Dozens of migrants that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tricked into flying from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts for a $615,000 taxpayer-funded political stunt have now been granted visas as human trafficking victims of Ron DeSantis's actions.
01:00 AM - Apr 23, 2024
Seven years ago, I sat in the audience at ABC Studios to watch The View. This week, I finally got to be on the show myself! Thanks to everyone who helped me on this journey. 🙏🏾
06:04 PM - Apr 19, 2024
It’s happening! We have a full 12-person jury and 6 alternates in Trump’s criminal trial for falsifying business records to hide his hush money payments to a porn star. Let the trial begin!
01:43 PM - Apr 19, 2024
"We have our jury." — Trump's criminal trial for falsifying business records to hide his adulterous affair with porn star Stormy Daniels has now seated 12 jurors, with alternates to be done next.
04:50 PM - Apr 18, 2024
On this day, April 17, 1993, President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to meet with LGBTQ leaders. I helped to organize the meeting and was proud to see my friends Phill Wilson and Nadine Smith help represent the community.
04:15 PM - Apr 17, 2024
“America has never been a colorblind society.” Part of my discussion on The View today. Get my new book here at: bit.ly/whyrace
Keith Boykin Says “America Has Never Been A Colorblind Society” - YouTube
Keith Boykin, author of 'Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?,' says "America has never been a color blind society." Get Keith’s book at bit.ly/whyrace.
04:27 PM - Apr 16, 2024
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be on The View tomorrow morning to talk about my new book, Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? The show airs at 11 Eastern, 10 Central on ABC.
08:49 PM - Apr 15, 2024
The first criminal trial of an American president begins today as Donald Trump faces 34 felonies accusing him of falsifying business records to conceal a sex scandal with a porn star.
nytimes.com
08:42 AM - Apr 15, 2024
While Republicans are in court trying to block student loan debt relief, President Biden today canceled $7.4 billion in student loan debt for 277,000 borrowers. The Biden administration has now forgiven $153 billion in debt for 4.3 million borrowers.
02:55 PM - Apr 12, 2024
Don’t believe the hype about Trump and Black people. The latest and biggest new poll shows Black people have not fled to Trump’s side. And one Chick-fil-A visit does not erase the reality of the data.
09:42 AM - Apr 11, 2024
Judge Aileen Cannon has finally thrown out Trump’s motion to dismiss his stolen documents case. The indictment makes “no reference to the Presidential Records Act, nor do they rely on that statute for purposes of stating an offense,” the judge wrote.
03:28 PM - Apr 04, 2024
The share price of Trump Media plunged after the company that owns Trump’s failing Truth Social app reported a net loss of $58.2 million in 2023. Trump Media’s own accountants warn that the losses “raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue.”
01:47 PM - Apr 01, 2024
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried had been sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud. Amazing how quickly they can convict and sentence a 32-year-old crypto billionaire but not a 77-year-old real estate “billionaire” who has been committing fraud for decades.
12:05 PM - Mar 28, 2024
After losing his bid to disqualify Fulton County DA Fani Willis, Trump sends his lawyers back to court today to try to get the case dismissed on the grounds that coercing Georgia officials to find illegal votes for him was actually protected First Amendment speech.
amp.cnn.com
Judge to consider if Trump can throw out Georgia election subversion case on First Amendment grounds | CNN Politics
For the first time since a judge ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to oversee the Georgia 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the focus will return to the details of the sprawling case.
06:59 AM - Mar 28, 2024
So, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a 70-year-old man who has never held public office, picked Nicole Shanahan, a 38-year-old tech lawyer who has never held office, as his running mate for the offices of president and vice president of the United States of America?
03:43 PM - Mar 26, 2024
Well, well, well. 😏
11:32 AM - Mar 22, 2024
Told that a civilian (Ashli Babbitt) had been shot outside the House chamber during the January 6 insurrection, Trump appeared unconcerned, according to his valet. He was more focused on getting Mike Pence to stop the certification of the election.
03:26 PM - Mar 21, 2024
Biden is trouncing Trump in fundraising. Biden has raised $15 million more than Trump and has nearly $40 million more cash on hand than Trump ($71 million versus $33.3 million).
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12:59 PM - Mar 21, 2024
What's in the new $1.2 trillion spending bill? Republicans cut off aid to UNRWA, the UN agency that provides assistance to Palestinians. Democrats secured funding increases for federal child care and education programs, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
nytimes.com
12:37 PM - Mar 21, 2024
After the civil war, Gullah Geechee people living in Hilton Head, South Carolina owned the majority of the land, and the area was about 98% Black in 1880. Now, Hilton Head is about 77% white.
09:17 AM - Mar 21, 2024
A new AP-NORC poll finds that nearly 8 in 10 Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
apnews.com
09:08 AM - Mar 21, 2024
Trump has declared bankruptcy six times in the past, and now he is so broke that he may have to file bankruptcy again. A desperate presidential candidate in half a billion dollars of debt is a serious national security risk.
07:06 PM - Mar 20, 2024
Trump tells the US Supreme Court that he has "absolute immunity" from prosecution for his crimes. This dude is out of control. He aims to carve out a special exception to the Constitution just for him. Even Richard Nixon knew he could be prosecuted.
04:30 PM - Mar 19, 2024
More than 4,000 books were targeted for removal from libraries last year, up from 2,571 titles in 2022. The new number is the highest level of book bans ever recorded by the American Library Association.
06:45 AM - Mar 14, 2024
Catch me on the Tavis Smiley Show at 9 am Pacific Time Tuesday to talk about my new book, Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? bit.ly/whyrace
11:18 PM - Mar 11, 2024
My mom just sent me this pic from a bookstore in Texas! Happy to share bookshelf space with my friend Clay Cane and his new book The Grift. And you can get your copy of my new book here: bit.ly/whyrace
02:17 PM - Mar 10, 2024
Mark Robinson calls the Black Panther movie "trash" made by a "satanic marxist," says Halle Berry and Mariah Carey wear "whore dresses," and calls Michelle Obama a man. But he's exactly the type of anti-Black Black person that Republicans love.
08:12 PM - Mar 02, 2024
The University of Florida has fired all positions associated with diversity, equity and inclusion at the school. The move comes almost a year after Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning state colleges from spending money on DEI.
07:49 PM - Mar 02, 2024
I’m in San Francisco for a book signing tonight. Come join me! bit.ly/whyrace
11:31 AM - Feb 29, 2024
