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  • Lindsey Graham Faces a Challenge to His 2020 Re-Election Dreams in SC Democratic Leader Jaime Harrison

    Lindsey Graham Faces a Challenge to His 2020 Re-Election Dreams in SC Democratic Leader Jaime Harrison

    South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the man who once wanted the Oval Office for himself before becoming an apologist for the current occupant, now has someone coming for his seat—Jaime Harrison, the former chair of the state’s Democratic Party. Harrison, a former aide to Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), announced his candidacy Wednesday with a series…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 29, 2019
  • Trump to Accused Child Molester Roy Moore: Please Don’t Risk My Legacy by Running for the US Senate in 2020

    Trump to Accused Child Molester Roy Moore: Please Don’t Risk My Legacy by Running for the US Senate in 2020

    Donald Trump still has love for accused child molester and possible new-old candidate for a U.S. Senate from Alabama Roy Moore, but he’s warning Moore away from the ballot in 2020. In a set of tweets (what else?) Wednesday, the occupant of the Oval Office begged Moore to think of the bigger picture—Trump’s legacy, the…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 29, 2019
  • Nah, Fam: Regina Hall Nixes Whitney Houston Drug Joke in Her Show Black Monday

    Nah, Fam: Regina Hall Nixes Whitney Houston Drug Joke in Her Show Black Monday

    If her character on Showtime’s Black Monday is any indication, Regina Hall revels in being on the edge when it comes to comedy. But she finds nothing funny about the disease of drug addiction, as she shared while explaining why she asked the writers to ax a joke about Whitney Houston’s drug abuse. The actress,…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 28, 2019
  • And Water Is Wet: Study Shows Whites From Former Slave States More Likely to Be Biased Against Blacks

    And Water Is Wet: Study Shows Whites From Former Slave States More Likely to Be Biased Against Blacks

    So, in news that will likely come as no surprise to anyone many, a new study has found that when it comes to racism and racial bias felt by whites toward blacks, it’s more a matter of nurture than nature, with whites from the South—the U.S. region that was most dependent on slavery—more likely to…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 28, 2019
  • Foul Ball: ‘Offensive’ Video Ties Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to ‘Enemies of Freedom’ at Minor League Game

    Foul Ball: ‘Offensive’ Video Ties Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to ‘Enemies of Freedom’ at Minor League Game

    As the great Beyoncé once said, “You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation.” And so it seems when it comes to the Notorious AOC, aka U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A minor league baseball team is apologizing to the New York congresswoman known for her impassioned brand of progressive politics and policies…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 28, 2019
  • Justice Clarence Thomas Slams Women Who Have Abortions as Heartless Eugenicists

    Justice Clarence Thomas Slams Women Who Have Abortions as Heartless Eugenicists

    Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas slammed women who have abortions as heartless “eugenicists” in a 20-page opinion Tuesday opposing the high court’s majority decision not to overturn a lower court’s ruling that blocked Indiana abortion restrictions that would have stopped women from aborting due to a fetus’ sex, race or disability. According to Newsweek, the…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 28, 2019
  • #StephonClark: Bill Policing When Cops Can Use Lethal Force Advances in California

    A little more than a year after Sacramento, Calif., police gunned down an unarmed Stephon Clark as the 22-year-old father of two stood in his grandparents’ backyard, California may be on the cusp of passing the nation’s strictest law governing when police can use deadly force. Under the proposed legislation headed to the state Assembly…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 24, 2019
  • The Marathon Continues: T.I., Charlamagne Tha God Visit Capitol Hill to Discuss Nipsey Hussle-Backed Plan to Put Money Into Black Communities

    The Marathon Continues: T.I., Charlamagne Tha God Visit Capitol Hill to Discuss Nipsey Hussle-Backed Plan to Put Money Into Black Communities

    Shortly before he was gunned down in front of the clothing store he owned in South Los Angeles in March, rapper, activist and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle had plans to meet with lawmakers to discuss an idea he had to help funnel investment dollars to his native South L.A. as well as other distressed black communities…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 24, 2019
  • Blow Struck: Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi’s ‘Hearbeat’ Abortion Law

    Blow Struck: Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi’s ‘Hearbeat’ Abortion Law

    Down goes Frazier—at least, for now, when it comes to Mississippi’s new so-called heartbeat law, which bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. I n a strongly worded ruling Friday, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction barring enforcement of the law that makes abortion illegal after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 24, 2019
  • Fight’s On: ACLU, Planned Parenthood Sue to Stop Alabama’s Virtual Abortion Ban

    Fight’s On: ACLU, Planned Parenthood Sue to Stop Alabama’s Virtual Abortion Ban

    Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Alabama’s law that bans abortions except in cases of “serious” health risk to the mother, saying the law is patently unconstitutional. The legal counterattack, which was promised after Alabama’s senators gave a final OK to the bill almost…

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    Dara Sharif






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    May 24, 2019
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