On July 11, Mesha Mainor, a Democrat who represented part of Atlanta in Georgia’s House of Representatives, switched over to the Republican Party. Mainor is now the only Black member of the GOP among Georgia’s 236 state lawmakers and is the first Black woman to hold office as a Republican. The last Georgia Democrat to...
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville draws scorn for not calling White nationalists ‘racists’
Tommy Tuberville, who famously coached the Auburn Tigers college football team before being elected to the U.S. Senate, created rancor when he refused to characterize White nationalists as “racists.” Tuberville, a Republican, was questioned about White nationalists espousing their racist views while serving in the U.S. military. Initially, Tuberville adamantly refused to say the two...
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Twitter ignites after RFK Jr. calls Ice Cube ‘influential civil rights leader’
Legendary rapper-turned-filmmaker-turned-political operative Ice Cube took some L’s in terms of public perception during the last election cycle when he tried to facilitate meetings with both presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It is apparent that many folks are still feeling some kind of way about the Barbershop and Friday franchise filmmaker after the...
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South Fulton mayor arrested in Georgia on felony charges
The South Fulton mayor was arrested on Saturday morning, July 8, 2023. The city of South Fulton, which is connected to the southern tip of Atlanta in Fulton County, confirmed that Mayor Khalid Kamau was in custody and taken to the Fulton County Jail. According to jail records obtained by 11 Alive and WSB-TV, Kamau...