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Colorado Just Abolished Slavery … Huh!
A stipulation allowing slavery as a form of punishment has just been voted out of Colorado’s state constitution. From NPR: The amendment was put on the ballot with overwhelming bipartisan support from Colorado’s lawmakers. It will change Article II, Section 26 of the state’s constitution, which has stated for more than 100 years: “Slavery prohibited.…
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The Release of Ga. Voters' Personal Info Isn’t Technically Brian Kemp’s Doing, but It’s Technically Still His Damn Responsibility
Brian Kemp is currently being dragged for posting the personal information of nearly 300,000 voters to his office’s website. Kemp, who is now declaring himself the winner of Georgia’s gubernatorial race, has already taken heat for his several blatant attempts to suppress voters ahead of and up through Election Day. Now he’s being associated with…
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Republicans Lose NY House Seat to Democrat They Called a ‘Big-City Rapper,’ Which Is Now a Slur, I Guess
Democrat Antonio Delgado has overcome Republican attempts to brand him as a “big-city rapper” and won the race for New York’s 19th Congressional District against incumbent Rep. John Faso. I can’t believe I just typed that shit. As the 19th is a swing district, this win could have real ramifications for New York in future…
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Stacey Abrams Isn’t Conceding a Doggone Thing
Stacey Abrams isn’t about to let this governor thing go just yet. With most precincts having reported in, Georgia’s gubernatorial race has been projected to end in Republican Brian Kemp’s favor. But after a hard-fought campaign, Stacey Abrams has refused to concede and appears ready to take the race down to the wire—and down to…
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White Man Ignores Pesky Police Sirens to Get to Work on Time, Catches a Felony Instead of a Bullet
A white man in Columbus, Ind., was arrested after honking his horn at police—claiming the cops were slowing down his commute to work—then refused to pull over when they tried to stop him. According to WAVE, 28-year-old Jacob Waltermire pulled up behind a police car Friday morning and “started flailing his arms and honking his…
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Kanye West Makes Six-Figure Donation to Chicago Mayoral Candidate
After announcing his sudden retirement from politics, the no-longer MAGA-adjacent advocate for “free thought,” Kanye West, dropped a six-figure sum on the campaign of activist and candidate for mayor Amara Enyia. West gave her $126,460, according to the Chicago Tribune, which reviewed state campaign records. The donation brings the sum of Kanye’s contributions to Enyia’s…
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Grand Jury Indicts Virginia Cop For Shooting Unarmed Black Man … Again
The above picture is not a glamour shot; it’s a group photo and it is historic. It is a photograph of every single prosecutor in America who has successfully indicted more than one case of an on-duty police shooting. One person. Stephanie Morales. On Nov. 1, a Portsmouth, Va., grand jury issued a true bill…
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Are White Men America's Biggest Terror Threat? We Checked
“We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them.” – Don Lemon, CNN text Despite the fact that the FBI and Homeland Security acknowledged that white supremacist groups had carried…
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Banging From the Inside: Activist Cat Brooks Runs to Become Oakland’s First Black Woman Mayor
Oakland, Calif., has long been a bastion of historical and cultural reverie in blackness. The “Detroit of the West” holds a special place in African-American esteem: Oakland incubated a nascent Black Panther Party; gave us Hieroglyphics, Too Short, and MC Hammer; and nurtured icons such as Elaine Brown, Zedanya, and Killmonger. It even has its…