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Yes, the March for Our Lives Was About Black People, Tooâand Itâs About Time
The ability of the Parkland, Fla., school-shooting victims to organize nationwide gun control rallies less than six weeks after their school was attacked is nothing short of a political miracle. Even Byron Allen couldnât have predicted the perfect storm of demographics, inept politicians, charismatic kids and engaged media that has overtaken the nation. Whatâs more…
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Pacific Rim Uprising Is a Terrible Movie Thatâs Actually Good for Black PeopleÂ
Spoiler alert: There will be spoilers and a plot review in this write-up. The original Pacific Rim (2013) is one of my favorite movies of all time. Yes, as a sci-fi and fantasy fan, I realize that a live-action film about robots fighting giant lizards from another dimension sounds like something scribbled in the margins…
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Joe Biden Wanting to Punch Donald Trump Behind the Bleachers Isnât About Toxic Masculinity or Being Tough; Itâs Just Bad Politics
I got into a lot of fights when I was a kid. Iâm not talking shoving matches on the playgroundâI mean knockdown, torn-clothes, busted-lip, black eye fights where, if I didnât put the other kid down, he was going to come back and hurt me, usually with some other kids in tow. I wasnât really…
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Tucker Carlson and Chill: White Conservatives in DC Canât Get a Date, but the Black Ones Are Doing Fine
Apparently itâs really hard for the khaki-pants-wearing, tiki-torch-carrying, Trump-loving crowd to find dates in Washington, D.C. At least thatâs the conclusion of âWhy Itâs Hard for Conservatives to Date in D.C. Right Now,â a piece in The Washingtonian magazine thatâs become all the talk in Washington circles this week. Or at least some Washington circles. Conservatives…
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No Good Deed: Legally Blind White Man Attacks Black Politician for Trying to Help Him
Sometimes it just doesnât matter how much good you want to do for the world; people are going to hate and fear you anyway. This doesnât just apply to the X-Men, dentists and high school grammar teachers; it also applies to politicians. While much of the public likes to criticize âWashingtonâ and âthe governmentâ for…
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Congratulations, Georgia Has Practically Elected the 1st Black Woman as Governor in America!
I never thought it would happen, but Georgia has virtually become the first state to elect a black woman as governor. It was one thing for Barack Obama to get elected president. He ran for office while America was in ruins after George W. Bushâs ragged economy and costly financial wars. Sarah Palinâs candidacy for…
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10 Presidents More Likely to Save You Than Trump
Today, much of America is still in shock or mourning over the deaths of 17 kids and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Not President Donald Trump, though; heâs out stunting, bashing the armed school security officer for not running into the school to save the kids, and of course, making…
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Video of Me Was Used to Introduce Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference and Iâm Pretty Sure Iâm on a Watch List
I should cosplay as the characters from Undercover Brother or The Spook Who Sat by the Door. I have parachuted in to report at just about every single right-wing, alt-conservative confab you can think of over the last few years. Red State, the NRA convention and GOP conventions. If the Fox News, âMake America great…
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Trump Had to Check His Notes to Remember to Care About Mass-Shooting Victims
Wednesdayâs White House meeting on school safety was a triumph in successful vetting and presidential hand-holding. While billed as an opportunity for victims of the Parkland, Fla., mass school shooting to voice their concerns to the president, it quickly devolved into moving but ultimately worthless tragedy porn that gave President Donald Trump and his puppeteers…
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Mitt Romney Is Americaâs Thirstiest Politician
In case you didnât see the news last week, Mitt Romney has decided that he will run for Senate from the great state of Utah in the 2018 midterms. Under most circumstances, a failed presidential party nominee running for a Senate seat wouldnât be big news. Itâd be the equivalent of LeBron James retiring to…
