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The heavy weight of racist words

Oops! He did it again. Donald Trump just can’t pass up a chance to demonstrate how racist he is. We’ve known all along that Trump has a history of racism. This racism didn’t just show up when he decided to run for president in 2015. Remember the Central Park 5, five young Black and Latino … Continued
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June 25, 2020

Alabama Democratic Women will be holding their first annual State Conference

Alabama Democratic Women announce that they will be holding their first annual State Conference on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the Hoover Country Club (3140 Club Drive Birmingham, AL 35226). The SOLD OUT event will consist of various trainings, speakers, panel discussions, and feature keynote speaker, Valerie Jarrett. Valerie Jarrett was the longest serving senior … Continued
January 20, 2020
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Celebrate wildly and get an equal paycheck

I’m glad the U.S. Women’s World Cup soccer team celebrated after each goal in its 13-0 win over Thailand. I’m happy about that. I’m thrilled, in fact. I’m for the Women’s World Cup soccer team. I hope they beat every opponent by 13-0 and celebrate each goal as if it’s the first. The criticism of … Continued
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June 14, 2019

King asks, “Where is Steve Marshall?

Former Attorney General Troy King held a press conference at 8:30 Monday morning asking where is former disgraced Gov. Robert Bentley’s appointed Attorney General Steve Marshall? King and Marshall are facing each other in the Republican runoff for Attorney General on July 17. As it turned out, Marshall was at an exclusive golf resort in … Continued
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June 12, 2018

Chelsea Manning granted clemency

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, January 17, 2017, President Barack Obama continued a whirlwind of pardons and sentence commutations as times runs out on his eight years in office. In what is perhaps his most controversial commutation yet, the President commuted the majority of the sentence for Chelsea Manning, a trans army … Continued
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January 18, 2017