June 19, 2013

Detroit Resident Melinda Brown Duncan Tells Why She Should Run the City (Video)

melinda brown duncan

The residents of the city of Detroit has been under fire from every direction of the city’s government. From the governor’s office to the mayor’s office and city council, the residents have been catching hell! But Melinda Brown Duncan is not planning on keeping that a secret! She’s mad as hell and told the local [...]




Chris Christie Still Angry with Romney Aides (Video)

chris christie & mitt romney

The election is over. President Obama is still the president and all is right with the world. But in Mitt Romney’s camp, there are still those that won’t let it die. They are living in “shoulda woulda coulda” land. Governor Chris Christie lives in and governs New Jersey though and he is steaming mad over [...]




Louisiana Gov. Attempts to Block Black Judge’s Move to Supreme Court Chief Justice Position

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*There’s nothing worse than disguised racism that employees have a hard time proving exists. Sometimes, the more they try to prove their case, the more suspicious they look. Just like in sexual harrassment or rape cases, the victim becomes the accused. But in the state of Louisiana, fortunately past cases of discrimination in government can [...]




The Feds Are Coming After Florida for Outrageous Voter-Roll Purge (Video)

your vote belongs to me

*The same ol’ election tricks are springing up again and right on schedule for the racists … oops! I mean the presidential race. Florida’s GOP is showing its good ol’ boy tactics at the polls as if it were the 1950s. They’ve even gotten a little bold with the U.S. government. In true child-like behavior, [...]




Robo Calls Used to Suppress Black Voter Turnout in Maryland Heads to Court

julius henson & michael ehrlich

*The Tom Joyner Morning Show and Michael Baisden and other media outlets all had warnings for the black community about the voter manipulation and violation of voter’s rights during the Presidential campaign. African American voters called into their shows saying how they were being prevented from voting because of any crazy excuse they could make [...]




New Jersey Governor Nominates Openly Gay African American Judge

bruce harris

*The state of New Jersey is going into a groundbreaking era thanks to the governor. The state’s Supreme Court is taking on two new nominees that will truly diversify the high court for the first time. According to a report from BET.com, Governor Chris Christie nominated Bruce A. Harris, 61, the openly gay African American [...]




Chris Christie Declines to Run for GOP Presidential Nomination

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*New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will not seek the Republican presidential nomination, people close to the governor say. Christie will announce his plans at a 1 p.m. ET press conference in Trenton, ending weeks of speculation about his presidential ambitions. Read/learn more at WSJ.com.  




Florida Governor Wants Welfare Applicants to Pay for Drug Tests

Florida's Governor Rick Scott (R)

*The governors all over the nation are scrambling to find ways to cut corners, but you just gotta laugh when you hear the idea out of Florida. It’s reminiscent of an idea D.C. was looking over a few years ago to get the women addicted to crack to stop having babies.  They wanted to pay crackheads [...]




Hawaii’s New Governor Ready to Take On Obama’s ‘Birthers’

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*Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, who befriended President Obama’s parents when they were university students here, has been in office for less than three weeks. But he is so incensed over “birthers” – the conspiracy theorists who assert that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya and was thus not eligible to become president – that [...]




Analysis: Artur Davis Lost His Bid to Become Alabama’s First Black Governor by Disrespecting African American Voters

Artur Davis

*The pundits and the pollsters had all predicted that the race would be close. In fact, one late poll actually showed Congressman Artur Davis succeeding in his bid to become Alabama’s first African American governor. Instead, he lost – badly. Last week, white State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks won all the state’s predominantly white voting [...]




Black Alabama Congressman Tries Obama Tactic; Still Loses Bid for Governor

Congressman Artur Davis

*Representative Artur Davis of Alabama, who sidestepped the state’s black political leadership in hopes of building a diverse coalition of voters in his campaign for governor, was rejected on Tuesday by Democratic primary voters, with the state agriculture commissioner, Ron Sparks, seizing a decisive victory. Sparks, who is white, won endorsements from the state’s four [...]




New Jersey Governor Ousts Only Black Supreme Court Judge

Judge John E. Wallace

*New Jersey’s new Republican Governor Chris Christie last week moved to make his state’s Supreme Court more conservative by ousting the only African American judge on the court. The outgoing Judge John Wallace was a Democrat and Christie replaced him with Anne Patterson – a white Republican. Meanwhile, a coalition of African-American leaders blasted Gov. [...]




Supporters Want Fresh out of Jail Newark Mayor for Governor

Sharpe James

*One of New Jersey’s longest serving former mayors got a hero’s welcome Tuesday, stepping off a Greyhound bus in Newark and blowing kisses to a throng of cheering supporters before being driven to a halfway house where he’ll serve out the remainder of a federal prison sentence on corruption charges. “It’s good to be home,” [...]




Did Black Alabama Governor Candidate Hurt Himself by Opposing Obama on Health Care?

Artur Davis (D-AL)

*Representative Artur Davis is in an uphill battle to become the first African American governor of the traditionally conservative, if not racist, state of Alabama. Thus, in an apparent bid to gain favor with white conservatives, last week he joined forces with 33 other mostly Southern Democrats who voted against President Obama’s health care reform [...]




GA Gov Trying to Impeach Atty Gen over Health Care Reform

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*A resolution to impeach the Democratic Attorney General of Georgia has been filed after he refused to sign on to a multi-state lawsuit to block the health care bill in the state. The blog Peach Pundit reports that the resolution to impeach Thurbert Baker, also a candidate for Georgia governor, had at least 30 signatures [...]