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“When you are a citizen of the world, you always think about the world instead of the United States. Remember, this is a guy whose father has roots in Africa. This is a guy who spent a lot of his childhood in Southeast Asia and then spent a lot of time in Hawaii. Was that the last state to get …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Louisiana’s appeal seeking to prevent the state’s congressional map from being redrawn over claims that it unlawfully dilutes the influence of Black voters. The move via a brief unsigned order was expected after the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 8 that buttressed a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act …

“So it’s Juneteenth. Very few people are willing to actually call this out. It’s about a certain skin color now gets their own summertime celebration. “It is now become a racial complaining day. Now we have a full day to be able to smear and slander white America. And remember, BLM stands for burn, loot, and murder. “Juneteenth becoming a …

USA Today reports: Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion offices in Texas public colleges and universities starting in 2024. Both chambers of the Texas Legislature approved the final version in May of Senate Bill 17, which would ban public higher education institutions from maintaining or establishing DEI offices. It also prohibits higher …

Law & Crime reports: This past March, a federal judge in New York found that Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman violated the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act. The scathing ruling left only one remaining issue to determine at trial — how much the duo must pay in damages for their conduct. In a pretrial memorandum on Thursday, …

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking at the NCGOP convention Friday night, said if he’s elected president he would reverse the recent decision to change the name of Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty. The promise by DeSantis to restore the name of the major military installation just north of Fayetteville, which earned loud cheers and …

The Guardian reports: Alabama discriminated against Black voters when it drew its seven congressional districts last year, the Supreme Court has ruled, a decision that is a major victory for the Voting Rights Act. The decision in the case, Allen v Milligan, means that Alabama will have to draw its congressional map to include a second majority-Black district. Black voters …

The Daily Dot reports: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially fined right-wing influencer Jacob Wohl $5 million. At the time it was proposed, it was the largest amount ever under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Wohl, along with his partner Jack Burkman, used robocalls to attempt to convince people of color that they could be arrested if they voted …

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Harris Faulkner torched the CEO of fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, accusing the devout Christian of saying some “amazingly crazy stuff” in an unearthed video of him condemning racism. The chicken chain, once a darling of conservatives because of its open embrace of Christian values, is now under fire because of the years-old comments from its CEO, …

The New York Daily News reports: Former President Trump Tuesday vowed to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants who are born in the U.S. if he wins reelection next year. Although anyone born in the U.S. is guaranteed citizenship by the 14th Amendment, Trump declared he would end birthright citizenship as a priority if he wins a second term …

The Hill reports: Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said on Thursday that he does not know whether inner city teachers “can read and write.” In a Thursday appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast, “Triggered,” Tuberville took aim at the public school system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that he does not know how teachers in the inner …

Yahoo Sports reports: Oakland A’s broadcaster Glen Kuiper was fired Monday following his on-air utterance of a racial slur during a pregame show May 5. The A’s denounced the slur as “unacceptable” on the day of the incident. NBC Sports California suspended Kuiper indefinitely a day later. On Monday, the network released a statement announcing that he has been fired: …

Charleston’s ABC affiliate reports: Charleston County Democrats released a statement Sunday demanding an apology and retraction from Gov. Henry McMaster for comments made during a South Carolina Republican convention Saturday. According to The State reporter Joseph Bustos, McMaster said: “I look forward to the day that democrats are so rare, we have to hunt them with dogs.” Bustos was live-tweeting …

ABC News reports: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. The justices said Monday they would review a lower-court ruling that found a coastal district running from Charleston to Hilton Head was intentionally redrawn to reduce the number of Democratic-leaning Black voters and to make …

The Washington Post reports: Jack Teixeira, dressed in camouflage fatigues, his finger wrapped around the trigger of a semiautomatic rifle, faced the camera and spoke as though reciting an oath. “Jews scam, n—-rs rape, and I mag dump.” Teixeira raised his weapon, aimed at an unseen target and fired 10 times in rapid succession, emptying the magazine of bullets. The …

Fort Worth’s CBS affiliate reports: Brownsville police say seven people are dead Sunday morning and it appears they were intentionally run over by a motorist. The incident happened at 8:30 a.m. near Minnesota Road and North Bernal Road in front of the Ozanam Center, which is a shelter for migrants and homeless. The victims were sitting on the curb near …

CNN reports: Oakland Athletics play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper has apologized for using a racial slur during the team’s pre-game show prior to the A’s road game against the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Kuiper was discussing the “phenomenal” time he had visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri with A’s TV analyst Dallas Braden when he used …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): I saw, on the way into work, an illegal immigration family digging through the trash, looking for recyclables. JESSICA TARLOV (CO-HOST): How did you know they were illegal? WATTERS: You can tell. TARLOV: Jesse — WATTERS: I can tell. I’m a city guy. You don’t want me to get into it, but …

The New York Times reports: A text message sent by Tucker Carlson that set off a panic at the highest levels of Fox on the eve of its billion-dollar defamation trial showed its most popular host sharing his private, inflammatory views about violence and race. The discovery of the message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to …

“Because wokeism is so absurd, their most persuasive critics are progressives. People on the left, actually, are the people that everybody’s believing because they’re going, ‘Wow, these guys are destroying us.’ It’s like when you’re a conservative, you come out against white nationalism. And this is kind of the mirror image. Wokeism is like that. In fact, I would argue …