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Trump Claims Ivanka Was ‘Checked Out’ In Predictable, Post Jan. 6th Hearing Rant

Former President Trump went on his social platform, Truth Social, to push the big lie and claim Ivanka wasn't studying election results.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

June 10, 2022
Politics, The National Interest

Jan. 6th Capitol Riot Hearing Was A Reminder of How Sinister the Attempted Coup Was

The Jan. 6th's House select committee began to make the case about how deeply the plot to overturn the 2020 Presidental election ran.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

June 10, 2022
Legal, News

Damian Williams Is the First Black U.S. Attorney to Lead the Southern District of New York in Its 232-Year History

Williams will oversee several high-profile cases, including an investigation of former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Jeffrey Epstein friend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

October 7, 2021
Politics

Dear Kyrsten Sinema: Who the Fuck Is 'We'?

Arizona senator's angst-filled op-ed is a study in whitesplaining why courting non-existent bipartisanship is more important than Black people's voting rights.

By

Michael Harriot

Published

June 22, 2021
Politics

The Trump Administration Secretly Seized the Phone Records of 4 New York Times Reporters

In an attempt to stop the Titanic-sized leaks coming from inside the White House, the Trump administration, enabled by evil Fred Flintstone’s Department of Justice, secretly seized the phone records of four New York Times reporters. According to The Week, “The Biden administration has already informed CNN and The Washington Post that the phone records…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

June 3, 2021
Culture

DOJ Wants Federal Judge to Dismiss Lawsuits Over Trump Forcibly Removing Peaceful Protesters for Bible Photo-Op

So… Do y’all remember the time when ex-y’all’s-president had flash-bang and rubber bullet-wielding police officers forcibly remove peaceful protesters from Wahington D.C.’s Lafayette Square last June so that he could take an awkward photo holding a bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, which never invited his ass there in the first place? You…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 29, 2021
Legal, News

Minneapolis Judge Postpones Trial for the 3 Ex-Cops Charged in George Floyd’s Death Until 2022

A judge ruled on Thursday that the trial of the three former Minneapolis cops charged in aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd would be postponed until March of next year. According to NBC News, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were originally scheduled to stand trial in August. All three men,…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

May 13, 2021
Politics

Gaetz Investigation Probes Whether Campaign Funds Were Used to Pay Expenses for Underage Girl

This story with Matt Gaetz is getting stranger by the day. News broke early this week that the Florida congressman is under investigation by the Department of Justice over allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl. Then he went on Fox News to try to defend himself, but ended up making himself look…

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

April 2, 2021
Politics

The Filibuster Is White Supremacy

I do not love America. To be fair, I don’t quite know what “America” is. Is it defined by the piece of paper that once counted me as three-fifths human or a series of borders on a map? Is America defined by the laws that govern it, or is it the people governed by the…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 22, 2021
News

Jury Selection Postponed in Derek Chauvin Trial as Potential Third-Degree Murder Charge Still in Question

Jury selection in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin did not go through as planned on Monday, as prosecutors and the defense continue to battle over whether an additional charge of third-degree murder should be added to the case against Chauvin. Chauvin, who was seen in a viral video in May…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

March 8, 2021