Thursday 08.08.2019

Ex-FBI official Goes There, Calls Trump ‘Recruiter-In-Chief’ For U.S. White Terrorist Movement

Frank Figliuzzi, the former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI, told everyone how he really feels about Donald Trump this week. In a recent interview with Joy-Ann Reid on MSNBC, Figliuzzi called Trump out for his failure to address the role his anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric played in the recent mass shootings, reported Raw Story.

On 400th Anniversary Of 1st Slave Shipment, Nancy Pelosi Visits Ghana With Ilhan Omar, John Lewis, Sheila Jackson Lee

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently took a Congressional delegation to Ghana to meet with President Nana Akufo-Addo on the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans being shipped to America.

Kamala Harris Proposes $74.5B For Black Businesses, Higher Education

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she has one solution to help close the wealth gap among Black Americans. Harris has proposed $74.5 billion for Black higher education and businesses.

Update On Ilhan Omar Challenger Danielle Stella Charged With Felony

Republican Danielle Stella recently registered with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for the GOP nomination in Minnesota’s fifth congressional district to unseat Ilhan Omar. But she’s also registered somewhere else — with the police department.

Jobless Gap Between Black And White Persists In Atlanta

Atlanta is touted to be the Black Mecca of the United States and the home for Black professionals. But it’s now hard for Blacks to get jobs in the city.