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It's about the policies, not the person. Over the past several months, Congress has approved a military spending bill , an extension of the surveillance law and sanctions on Russia. The Trump Administration decides to ignore the last one , and apparently some Democrats are upset. I don't understand why; you can't claim that Donald Trump is a danger to the country and probably has too many compromising connections to Russia WHILE GIVING HIM A BIGGER MILITARY BUDGET THAN HE ASKED FOR AND THE ABILITY TO SPY ON EVERYONE. At best, it makes your "resistance" appear to be flimsy.

So Mo'Nique wants people to boycott Netflix because they wouldn't pay her what she thinks she is worth. She further theorizes that Netflix isn't paying her what she's worth because she is a woman of color . So on the basis of her argument, we need to exclude two groups from Netflix's growing list of comedians/comediennes: white women and men of color (excluding white men should be a given here). So here's an short list of Women of Color With a Netflix Stand-Up Comedy Special:   Anjelah Johnson Ali Wong Aditi Mittal Cristela Alonzo There's a few more (even of Mo'Nique herself) but they are all specials that were not contracted by Netflix.  And here's imbd.com's list of roles Mo'Nique has had. If I was Netflix, I would see Mo'Nique as a fairly popular comedienne who despite winning an Academy Award, has also publicly blasted some notable Hollywood power-players (like Oprah and Tyler Perry) and has not recently worked o

Why is Oliver North a free man who's had a TV show and is celebrated, while Chelsea Manning is considered a pariah ?