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DEADLY FIGURES: 200,000 Americans Have Died From Covid-19

Sep 22nd, 2020 0 Comment
Two hundred thousand Americans have now died from the coronavirus–a staggering average of 858 deaths per day, every day, since February 6, when the first known death due ... Continue Reading →

Michael Bloomberg To Spend Millions To Help Florida Felons Pay Fines So They Can Vote

Sep 22nd, 2020 0 Comment
With 6 weeks to go until Election Day, and barely a month after Florida Republicans succeeded through the federal courts in preventing hundreds of thousands of the state’s ... Continue Reading →

State Rep. Clovis Watson, Jr. Unseats Longtime Incumbent; Set To Become First Black Sheriff In Alachua County History

Aug 19th, 2020 0 Comment
Democratic state Representative Clovis Watson, Jr., has made history: After ousting longtime Alachua county Sheriff Sadie Darnell by nearly 20% of the total vote in the county’s ... Continue Reading →

Herman Cain DEAD At 74: Former Republican Presidential Candidate Criticized Mask Mandates, Contracted Coronavirus Days After Attending Trump Rally

Jul 30th, 2020 0 Comment
Businessman and former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has died. Cain was hospitalized July 1 after testing positive for the deadly coronavirus just two days earlier ... Continue Reading →

JOHN LEWIS LIES IN STATE: Beloved Civil Rights Leader, Longtime Congressman’s Casket Arrives At Capitol Building

Jul 27th, 2020 0 Comment
The casket carrying the body of the iconic civil rights legend and Georgia Congressman John Lewis arrived at the nation’s capitol today so that the man who took a brutal ... Continue Reading →

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?? Booties, Blunts, And Booze: Twitter Responds After Lil Boosie Hosts Massive Pool Party During Pandemic

Jul 27th, 2020 0 Comment
People partied before The Flood; Lil Boosie had a pool party during a pandemic. And Twitter had something to say about it over the weekend. The Baton Rouge born Atlanta transplant ... Continue Reading →

Child Hospitalizations From Covid-19 INCREASE 23% In Florida As State Prepares To Send Kids Off To School

Jul 27th, 2020 0 Comment
Florida’s children are increasingly becoming hospital patients as the coronavirus continues to run through the state–while, simultaneously, the state prepares to send ... Continue Reading →

Republicans Want To Drop $600 Federal Unemployment Benefits Down To Just $200

Jul 27th, 2020 0 Comment
Republicans in the U.S. Senate and the White House want to drastically reduce the much-needed unemployment benefits that millions of underemployed and laid off Americans received ... Continue Reading →

Joe Biden Risks Alienating Black Voters By Not Choosing A Black Woman As VP Candidate

Jul 27th, 2020 0 Comment
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said a decision on whom he will pick to join his ticket as vice presidential nominee could come as early as next week, and several ... Continue Reading →

Jacksonville Is ‘Frontrunner’ To Host Trump’s Republican Convention

Jun 10th, 2020 0 Comment
Jacksonville has emerged as the frontrunner to host the 2020 Republican National Convention, according to POLITICO. The event will be capped off with Donald Trump receiving the ... Continue Reading →

State Elections Officials In Georgia Shift Blame To Local Officials After Election Turns Into A HOT MESS

Jun 10th, 2020 0 Comment
Lines that stretched for blocks. Smoldering Heat. Humidity. Rain. Mosquitoes. Thirst. Voting machines that malfunctioned, or didn’t work at all. Yesterday’s primary ... Continue Reading →

If Passed Over By Biden, Val Demings Could Challenge Republican Rubio In Florida Senate Race In 2022

Jun 10th, 2020 0 Comment
Congresswoman Val Demings is reported to be under serious consideration to join Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket to seek to unseat President Donald Trump, whose ... Continue Reading →

Uncertainty Increases As Many Are Forced To Choose Between Risking Coronavirus Infection Or Not Going Back To Work

Apr 30th, 2020 0 Comment
Governors across the country are ramping up efforts to reopen the U.S. economy, but millions of Americans aren’t so sure this is the time to make such moves. According ... Continue Reading →

Coronavirus Treatment Drug Described As Promising, But Death Toll Surpasses 61,000 In U.S.

Apr 30th, 2020 0 Comment
White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has said the experimental drug remdesivir is set to become the “standard of care” in the global fight against coronavirus, ... Continue Reading →

Olive Garden Fires Manager Who Allowed Racist Customer To Not Be Served By Black Employees; Customer Reportedly Said Black 16 Year Old Waitress ‘Should Work In A Strip Club’

Mar 5th, 2020 0 Comment
Welcome to Trump’s America. An Olive Garden restaurant manager at an Evansville, Indiana location is now looking for a job after the manager complied with a request by ... Continue Reading →
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