Politics
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Michigan Mayor Claims Recording of Him Using F-Word is Fake… Again
After an audio recording surfaced of a Michigan city’s mayor using a derogatory term for homosexuals, the official has denied that the voice on the recording is his, failing to explain why tapes keep popping up of him using racist and homophobic slurs. Jim Fouts, mayor of Warren, Mi., and survivor of two zombie apocalypses,…
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Mike Espy Is Hoping to Prove America Wrong About Mississippi During Runoff for Senate Seat
Ridgeland, Miss.—There were just as many members of media as there were voters when Mike Espy appeared at his voting station at Highland Colony Baptist Church, just a five-minute drive outside of Jackson. The former congressman and agricultural secretary rolled up to the entrance in his SUV with his wife, Portia, and their family, to…
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‘Straight-Up Racist’: Boston State Rep Calls Out Democratic Party’s Institutional Problems
A new crop of Democratic leaders isn’t afraid to take its own party to task—saying what has been obvious to many black voters and voters of color for years now. The latest is newly elected Boston state Rep. Nika Elugardo, who at a recent panel called out the Democrats for being “straight-up racist.” The panel,…
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Huge Legal Win for the Abrams Campaign: Judge Orders Provisional Ballot Review and Extends Certification Deadline
A new election ruling passed down by a Georgia federal judge could be significant for the Stacey Abrams campaign. Judge Amy Totenberg has ordered that the deadline for certifying the election be moved to this Friday at 5 p.m. instead of the original Tuesday 5 p.m. deadline imposed by interim Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden…
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Stacey Abrams Keeps The Same Energy, Sues to Count Rejected Ballots In Georgia Governor's Race
Stacey Abrams’ campaign still has the time and the energy. Along with the Georgia Democratic Party, Abrams’ campaign has filed a federal lawsuit to get rejected absentee and provisional ballots counted for the extremely tight gubernatorial race. Brian Kemp’s lead in the race has slowly but surely been dwindling, inching closer and closer to the…
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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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Racism Works
“Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negroes. Every device of which human ingenuity is capable has been used to deny this right. The Negro citizen may go to register only to be told that the day is wrong,…