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Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. It freed all enslaved people in the Southern States. But Union soldiers took two-and-a-half years to inform Galveston, Texas, of the Proclamation. Enslaved Blacks there finally heard the news of their freedom on June 19, 1865. Juneteenth commemorates this unconscionable delay. Yet, that… Read more.
Rogue justices Clarence Thomas might be the most indignant financial grifter among the justices, but Samuel Alito is easily the most self-righteous political hack. Only that explains Alito’s constant whining about press coverage of his partisan antics. But the panties featured in the cartoon below might explain the shameful and shameless way he threw his… Read more.
The lightning in a bottle moment Tiger Woods caught lightning in a bottle when he won The Masters in 2019. It was a moment of brilliance that reminded us of his past greatness. But let’s face it: beyond that win, his contributions to golf have been little more than analysts distracting viewers with idle commentary… Read more.
Smaller shopping carts Over the past three years, the Federal Reserve has tried everything to reduce inflation. Yet, it remains stubbornly high. Prices for everything from food to gas and rent are causing a malaise of economic discontent. An exasperated Biden must be pulling out his white hair— well, what little remains of it. He… Read more.
Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Justice On this day in history, Thurgood Marshall became the first Black Supreme Court Justice, shattering racial barriers. He was the brilliant mind behind the strategy that eradicated state-sponsored segregation in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. He founded The Legal Defense Fund to aid the Civil Rights… Read more.
Hunter’s guilty verdict benefits Biden’s campaign A Delaware jury convicted President Biden’s son Hunter today on three felony counts for lying on gun-purchasing paperwork and unlawfully possessing a gun. Evidently, jurors found testimony about his notorious adventures and struggles with drug addiction wrenching but not exculpatory. He now faces 25 years in prison. Yet, Hunter’s… Read more.
The GOP: from political party to con syndicate The Republican Party has transformed into a national con syndicate. This is more evident than ever with convicted felon Donald Trump as its leader. But conning is what Republicans do. That’s clear enough from the lies they tell just to “own the libs.” Indeed, all they contribute… Read more.
It’s really that simple: like Putin’s oligarchs, Trump’s wannabe oligarchs will side with money over democracy any day. Meanwhile, Trump repeatedly warned there would be “death and destruction … and riots in the streets like we’ve never seen” if Democratic prosecutors indict him. Well, they indicted him four times, and a “Democratic jury” has even… Read more.
Every year, Western leaders gather to commemorate D-Day. It’s a solemn occasion that pays tribute to the sacrifices “The Greatest Generation” made to win World War II. We rightly celebrate the Allied forces from the United States, Britain, France, and Canada for their heroic efforts to save the world from fascist tyranny. But let’s not… Read more.
The AI whistleblowers OpenAI insiders are sounding alarms not heard since the advent of the nuclear bomb. They warn that manic engineers are developing AI systems that might kill us all. These insiders are blowing the whistle on a culture of recklessness and secrecy among AI developers. And you’d have to be deaf and dumb… Read more.
