Politics
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Minnesota Police Orgs Suggest Some Cops May Not Do Their Jobs During Derek Chauvin Trial Due to ‘Demonization’ of Police
Here’s a question: Are police officers born representing the epitome of snowflake-dom or is it a character trait that comes with the job? I ask this because for generations, cops have enjoyed having a certain image—one that casts them as heroes and brave warriors sworn to protect and serve. They were the only thing standing…
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Stacey Abrams Discusses the Georgia Senate Runoffs on Pharrell's OTHERtone Podcast: 'I Have No Right to Victory'
When she’s not preoccupied with protecting our democracy, penning best-selling novels, or getting nominated for a Nobel Peace prize, Stacey Abrams is dropping gems on Pharrell’s podcast, OTHERtone. On the latest episode, she chops it up with the Grammy award-winning producer and his co-hosts, music curator Scott Vener and former Star Trak recording artist Fam-Lay,…
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Joe Biden and the Lie of the Great Stimulus Check
Have you heard the story of President Joe Biden and the Great Stimulus Check? It goes like this: when President-elect Joe Biden wanted to push for two Georgia senators facing a difficult runoff election that would ensure that Biden would be backed by a Democrat-controlled Senate, he told America that they’d be getting $2,000 stimulus…
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Senate Democrats Draft Resolution Condemning White Supremacy
In response to the Trump-encouraged coup attempt in Washington, D.C., last month, Senate Democrats are drafting a resolution condemning white supremacy. Axios reports that the resolution, whose lead sponsor is Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), will be introduced Tuesday. Keep in mind that Trump’s impeachment trial on the charges of “incitement of the insurrection” begins next…
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Deborah Archer Becomes First Black Person to Serve as President of the ACLU in Its 101-Year History
After 101 years, the American Civil Liberties Union has elected the first Black person to ever serve as the organization’s president. According to the Associated Press, Deborah Archer was elected over the weekend in a virtual meeting between the organization’s 69-member board of directors. Archer becomes only the eighth person to serve as president of…
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Biden Needs to Keep That Same Energy When He Meets With Republicans and Their COVID Relief Counter Offer
They were six years in power. And during that time, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican senators didn’t just walk all over Democrats, they danced in our end zone and laughed at our tears. So I’m going to need newly minted President Biden to keep that same energy during talks with the 10 Republican…
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Georgia Republicans Are So Afraid of Stacey Abrams That They Created a Group Called ‘Stop Stacey’
There comes a time in every superhero’s life when the bad guys are forced to ban together to try and bring down the powerful one. Such is life for Stacey Abrams. Imagine being so afraid of the great and mythical Abrams, that you stole the Georgia governorship from her the first time she ran, and…