election 2020
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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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An American Family: Ilhan Omar and Daughter Isra Star on Teen Vogue's November Cover
As a Black girl born in Minneapolis, you’d think I’d have closely tracked the ascension of Somali refugee turned American political firebrand Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). But as I graduated high school just outside the Twin Cities and made a new life as a college student in New York City, Omar was a new arrival in…
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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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The Myth of the Black Male Trump Supporter
The following fairy tale is based on a true story. Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so far away, an evil orange emperor ruled the land. With a face resembling an orangutang’s hind parts (except for the chalky ovals encircling his eyelids) and golden windswept hair dyed like jaundiced straw, the king earned…
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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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Robocalls About Warrants, Lies About Absentee Ballots, and Other Disinformation Targeting Black Voters Ahead of Election Day
With days to go until election day, there are increasing signs of voter disinformation and suppression tactics targeting Black and Latino voters. Just this past week in Florida, numerous voters in a heavily-Democrat county received disturbing emails that threatened them if they don’t vote for President Trump. Now organizers in battleground states like Florida, Michigan,…
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Mike Pence's Closest Staffers Are Testing Positive for COVID-19, But the VP Has No Plans to Quarantine
About five members of Vice President Mike Pence’s inner team now have coronavirus, a troubling outbreak that nonetheless seems not to have thwarted Pence’s plans to travel across the country campaigning in the coming days. The first case reported this weekend was that of the Vice President’s Chief of Staff, Marc Short, who a spokesperson…
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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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Here's What Will Happen After Election Day
This is the second half of our two-part series predicting the likeliest scenarios for the 2020 election and its aftermath. Who will win the 2020 presidential election? When will we know who won the 2020 election? What happens if the results are challenged? Who in the hell left the gate open? Was it the same…
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Democrats Get ‘Vote for Trump or We Will Come for You’ Emails From Proud Boys' Address; U.S. Officials Say They’re From Iran
On Tuesday, dozens of voters in heavily Democratic Alachua County in Florida received an alarming email from what appeared to be an address belonging to the right-wing extremist group the Proud Boys. The author of the email threatened to “come after” registered Democrats if they don’t vote for incumbent President Donald Trump. An investigation by…