2020 election
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The New Georgia Project Teams Up With Karen Civil, Curren$y, Tina Knowles Lawson and Many More for ‘Twitch the Vote’
Over the last two decades, gaming has slowly but steadily become one of the most consumed forms of entertainment. The New Georgia Project has teamed up with folks like Curren$y, Karen Civil and Tina Knowles Lawson in an effort to utilize that popularity as a force for change. “Twitch The Vote,” will be a 12-hour…
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Dave Chappelle Will Return to Host SNL Post-Election Day in Reprise of 2016
At least one part of this week’s election whirlwind will feel like déjà vu: Comedian Dave Chappelle is returning to the SNL stage again this weekend, taking the helm of the show post-Election Day just as he did in 2016. Chappelle’s opening monologue is expected to set the mood for the show. In 2016, after…
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Walmart Removed Guns and Ammo From Sales Floor for Fear of Post-Election Civil Unrest—but Suddenly Reversed Decision
No matter how next Tuesday turns out, the days and weeks following Election Day are going to be wild. Citing fears of civil unrest, Walmart made the decision to remove guns and ammo from the sales floor of all its stores, only to strangely quickly reverse it. CBS News reports that the company previously did…
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Chris Paul Leads Thousands in March to Early Voting Site at North Carolina HBCU
NBA star Chris Paul led a march on Tuesday to an early voting site at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, Paul led almost 2,500 to the polling location as part of the “March to the Polls Part 2” event. Winston-Salem is Paul’s hometown, and the Oklahoma City Thunder point…
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Alabama Will Vote on Removing Racist Phrases From State Constitution for the Third Time in 20 Years
Hopefully, the third time is the charm for a measure to remove racist language from Alabama’s state constitution. WRBL reports that an effort to “recompile” Alabama’s constitution is currently underway, with a measure to authorize lawmakers to do so on the state’s ballot this year. This is the third such effort to happen in the…
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NYPD Officer Suspended After Video of Him Using Patrol Speaker to Say ‘Put It on Facebook. Trump 2020,’ Was Put on Facebook
An officer for the New York City Police Department was suspended without pay after a video of him saying “Trump 2020,” over the loudspeaker of his patrol cruiser was spread on social media. According to NBC News, multiple videos were uploaded to social media of the officer using the speaker on his car to declare…
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Setting Ballot Boxes on Fire Is Apparently a Thing Now in Boston and California
Dozens of ballots were destroyed after a fire was ignited inside a ballot drop box in Boston. The Washington Post reports the incident occurred around 4 a.m on Oct. 25 at Copley Square in Boston. After firefighters eventually extinguished the fire by filling the box with water, they found 35 of the 122 ballots in…
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Colorado Trailer Park Owner Threatens to Increase Rent Should Biden Win Election
Further proving you don’t have to be a politician to suppress the vote, the landlord of a Colorado trailer park threatened to increase rent for tenants should Joe Biden win the presidential election. Multiple residents of a Fort Morgan trailer park sent emails to 9News reporting a letter their landlord had sent that they felt…
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Meet Kristen Welker, the 1st Black Woman to Moderate a Presidential Debate Solo in Almost 30 Years
Even though tens of millions of American voters have already made up their minds about who ought to be the next president of the United States, many are still expected to tune into tonight’s final presidential debate between Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. In the middle of the brouhaha will be…
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Congresswomen AOC and Ilhan Omar Stream Among Us, Thankfully Manage to Avoid Being Cringey
On Tuesday, Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Ilhan Omar went on Twitch to stream the incredibly popular game, Among Us. According to BBC News, the stream managed to get up to 400,000 concurrent viewers, the third-highest stream to ever be hosted on the site. The VOD of the stream has already gotten over 4 million…