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Could Michelle Obama replace Joe Biden as Democratic nominee in 2024?

Michelle Obama‘s name has now been brought up for the 2024 general election. Fox News opinion contributor Liz Peek believes if incumbent candidate Joe Biden does not continue his re-election campaign, then the former first lady would be an ideal last-minute replacement. “Some are betting that if the president is driven out of the race...

‘Every Hallway, Looks Pretty Much the Same’: Texas State Trooper Shoots Black Neighbor After Mistaking Him for Home Intruder In Incident Resembling Botham Jean Case
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‘Every Hallway, Looks Pretty Much the Same’: Texas State Trooper Shoots Black Neighbor After Mistaking Him for Home Intruder In Incident Resembling Botham Jean Case

State officials and Houston police are investigating an incident where an off-duty Texas State Trooper shot his neighbor after mistaking him for a home intruder. Houston police said the shooting happened shortly after midnight on Monday at a high-rise apartment building in the downtown area. Houston police briefed the press on an incident at a...

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Donald Trump accused of having the ‘moral compass’ of an ‘axe murderer’

Donald Trump has the “moral compass” of an “axe murderer” according to Georgia’s former Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan. The politician also said the 77-year-old former “Apprentice” judge, who is facing trial on 91 counts linked to the allegation he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020  presidential election, had been on a “two-plus...

‘Initiated By a Violent White Mob’: Attorney for Man Involved In Montgomery Riverfront Park Brawl Says Attack That Led to Melee Was Racial; Still No Hate Crime Charges
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‘Initiated By a Violent White Mob’: Attorney for Man Involved In Montgomery Riverfront Park Brawl Says Attack That Led to Melee Was Racial; Still No Hate Crime Charges

Nearly two months after the riverfront brawl in Alabama, an attorney for a man involved is insisting that the attack that led to the melee was driven by racism. Lee Merritt, an attorney representing Reggie Ray, a Black man facing disorderly conduct charges after pummeling a man with a folding chair, says the assault on...

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Tennessee Republicans vote to silence Justin Jones

As a sign of the eroding tenants of democracy in Tennessee, the GOP-dominant state legislature voted to silence Rep. Justin Jones once again. Jones, D-Nashville, expressed skepticism of the Republican-sponsored bill to install armed officers in the role of school resource officers [SROs] in every public school in the state, CNN reports. This GOP proposal...

‘Can’t Get Them Years Back Ever’: Maryland Man Who Spent Five Years In Prison Receives $350,000 Settlement After State Admits They Prosecuted Wrong Man for Murder and Assault
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‘Can’t Get Them Years Back Ever’: Maryland Man Who Spent Five Years In Prison Receives $350,000 Settlement After State Admits They Prosecuted Wrong Man for Murder and Assault

An innocent Maryland man received an apology from the state and approval for a $340,000 settlement after he was wrongly convicted of two violent crimes and imprisoned for more than five years. Demetrius Smith was wrongly convicted of first-degree assault and murder in 2008 when he was just 25. Smith spent more than five years...