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Mississippi Election Commissioner Complains That 'Blacks' Are Registering to Vote
An election commissioner in Mississippi claims her intent wasn’t to be racist despite posting on Facebook that she was concerned because “the Blacks” are having lots of voter registration events. According to a report from the Clarion Ledger, Jones County election commissioner Gail Harrison Welch is now pushing back at people who have questioned the…
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Kanye West Says He's Running For President This Year
Kanye West is apparently going to make good on a promise he made five years ago when he won MTV’s Michael Jackson Vanguard Award and announced his plan to run for president in 2020. On Saturday, the rapper/designer/MAGA supporter tweeted (using some very Trump-esque language) that he will be throwing his hat in the electoral…
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Aurora Police Officers Fired For Selfies Mocking Elijah McClain's Death
Four Aurora Police Department officers are now out of a job following an investigation into photos they took of themselves at the site where 23-year-old Elijah McClain was put in a chokehold by police before dying last summer. The photos show Kyle Dittrich, Jared Jones, and Erica Marrero smiling and pretending to recreate a carotid…
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Trump Predictably Fuels Racial Tensions at Mount Rushmore Rally, Says 'Growing Danger' Threatens Statues and America
“I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of the great Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C.” This is how the President started his rally at Mount Rushmore on Friday, in what was a clear attempt to drive a “full-on culture war,” according to a…
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Descendants of Frederick Douglass Mark July 4th by Reciting His Famous Speech That Is as True as Ever
While Frederick Douglass would probably be disappointed (but not surprised) that the so-called land of the free hasn’t lived up to its promises of liberty all even centuries after he delivered his rousing speech, “What to the Slave Is The Fourth of July,” I imagine that he would be proud to see his descendants continuing…
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Herman Cain Hospitalized With COVID-19 After Posting Up at Trump Rally Without a Mask
Former long-shot presidential candidate and Tea Party darling Herman Cain is now in the hospital being treated for COVID-19, just a little over a week after he attended a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma when coronavirus cases there had spiked to their highest numbers since the start of the pandemic. The 73-year-old Black Republican’s…
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'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' Is Coming to A Week 1 NFL Game Near You
The performative gestures from brands now trying to show that they care about Black lives—all of a sudden in 2020—have been ridiculous, hilarious, and cringe-worthy. Here’s one that fits all three descriptions perfectly. The National Football League will be playing “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black national anthem, at the beginning…
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Michigan Woman Who Pulled Gun on Black Family Charged With Felonious Assault, Husband Fired From Job
In this moment in time when white people are losing their minds and pointing weapons at Black people willy-nilly (as well as verbally assaulting them, calling the cops on them, and otherwise threatening their lives and well-being) here is an example of exactly what needs to happen to stop this bullshit: consequences. Jillian Wuestenberg, the…
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Trial for George Floyd's Killers Set for March 2021, but Judge Warns It Could Be Moved From Minneapolis
The judge presiding over the trial of the four Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd has threatened to have the case tried outside of the city if the lawyers involved continue to make “inappropriate” public statements. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill gave the warning at a pretrial hearing for Derek Chauvin,…
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Rambo Who Pointed Guns at Protestors in St. Louis Now Claims His Life Is Ruined, Hires 'Self-Proclaimed Expert' Lawyer
Mark McCloskey, one half of the husband-and-wife pair recently captured on video looking ridiculous while brandishing weapons at demonstrators passing by their St. Louis home, is now complaining that his “life has been ruined.” In an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday, McCloskey balked at the suggestion that he is now the face of…
