Archive for October 2023
Congress passes a bi-partisan bill to keep the government open
With the clock ticking, Congress passed an operating budget to keep the federal government open for another 45 days, but House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could be out of a job. On Saturday, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill to stop a government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline. President Joe Biden signed it late Saturday…
Read MoreJamaal Bowman sets off a fire alarm
Representative Jamaal Bowman said he made a mistake by turning on the fire alarm on Capitol Hill during tense negations to pass a short-gap funding bill to keep the federal government operating for another fifty days. “Today, as I was rushing to make a vote, I came to the door that usually opens for voters…
Read MoreUAW expands picketing at more plants, and President Joe Biden Joins the picket line
President Joe Biden rode in a motorcade to picket with United Auto Workers on strike against the Big Three automakers. He is the first President to join the picket line. He stayed for 15 minutes. “You’ve heard me say that Wall Street did not build this country; the middle class did,†President Biden said. The…
Read MoreNew chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army General Mark A. Milley transferred the Joint Chiefs to Four Star Air Force General Charles O. Brown Jr. last week. General Brown was the second Black man to be named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Army General Colin Powell was the first Black man to hold the post. He was the 12th…
Read MoreWashington Trust charged with “Red Lining” Black customers
The Justice Department announced today that Washington Trust Company (Washington Trust), the oldest community bank in the nation charged with “redlining†Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve the allegations. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid providing credit services to individuals living in communities of color because…
Read MoreGreenwood Mayor removed from office
Levi Weaver was removed Tuesday as Mayor of Greenwood, Missouri, by a vote of the city’s aldermen. The removal comes after the approval of three impeachment articles earlier this year. The first article alleged that Weaver threatened Alderman Kyron McClure with a firearm at McClure’s home in March 2022. The second article claimed Weaver prevented…
Read MoreFinally, an arrest 30 years after Tupac Shakur’s murder
Las Vegas police arrested a man for the shooting death of Tupac Shakur, but the man police arrested was not the shooter. Shakur was shot down on September 13, 1996. He was 25. He was riding in a car with Suge Knight, the founder of Death Row Records. The suspect under arrest is Duane “Keffe…
Read MoreMaurice Bishop is to be honored
The Grenada government Tuesday announced plans to observe the 40th anniversary of the murder of Maurice Bishop, the country’s first left-wing prime minister, who was killed during a palace coup orchestrated by his deputy, Bernard Coard, on October 19, 1983. Head of the 50th Independence Anniversary Committee, Dr. Wendy Crawford, told a news conference that the activity…
Read MoreDallas Mayor switches from Democrat to Republican
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson switched from Democratic to Republican, blaming his former party for their mismanagement of the homeless crisis and increased crime. “The future of America’s great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation’s mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism,†Johnson wrote. “Our cities desperately need the genuine…
Read MoreThe University of California’s president’s Berkeley residence was vandalized with racist hatred
A fence was built around the Berkeley home of Dr. Michael V. Drake, president of the University of California system. The fence failed to provide the intended protection for Dr. Drake and his family. Several reports said vandals jumped over the fence in May to spread their hateful messages. The graffiti they left included the date…
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