Politics
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As a result of the protests and demonstrations across the nation against the murder of George Floyd, the movement to defund the police is taking hold with lawmakers and state officials. For some time now, activists have advocating for spending to be prioritized on outdated social services instead of on an increasingly militarized police force. […]
Send cards to the Louisville Kentucky Attorney General to bring Breonna’s Family Justice June 5th, 2020 Fill out a birthday card in honor of Breonna Taylor, who was slain by the Louisville Kentucky Metro Police Department in her own home on March 13th earlier this year. The event takes place Friday, June 5th, 2020 at […]
In response to the President deploying US military forces against protestors, former Defense Secretary James Mattis released a statement on June 3 saying that Trump is dividing the country. “Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try. Instead […]
Snapchat parent company Snap will stop promoting President Trump’s account on its Discover tab. Which made me wonder, What is the Discover tab? Well, it’s stories from publishers, creators and popular Snapchat accounts. The President’s account will remain. CEO, Evan Spiegel, wrote in a staff memo. “We simply cannot promote accounts in America that are […]
A bronze confederate statue named “Appomattox” was removed from the city of Old Alexandria in Virginia on Tuesday by a team hired by the owners, The Sisters of the Confederacy. The news was broken by Alexandria’s mayor Justin Wilson, as he tweeted images from the worksite. Although the Sisters of the Confederacy could not be […]
The Justice Department has ended its investigations into the insider trading that allegedly occurred by Senators Dianne Feinstein of California, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma. The accusations are based on transactions made in the weeks before the coronavirus pandemic began affecting the stock market. Recent discoveries in the inquiry suggest that Senator Richard […]
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to limit the rights of private tech companies like Twitter and Facebook, after Twitter placed a fact checked label under two of his tweets this week. The tweets claimed that casting ballots by mail allows for voter fraud, when in fact both Republican and Democratic […]
You know the Central Park video of Amy Cooper? That’s the video showing her lying to a 911 dispatchers that a Black man is threatening her life. Well, she could be charged with a hate crime in the future. A proposed state legislation from 2 years ago, has new life. Originally proposed by New York Assemblyman […]
On Wednesday, May 27th, Governor Andrew Cuomo travelled to Washington D.C. to meet with President Donald Trump at the white house to discuss reopening the economy. During his address on Tuesday May 26th, Cuomo announced that while still very tragic, only 74 people died of coronavirus and that it’s a sign that “…We are heading […]
President Trump said he views the high rate of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the United States as a badge of honor. He made the statement during his cabinet meeting Monday in which he hasn’t held one since the outbreak. The current president said the United States is doing more testing than anybody else in […]
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