A black trans woman from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was brutally attacked by a group of men Monday, according to a video circulating on social media this week. The video, which we’ve chosen not to post or link to due to its graphic nature, shows a group of 20 to 30 cisgender Read more…
Barack Obama gave his “More Perfect Union” speech in Philadelphia during the throes of his tense 2008 primary against Hillary Clinton, responding to controversy stirred by his then-pastor Jeremiah Wright. On Tuesday, more than a decade later, Joe Biden came to the city to deliver his own race-centric address as anger and Read more…
First lady Melania Trump called for peace after protests outside the White House late Sunday turned violent. “Saddened to see our country & communities being damaged & vandalized. I ask everyone to protest in peace & focus on taking care of one another & healing our great nation,” she tweeted Read more…
Street protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis went global over the weekend, as demonstrators in London, Berlin and Toronto gathered under banners declaring that Black Lives Matter and called for an end to police brutality in the United States and around the world. In London, hundreds defied Read more…
Protesters marched on Trump Tower in Chicago on Saturday, as Chicago police in riot gear and on horses defend the president’s building. State police were deployed to the scene to back up local police, who are reportedly arresting protesters. On video showed protesters taking a knee in solidarity with Colin Read more…
Amy Klobuchar, the woman who failed to intervene during her years as a prosecutor in Minnesota, was very happy about Derek Chauvin’s arrest. She was super giddy about the whole justice thing … Except really, the first step towards justice should have taken place years ago but Amy looked the Read more…
Melania Trump spoke out Friday about the tense and angry protests gripping America in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. The first lady posted a tweet calling for those protesting the police killing to be peaceful and offering condolences to Floyd’s family. Floyd, who was Black, died after a Read more…
CARSON CITY — The Nevada State Democratic Party announced Tuesday that U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar was chosen be the keynote speaker for the party’s state convention in June. The State Convention is scheduled to be held remotely from June 11 through June 13. Klobuchar unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination and Read more…
Every few months the same debate re-emerges: Should Twitter ban Donald Trump? Usually, it’s because of something particularly egregious, conspiratorial, untrue or geopolitically reckless that the president tweeted. Many of these tweets would result in a takedown or a temporary suspension if they came from a normal user’s account, but Twitter Read more…
On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace asked Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, if she wished that President Trump would wear a mask during public events. Dr. Birx defended Trump, telling Wallace that the president did wear a mask when in contact with people less than Read more…
