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According to Pitchfork, a number of famous musicians/actors, including: Ariana Grande, Meek Mill, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Robert De Niro, and Rihanna, amongst literally hundreds of others, have added their names to an open letter in support of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Justice in Policing Act of 2020. The letter, which can be read […]
Walmart announced Tuesday it will remove the Mississippi state flag from its stores, citing the growing debate around Confederate iconography. “We know the design of the Mississippi state flag is being discussed by various stakeholders,” Walmart said in a statement to CNN Business. “While the issue continues to be discussed, we’ve made the decision to remove the Mississippi […]
A vote by the Senate Intelligence Committee will require the Defense Department and U.S. intelligence agencies to put together in-depth analysis for public consumption based on the data they have on “unidentfied aerial phenomenon,” according to POLITICO. Put in a way that’s easier to understand, those reports should include all the weird shit that Navy […]
Donald Trump took to his usual bully pulpit of Twitter on Tuesday, threatening anyone who tries vandalizes or destroys a monument or statue with up to 10 years in prison. People were quick to point out the hypocrisy in Trump placing more of an importance on the well-being of a statue than American lives. The threat came as a direct response […]
On Monday night, protesters gathered in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square and attempted to remove a statue of the slaveholder Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the U.S., but were unsuccessful. They used rope, which they tied to the statue, to try and pull it down. The bronze statue of Jackson was made by sculptor Clark Mills and […]
Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday which will halt temporary work visas until the end of the year, Wall Street Journal reports. This order will impact skilled workers coming from out of the country who apply for an H-1B visa, seasonal workers who receive a H-2B visa, H-4 for spouses […]
The three NYPD officers who the Detectives Endowment Association claimed were “intentionally poisoned” at a Shake Shack location reportedly never even got sick to begin with. The NYPD claimed that an “unknown substance” was slipped into the milkshakes of the officers, and it was said they were subsequently hospitalized. However, the New York Post reports that the NYPD lied […]
According to a report from The New York Times, the statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt standing at the entrance of Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History will be taken down. As you may have guessed if you’ve noticed the uptick in statues being removed by protestors across the U.S., this decision is related to the widespread […]
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy went viral this week after posting a video in which she broke down in tears and begged the public to give law enforcement “a break.” “I don’t know how much more I can take,” she said with tears in her eyes as she sat in her police car. So, what prompted […]
All Californians are now required to wear a face covering whenever they are outside, KTLA reports. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the statewide order earlier today after Los Angeles County reported a new record number of coronavirus cases (2,126) on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the state as a whole appears to be trending in the wrong direction with confirmed […]
