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Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty Consistent with the thoughtful commentary we have come to expect from Barack Obama, the historic 45th president and titular head of the Democratic Party, has shared a statement following President Biden’s announcement today that was withdrawing from the race.The former president began his post on the Medium  by saying:   Sixteen years ago, when I began my search for a vice president, I knew about […]

Source: Rob Carr / Getty Kamala Devi Harris, the first woman, African American and Asian American to hold the vice presidency, the second highest office in the nation, will likely be the Democratic Party’s Presidential nominee.  The Vice President was endorsed by President Biden earlier today, putting her in the lead to win the Party’s nomination. More, she is also helped by having the support of Rep. Ayanna Pressley and […]

Source: The Washington Post / Getty With the news of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, all eyes are now on his potential successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, to carry the torch of unifying a fractured Democratic party. My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first […]

Source: NurPhoto / Getty  President Biden is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. This comes after Democratic leaders for weeks have expressed concerns about the 81-year-old’s mental fitness and his path to victory over Donald Trump. Biden was diagnosed with COVID on Wednesday, and has been in self-isolation at his beach house in Delaware. “I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on […]

Source: Getty / Radio One As Houston works to recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Beryl, those from the city are doing their part to assist underserved communities return to some sense of normalcy. H-Town’s own Megan Thee Stallion hasn’t forgotten her hometown and is providing generators to senior citizens in the area. RELATED: SNAP Recipients Can Apply for Replacement Benefits for Food Lost from Beryl RELATED: Biden Blames Texas State […]

Source: Reginald Cunningham / Reginald Cunningham LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, co-founders of Black Voters Matter (BVM), along with April England-Albright, the national legal director of BVM, have denounced calls for President Joe Biden to step down.  In a statement released on Friday, the trio urged Democrats to refrain from urging the 81-year-old president to withdraw from his reelection campaign. They emphasized the historic progress made by Biden and Vice […]

Political commentator Van Jones has been offering heavy praise of the Republican National Convention, earning him heavy pushback from social media users. The Republican National Convention came to a close in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. on Thursday night (July 18). While some political commentators pointed out the various missteps made by GOP politicians, Van Jones has been steadily praising the energy at the convention. “I wanna say something. This spirit that this […]

Source: Earl Gibson III / Getty Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), the beloved Texas congresswoman who has been at the center of U.S.politics for 30 years, died Friday night, KHOU11 reports. She was 74 years old. Jackson Lee‘s family issued the following statement: “With incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee […]

Cardi B and Joe Budden have what appears to be a contentious connection after the famed podcast host mentioned the rapper and entertainer on a recent episode of his eponymously named podcast. After saying that Cardi B will only release singles from this point on, the Bronx star fired shots at Joe Budden in an X Spaces rant. On episode 742 of The Joe Budden Podcast, a discussion surrounding Rob49’s […]