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Exonerated Five Fighting to Stop Cops From Lying, Using Innocent People’s DNA and Other Things You Probably Thought Were Already Illegal
Innocent until proven guilty is one of the foundational tenets of American jurisprudence. Even when a person is arrested and jailed for a crime, they are afforded the same presumption of innocence as Ivanka Trump, Jesus Christ, the white people in lotion commercials or any other unblemished, blue-eyed blonde American. Of course, if you’re black,…
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The Man Who Dissed Mitch McConnell Says It Had Nothing to Do With Elijah Cummings. The Untold Backstory Is Even Worse
Senate Majority Leader and Zombie Voldemort, Mitch McConnell, went viral this weekend after a close friend of legendary Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings refused to shake the hand of He Who Should Not Be Named. Bobby Rankin, a longtime friend of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), served as a pallbearer at Cummings’ memorial service on…
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Longest Serving Black Congressman John Conyers Jr. Passes Away at 90
John Conyers—the longest-serving black congressman in U.S. history—has passed away. The Michigan Democrat who represented Detroit died Sunday at age 90. PBS Newshour’s White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor broke the news on Twitter that he died in his sleep, after confirming the death with family members. A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, the…
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Trump Organization Is Thinking of Selling the Lease to Its Controversial DC Hotel
Amid criticism that Donald Trump has been wrongly profiting from his swank Washington, D.C., hotel, the Trump Organization now is reportedly thinking of selling the lease it holds on it. “People are objecting to us making so much money on the hotel, and therefore we may be willing to sell,” Trump’s son Eric, an executive…
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Awkward! Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Spills the Tea After Butt-Dialing a Reporter
Maybe Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani needs to learn how to lock his phone. According to NBC News, Giuliani butt-dialed one of its reporters on at least two occasions, allowing the writer to overhear Trump’s hype man mouthpiece discussing how much he needs cold, hard cash and bad-mouthing the Bidens (Joe and his son,…
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A Video in Which Matt Gaetz, a White Man, Whines About Being Called a White Man
Merriam Webster defines “identity politics” as: politics in which groups of people having a particular racial, religious, ethnic, social, or cultural identity tend to promote their own specific interests or concerns without regard to the interests or concerns of any larger political group. Although the Democratic Party’s constituency is far more diverse than the GOP,…
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DOJ Is Reportedly Making Its Review of How Russia Probe Came to Be a Criminal Matter
Donald Trump has long derided as some “hoax” the Mueller probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election that put Trump into the Oval Office. But, now, the Justice Department that has informally reviewing the origins of the special prosecutor’s probe has turned it into an official criminal investigation. That’s according to sources to the…
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Bot Bias: Study Finds a Medical Algorithm Favors White Patients Over Sicker Black Ones
An algorithm used by major hospitals and healthcare providers misjudged how sick black patients were compared with their white counterparts, allowing healthier white patients to get additional medical supports more often. That’s according to the findings of a study published Thursday in the journal Science that looked at patient care based on medical practitioners’ use…
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Voter Suppression Reportedly on Rise in States Where Increasing Numbers of Democratic-Leaning Students Head to the Polls
College students headed to the polls in droves during the last presidential election, and with that number only expected to grow in next year’s race, Republican lawmakers have been throwing up roadblocks, especially in swing states. That’s because college students trend Democratic, according to recent polls, the New York Times reports. And attempts to suppress…
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It’s Getting Hot in Here: AOC Grills Mark Zuckerberg About Whether Facebook Will Allow Ads That Lie to Black Voters
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—aka the Notorious AOC, aka key member of the House’s progressive “Squad”—set Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg back on his heels Wednesday when she grilled him about the social media giant’s potential to manipulate marginalized communities in next year’s elections. The exchange came during hearings for the House Financial Services Committee, according…