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Replay: Leonard Pitts Jr. and Trump’s first 100 days

var _ndnq = _ndnq || []; _ndnq.push([’embed’]); See our discussion with syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. as he takes a look back over President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office and what we...

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Pitts: GOP must find courage to impeach Trump

Dear Republicans: So how much more will it take? What else do you need to see? Related Articles Pitts: ‘Feminization’ of U.S. men definitely not the problem Pitts: Time to cancel Thanksgiving? We seem...

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Pitts: Division over Trump is about to get worse

I call it pouring water on concrete. You make a splash, but nothing sinks in. That’s what it has felt like lately arguing via tweet and email with supporters of President Dumpster Fire who insist there...

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Pitts: Soul-searching for what it means to be an American

You knew it was coming. You felt it with a sickening certainty the instant news of a mass shooting flashed out from Alexandria, Va. So it was disheartening, but hardly surprising, to hear certain...

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Pitts: What it means to be an American

He called it a lesson in “How Republicans are born.” Grover Norquist, the anti-tax crusader, was on Twitter Sunday, recounting how his 8-year-old “has been saving up to buy her first Guitar. Found it...

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Pitts: So, black athletes have forgotten their place?

Dear black people: I guess we’ve messed up again. Seems like we’re never going to learn how to properly protest, no matter how hard conservatives try to teach us. When there was violence in the streets...

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Pitts: Republicans’ recognition of President Moron is too little too late

Yes, he’s childish and incompetent. Is that really news by now? Related Articles Pitts: ‘Feminization’ of U.S. men definitely not the problem Pitts: Time to cancel Thanksgiving? We seem to hate one...

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Pitts: The diversionary tactics of a child president

Call it the politics of “I know you are, but what am I?” Related Articles Pitts: ‘Feminization’ of U.S. men definitely not the problem Pitts: Time to cancel Thanksgiving? We seem to hate one another It...

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Pitts: Time to cancel Thanksgiving? We seem to hate one another

So maybe we should just cancel Thanksgiving this year? Related Articles Pitts: ‘Feminization’ of U.S. men definitely not the problem Pitts: The diversionary tactics of a child president It’s probably...

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Pitts: ‘Feminization’ of U.S. men definitely not the problem

So I guess you can take men off the endangered species list. Related Articles Pitts: Time to cancel Thanksgiving? We seem to hate one another Pitts: The diversionary tactics of a child president It...

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Pitts: Journalism is under siege

Go ahead and laugh. It is funny, after all. Related Articles Pitts: ‘Feminization’ of U.S. men definitely not the problem Pitts: Time to cancel Thanksgiving? We seem to hate one another Pitts: The...

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Pitts: Trump needs to take Rosa Parks’ name out of his lying mouth

Here comes the most meaningless sentence you’ll read today: Last week, Donald Trump paid tribute to Rosa Parks. Related Articles Pitts: Journalism is under siege Pitts: ‘Feminization’ of U.S. men...

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Pitts: The man who paid off Stormy Daniels

By Leonard Pitts Jr. Miami Herald Dear Michael D. Cohen, Esq.: So you’re the one who paid Stormy Daniels to shut up? According to The New York Times, you claim to have forked over $130,000 during the...

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Pitts: Parkland’s kids demand we stop protecting guns more than children

By Leonard Pitts Jr. Miami Herald You need to grow up. As far as I know, no survivor of last week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida, has used those words to...

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Pitts: Dreading what Trump will say on anniversary of Martin Luther King’s...

I am not looking forward to April 4th. In fact, I’ve been dreading it for months. April 4th is, of course, the 50th anniversary of the day Martin Luther King was murdered in Memphis. As such, it is one...

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Pitts: Should we still be pretending to believe justice will be done?

By Leonard Pitts Jr. Miami Herald Maybe we should just skip to the end. Is that sacrilege? Is it too cynical by half? After all, this is the part where we’re supposed to be waiting for answers and...

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Pitts: YouTube video of the moon goes viral, shows it in a way you’ve never seen

By Leonard Pitts Jr. Tribune Content Agency Have you ever seen the moon? You will likely answer that you have, many times. But a new short video by filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh may have...

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Pitts: The man who paid off Stormy Daniels

By Leonard Pitts Jr.rnMiami Herald Dear Michael D. Cohen, Esq.: So you’re the one who paid Stormy Daniels to shut up? According to The New York Times, you claim to have forked over $130,000 during the...

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Pitts: I am a child of domestic violence

By Leonard Pitts Jr.rnMiami Herald I am a child of domestic violence. As a boy, I couldn’t fall asleep until I heard my father return from his nocturnal ramblings. I’d listen hard, trying to gauge his...

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Pitts: The question Trump failed to answer

By LEONARD PITTS JR., Miami Herald This is about a question Donald Trump failed to answer. Granted, there are a lot of those, but this was a particularly tough one. Indeed, it was likely more difficult...

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