Just two days to the United States, US, presidential election, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele on Sunday, issued a waning to the candidate of the Democrat Party, Joe Biden. Primate Ayodele warned that Biden would lose the presidential election if fails to focus on some states like Ohio, California, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Colorado. Addressing his members in a live service, the clergyman said the Democrat candidate should not rejoice over results of polls which puts him ahead of of the incumbent President, Donald Trump. According to Primate Ayodele, “Joe Biden should not rejoice yet if at all he is leading in any part of the country according to the polls. Trump still has some technicality to come ahead of Joe Biden, unless Joe Biden uses Trump w...
There’s a rising star in leftist politics, and we don’t mean the California senator or the representative from the Bronx. No, it’s the talent booker for the Wisconsin Democratic Party, who has already put together cast reunions for Veep, Happy Days, The Princess Bride, and Parks and Recreation. Now, the donkeys in the Dairy State have announced a Halloween night livestream featuring music and actors from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Based on the 1973 musical The Rocky Horror Show, the RHPS film arrived in 1975 as an instant cult-classic. The gender-bending comedy took on new life after theaters in Los Angeles and San Francisco arranged midnight screenings with so-called “shadow casts” — groups of live performers who acted out the movie and encouraged audience participation. Wit...
Source: Scott Olson / Getty Jay-Z’s commitment to social justice is unwavering. He has stepped up once again for the people who are fighting on the front lines. As spotted on News One the former Marcy projects hallway loiterer is putting his money where is his mouth and heart are. According to the report he will be funding the legal fees for several protestors who took to the streets demanding justice for Alvin Cole. On Thursday, October locals were incensed when it was revealed that the police officer who shot the 17-year-old will not face any charges. Naturally this caused for some very tense interactions between the police force and protestors. Several people were arrested but it was the fact his family members were put in handcuffs sent shockwaves to people of color and allie...
Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty The shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisc. has sparked the usual debate over the use of police force and how race might play a significant part in how it is administered. President Donald Trump, speaking about the Blake shooting, took an unusual stance by comparing the officer who shot Blake seven times in the back to someone having a bad day on the golf course. In a new interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham that aired Monday (August 31), President Trump offered some remarks about the Blake shooting, which has become yet another crusade for national law enforcement reform. However, Trump both decried and seemingly defended the actions of the officers that confronted Blake last week which led to the incident witnessed by Blake’s children. “They can do 10...
Source: From Ben Crump/Twitter / Ben Crump/Twitter It seems if the law can’t kill you they will dehumanize you in anyway possible. Jacob Blake is now the victim of racial profiling even after his brutal shooting. As spotted on TMZ it seems officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin are doing the most to further infuriate people of color. Blake’s father, also named Jacob, has revealed that his son is being treated like a criminal even as he lays in a hospital. On Thursday, August 27 he told the press that he was able to visit him only to find that he was handcuffed to the bed. Naturally the sight disturbed the elder. “He can’t go anywhere. Why do you have him cuffed to the bed?” he asked. Furthermore he has yet to get direct answers on why he was arrested and remains shackled. “I told him, ‘...
Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty The shooting of Wisconsin man Jacob Blake has stoked the embers of outrage and protests sparked by the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and others. At a news conference, Blake’s family, most especially one of his sisters, all delivered a stern message to America in the wake of this latest police shooting. Flanked by attorney Benjamin Crump, Jacob Blake Sr., Blake’s mother Julia Jackson, and Blake’s sister Letetra Wideman all took turns speaking to media on Tuesday (August 25). Blake’s father spoke eloquently and stated a prayer in Arabic, while Blake’s mother urged Kenosha citizens to maintain peace. Wideman took an entirely different path from the rest of the family, using her time at the podium to rebuke racial injustice in unflinching fashion. “I...
The ENCORES Act would provide relief in the form of tax credits on ticket refunds. A new bill in the House Representatives aims to keep struggling independent music venues afloat during the ongoing pandemic. Introduced Thursday by Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Mike Kelly (R-PA), the Entertainments New Credit Opportunity for Relief & Economic Sustainability (ENCORES) Act would allow venues to recoup some of the losses they have experienced from issuing ticket refunds for canceled events by providing a tax credit for 50% of the value of those refunded tickets. To qualify under the proposed legislation, venues must be in the business of promoting, producing or managing live concerts, comedy shows, sporting events and live theatrical productions and have 500 or fewer employees. They must ...