Marcia L. Fudge, Housing Secretary, is in the process of reinstating fair housing regulations that were undone by former President Donald Trump. The rules are a direct response to systemic racism and housing discrimination. “So much of wealth inequality has its basis in housing discrimination and the country’s failure to …
Read More »Proud Boys Refusal To Respond to Metropolitan AME Church Lawsuit May End In Default Victory
Metropolitan AME Church in Washington D.C. filed a lawsuit against the Proud Boys after the group burned and destroyed Black Lives Matter signs in December. The group has not responded to the lawsuit and experts say their lack of response may lead to a default victory for the historical church. …
Read More »Kentucky Partially Bans No-Knock Warrants After Breonna Taylor Killing
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed a bill at Louisville’s Kentucky Center for African American Heritage that partially bans no-knock warrants. The passage of the law comes after Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police officers in her home during a police raid. The law forbids no-knock warrants if there …
Read More »10 Members Of Congress Join NAACP Lawsuit Against Trump And Giuliani For The US Capitol Riot
10 members of Congress have joined the NAACP lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani. The lawsuit accuses Trump and Giuliani of inciting the deadly Capitol Riot that took place on January 6. “As I sat in my office on January 6th with rioters roaming the …
Read More »Trump Lawyer Lin Wood To Run For South Carolina Republican Party Chair
Lin Wood, a personal injury and defamation lawyer who took up President Trump’s baseless election fraud claims in the 2020 election, is looking to become Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party. Wood only recently moved to South Carolina from Georgia about one month ago. “A compelling reason for my …
Read More »Georgia Lawmakers Pass Bill That Restricts Voting
Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp passed a bill that adds new restrictions to the voting process. Democrats believe that the bill disenfranchises Black voters. “Georgians turned out in record-breaking numbers because they could access the ballot,” Rep. Rhonda Burnough said. “Lies upon lies were told about our elections in response, …
Read More »Rita Hart Wants To Overturn Iowa Election After She Lost By Six Votes
Democrat Rita Hart wants to overturn the Iowa U.S. House election after losing to Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks by six votes. The House Administration Committee is reviewing the challenge. “We don’t have to prove anything at this point, and that’s something I think is important to emphasize: The congresswoman has …
Read More »Giuliani May Face ‘False Statement’ Charges In Georgia
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is facing ‘false statement’ charges in Georgia for making baseless claims of voter fraud, according to The Daily Beast. “I think it’s clearly going to be an uphill climb,” Kenneth W. Mauldin, a retired district attorney, said. “It would be highly unusual to …
Read More »Civil Rights Attorney Lee Merritt Announces Bid For Attorney General
Texas civil rights attorney, Lee Merritt, announced his desire to be Texas’s new Attorney General in a video uploaded to Twitter over the weekend. “Texas deserves an attorney general that will fight for the constitutional rights of all citizens,” Merritt tweeted. The attorney, who has represented families of Black people …
Read More »Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Current Aide Accuses Him Of Sexual Harassment
Things continue to unravel for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Alyssa McGrath, an aide in the governor’s office, is accusing Cuomo of sexual harassment. McGrath told the New York Times that Cuomo regularly commented on her appearance, stared at her, and made improper remarks. McGrath also said that the governor …
Read More »Dominion Voting Systems Wants Social Media Sites To Save Posts By Trump And Others For Defamation Lawsuit
Lawyers for Dominion Voting are asking social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Parler to preserve posts that were made by former President Donald Trump and far-right extremist personalities. Dominion plans to file defamation lawsuits. “A number of posts on your website must be preserved because they are relevant …
Read More »Almost Two Dozen Military Personnel Or Veterans Arrested For Attacks At The Capitol
New information continues to be released about the people that participated in the attack at the United States Capitol. Data collected by CNN shows that 21 out of the first 150 people arrested for the attack are military personnel or veterans. Two of those arrested for the insurrection are in …
Read More »Rudy Giuliani Wont Represent President Trump At Impeachment Trial
Rudy Giuliani will not represent President Donald Trump in his upcoming impeachment trial. “Due to the fact that I may be a witness, the rule of legal ethics would prohibit me from representing the President as trial counsel in the impeachment trial,” Giuliani told the Hill. Giuliani made a speech …
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