Biden addresses Black voters in new BET interview
President Biden spoke out Wednesday about some of the most pressing issues facing Black Americans, including inflation, abortion and general dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party. Biden, in an interview with BET’s Ed Gordon, said Republicans will have to “point out” what’s at stake and what they want to do if former President Trump takes office. […]
Fifty-Five Years of Denial about Black Lives
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Daniel Patrick Moynihan was right in 1965 about the black underclass but continues to be ignored or maligned. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was “woke” about the injustices suffered by African Americans before most of today’s “wokes” were born. He was also right about the root cause of the permanency of the […]
Jack Black Finally Speaks — ‘Blindsided’ by Bandmate’s Trump Death Wish
Two days after Tenacious D bandmate Kyle Gass wished death upon Donald Trump, Joe Biden fan and fundraiser Jack Black has finally spoken out. statement Published on Instagram Kung Fu Panda The star wrote: I was shocked by the content of Sunday’s show. I do not condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any […]
‘It’s Insulting, Actually’: Black Voters Tell New York Times They’re Sick Of Left-Wing ‘Pandering’
The New York Times held a focus group with 11 black men who told the paper they were sick of Democratic Party “pandering” and all expressed the likelihood they’d vote for Trump in November. One man, who the Times identified as Jeremy, a 34-year-old microbiologist from Georgia, told the paper the Democrats believed “that every […]
Tim Scott fires back after Milwaukee mayor says he doesn’t ‘buy’ the idea that Trump surging with Black voters
MILWAUKEE — Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is pushing back after Milwaukee’s Democratic mayor said he “can’t believe it” when asked about former President Donald Trump’s popularity among black voters. “You have to buy it on November 5th. You’re going to sell it,” Scott told Fox News at the Republican National Convention in […]
Leading Black LGBTQ organization condemns oldest Black fraternity’s proposed transgender ban
The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), the nation’s leading civil rights organization dedicated to advancing the rights of Black LGBTQ Americans, has condemned one of the nation’s largest Black fraternal organizations for proposing to ban transgender members. Representatives of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the oldest African-American college fraternity, passed a bill at its constitutional convention […]
‘I Was Blindsided’: Jack Black Addresses Bandmate’s Trump Comment, Suspends Rock Tour
Jack Black said he was shocked by Kyle Gass’s on-stage comments about Donald Trump, and has pulled the plug on their joint concert tour, as a result. Black and Gass form the duo comedy-rock group, Tenacious D, and they came under fire when Gass joked about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during their concert […]
Black conservatives feel momentum near RNC as Biden tries to court black voters
MILWAUKEE — On the same day that President Biden scheduled several Black awareness events, Black conservatives rallied invigorated and gathered near the Republican National Convention. Though it wasn’t part of the official Republican National Convention program, Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) spoke at a Republican black community center a few blocks away, and there was […]
Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour over bandmate’s ‘don’t miss Trump next time’ comment after assassination attempt
Jack Black canceled a tour with his comedy rock band Tenacious D after bandmate Kyle Gass said “next time, just don’t miss Trump” onstage shortly after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The actor and comedian is Instagram Monday Morning Page: “I was surprised by what was said at Sunday’s show. I do […]
Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour, Band’s Future in Doubt After Trump Death Wish
Frontman Jack Black has cancelled the remainder of Tenacious D’s sold-out Australian tour and cast doubt on the comedy band’s future after his bandmates said they hope whoever tries to assassinate Donald Trump “next time” doesn’t “fail.” Nearly 24 hours after an assassin missed blowing the former president’s head off by an inch or two, […]