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The Lovefest Between Republican Senators and Jeff Sessions During His Confirmation Hearing Is Sickening
If there was any lesson to glean about the state of racism in America on Tuesday, it did not come from the farewell address by our nation’s first black president. Many of us might have believed in Barack Hussein Obama but never placed much faith in the country he described on the Democratic National Convention…
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Russia Claims Cause Trump Meltdown: 'Are We Living in Nazi Germany?'
The Kremlin wants to make it clear that it does not have a dossier of damaging information on President-elect Donald Trump. Its comments come after reports surfaced Tuesday that four U.S. intelligence agencies received files that included unverified claims Russia reportedly used to blackmail the president-elect. Kremlin officials came out Wednesday to call the reports…
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El Cajon, Calif., Cop Who Fatally Shot Alfred Olango Won't Face Criminal Charges
The El Cajon, Calif., police officer who gunned down an unarmed black man who was apparently having a mental breakdown will not face criminal charges, the San Diego County (Calif.) District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. “The law recognizes police officers are often forced to make split-second decisions in circumstances that…
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Booker Will Be 1st Sitting Senator to Testify Against Colleague in Cabinet Fight
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will testify Wednesday against Jeff Sessions’ nomination to become U.S. attorney general, making Booker the first sitting senator to oppose another sitting senator for a Cabinet position. With Democrats scrambling for fresh, new leadership, many Republicans believe that Booker’s move is political jockeying for a national platform to serve his own…
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Talk #BankBlack With OneUnited Bank President Teri Williams
If you wanted to #BankBlack but had no idea where to start, or what that really even means, now is your chance to get some answers. On Thursday, Jan 12, at 7 p.m. EST, OneUnited Bank, the largest black-owned bank in America, will be going live on Facebook from its Miami branch to answer questions about the…
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Read the Scathing 1986 Letter Coretta Scott King Wrote Opposing Sessions’ Federal Nomination
Updated Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, 1:02 a.m. EST: Elizabeth Warren attempted to read Coretta Scott King’s letter about Jeff Sessions on the Senate floor; but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) silenced her. Earlier: Coretta Scott King’s scathing letter in which she urged Congress to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship…
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Supreme Court Halts NC Election That Would Fix Racially Gerrymandered Voting Districts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a lower court demand that North Carolina lawmakers redraw many of their districts and hold new elections in 2017. The one-paragraph order puts the case on hold until the Supreme Court decides whether it will hear the matter, and WRAL reports that if SCOTUS does take the case,…
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#Flint: Officials Meet Behind Closed Doors to Discuss Status of Water System
Officials met behind closed doors in Chicago on Tuesday to determine if Flint, Mich.’s water technically meets federal standards again. The meeting, which took place at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional headquarters in Chicago, was touted as an opportunity for officials to share testing data on the safety of city drinking water after its…
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Report: Donald Trump Hired Prostitutes to Pee In Beds He Knew the Obamas Slept In
A person claiming to be a former British intelligence official compiled a dossier that has been circulating for weeks among elected officials, intelligence agents and journalists, making claims that the Russian government has been “cultivating, supporting and assisting” President-elect Donald Trump for years and gained compromising information about him. The dossier is a collection of…
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Federal Judge Allows Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit Against Marilyn Mosby to Proceed
A federal judge has ruled that key parts of a lawsuit against Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, filed by five of the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, can move forward. “U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled that claims including malicious prosecution, defamation, and invasion of privacy can move…