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By Julianne Malveaux I neither expected sparks nor extreme surprises as President-elect Joe Biden begin to announce his Cabinet. I did expect diversity, and we've seen it. But I didn't expect the number of Obama-era retreads to be included in this Cabinet. As I write this, I can hardly contain my
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Trump supporters appear to mock Floyd killing in viral video
Shortly after a Washington DC church unfurled a massive Black Lives Matter banner, two Trump supporters re-created George Floyd’s death... View Article The post Trump supporters appear to mock Floyd killing in viral video appeared first on TheGrio.
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'Those That Know Me, Know Me, and That’s all That Matters': Tahiry Jose Responds to Critics Who Slammed Her Over Abuse Allegations Against Joe Budden
“Love and Hip Hop: New York” star Tahiry Jose and Joe Budden officially ended their courtship in 2013 after dating on-and-off for several years. Their […]
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Trump resists asking backers to disperse after storming Capitol - TheGrio
President Donald Trump encouraged supporters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday in protest of his reelection defeat to “remain peaceful,”... View Article The post Trump resists asking backers to disperse after storming Capitol appeared first on TheGrio.
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‘Sedition’: A Complicated History
As a mob stormed the Capitol, the word “sedition” was on many people’s lips. Its force is clear, but its echoes across American history are more complex and ambiguous.
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Noma Dumezweni joins cast of 'The Little Mermaid' live-action film
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Trump Supporters Storm Capitol Building After Morning Rally | Dallas Weekly
Today, over two months after the presidential election was called for Joe Biden, supporters of Donald Trump spent the morning listening to the President of the United States and his surrogates repeat now well-debunked falsehoods about having really won the election until it was stolen from
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Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority — The Sacramento Observer
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach. A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King
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'I Know Your Pain, I Know You're Hurt': Trump Uses Measured Tone to Appease Supporters Who Storm Capitol Building, In Stark Contrast to His Rhetoric on Police Brutality Protesters
Bedlam erupted in the nation's capital Wednesday afternoon. An angry mob of Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol as congressional lawmakers were certifying results of […]
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Black Women Deserve Better! Community leaders call out Houston City Councilmember Greg Travis; demand resignation for blatantly racist, disrespectful and sexist remarks towards qualified Black women in leadership - Houston Forward Times
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Somber Senate unites to reject election challenges - Black News Channel
By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A sober, shaken Senate returned to its hallowed chamber Wednesday night to slap away a frivolous election challenge, but its secondary purpose seemed to be to rise from the wreckage of a shocking day in which they were forced to flee the Capitol
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Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control | L.A. Focus News
By STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW and RUSS BYNUM ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his turbulent final days in office while dramatically improving
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Woman struck by police bus died of multiple injuries - Stabroek News
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Not In The Middle East Or Latin America: The Capitol Storming Was All-American
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Louisville (Finally) Terminates Cops Involved in the Death of Breonna Taylor
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Democratic Senate win a game-changer for Biden - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Trump supporters storm US Capitol, lawmakers evacuated - Black News Channel
By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the
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Warnock and Ossoff Wins in Georgia Have Biden and Democrats Feeling ‘Peachy’ | Muslim Journal
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Congress members describe being locked inside Capitol amid mob attack
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Washington Post Editorial Board Calls For Trump's Cabinet To Remove Him
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Trump locked out of Twitter for 12 hours, facing ban - TheGrio
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Trump denies Pence rebuffed his call to challenge election certification - TheGrio
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The nightmarish end to Donald Trump's presidency - NZ Herald
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Ivanka Trump refers to protesters storming Capitol as ‘American patriots’ - TheGrio
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Trump cabinet members consider 25th amendment after deadly Capitol riots
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Central African Republic: What Is Francois Bozize's Agenda? He Should Be Stopped
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