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Iranian officials issued an arrest warrant Monday for President Donald Trump and 35 others believed to have been involved in a U.S. airstrike that claimed the life of Iran’s Gen. Qassem Soleimani early this year, according to multiple reports. Officials with Interpol later said they would not consider a request by Iran to pursue the issue. In a statement  obtained by The Associated Press , the international law enforcement organization said its guidelines forbid it from “any intervention or activities of a political” nature.

Reddit said Monday it has banned a long-time forum used by President Donald Trump supporters as part of an escalation of its efforts against hateful conduct, a move that arrives as the social media industry faces a public reckoning over its handling of incendiary posts by the president.  Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced in a post that r/The_Donald channel, which boasted more than 790,000 subscribers as of earlier Monday, has been shuttered for frequent rule-breaking, for antagonizing the company and other communities and for failing to “meet our most basic expectations.” Huffman said it’s one of about 2,000 newly banned subreddits, including at least one prominent progressive community, as part of a broader crackdown aimed at “closing the gap between our values and our policies to explicitly address hate.” The ban took effect at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

Twitch has temporarily banned President Donald Trump, in the latest surprise and high-profile suspension from the streaming service.  Trump’s account  was banned for “hateful conduct” that was aired on stream, and Twitch says the offending content has now been removed. One of the streams in question was a rebroadcast of Trump’s infamous kickoff rally, where he said that Mexico was sending rapists to the United States. Twitch also flagged racist comments at Trump’s recent rally in Tulsa. “Like anyone else, politicians on Twitch must adhere to our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. We do not make exceptions for political or newsworthy content, and will take action on content reported to us that violates our rules,” a Twitch spokesperson told  The Verge.  The statement was originally issued last year when Trump’s channel was launched.

The  2020 BET Awards , honouring the best in music, movies, TV and more, happened  virtually this year — but the stars still won big! Sunday’s awards show was hosted by comedian and actress Amanda Seales, with performances from stars like Alicia Keys, Chloe X Halle, DaBaby, D Smoke, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Jonathan McReynolds, Kane Brown, Lil Wayne, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, SiR, Summer Walker, Usher and Wayne Brady. Drake  led this year’s pool with six nominations. He was followed closely behind by Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch, who each received five nods. See the full list of winners below: BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST BEYONCÉ H.E.R. JHENE AIKO KEHLANI **WINNER**LIZZO SUMMER WALKER   BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST ANDERSON .PAAK **WINNER**CHRIS BROWN JACQUEES KHALID THE WEEKND USHER BEST GROUP CHLOE X HALLE CITY GIRLS EARTHGANG GRISELDA JACKBOYS **WINNER**MIGOS   BEST COLLABORATION **WINNER**CHRIS BROWN FT. DRAKE – “NO GUIDANCE” DJ KHALED ...

STATEMENTS & RELEASES President Donald J. Trump’s Letter to the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago   LAW & JUSTICE Issued on:   June 26, 2020  ALL NEWS Governor J.B. Pritzker Governor of Illinois Chicago, Illinois 60601 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot Mayor of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 60602 Dear Governor Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot: I write to you today to call your attention to and urge action on the devastating violence in Chicago.  While I have been heartened to see crime reductions nationally the last few years, I have been horrified by the continued violence in this great American city. I recently read an article from the  Chicago Sun-Times  on June 8, 2020, “18 murders in 24 hours: Inside the most violent day in 60 years in Chicago,” which discussed the severe crime and lack of law and order in our Nation’s third largest city.  The article details how “85 people were shot and 24 killed the previous weekend, the most in modern history in ...

On June 26, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that allows a job applicant’s skills to have priority over a college degree. Administration officials say the shift will allow the government to hire a more inclusive workforce based on skill instead of a person’s education level. “This will ensure that we’re able to hire based on talent and expand our universe to qualified candidates and ensure a more equitable hiring process,”  Ivanka Trump,  the president’s daughter and senior advisor, told reporters on Friday. What do you think? 

The Gap brand is looking to Kanye West to help revive its fortunes. The retailer struck a 10-year partnership with Kanye & Yeezy, his fashion co, and will introduce a "Yeezy Gap" apparel line for adults and kids in the first half of 2021. Gap will pay royalties and equity to Yeezy, which is solely owned by Kanye, based on sales. Sounds like a similar arrangement to his Adidas deal but of course, the product is casual clothing, not shoes... 

Award winning, Faithvonic is back with a sexy hot music video “No Money No Voice”  to kick off the summer. The video, which also feature Boifatty for his verse, features other celebrities like Lib Sexy Love.  Check out the new visuals. 

Angela Stanton-King was pardoned by President Trump and is running against John Lewis in Georgia. During an interview yesterday, on the Breakfast Club, she dropped facts upon facts, and held her own. She did a great job addressing all of the hot issues in the Black community.  The female host on the Breakfast Club was left with, “I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, so I’m going to be permissive to everything.”  One of the host came across as, “you are making a lot of sense.” She went full blown, it was like three 3rd graders against a strong, confident, intelligent adult with moral convictions and life experiences to back it up. She was awesome. You should check out the interview. 

Knowing what I know of Jesus, I really shouldn’t have been surprised to learn that Bucky Raw is highly spiritual. But it caught me off guard nonetheless when he told me that he was mentored spiritually by his grand father, Sammy Lor Mahm, who is a preacher. Who knew?  As Bucky Raw outlines the list of things his grand father taught him, he mentions that he was taught to read the Bible in the Liberian dialect, Dan, which he says he is not currently fluent in, but he can try. The rapper who is known for his street hustles, talked about his daily devotions, and mentioned that when he is being more prayerful, God speaks to him more often. He claimed that God told him that he was going to get deported, therefore he got mentality and spiritually prepared for the journey.  Don’t be surprise if the artist hits us with a gospel album someday, it runs in his family, his grand mother was a famous gospel singer. 

