Trump Put Foot in Mouth At Detroit Church, White Man Who Threatened Maxine Waters Got Served, Republican Karen Tells Black People Where to Go, Super Mayor’s Mess and More

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White Man Who Made Racist Death Threats Against Maxine Waters Messed Around and Found Out

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Brian Michael Gaherty, 61, of Houston, was sentenced earlier this week for making racist threats to kill Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. through numerous phone calls. In addition to receiving 33 months in federal prison, Gaherty was fined $10,000 according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. - Candace McDuffie Read More

A Disaster! Trump Went To A Detroit Church To Get Black Votes, But All He Did Was Put His Foot In Mouth

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Donald Trump once called Detroit a city that was β€œtotally corrupt” and riddled with crime. Now, the potential Republican presidential nominee has attempted to court its Black voters at an event held there over the weekend. - Candace McDuffie Read More

All The Alleged Schemes, Scandals and Shenanigans That Keep This Chicago-Area β€˜Super Mayor’ In The News

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Since taking office as mayor of Dolton, Ill. in 2021, Tiffany Henyard has had nothing short of a hectic term thanks to a slew of legal allegations coming against her. - Kalyn Womack Read More

Is Concern Overblown About Black Voters Not Turning Out For Biden? Experts Weigh In

Pres. Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024 in Philadelphia. Photo: Getty Images Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Just months ahead of the 2024 election, President Biden finds himself in a neck-and-neck race against Donald Trump. Many are asking how that’s possible after Trump, now a convicted felon, inspired the Jan. 6 insurrection and faces dozens of criminal charges. - Nigel Roberts Read More

Here’s President Obama’s Surprising Response to the Question of His Daughters Getting into Politics

US President Joe Biden (L) speaks flanked by former US President Barack Obama onstage during a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15, 2024. Photo: Getty Images MANDEL NGAN/AFP

The Black community just let out a collective sigh after learning this weekend that there may never be another Obama in the White House again. The news was confirmed by former President Barack Obama at a star-studded June 15 fundraising event for the Biden campaign in Los Angeles. - Angela Johnson Read More

Republican Karen Tells Black Folks To β€˜Get The F*** Out’ Of America On Juneteenth

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Valentina Gomez, a Colombia-born secretary of state candidate in Missouri, has gone viral for another hateful online tirade. In addition to using homophobic rhetoric to boost her GOP campaign, she disparaged Black Americans and the holiday of Juneteenth β€” on Juneteenth. - Candace McDuffie Read More

Did Trump Know His Former Spiritual Adviser Confessed to Child Abuse??

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Donald Trump’s former spiritual adviser Robert Morris has confessed to β€œinappropriate sexual behavior” with a 12-year-old in an incident that allegedly happened on Christmas in 1982, according to the Christian Post. - Candace McDuffie Read More

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