Sen. Kamala Harris kicks off the third day of the Democratic National Convention. Democratic National Committee The third night of the Democratic National Convention has begun. Kamala Harris will take her turn in the spotlight tonight, where she will present her story as the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants …
Read More »Transcript: Comments by Colin Powell
Hi. I’m former Secretary of State Colin Powell. One hundred years ago, a young immigrant left a dirt farm in Jamaica and moved to the United States. Three years later, a ship pulled into New York harbor, and a young Jamaican woman looked up at the Statue of Liberty for …
Read More »Many leaders used Covid as a cover for democracy. Trump may be the first to openly acknowledge it
The reason? Trump says postal voting will hurt his campaign, and has repeatedly made the baseless claim that widespread mail-in voting will result in the “most fraudulent election in history.” By refusing to take steps to allow as many Americans as possible to run in the election – and by …
Read More »Obama puts out a hefty warning about American democracy in Trump’s wonderful dismissal
The latest installation of the long duel between Barack Obama and Donald Trump explicitly highlights the stark contrasts in personal and political temperaments of the two defining White House residents of this time. And it took its rivalry to a level not seen before in the modern history of the …
Read More »Barr announced Operation Legend, controversial DOJ program, increases nearly 1,500 arrests
From Chicago to Cleveland to St. Many more have been blamed by local prosecutors, authorities said, and some police departments receiving federal aid are seeing a change in their overall crime trends. Under the program, known as Operation Legend, more than 1,000 federal lawmakers were sent to nine cities that …
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