Black Twitter Goes Off On TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year,’ How Bad Things Will Get For Black People During the Next Four Years? Biden Made a Huge Number of Black Women Judges and More Political News

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This Is How Bad Things Will Get For Black People During the Next Four Years

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Black folks: President-elect Donald Trump has made his agenda for America clear for his upcoming term with Project 2025. While things were bad for us his first presidency, things are only going to get much worse—and we should all be on edge. – Candace McDuffie Read More

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Boom! Biden Just Made a Huge Number of Black Women Judges During Final Days As President

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In the last weeks of his presidency, President Joe Biden has fulfilled his campaign promise to make the federal judiciary more diverse. The president has made history by appointing 40 Black women judges, according to data courtesy of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. – Candace McDuffie Read More

Wait, What… Will President Biden Pardon Donald Trump? A famous Black Leader Surely Thinks So

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Controversy struck President Joe Biden when he pardoned his son, Hunter, this month. Less than two weeks later, Biden made history commuting 1,500 people’s sentences and pardoning 39 non-violent convicts in a single day. Now, all eyes are on the Biden Administration to see what he’ll do next before his time runs out in the Oval Office, and this Black leader is urging him to do the unthinkable for the sake of the country. – Phenix S Halley Read More

Trump Named TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year,’ and Boy Does Black Twitter Have Thoughts…

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Here we go again… President-elect Donald J. Trump has been named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year for the second time. He joins former presidents like Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton for the double honor. Unsurprisingly, Black Twitter isn’t really feeling it. – Phenix S Halley Read More

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