Barack Obama finally spoke out about Donald Trump posting that racist video showing him and Michelle as apes. Trumpâs video showed the Obamas with their faces placed on ape bodies for about one second. The AI-generated clip was set to âThe Lion Sleeps Tonightâ from Disneyâs The Lion King. Donald Trump posted it during Black History
Luther Campbell is getting back into Florida politics, as the Hip-Hop legend officially declared his run for Congress during a live television appearance on âThis Week in South Florida.â Campbell ended weeks of speculation when he told host Glenna Milberg heâs running for Floridaâs 20th Congressional District. The 60-year-old rapper-turned-activist set February 15 as his
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the world’s best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 84. The icon of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond was remembered by politicians and prominent activists after it was announced he died “peacefully” on Tuesday morning after a long journey with a
Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the full committee hearing examining Attorney General Pam Bondiâs failed leadership of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including her grotesque mishandling of the Epstein investigation. Raskin, who taught constitutional law at American University Washington College of Law for more than 25 years,
Michael Eric Dyson tore into President Trumpâs racist social media post that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The Vanderbilt University professor and Hip-Hop scholar called Trumpâs actions calculated and disgusting. Dyson spoke to WGN News after Trump shared an AI-generated video showing the former first couple as primates. Trump posted the racist clip Thursday night on
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid launched multiple racially-charged insults at rapper Nicki Minaj for cozying up to President Donald Trump. Minaj, who has condemned cancel culture and aligned with the Trump administration on issues like stopping the killings of Christians in Nigeria, has been blasted by liberal public figures. On a segment of âThe Don Lemon Show,â Reid offered a theory
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Tuesday criticized rapper Nicki Minajâs recent dabbling in conservative politics, accusing the singer of âselling outâ to President Trump and his administration. Minaj, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, wrote in a 2018 Facebook post that she came to the U.S. illegally when she was 5 years old. She was, at the time, speaking out against the
Don Lemon is speaking out on what he calls an effort to “embarrass” him following his arrest after covering a protest inside a Minnesota church. The former CNN broadcaster, 59, was arrested Friday, Jan. 30, weeks after covering the protest â reportedly inside the church of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official â according to The New York Times and CBS News. In
President Donald Trump is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the three million Jeffrey Epstein documents released Friday, after the president initially resisted the effort. While some of the references are benign, others include newly disclosed unverified sexual assault claims against Trump as well as fresh details about how some of Epsteinâs victims described their
President Donald Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah over the comedianâs joke at the Grammys which referenced Trump and Bill Clintonâs previous ties to Jeffrey Epstein. During the Feb. 1 ceremony, the 41-year-old host quipped about Trumpâs relationship with Epstein after mocking his desires for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. âSong of the year.
