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Andrew Gillum Is Winning by Being His Natural, Black Self
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum isn’t afraid to tell you he is a proud black man. The political implications of being “too black,” long a concern for black candidates running for statewide or higher office throughout U.S. history, don’t scare him. He embraces his blackness because he believes in himself and knows black candidates before…
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Russia and China Are Spying on Trump Because He Refuses to Use Secure iPhones
Despite constant warnings from his aides, President Donald Trump continues to talk on an unsecured iPhone, and Russian and Chinese security services are listening to his conversations, the New York Times reports. Of course, Trump has secure cellphones but he refuses to use them; his aides can only hope he is not discussing classified information…
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Millennial Georgians Get Their Obama Moment With Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams’ campaign bus was running forty minutes late. But the anticipation for her arrival at Savannah State University seemed to intensify with each passing minute. Hundreds of people had settled into lawn chairs or found a spot on the ground around the gazebo in the center of campus Tuesday night. The candidate’s advance team…
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Neither Voter Suppression Nor Being Called 'Coon' and the N-Word Will Stop Black Georgia From Voting
Waynesboro, Georgia—Sarah Jenkins has long had to deal with simmering community tensions. She owns a small business in a white part of town that caters to senior citizens and people with mental disabilities, an arrangement many of her neighbors frown upon. But since “Ms. Jenkins,” as folks like to call her, became a big supporter…
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Why the Democratic Party Hasn’t Canceled Keith Ellison—For Now
Less than a month after Al Franken was accused of groping a woman, the U.S. senator from Minnesota resigned from his seat under pressure from his Democratic colleagues. Two months have passed since Rep. Keith Ellison, also a Democrat from Minnesota, was accused of assaulting a woman. He is still deputy chairman of the Democratic…
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Watch: SNL's Pete Davidson Clowns Kanye's Off-Air MAGA Rant
Pete Davidson had a few words to say about Kanye West’s pro-Trump rant last week on Saturday Night Live. For folks who didn’t tune in last weekend, Kanye went on a very awkward pro-Trump rant off air after he performed. Here’s an excerpt: “So many times I talk to a white person and [they] say,…
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Journalist Who Wore a 'Make American Great Again' Hat While Reporting On Trump Rally Has Been Fired
Jim Bunner, a multimedia journalist with KTTC in NBC affiliate in Minnesota was fired one day after covering a Donald Trump rally while wearing a MAGA hat. According to Buzz Feed News, Bunner, was in Rochester, Minnesota, Thursday when he was seen outside the Mayo Civic Center wearing his station’s jacket along with the red…
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Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Working as Part-Time Officer in Another Ohio Town
The police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice has been hired as part-time police officer in Bellaire, a village in southeastern Ohio. Timothy Loehmann was hired as one of two new part-time officers with the Bellaire Police Department, the Wheeling News-Register reports. Ironically, the second officer, Eric Smith, was suspended from his job…
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Man Faces Murder Charges After Ambushing South Carolina Cops
Frederick Hopkins, 74, has been charged with murder and six counts of attempted murder in an ambush on South Carolina police officers. According to CNN, Sgt. Terrence Carraway, a 30-year veteran of the Florence Police Department, was killed after arriving on the scene during the two-hour standoff. Hopkins was formally charged at noon Friday and…
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Sex Worker Stole Cop's Jeep. She Says He Was Just A 'Trick'
Taquanna Lawton has been charged with grand larceny for stealing an NYPD officer’s Jeep Wrangler in Brooklyn Tuesday morning after he left the vehicle to get money from an ATM to pay for her sex services. As Lawton, 20, explains it, she and 13-year veteran officer Ali Sheppard had a business relationship and that he…
