Politics

Leo Jackson, New England’s First Black Mayor, Dies Leo Jackson, who first became mayor of New London, Connecticut in 1980, has died BET reports. A selection by his city council peers with a vote of confidence from then-President Jimmy Carter, Jackson only served one one-year term, but remained on the city council an additional thirteen…

“Are you disappointed?” my Latino colleague tentatively asked when I called to share in the excitement of the Sotomayor moment. I knew what he meant. Not that I’m not thrilled with the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. It’s an important and historic nomination of a brilliant judge whose life story resonates deeply not only with…

Burris and Blago’s Bro Caught Being Buddy Buddy on Wiretap USA Today reports that FBI wiretap transcripts released Tuesday show that Illinois Senator Roland Burris and Robert Blagojevich, head of his brother’s campaign fund, were in cahoots regarding the senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. On the tape from November 13th, Burris promises to…

In 1998, then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican, decided to delay the vote on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to sit on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. The reason was simple: Republicans feared that if Judge Sotomayor were quickly seated on the Court of Appeals, she would rise…

Mike Tyson’s Daughter Succumbs to Injuries MSN reports that Exodus Tyson, the 4-year old daughter of former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson has died after being involved in a hanging accident involving a treadmill at home. She had been in extremely critical condition since yesterday after being found by her brother and rushed to the hospital.…

Mike Tyson’s Daughter in Critical Condition after Accident Bossip reports that Mike Tyson’s 4-year old daughter Exodus is on life support and in “extremely critical condition” after an accident involving a treadmill. It appears the child became entangled in a cord that hangs beneath the machine’s console and was unable to free herself. Her brother found her…

President Obama this morning will nominate U.S. appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, White House officials said. If confirmed, Sotomayor, 54, would be the first Supreme Court justice of Hispanic descent and only the third woman ever to sit on the panel.…

Obama to Nominate Sotomayor for Supreme Court President Obama likes making history. The Associated Press is reporting that Obama will nominate Sonia Sotomayor, a US Circuit Judge to succeed Supreme Court Justice David Souter on the bench upon his retirement. Sotomayor, 54, is the first Hispanic to be nominated for a seat on the high court. Should the nomination…

President Obama hit a home run by nominating Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court because the GOP cannot really oppose her on the so-called “merits” without, to be candid, looking ridiculous. Consider this: Sotomayor is from poor working-class roots. Her father died when she was 9. She worked her way to and through the nation’s…

Mom Gets Parenting FAIL, Arrested for Medical Neglect of Quarter-Ton Son From Baltimore, Maryland, CNN reports that a South Carolina mother who was wanted for failure to appear in family court and the medical neglect of her 555-pound son has been arrested. The boy and his mother were spotted at near a laundromat in Baltimore where the two were apprehended—the mother…