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An investigation has been launched after surveillance footage from within a Florida corrections facility showed a deputy hitting and choking a Black teen. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that Terrance Devon Reed III, the 17-year-old featured in the video, was shown getting into a violent encounter with corrections deputy, Neil Pizzo. The incident went down at the Sarasota County […]
Though we would surely all be better off if we gave Candace Owens and similar so-called conservative voices exactly zero attention, it’s not hard to see why Cardi B felt it was imperative to respond to her recent barrage of attempted (and failed) disparagement. Late Sunday, Cardi responded to a tweet from Owens in which […]
Donald Trump received a not-so-warm greeting on Saturday when he arrived at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. As pointed out by The Guardian, a group of protesters gathered outside the 800-acre club hoisting signs that read “coward,” “traitor,” and “TRE45ON.” A number of the messages also referenced a recent report in which anonymous sources accused Trump of making disparaging […]
Apparently a boat parade held for Donald Trump in Austin, Texas ended in disaster when some of the boats sank during the event. KVUE reports that the Travis County Sheriff’s Office responded to “many boats in distress” during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade, where several swamped boats needed to be rescued. “I can confirm that we […]
Kanye West has dropped millions into his long-shot presidential bid. According to a recent Federal Election Commission report, the “Birthday Party” candidate has loaned his campaign nearly $6.8 million between July 15 to Aug. 31. The campaign also spent around $5.86 million during that time, with payments going to a number of consulting firms—including Atlas Strategy Group, owned by GOP […]
Osama bin Laden‘s niece is aboard the MAGA train. In a recent interview with the New York Post, Noor bin Ladin, who spells her surname differently from her terrorist uncle, explained her admiration for Donald Trump and why Americans are supposedly safer under his presidency. She told the outlet Trump is the only person who can prevent another terrorist attack […]
Jacob Blake has appeared publicly for the first time from his hospital bed since he was shot by police on Aug. 23. According to CNN, Blake appeared for a court hearing via video from the hospital where he’s been recovering from the shooting that has resulted in his paralysis from the waist down. Friday’s court hearing is unrelated to […]
One woman’s Facebook post is going viral as she thanks Delta Airlines for stepping up after a Blue Lives Matter supporter harassed her on a flight last week. Demetria Poe, a 25-year-old Black woman, took a flight to Washington, D.C. to attend the Commitment March last Friday. On that flight, a white passenger swapped out her American […]
The coronavirus pandemic is sadly far from over. Some experts are now reporting that more than 410,000 people are projected to die from the virus in the United States by 2021. This stat comes from the University of Washington’s health institute, which updated its projections on Friday. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is estimating 410,451 […]