Protesters descended on the wealthy Hamptons Wednesday to highlight the nation’s rising income inequality. “More than 100 drivers drove around the community in Long Island and about 200 marchers, some wielding plastic pitchforks, paid a visit to the homes of some of the world’s wealthiest people, including ex-New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg,” the New […]
A large group of officials who worked for former President George W. Bush will endorse the former Democrat Vice President Joe Biden. The group formed a super PAC Wednesday, called “43 Alumni for Biden,” a reference to Bush, the 43rd president and described its formation as an effort to restore “the principles of unity, tolerance […]
Early Wednesday morning, a work crew removed the statue of Christopher Columbus from in front of Columbus City Hall in Ohio, where it has sat for 65 years after being donated by Genoa, Columbus’ Italian sister city. The statue was taken off its pedestal before 6:30 a.m. and rotated to face City Hall. An hour […]
The Los Angeles School police chief resigned from his post Wednesday, less than a year after he took the job and less than 24 hours after the district’s board cut $25 million from his department’s budget, Fox News Reports. Police Chief Tod Chamberlain said the cuts put him in a “position that makes my ability […]
A vehicle carrying Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds hit a Black Lives Matter protester who was trying to block the vehicle’s path Tuesday as she was leaving an event in northern Iowa, New York Post reports. The group of about two dozen BLM protestors weren’t allowed into the Tuesday event at Family Traditions Meat, a small […]
Morale is low among rank-and-file LAPD officers, according to Robert Harris, the director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. Police across the country are having to deal with “constant verbal battering” and the looming threat of contracting the coronavirus, according to the police union head. “I had one officer tell me that he feels […]
Harvard University on Monday said it would drop its policy of sanctioning students who joined single-sex clubs. The Ivy League school released a letter saying it would no longer enforce the ban on same-sex clubs, fraternities or sororities on Monday, with Harvard president Lawrence Bacow noting the university “will not be able to carry forward […]
Walmart is set to discontinue sales of “All Lives Matter” merchandise on their website, after a social media backlash, according to USA Today. The large retailer is removing the items which are sold by third-party sellers “indefinitely,” after hearing from some employees and customers who were concerned about the meaning behind the merchandise. Walmart said […]
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said he is no longer using a desk that was once owned by the 28th president Woodrow Wilson, CNN reports. Earlier this month the Democrat Governor tweeted a picture of him observing a moment of silence in honor of George Floyd, people pointed out he was sitting at a desk […]
The New York Post reports that a British-born man sentenced to death for kidnapping and beheading Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl could walk free. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was found guilty of masterminding Pearl’s murder, and sentenced to death in 2002. He has been in jail ever since awaiting the outcome of a series […]
Breitbart reports a group of Black Lives Matter activists began shouting in a Target store in Washington D.C. on Friday night demanding the business stop cooperating with police or they would “shut down” the business. One male with a bullhorn shouted out scripts while the group repeated the messages. They yelled, “All black people, living […]
Vice President Mike Pence defended his refusal to say “black lives matter” on Sunday during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” instead saying “all lives matter.” Host John Dickerson told Pence that the phrase is something “protesters would like to hear” from leaders. “You won’t say that. Why?” he asked. “All my life, I’ve […]
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has larger percentage of people of color on staff than President Trump’s campaign has. Thirty-five percent of Biden’s full-time staff are people of color and 36 percent of its senior staff are, The Hill reports. After the Biden campaign revealed its numbers, the Trump campaign followed, announcing that 25 percent […]
The Hill reports, Amazon bought the naming rights to Seattle’s Key Arena which will now be known as the “Climate Pledge Arena.” The arena will be home to an unnamed NHL team planning to join the league for the upcoming season. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, announced the change in an Instagram post on Thursday, saying […]
The woman accused of setting an Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant on fire after the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks posted bond and was released Thursday, The New York Post reports. Natalie White, who has been identified as Brooks’ girlfriend, made bail just one day after she was arraigned on first-degree arson charges in the June 13 […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden made a verbal gaffe during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania Thursday and said over 120 million people had died from the novel coronavirus, before correcting himself, The Daily Caller reports. Biden made the gaffe during a town hall on the Affordable Care Act in Lancaster, Pennsylvania when he was talking […]
John Legend, Megan Rapinoe and other celebrities have signed a petition urging local governments to decrease police budgets in favor of spending more on health care, education, and other community programs, The Daily Caller reports. Other celebrities who reportedly signed include Common, the Weeknd, Lizzo, Jane Fonda and Anthony Romero, the executive director of the […]
The New York Post reports, a Virginia Police Chief broke down during a press conference as he recounted rioters torching a home with a child inside, saying that it was “unacceptable.” During the press conference Richmond Police Chief Will Smith, overcome with emotion, told how protesters blocked the fire department from responding to a house […]
The Hill reports, “Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) has assumed control of the prosecution of the Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd and is ‘very seriously looking at’ whether to prosecute the three officers present at the scene who so far do not face charges.” “We’re going over it carefully […]
The Washington Free Beacon reported that Georgetown University professor and former NPR editor Kitty Eisele wrote and later deleted a tweet hinting at her hopes that the rioters would destroy the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. “Shame they aren’t noticing the Trump Hotel which costs more and has a more problematic clientele,” she responded […]