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RASHIDA TLAIB, A Democratic representative-elect from Michigan, belongs to a cohort of incoming members of Congress who’ve vowed to upend the status quo — even on third-rail issues in Washington like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To that end, Tlaib is planning to lead a congressional...

Black politicians talking immigrants, Trump, DACA, gun control, etc. Nothing about black Americans. UPDATE: Rep. Hank Johnson/House rep for GA's 4th District; 60% Black...10% Hispanic. John Lewis; Rehasing the Civil Rights, movement, dikkriding Barry, "Vote to honor your ancestors"...

Here ya go. Robert Smalls was born to Lydia Polite, an enslaved woman, in 1839. He started working in outside labor from the age of 12 but could only keep a dollar a week and had to give the rest to the damn master. He sought out work on the docks cause he loved the sea, and eventually worked...

Yahoo is now part of Oath If you don't know who Jim Jordan is, it's this guy He accuses Rosenstein of hiding information and now Jordan is accused of hiding information about sexual abuse. Oh how the wheel turns.

The Senate’s Three Black Members Introduce Bill to Finally Make Lynching a Federal Crime :wtf: How isn't one already? Though this bill is necessary, as I alluded to, this should have been done decades ago. The cynic in me gets the feeling that this might be for Presidential nominee attention...

:sas1: ya know Trump loves his ratings President Donald Trump will deliver his first formal State of the Union address at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, Jan. 30, before a joint session of Congress. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) presides in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol, with Vice...

Sessions replacement: Who are the Alabama Senate primary candidates? highlights of some of the candidates, because there's 16 in that article. some of the candidates write up had me :mjlol: Michael Hansen, Democrat Michael Hansen, 35, said his Senate bid is a “long shot” – but it’s a shot...

Empowered by President-elect Donald Trump, Republicans lawmakers are moving to gut the vast regulatory powers federal agencies enjoyed during the Obama administration. On Wednesday, the GOP-controlled House passed the Regulatory Accountability Act which puts a ceiling on the regulatory costs...

Listen, I differ with him on some issues, but the way he goes in on people that's bullshytting :banderas: :wow: Goin in on Clinton :whoo:

on his campaign page

So does that mean the American government is just one giant corporation running a multi-level marketing scheme?

:mjpls: :sas1: Library of Congress to stop using term 'illegal alien' Library of Congress to stop using term 'illegal alien' The Library of Congress, saying a once common phrase had become offensive, announced it will no longer use “illegal aliens” as a bibliographical term. The library...

Is this start of the end for daily fantasy:to: All that lost bread.... :skip:

Congress returns to yet another spending crisis, fears of government shutdown