In a closely watched recall vote, about two out of three Californians voted to retain Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. The Democrat addressed his … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay: 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton Becomes the First Female Nominated for POTUS by a Major Political Party
Photo via Wikimedia Commons Less than a century after women first earned the right to vote in America, at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Democrats officially nominated Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, making her the first female presidential … [Read more...]
Report: California “Politician” Caitlyn Jenner Is in Australia to Film ‘Big Brother’
Caitlyn Jenner is currently in Australia to film reality show Big Brother VIP according to local press reports, upsetting Australians as well as Californians who were backing her very serious bid to be the next governor of California. Via the [Read more...]
#BornThisDay, American Anarchist, Emma Goldman
1901 mugshots via NY Public Library Archives June 27, 1869– Emma Goldman: If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. Goldman was an anarchist noted for her political activism, smart writing and stirring public speeches. She played a pivotal role in the … [Read more...]
Transgender 4th-Grader Who Testified in Texas Now Getting Threats
Kai Shappley, a transgender 10-year-old who asked her state legislature not to pass a law classifying her supportive family as child abusers, is now facing harassment and threats. Here is her viral … [Read more...]
A California Town Took a Black Family’s Resort in 1924. Their Descendants May Soon Get It Back.
Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach, California was a popular resort for Black Californians until the city took the property through eminent domain. Nearly a century later, the Bruce family's descendants may get the land back. Here's [Read more...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Home Vandalized
Congressmember Nancy Pelosi had an eventful weekend, first with her home being vandalized, and then with narrowly retaining her position as Speaker of the House. Vandals left what is believed to be a pig head in front of her San Francisco home, then [Read more...]
#ClubCovid: The Oldest Member of Congress, Republican Don Young, Tests Positive
Official Congressional Portrait, Wikimedia Commons Repulsive Republican Representative Don Young, Alaska's only congressperson, and the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, has tested positive for COVID-19. Young was reelected on November 3 after defeating … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: The First Woman (and Lesbian) to Hold Federal Office, Jeanette Rankin
Bain News Service, Library of Congress, public domain November 7, 1880 - Jeannette Rankin: "If I am remembered for no other act, I want to be remembered as the only woman who ever voted to give women the right to vote." Rankin was a Women's Rights advocate, and the … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Hillary Rodham Clinton
October 26, 1947– Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton: "Resist, insist, persist, enlist." I recently read an article about Joe Biden comforting the son of a Parkland shooting victim and suddenly I had flashbacks to October 2016. Recently, describing the former Vice President, … [Read more...]
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