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Trump Pentagon pick flagged as possible ‘Insider Threat’ over tattoo associated with white supremacist groups

Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups. Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and veterans in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and railed against the Pentagon’s subsequent efforts to address extremism in the ranks, has said he was pulled by his […]

todayNovember 18, 2024 2

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Downballot: Donald Trump is not a threat to democracy

As the 2024 election nears, theGrio’s Downballot series explores the issues, races and individual candidates appearing on the ballots in state and local elections.  What happens to an election deferred?  Does it dry uplike a president’s Big Lie?Or ramble aimlesslylike a man in cognitive decline?Will votes be certified on the House floor?Or in the Supreme Court,like Bush v. Gore? Maybe America’s too strongto let democracy erode. Or does it explode? Can one drop of anointing oil spoil a ballot?  I’m […]

todayOctober 25, 2024

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Trump’s $60 Bible pitch not just ‘ridiculous’ but a threat to Black and marginalized communities, critics caution

Though Donald Trump’s recent promotion of a $60 “God Bless the USA Bible” may seem trivial, or even absurd, on its face, advocates and strategists say something more sinister is at play with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s “make America pray again” hard sell. “It’s really important that we don’t just get stuck there and that we don’t just talk about the fact that he’s such a clown who is doing something that is sacrilegious in an effort to raise […]

todayMarch 30, 2024

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Watch: ‘The Hill with April Ryan’ explores Black voters perceiving Trump as a threat and a recent IVF ruling

This week’s edition of “The Hill with April Ryan” takes a look at the November general election as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump get closer to clinching the Democratic and Republican party nominations, respectively, after March’s Super Tuesday contests. A new poll conducted by BlackPAC/Cornell Belcher shows Trump is not amassing more of the Black vote than he previously garnered and surveyed Black voters consider a second Trump presidential term as the greatest threat to African-Americans. The […]

todayMarch 9, 2024 1

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Migrant border crossings undeterred by threat of charges in Texas

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. “I spent a lot of hours without sleeping, sitting on the floor,” said Abdoul, a political activist who fled Mauritania, fearing persecution. He spoke on the condition that his last name not be published for fear of jeopardizing his request […]

todayDecember 31, 2023

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