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November 13th, 2020 - 9:54 pm § in Politics
Newly elected Senator knows less than a 7th grader about government and history
100 years ago today …
” … African American residents of Ocoee, Florida, went out to cast their ballots in the presidential election …. [I]n the run-up to the 1920 election, Black people in Ocoee were registering to vote in droves. “State and local officials — along with the Ku Klux Klan R[...]
October 6th, 2020 - 11:42 am § in Racism
Murder charges in Texas white cop’s killing of black man
Johnathan Price, 31, a popular former college football player and a city employee in Wolfe City, Texas, was killed by Shaun Lucas, 22, on Saturday, October 3, 2020. Price was at a gas station when he saw a man assaulting a woman and intervened; the man then assaulted Price. A friend of his later sai[...]
October 3rd, 2020 - 8:28 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Texas AG’s staff: “Our boss is a crook”
This article contains news with a dollop of liberal sarcasm. “A group of top aides for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking federal law enforcement to investigate their boss,” KHOU- 11 TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston, reported on Saturday, October 3, 2020. A letter to federal law[...]
Coronavirus? What Coronavirus?
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, is the most aggressive of all governors at keeping her state’s economy open. “The Republican governor has disparaged restrictions to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, emphasizing personal responsibility,” CBS News says. That’s why she sowe[...]
October 1st, 2020 - 4:03 pm § in Politics
South Carolina Republicans act against mail voting
This story contains news with liberal commentary. South Carolina’s Republican legislature, when “adopting some accommodations for the coronavirus pandemic … deliberately refused to suspend” the state’s witness requirement for mail ballots, claiming it’s necessary [...]
October 1st, 2020 - 3:31 pm § in Politics
Texas GOP governor interferes with ballot drop boxes
This article is news with liberal commentary. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has ordered limiting drop boxes for mail-in ballots to one site per county, CNN reported on Thursday, October 1, 2020. Read story here. Abbott’s maneuver appears to be specifically targeting the[...]
October 1st, 2020 - 12:02 am § in Racism
Alabama formally apologizes to survivor of 1963 Birmingham church bombing
Sarah Collins Rudolph, 69, sole survivor of five 12-year-old girls in the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, dynamited by Klansmen on Sunday, September 15, 1963, received a formal apology from the State of Alabama on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Read story here. Col[...]
September 29th, 2020 - 9:00 pm § in Racism, Schools & Colleges
Black college freshwoman “swatted” by classmates
This article contains news and liberal commentary. A black female college student’s dorm door exploded open at 3 a.m. and cops poured into her room with drawn guns because 10 of her fellow students, described as racially diverse but mostly white, called campus police and falsely accused her &#[...]
GOP governor: Business over lives
This article contains news with liberal commentary. Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis abolished face mask enforcement and lifted restrictions on all businesses in the state, including restaurants and bars, on Monday, September 28, 2020, according to ABC News. Read story here. Under DeSantis’ order[...]