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Trump leans into white grievance politics in tense meeting with South Africa’s president

President Donald Trump and White House officials were accused of engaging in political theater after clashing with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a Wednesday Oval Office meeting over what he has repeatedly called a “genocide” against white South African farmers. Trump displayed printed articles about the alleged deaths of white farmers and had his White House aides play a nearly 5-minute-long video of members of the South African Parliament calling for Black South Africans to reclaim land and, in […]

todayMay 21, 2025

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Black Americans critically rely on Medicaid and SNAP. Trump-GOP budget bill cuts nearly $1 trillion.

Republicans in Congress are racing to pass President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which would extend his 2017 tax cuts and make significant spending cuts to Medicaid and food assistance totaling nearly $1 trillion. The legislation, which is being advanced without any support from Democrats, is being slammed by critics who say it would overwhelmingly benefit wealthy Americans and corporations at the expense of steep cuts to social programs that millions rely on. Most notably, recipients of the […]

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Chicago mayor investigated by Trump’s DOJ for remarks about hiring Black officials

Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights after he made remarks boasting about the hiring of Black people in his administration. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump, announced the probe in a letter. In it, she revealed that her office is investigating whether Mayor Johnson’s employment practices are discriminatory based on race in violation of Title VII of the […]

todayMay 20, 2025

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‘What the F is wrong with you?’: Black lawmakers rip Trump admin for charging Rep. McIver over ICE standoff

“What the F is wrong with you?” said U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, in a video reacting to the Trump administration criminally charging Rep. LaMonica McIver over an encounter she and other members of Congress had with ICE agents earlier this month. McIver, a freshman representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, has been charged with assaulting, impeding, or interfering with law enforcement. The charges were announced late Monday by Interim New Jersey U.S. […]

todayMay 20, 2025 3

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Keisha Lance Bottoms announces run for Georgia governor: ‘We are in a fight against chaos’

After months of anticipation, Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor, has officially announced her run for governor of Georgia. Bottoms launched her gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday with the release of a video, aiming her political target directly at President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. “Georgia families deserve far better than what Donald Trump and Republicans are giving us,” says Bottoms in the campaign video. “Most Georgians are right to wonder who’s looking out for us. Donald Trump is […]

todayMay 20, 2025 1

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Rep. LaMonica McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, DOJ prosecutor says

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center, New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor announced Monday. Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba on social media announced the charge of assaulting, impeding or interfering with law enforcement, but court papers providing details were not immediately released or publicly available online. At the same time, Habba announced that her office was dismissing a misdemeanor case brought against Newark Mayor […]

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Political Scandal of the Century and the “Kool-aide” Democrats Eagerly Drank.

Editors Note: I've written about politics continuously over the last 3 years, Some said I drank the “Trump tea,” as if my disdain for the Biden Administration stemmed from some blind loyalty to a MAGA agenda. I was called a coon, a propagandist, cursed at- by readers of this column. For those who blindly praised the Biden Admin, it’s time for a reality check. The real deception was the media’s propaganda, the "Kool-aide" many Democrats and pundits around the country […]

todayMay 19, 2025 9

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Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ‘heartbroken’ over Biden’s cancer diagnosis

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reacted to the devastating cancer diagnosis of former President Joe Biden, telling theGrio she is praying for her former boss. “I’m heartbroken, and my prayers are with him,” Bottoms told theGrio on Monday. Bottoms worked for President Biden as a senior advisor and led his White House Office of Public Engagement. The 55-year-old Georgia politician told theGrio she had not yet been in touch with Biden but said she intended to reach out to […]

todayMay 19, 2025 2

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Trump Jr. implies ‘cover-up’ of Biden’s cancer, suggests wife Dr. Jill Biden, who isn’t a medical doctor, is to blame

While the world reacted to shocking news of former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis on Sunday, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, took to social media to suggest those in Biden’s circle knew about his condition while in office. After initially joining countless others in wishing Biden, 82, a speedy recovery following the news of the former president’s “aggressive” prostate cancer diagnosis, Trump Jr., a few hours later, quickly changed his tune. Trump Jr. re-shared a […]

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