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Booker: ‘I’m Really Ticked Off About’ Manafort Sentence

On Friday’s broadcast of CBS’ “Late Show,” 2020 presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said he’s “really ticked off about” the sentence received by Paul Manafort, and “this criminal justice system can’t surprise me anymore.” Booker said, “[T]his news came

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 23: Senator Cory Booker speaks onstage during the 4th Annual TIDAL

Cory Booker: Trump Using ‘Rank Racist Rhetoric’ on Immigration

Thursday during an interview with NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said President Donald Trump was using “rank racist rhetoric” on immigration. Partial transcript as follows: INSKEEP: President Bush tried to bring together a consensus on immigration – couldn’t get

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 05: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) questions Supreme Court Nominee Bre

Cory Booker: ‘My Roots Go Back to Slavery’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Sunday emphatically said his roots “go back to slavery” and his roots rose up during the civil rights struggles in the 1960s, potentially previewing a major potential point of contrast between him and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as they court the party’s important black primary voters.

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Jussie Smollett Recently Hosted Documentary on Lynching

Actor Jussie Smollett had recently hosted an episode on lynching for the documentary series “America Divided.” The Epix network has since pulled the episode featuring the embattled actor after the actor was arrested and charged of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22: Jussie Smollett speaks during the 'Empire' season 5

Hayward: ‘Moderate’ Democrats Put On a Green New Deal Kabuki Show

Conventional wisdom holds that relatively moderate, or at least politically savvy, leaders in the Democrat Party are horrified by the rollout of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put AOC in her place when she “threw shade” at the program (as CNN put it) by sniffing disdainfully that “nobody knows what it is.” Do not believe this kabuki theater for an instant.

Texas councilman in crossfire for calling Democratic star a 'bimbo'