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As Election Day draws to a close, celebrities across the country have taken to social media to promote civic engagement among their fans. Some posted selfies taken at the polling station or with “I Voted” stickers; others threw their support behind key state candidates; while many simply shared messages about the importance of voting. Take a look below to see how […]
Swizz Beatz may have been one of the many famous folks who jumped on Kanye West for wearing a MAGA hat, but he wants people to know that he was coming from a place of love. In a new interview with Hot 97 host Nessa, Swizz said that he went after Ye because he had […]
Kenan Thompson is not the spokesperson for Saturday Night Live, nor is he Pete Davidson’s PR guy. But that hasn’t stopped the media form asking Thompson to address Davidson’s controversial joke about ex Navy SEAL and Senate candidate Dan Crenshaw. First, Thompson sided with critics on Monday, agreeing that Davidson’s joke about the veteran’s eye patch ((he lost […]
On Monday, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, the guy trying to gut net neutrality, wrote a letter to more than a dozen CEOs (some of whom were in that position for major telephone service providers) to do something about the billions of spam/robocalls that pester and annoy the hell out of Americans every month, Reuters […]
Jury selection for the trial against infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman begins Monday, Nov. 5 in Brooklyn. The massive trial against the 61-year-old former Sinaloa Cartel leader could take four months, according to Reuters, and be one of the most expensive in U.S. history. Because of the large amounts of security accompanying the […]
Since spearheading Georgia’s “exact-match” voting requirement, Secretary of State Brian Kemp has faced accusations of attempting to suppress minority voting. A federal judge ruled Friday that the state must change certain procedures to make it easier for those flagged as a result of the rule, to be able to vote. Following his legal defeat, in another […]
Tallahassee mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is under a highly-scrutinized national microscope this midterm cycle, and Rihanna has taken notice. The singer, entrepreneur and activist endorsed Gillum’s candidacy in an Instagram post Sunday, urging her Floridian fans to make history during this year’s midterm elections. “You have the opportunity to make history this election. The US has […]
While watching Saturday Night Live‘s parody of celebrity ‘get out the vote’ efforts, it may seem obvious that you shouldn’t exercise your democratic right just because Emma Stone told you to. Despite it seeming laughably calculated, it’s better to be a celebrity who uses their platform to disseminate useful information, than one who devotes their time to […]
Police are looking for a vandal who scribbled a racist slur on New York City’s African Burial Ground monument. The Lower Manhattan monument marks the spot where as many as 15,000 Africans were buried between 1690 and 1794. The grounds were used because Africans, both enslaved and freed, weren’t allowed to be buried in cemeteries. […]
Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford was aboard a Delta flight from Indianapolis to Boston when she saw that something was visibly wrong with the person seated next to her. As Stanford began to help the other person, the flight attendants noticed and became skeptical of the doctor. According to the New York Times, an attendant came […]
