Black Woman Behind Trump’s Silly Chick-fil-A Stunt, What's Up With Clarence Thomas? Tim Scott Now Needs the Black Support and More Annoying Political News

Former President Donald Trump has attempted to ratchet up his public appeal to Black voters in recent months as Black support for President Joe Biden continues to soften. In his most recent attempt to bond with Black voters, Trump visited an Atlanta Chick-fil-A on his way to a fundraiser event on April 10. - Jessica Washington Read More

Right-wing operatives who were found liable for making threatening robocalls to Black voters will now have to pay up. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman will pay up to $1.25 million in damages for their targeted harassment of Black New Yorkers. - Jessica Washington Read More

After being absent from hearing oral arguments on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday. No explanation was given for why he was missing; Chief Justice John Roberts shared that Thomas would not take part shortly after the court sat for arguments in a public corruption case. - Candace McDuffie Read More

Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial has now entered day two and there has been no shortage of ridiculous moments. The trial will not be televised, so there’s no video footage or photos of the proceedings. - Candace McDuffie Read More

Despite being Black, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) isn’t exactly a popular figure in Black America. And up until recently, he didn’t appear eager to appeal to Black voters either. The South Carolina Senator generally eschewed conversations around race in his Presidential run unless it was to tell everyone that racism isn’t an issue anymore or that welfare was worse than slavery — a message that generally lands much better with white audiences than Black ones. - Jessica Washington Read More