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Voting Rights Protections for Minorities in Danger: Report
Citizens "continue to suffer significant, and profoundly unequal, limitations on their ability to vote," said Catherine E. Lhamon, chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights warns that voting rights for minorities around the country are in danger. The federal government isn't doing anything to counteract it, especially since Republicans have most to lose in key midterm elections.
A report, released on Wednesday, cited strict voter ID laws; closing polling places; cutting early voting; and voting roll purges and challenges to eligibility are all impacting minority-voting rights.
Trump Says of Aid to Puerto Rico: 'Incredibly Successful' Storm Response
"If he thinks the death of 3,000 people is a success, God help us all," said Carmen YulÃn Cruz, the mayor of San Juan.
President Trump actually boasted on Tuesday about the shortcomings that killed 3,000 Puerto Ricans during, and after, Hurricane Maria last September.
He said that while the response to hurricanes in Texas and Florida got excellent grades, "I think that Puerto Rico was an incredible, unsung success."
What Makes This Angry White Sportscaster Think He Can Criticize LeBron James​?
Ken Harrelson said James should keep his "nose out of politics and just play."
Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, a longtime Chicago White Sox broadcaster in his final season in the booth, attempted to slam NBA superstar LeBron James, and other athletes, who voice their opinion on politics.
Neo-Nazis Hear Ron 'Monkey This Up' DeSantis' Dog Whistle, Respond with Racist Robocalls Targeting Andrew Gillum
The call going out to Florida voters is narrated by a man using a minstrel dialect with jungle noises in the background.
The first Black nominee from a major party for Florida governor is now the target of racist robocalls, which come after the GOP nominee's dog whistling comment.
Chris Rock's Latest Instagram Post Calls Out Trump — Where's the Black Women?
Chris Rock highlights the lack of diversity in President Trump's White House.
Chris Rock's latest post on Instagram, hilariously, calls out the lack of diversity at The White House. There's, literally, been a "whiteout" at The White House since Omarosa's, um, "departure" from President Trump's administration.
Jesse Jackson: Use of the 'N-Word' is Far From the Only Measure of Racism
"We can't allow Trump to dumb down racism, limiting the standard to whether one utters the n-word or not," writes Rev. Jackson.
By Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Last week, amid the continuing clamor of Trump's chaos presidency, the question of whether Trump had used the n-word became a media sensation.
Nathan's Hot Dogs Faces Backlash After Executive Chairman Hosts Trump Fundraiser
"I'm a vegetarian but that won't stop me from telling EVERYONE I know, including my 50K followers, to never buy Nathan's Hot Dogs ever again!"
Howard Lorber, executive chairman of Nathan's Famous Inc., and said to be one of Donald Trump's best friends, hosted a fundraiser for the president at his home in the Hamptons. As a result, social media users are threatening to boycott the hot dog brand.
Angry White Man Invokes Law Enforcement Injustice to Black People When He Thinks He's on the Receiving End: Video
Trump voter expresses frustration at perceived unfair treatment on racial terms.
Jeffery Epstein, a Lakeland, Fla. doctor, started yelling at airline employees in Orlando International Airport, and police arrived on the scene to stop the disturbance. Officers had to detain him because he started acting unruly and refused to calm down.
Epstein, a white man and Donald Trump supporter, felt betrayed by the white police officers.
Trump Slanders Another Black Woman Politician
Trump blames D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's leadership for his military parade being cancelled. She gives him a dose of reality.
President Trump took to Twitter on Friday to announce that the large-scale military parade he wanted this year has been cancelled. Trump blamed local officials who "poorly" run Washington, D.C., for inflating the costs. The city is led Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, a Black woman, and she called Trump out on his inaccuracies.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Admits to False Statement on Obama and Black Employment
Trump's administration, again, attempts to downplay the accomplishments of the first Black president.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted Tuesday evening on Twitter that she gave false information when attempting to tout President Trump's record on job creation for Black Americans.
Sanders told reporters, Tuesday, during a White House press briefing:
"This president, since he took office, created 700,000 new jobs for African-Americans. After eight years of President Obama in office, he only created 195,000 jobs for African-Americans. President Trump, in his first year and a half, has already tripled what President Obama did in eight years."
She greatly undercounted the number of jobs created under Obama.
According to the official count from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, since the Great Recession, most of the employment gains for Black people took place during the Obama administration.
From January 2009 to January 2017, Obama increased employment for Black Americans by about 3 million jobs.
"Sanders' error dramatically alters the comparison between the two presidents," according to PolitiFact.
"Rather than Trump tripling Obama's increase in African-American employment, it is actually Obama who in eight years quadrupled the increase Trump oversaw in a year and a half. And Obama had to deal with the fall-out from the Great Recession during that period."
After the backlash from Sanders' statement, the White House's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) said in a tweet: "Apologies for @WhiteHouseCEA's earlier miscommunication to @PressSec."
Sanders then re-tweeted the CEA, adding her own message:
Correction from today's briefing: Jobs numbers for Pres Trump and Pres Obama were correct, but the time frame for Pres Obama wasn't. I'm sorry for the mistake, but no apologies for the 700,000 jobs for African Americans created under President Trump https://t.co/EXGvbliwlS
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) August 15, 2018
Pro-Trump motorcyclists say there is nothing better than American made products. However, Chris Cox, founder of "Bikers for Trump," has his merchandise produced abroad.
Jimmy Kimmel to Kanye West: What Makes You Think Donald Trump Cares About Black People?
The question that finally shut Kanye West up.
Kanye West's guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Thursday night was nothing short of what people have come to expect from the self-proclaimed "provocative" rapper.
