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UPDATED 1/6, 7:05 p.m.: Twitter made the decision to delete an incendiary tweet from Trump that baselessly spewed his ludicrous claims of election fraud and rationalized the violence that has been occurring in his name. The company is also locking Trump’s account for the next 12 hours. The company also deleted Trump’s recently posted video message in […]
As all hell broke loose in the US Capitol this afternoon, Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to encourage her father’s supporters to act peacefully, instead of turning to violence. In a tweet that has since been deleted, Ivanka referred to this group of rioters as “American Patriots,” and she was appropriately dragged for making such […]
Right-wing demonstrations were staged across the country Wednesday, as lawmakers prepared to formally certify Joe Biden‘s election win over President Donald Trump. Although the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol has continued to dominate headlines, a growing number of protests in support of the outgoing POTUS have also taken place outside statehouses in Utah, Georgia, Washington state, Oregon, […]
A number of world leaders have issued statements addressing the unprecedented scene earlier today in Washington DC when hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on the day Congress was set to certify the 2020 presidential election results. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called today’s events “disgraceful,” and stressed the importance of a “peaceful and […]
Chaos has ensued in the nation’s capital. This prompted Cardi B to point out the obvious difference in the way the police have responded to this and the way they reacted to the Black Lives Matter movement. “Where the National guards ?” Cardi questioned on Twitter. “The irony is pretty funny………weren’t people just wild animals in the […]
A self-described member of the Boogaloo Bois has been charged with participating in a riot during the George Floyd demonstrations. According to the Star Tribune, Texas resident Ivan Harrison Hunter is accused of shooting 13 rounds into the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct building on the night of May 28, just three days after Floyd was killed while in police custody. Federal […]
Snoop Dogg joined Big Boy on the Real 92.3 on Thursday, where he said that this November will mark the first time he’s ever voted because he previously thought that he wasn’t able to since he had a criminal record. “I ain’t never voted a day in my life, but this year I think Imma get […]
A Los Angeles news anchor has issued an apology to Cardi B for assuming that the artist was trying to incite violence during the protests. On Tuesday, Doug Kolk—an anchor at Los Angeles’ CW-affiliate, KTLA—tweeted out an apology to Bardi for taking her “words out of context.” “I apologize to @iamcardib if I took her words […]
On Monday, Donald Trump vowed to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act, which gives him the power to deploy the U.S. military in an effort to deal with the ongoing riots and demonstrations across the country, ABC News reports. “I am mobilizing all federal and local resources, civilian and military, to protect the rights of law […]
On Sunday afternoon, Michael Jordan provided a statement related to the continuing protests and demonstrations that have been ongoing for the past several days. Jordan’s words come on the same day that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar penned an op-ed for The Los Angeles Times (more info on that here). “I am deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry,” Jordan’s statement […]
