend” — Trump has decided to build a huge wall against Mrs. Trump. Trump clarified...
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Elizabeth Warren Endorses Hillary Clinton Despite Exposing Corporate Agenda in 2004
Remember That Time Elizabeth Warren Criticized Hillary Clinton For Being Cozy With Wall Street? Most people who followed Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren’s political career expected her to endorse Bernie Sanders. That’s no small statement or hyperbole. It’s informed opinion based a recent history. In terms of political ideology, Warren leaned more toward Bernie. In the...