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Over the weekend protests across the country became violent as outside agitators and federal officers escalated violence against otherwise peaceful Black Lives Matter protests. This included protests in Richmond, Virginia, where peaceful demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday night turned violent following infiltration of the protests by white supremacists, according to local officials. “There were white […]
To say the absolute least, 2020 has been a deeply tiring amalgam of horrors. And with news of the COVID-19 pandemic and police escalation against protesters still gripping the U.S., it’s admittedly daunting to imagine we must also endure a presidential election this year. But it’s those concerns that make this year another crucial one for […]
Last week, President Trump said he was going to be throwing out the first pitch before a Yankees home game, probably on August 15, after being asked to do so.“Randy Levine is a great friend of mine from the Yankees,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, referencing the Yankees’ president. “And he asked me to throw out the first pitch, […]
Over the weekend a wide-ranging Elon Musk interview with The New York Times was published. As you can tell from your built in powers of intuition (and also the headline) one of the topics that came up was Kanye West‘s current presidential campaign. Specifically, Musk thinks the time for Kanye’s run would be better suited for 2024. “I’ve done my […]
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton introduced legislation on Thursday to combat the New York Times’ 1619 Project initiative, which pushes for a reframing of the history of the United States in classrooms, starting with the arrival of the first slave ship in America around August 1619. In a statement from Cotton’s office, the Saving American History Act […]
Many Americans have conceded to the fact that they’re voting for Joe Biden not because he’s a great person, but because he’s the lesser of the two evils. But just because some want President Donald Trump out of the office doesn’t mean Joe Biden has free reign to spew out false narratives. On Thursday, Charlamagne […]
Christopher Columbus statues have been removed from Grant Park and Arrigo Park in Chicago. In a statement to CBS Chicago early Friday, a rep from Mayor Lori Lightfoot‘s office said the statues were “temporarily removed” following “consultation with various stakeholders,” adding that they will remain down until further notice. “It comes in response to demonstrations […]
Donald Trump is preparing to send hundreds of federal agents into Chicago as part of his so-called effort to combat city violence. The president announced the move from the White House on Wednesday, claiming he had “no choice” but to expand the Justice Department initiative known as “Operation Legend.” The Trump administration launched the program earlier this month in Kansas […]
Thanks in large part to the Trump administration’s confusion-sowing approach to COVID-19 safety messaging, the so-called “reopening” of schools has somehow become a topic of debate, as if risking students and faculty in the name of faux flattery optics is even remotely a good idea. It’s a baffling debate that’s close to the heart of artist Dave […]
An hours-long standoff in Ukraine centered on an armed man who had taken 13 hostages came to a close after President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly endorsed a Joaquin Phoenix-narrated movie. The individual in question, identified in a Reuters report as 44-year-old Maksym Kryvosh, took 13 people hostage on a bus in western Ukraine and said he […]
