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Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow

May 8, 2026Far Left

The federal government is carrying forward a white nationalist backlash to the mass uprisings that took place in 2020.

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America has been fighting for the ideal of liberty since 1776

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America has been fighting for the ideal of liberty since 1776

However distant the American Revolution may seem, we still relish the idea of being a “Liberty People.”

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Betnijah Laney-Hamilton benched in latest Liberty challenge since injury return

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Betnijah Laney-Hamilton benched in latest Liberty challenge since injury return

Betnijah Laney-Hamilton watched the Liberty win Tuesday’s Commissioner’s Cup championship from the bench.

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Conservative pundit slurs pastor for adopting Black daughter: 'Actively evil'

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Conservative pundit slurs pastor for adopting Black daughter: 'Actively evil'

Conservative commentator John Podhoretz called a pastor "actively evil" for expressing concerns about his interracial family while the future of birthright citizenship was still uncertain.Right-wing pastor Joel Webbon posted the concerns on June 29 on X alongside a photo of his multiracial family, which includes a Black daughter."Because of an interracial family, my grandchildren may not get to have a country," Webbon wrote. "Adopting children of another race/nationality is biblically permissible, and in some cases, may be even commendable. The real problem is that women make great mothers, not civil magistrates."He posted the day before the U.S. Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship in a 6-3 ruling, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who has also adopted Black children, casting one of the deciding votes.After the court upheld birthright citizenship, Podhoretz lashed out."Wow. You are actively evil, and the fact that you minister to a flock is a tragedy for your community and all of humankind," he wrote on X."What's crazy is that this is obviously extremely racist but it's also still euphemism," The Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer wrote on Bluesky. "What he means is if he ever has to see someone who isn't white he 'doesn't have a country,' it is not about rights or citizenship but race purity which even edgelords are still queasy about expressing directly.""…Their model of 'rights' is 'we are oppressed when denied the right to be a racial overclass,'" he continued.Webbon, who hosts the Right Response Ministries podcast, has previously argued that interracial marriage falls outside God's "normative design."

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China Sends First Senior Official to Iran Since War for Funeral

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China Sends First Senior Official to Iran Since War for Funeral

China will send a deputy head of its top legislative body to attend the funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran.

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Trump accused of ‘disgusting’ crypto greed after earning over $1bn since return to office

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Trump accused of ‘disgusting’ crypto greed after earning over $1bn since return to office

Elizabeth Warren and colleagues demanded tighter rules on political figures’ crypto dealings, citing disclosures of large-scale Trump family profitsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has again been accused of “brazen crypto corruption” after financial disclosures revealed his family’s cryptocurrency ventures generated more than $1bn in his first year back in the White House.Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate banking committee, said the figures showed why US Congress needed to act. “The crypto legislation heading to the Senate floor must prevent the President, Vice President, senior administration officials, members of Congress, and their families from profiting off the crypto industry,” she said. “If it does not, it will only turbocharge Donald Trump’s brazen crypto corruption.” Continue reading...

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What, to the Black Student, is the Fourth of July?

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What, to the Black Student, is the Fourth of July?

School choice is crucial to the American Dream—we need a new birth of freedom.

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Gavin Newsom’s rewards Jim DeBoo with $60K state gig: ‘Cronyism at its best’

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Gavin Newsom’s rewards Jim DeBoo with $60K state gig: ‘Cronyism at its best’

Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving one of his most trusted political soldiers a cushy, taxpayer-funded appointment as he nears the end of his tenure leading California, reviving accusations that “cronyism” may be one of the lasting legacies of this governorship.

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Grinning Jim Acosta mercilessly mocks Trump's 'shoddy' — and empty — Great American Fair

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Grinning Jim Acosta mercilessly mocks Trump's 'shoddy' — and empty — Great American Fair

Former CNN stalwart Jim Acosta ruthlessly trolled President Donald Trump on a sunny Monday afternoon, delivering a withering in-person review of the Great American State Fair, where Acosta could barely contain his glee at the near-empty spectacle and "shoddy" construction.Videoing himself from the National Mall, Acosta pulled no punches."If you're looking for a place with really no lines whatsoever, then you better come down to the mall," he said with a grin.After a small dig at a miniature version of Trump's Triumphal Arch — "Isn't that cute?" — Acosta continued to take swipe after swipe at the lackluster lines."As you can see, no line to get in. It's 1 o'clock in the afternoon, we're on the National Mall, probably the nicest weather of the week, and there are no lines to get in. Hardly anybody in line," he mocked.His tour added to days of grim crowd reviews, with one critic saying he'd "seen more people at my local diner.""Surely there must be a long line for the Ferris Wheel. It's the big attraction down here. Let's take a look. Oh boy," Acosta deadpanned, showing empty queue lines. He made a similar assessment of a burger venue at the fair.The marquee Ferris wheel has been a recurring sore spot, with commentators saying the fair is falling apart "at the seams" after it lost power and shut down one evening.Acosta wasn't finished.He turned his gaze on what he called "shoddy" construction of the mini arch."Look at this," he said, pointing to massive gaps between the bottom of the arch's faux columns and the ground. "There's a huge gap."Acosta estimated the gaps were up to 3 feet in length.Later in the scorching review, Acosta poked fun at the number of people listening to a fossil fuel panel."And there's nobody listening. Just a few people," he said. "Weird."The sparse scene has dogged the event all weekend, with Trump allies at one point reduced to insisting the empty fairgrounds were packed.Shoddy displays and tiny crowds. But lots of Trump worship. Sad. My report from Trump’s Great American State Fair down on the National Mall. pic.twitter.com/IfUpNMZMVY— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 29, 2026

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Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow

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