cory booker
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Rep. Jim Clyburn Is Out of His Goddamn Mind If He Really Thinks Qualified Immunity Doesn’t Have to Be Part of Policing Reform Bill
Rep. Jim Clyburn is a political juggernaut. He is a kingmaker. He is a South Carolina god. But Jim Clyburn is out of his goddamn mind if he truly believes that qualified immunity—the legal doctrine that protects officers from being sued—doesn’t need to be part of policing reform legislation, . “I will never sacrifice good…
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Families of Black Men Killed by Cops Push for Serious Reform
The families of Black men killed by police spoke with White House officials and senators Thursday about the passage of a meaningful reform bill that will address police brutality, with the May 25 anniversary of George Floyd’s death being the goal date. Families left the meetings optimistic that lawmakers are working tirelessly to achieve that…
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Sen. Duckworth Introduces Bill Addressing Environmental Racism
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced a bill Thursday that aims to provide health equity and climate justice for underserved communities and communities of color that have historically been impacted by environmental injustices. The Environmental Justice for All Act acknowledges that communities of color face public health challenges that make them much more susceptible to…
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Black Farmers Finally Get Plentiful Harvest as COVID-19 Bill Includes $5 Billion in Relief
It’s a miracle that Black farmers have made it this long when you consider that for over 100 years, they’ve faced discrimination from the US Department of Agriculture and were largely excluded from federal loans and farm improvement initiatives. But the enduring seeds of hard work and faith have finally come to bloom, as the…
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Everything We Know About Biden’s Stimmy Package. Plus, Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Ayanna Pressley Want to Give Babies Bonds
OK, who are we kidding? We all voted for Joe Biden for three reasons: First, he wasn’t Donald Trump, and I’m thoroughly convinced that if a piece of sock lint had run against the white supremacist in chief, we all would’ve changed our Twitter avis to “Vote Sock Lint 2020!” Secondly, he teamed up with…
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Rosario Dawson Is 'Proud' of Her Jersey Boo Cory Booker Winning Reelection to U.S Senate Seat—and Yes, She Voted for Him
Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes…how do you measure, measure an election year?! That’s how long it seems to be taking to get the swing state results for the 2020 presidential election, by the way. Oh, look! A reference from a film adaptation that Rosario Dawson starred in! That is a great segue to…
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Proud Boys Celebrate Trump's Call to 'Stand Back and Stand By' During Tuesday's Debate
The Grand Wizard…sorry, president of the United States horrified a lot of people Tuesday night with his astoundingly atrocious debate performance. Not everyone was plunged into a pit of existential despair, though, as the Proud Boys were celebrating the co-sign President Trump gave them during the debate. NBC News reports that multiple social media accounts…
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Bipartisan Call in the Senate for Congressional Gold Medal to be Awarded to Emmett Till and His Mother
In a rare moment of bi-partisanship, a Republican and Democratic senator have called for the nation’s highest civilian honor to be awarded posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. NBC News reports that Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) introduced a bill to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to…
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It's Official: Joe Biden Has His Night, The Chicks are Aight, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Had Twitter Tight
In what can only be called the longest Zoom conference in the history of small box teleconferences, the first-ever virtual Democratic National Convention has come to a close. All of this was supposed to be an in-person event in Milwaukee, but the president fucked up the handling of the coronavirus and here we are. Democrats…