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The Killing of Tyre Nichols was all too predictable. It played out like countless other cases of cops killing Black men. The Killing of Tyre Nichols Republican politicians offer thoughts and prayers after those shootings. But then they block legislation that could prevent them. Black activists offer eulogies after cops kill Black men. But then they refuse… Read more.
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No doubt you’ve seen Black pundits all over TV stating the categorical imperative for California Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint a Black woman. Black Lives Matter launched a petition Monday calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint a Black woman to fill the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Kamala Harris once she officially… Read more.
No doubt you’ve seen everyone in the media bending over backwards to avoid describing Kamala Harris as a Black woman. Here, for example, is the banner headline no less a media authority than The New York Times ran on Friday, hailing her historic election: Kamala Harris Makes History as First Woman and Woman of Color… Read more.
Attorney General William Barr asked President Trump to stop his social media commentary on Thursday after the flap over the case involving Trump’s adviser Roger Stone. Barr told ABC News in an interview scheduled to air on Thursday evening that he wants Trump to ‘stop tweeting’ and that the president’s comments make it ‘impossible’ to… Read more.
No doubt this was a much better debate than the Trump-Biden spectacle we witnessed last week. But that’s damning with faint praise. For what it’s worth, though, Kamala Harris won. But primarily because Mike Pence never even bothered to answer any of the questions, choosing instead to drone out patently canned talking points. Of course,… Read more.
Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. When the words ‘the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged … on account of sex’ were added to the U.S. Constitution on August 18, 1920, it seemed that, as long last, women got what they deserved. …… Read more.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, elevating a former presidential candidate whose most electric campaign performance came when she criticized his record on school integration during a debate. Harris will be the first Black woman and first Asian American to run for vice president, representing… Read more.
I vowed to eschew commenting on the horse race for the Democratic presidential nomination. But I feel obliged to make an exception for this: Struggling to raise money and to find a strong foothold in the crowded Democratic primary field, Sen. Kamala Harris on Tuesday dropped out of the presidential race, a dramatic fall for… Read more.
Joe Biden’s campaign is playing out as billed in every respect. Most notably, he is committing one political gaffe after another. Of course, that is supposed to endear this ordinary Joe to many voters. The problem is that he is also manifesting two of Donald Trump’s many disqualifying traits: Telling bold-faced lies Refusing to apologize,… Read more.
