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Trump Targets Black Federal Employees With Shocking Move, Trump's Most Worrisome Executive Orders, Trump Fires Black People En Masse As 'DEI Employees,' ‘MAGA Granny’ Rejects Jan. 6 Pardon And More

Trump Targets Black Federal Employees With Shocking Move, Trump's Most Worrisome Executive Orders, Trump Fires Black People En Masse As 'DEI Employees,' ‘MAGA Granny’ Rejects Jan. 6 Pardon And More

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Trump’s unprecedented attack on Black federal employees continues. On Wednesday (Jan. 22), workers received emails that threatened consequences if they did not report on co-workers who work in diversity, equity and inclusion positions that may have gone undetected by the federal government. - Candace McDuffie Read More

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With President Donald J. Trump back in the White House, he got straight to business cranking out 26 executive orders, 12 memoranda, and 4 proclamations on his first day. - Phenix S Halley Read More

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Black folks: Trump has wasted no time going after diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at the federal level. According to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management, his administration is ordering all federal employees in DEI roles to be put on paid leave by Wednesday night. - Candace McDuffie Read More

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President Donald J. Trump has been quite busy since his second inauguration on Jan. 20. He wasted absolutely no time in the Oval Office, signing dozens of executive orders on day one which represent the new Trump-era of America. - Phenix S Halley Read More

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Boise’s Pam Hemphill is seen on the steps of the Idaho Capitol in 2020. A former Trump supporter, she has since changed her stance on the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that she participated in.
Boise’s Pam Hemphill is seen on the steps of the Idaho Capitol in 2020. A former Trump supporter, she has since changed her stance on the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that she participated in.
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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump made good on his promise to pardon all of the roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 insurrectionists. But while many MAGA supporters like Jacob Chansley, the self proclaimed “QAnon Shaman” and the face of the deadly Capitol riot, celebrated their pardons, one MAGA celebrity is singing a different tune. - Phenix S Halley Read More

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It hasn’t even been a full week into President Donald Trump’s second term and already people are panicking about news that isn’t even real. While Trump was preparing his return to the White House, one TikTok creator decided to take the opportunity to spread what the now-president would call “fake news.” - Phenix S Halley Read More

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It’s hard to believe that Black and POC artists are still throwing their support behind Donald Trump, even though he is currently carrying out executive orders and planning to implement policies that will harm these communities. Trump also has a history of racist remarks and discriminatory actions— specifically toward marginalized communities. - Candace McDuffie Read More

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Just when folks thought Rep. Byron Donalds couldn’t sink any lower when it comes to his relationship with President Donald Trump, he keeps proving them wrong. In a Sunday interview with Fox News, Donalds referred to Trump as “daddy” while expressing his excitement for MAGA to return to the White House. - Candace McDuffie Read More

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For many African Americans, the fact that Trump’s Jan. 20 presidential inauguration falls on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day feels like a mean joke. Why? Because for many of us, Trump, for all intents and purposes, will always be the wholly antithesis of King: Whether it was refusing to rent apartments to Black people, calling for the execution of the Central Park 5, pushing his infamous Obama birtherism conspiracy, or questioning Kamala Harris’ Blackness on the campaign trail, the President-elect has a history of promoting racial division instead of unity. - Candace McDuffie Read More

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Welp... it’s official. President Donald J. Trump celebrated his second term doing exactly what he promised he would do. Among a series of executive orders signed by the president, Trump most notably either pardoned, commuted the prison sentences, or vowed to dismiss the cases of all roughly 1,500 people charged with crimes connected to the infamous Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, according to the White House. - Phenix S Halley Read More

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