24 year old Republican, Madison Cawthorn Go Gawthorn! Tuesday night, Madison Cawthorn unexpectedly won the run-off election against Lynda Bennett,  to be the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s 11 th District, a safe Republican seat in western North Carolina.  Cawthorn is a strong conservative with and interesting story. At age 18, he was headed to the U. S. Naval Acameny, but got into a vehicle accident in 2014, that left him paralyzed.   His bills, he said, left him $3 million in medical debt as a teenager; he has since become a motivational speaker. As he told the Washington Examiner in a recent profile, he hopes his experience can allow him “to be the face of the Republican Party when it comes to healthcare.” (The health care section of his website says the following, on health care: “I believe patients and doctors, certainly not government bureaucrats, should be in charge of health care decisions. I’m for expanding choice and competition...

Jesus statues Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King said that it is important to tear down the statues of Jesus Christ that show him with European features because they support white supremacy.  "Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been," King tweeted on Monday.   "In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Denmark. Tear them down," he added. "Yes. All murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down," he explained in a second tweet. "They are a gross form [of] white supremacy," he added. "Created as tools of oppression. Racist propaganda. They should all come down." King has been besieged by accusations from former activist partners and employees that he has been accept...

Bubba Wallace It has been confirmed that Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver in NASCAR's cup series, found a noose in his garage stall on Sunday, at the race in Alabama. Just two weeks ago, Wallace successfully campaigned to ban the displaying of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events. Wallace, who is the circuit's only full-time Black driver, released a statement of his own, saying "This will not break me, I will not give in nor will I back down."

99 Shot in Chicago This past weekend was a blood bath in Chicago. The city saw its highest number of shootings victims in a single weekend this year with 99 people shot across the city from Friday evening to Monday morning, 12 of them fatally. Five of those killed were childern. Two boys, 15 and 16, were walking in an alley at 12:18 a.m. in the 4700 block of West Superior Street when someone fired at them, possibly from a gray sedan, according to Chicago police. The 15-year-old was shot in his leg, chest and abdomen. He was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead. The other boy, 16, was hit in the ankle and taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition. A 13-year-old girl was killed and two other teens were wounded Saturday night in Austin on the West Side. The girl was inside a home about 8:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of North LeClaire Avenue when the shots were fired, and she was struck in the neck, police said. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she wa...

Uncle Tom "Uncle Tom" is a derogatory term used by Black Americans to describe someone who is overeager to win the approval of Whites. Surprisingly, 150 years ago, it was a compliment to be called Uncle Tom.  Uncle Tom originated as a fictional hero from the novel "Uncle Tom Cabnet", written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.  When the book was released in March 1852, it was an immediate sensation. In the US alone it sold 300,000 copies in a year, and more than 2m copies by the end of the decade. The character "Uncle Tom" was passive, not out of stupidity and he definitely wasn't joyful of his position, but was passive due to his religious values, which requires him to love everyone and selflessly endure his trials. Tom was very religious, had strength of faith. He spread love others, helping to alleviate the pain of slavery and enhance the hope of salvation.  He encouraged others’ attempts at freedom. That is why he supported Eliza’s escape, as well as ...

Senator Pat Toomey Senator Toomey stated that the theory of "lost income" is nonsense. He criticized the social security recipients, and claimed that social security was not negatively impacted by covid, therefore, retirees did not lose income, yet, they still received the stimulus check. Senator believes that it is not right.  The senator argument is flaw and shortsighted. Here is why:  Yes, it is true that retirees did not experience a change to social security income, however, believe it or not, retirees had other incomes beside social security. They have 401Ks, IRAs, pensions, and many people who received social security income still work. If there was no stimulus package and the federal reserve didn't step in, can you imagine what the stock market would be without any aid? That will have a direct impact on the retirement savings of these retirees.

2nd Stimulus Check Update This is your second stimulus check update, as of Friday, June 19. We have some big news! The House of Representatives has unveiled that they want to spend 1.5 trillion dollars on infrastructure.  The house is saying that this will boost the economy through job creation. This legislation is known as the "Move Forward" act, and this is on top of the 3 trillion dollars that the democrats want to spend on the hero's act.  The White House and congressional leaders may spend the next few weeks working on the outlines of their proposals. We don't expect much details on the second stimulus package till the end of July, including if it will include a second round of payments for individuals and families and how much, if anything, they might expect in a check. 

Juneteenth 2020 If you are like me, this year is your first time hearing about Juneteenth. What is Juneteenth and why is it significant to the Black struggle? In June of 1863 the finale action was taken to bring about full Emancipation Proclamation (Freedom of enslaved Blacks in America) sign into Law by then President Abraham Lincoln. This Day June 19 deserve and should be recognized by all Blacks in America as a special day. 47 States and the District of  Columbia recognize Juneteenth as either a State holiday or ceremonial day, a day of observance. Juneteenth has been celebrated under many names, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day, Second Independence Day, and Emancipation Day to name just a few.

Self Love I love me some me, and you should love you some you. Why? You can't give out love, if you don't have love to give. According to the bible, "Love your neighborhood as yourself". That sounds great, but how many have tried to love others more than they love themselves? I want you to take a moment and focus on the last two words in the quote "as yourself". Many try to love others without loving themselves. That is an absolute no no.  If you are not being kind and loving towards your own person, you can’t expect others to do  it. You can’t expect others to do something for you that you yourself are not capable of doing. Start treating yourself in the exact way you would like others to treat you and Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you? ~ Fanny Brice   Focus more of your attention on yourself by doing those things t...