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Trump calls on FCC to ‘look into’ Al Sharpton in latest attack on media and free speech

President Donald Trump called out the Rev. Al Sharpton in a social media post, seemingly aiming at his administration’s latest target in what has become a pattern of attacking free speech. On Sunday evening, Trump took to Truth Social to attack Sharpton for his political views and went as far as to call for the Federal Communications Commission, chaired by his appointee Brendan Carr, to “look into” Sharpton’s MSNBC weekend show “PoliticsNation.” “I knew Al Sharpton for many years, not […]

todayOctober 6, 2025

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Why is Trump calling for the prosecution of Kamala Harris, Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey and Al Sharpton?

President Donald Trump called for the prosecution of former Vice President Kamala Harris, Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, and civil rights leader, the Rev. Al Sharpton, accusing Harris of paying the high-profile stars to endorse her 2024 presidential campaign. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called out the Democratic Party’s financial debt post-election. The president falsely claimed that Democrats “admit” to “illegally” paying Beyoncé $11 million for an endorsement of Harris. “She never sang, not one note, and left the stage […]

todayJuly 28, 2025 1

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Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy for Black man who died after being held down by Milwaukee hotel guards

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton is scheduled deliver a eulogy for a Black man who died last month after being pinned to the ground by hotel security guards in Milwaukee, his office said Tuesday. The death of Dvontaye Mitchell has drawn comparisons to the murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed in 2020 after a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck. Sharpton, a longtime activist and leader who serves on the U.S. Commission on […]

todayJuly 10, 2024

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‘Humiliating’: Tim Scott slammed by Sharpton, others in Black community after telling Trump, ‘I love you’

After Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., professed his love for Donald Trump while stumping in New Hampshire, Black leaders say the Republican Party’s highest-ranking Black man is an embarrassment to the African-American community.  “There are few moments in my life I’ve been more embarrassed than to watch Tim Scott,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said on MSNBC of Scott’s remarks at a Tuesday night Trump campaign event. He added, “It was humiliating to watch what Tim Scott did as a sitting senator.” […]

todayJanuary 26, 2024