Condi Rice rules out being Trump’s VP

Condoleezza Rice, who served George W. Bush as national security adviser and then secretary of state, has zero interest in being Donald Trump’s running mate, her chief of staff said Friday.

“Dr. Rice has repeatedly said in past cycles as well as this one, she’s not interested in being vice president,” Georgia Godfrey told Yahoo News in a statement. “She’s happy at Stanford and plans to stay.”

Rice will also stay away from Cleveland, where Republicans are expected to anoint the volatile entrepreneur as their candidate. “She does not plan to go to the convention,” Godfrey said.

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Oprah Winfrey endorses Hillary Clinton for president

Oprah Winfrey signaled her endorsement of presumptive Democratic party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in an interview that aired today on “Good Morning America.”. Watch the announcement below.

EBONY & JET magazines under new ownership

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Clear View Group (CVG), today announced that it has acquired the assets of Ebony Media, the publisher of Ebony Magazine, the premiere destination for African-American cultural insight, news and perspective. The iconic brands of EBONY and JET are under new management and heading in a bold new direction and will now be known as Ebony Media. The Clear View Group is an African American led investment group that brings to bear over twenty-five years of experience creating, developing and running successful corporations.

“We are excited about the future of Ebony Media and the opportunity to position the enterprise for long term growth. Our team has a true understanding of the Ebony brand as well as its legacy, and is committed to providing its audience with premium content across all media platforms,” said Michael Gibson, CEO of Clear View Group and Chairman of Ebony Media.This acquisition will position Ebony Media for long-term growth by diversifying its revenue streams and expanding its business footprint by magnifying black culture through a wide spectrum of print, event and digital mediums.

Moving forward, Linda Johnson Rice will serve as Chairman-Emeritus and will continue to be on the board of Ebony Media. Cheryl Mayberry McKissack will lead Ebony Media as the CEO. The Clear View Group will be led by Michael Gibson, who will also serve as the Chairman of Ebony Media.

"This is the next chapter in retaining the legacy that my father, John H. Johnson, built to ensure the celebration of African-Americans," said Linda Johnson Rice.

“I am excited about the opportunity to lead these world renowned brands to the next level, expanding the editorial offerings for our readership while providing new opportunities to our valued advertising partners,” Mayberry McKissack states. “Through offerings such as our annual 'Power 100' event and issue, ground breaking covers on 'The Body Brigade', Women Up and Black Hollywood events, and expanding our digital coverage, we are already seeing tremendous gains in extending our brand’s reach well beyond paper and electrons. Our legacy is not only thriving, it’s evolving.”

There are also exciting changes in store for the editorial direction of the publications. Kyra Kyles, who previously led the digital editorial strategy and operations, is promoted to Editor-in-Chief/SVP Digital Editorial, overseeing editorial content across both print and digital platforms. Kyles, a longtime content producer who has co-created and directed award-winning, viral Webisodes, will unify print, digital and social operations in an unprecedented move to enrich the overall audience’s experience. Kierna Mayo, current EIC of Ebony, will be leaving to pursue other endeavors.

About Clear View Group

Clear View Group specializes in private equity acquisitions of U.S. based, middle market companies. By partnering with businesses with experienced and proven operating management, Clear View Group helps mid level companies to grow their profitability through proven professional financial models.

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Kappa Alpha Psi backs its brother Gonzalo P. Curiel against Trump

I'm sure by now that you have read or heard about Donald Trump's racist attacks against Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel. Whay you may not have heard and may not know is that Curiel is a member of the black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi. Thomas L. Battles, Jr. the Grand Polemarch has released the following statement backing their brother.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is proud to acknowledge that The Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel is a member of the Fraternity having been initiated at the Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, at Indiana University Bloomington, where in 1911, undergraduate student Elder Watson Diggs,and 9 other bold men founded the organization.

Judge Curiel is a highly regarded jurist whose distinguished academic and professional career personifies Kappa Alpha Psi's founding motto: "Achievement in Every Field of Human Endeavor." Judge Curiel, like Johnny Cochran, Earl B Dickerson and many others before him, continues to serve this nation as judges, lawyers, and supporters of the constitution.

Headquartered in Philadelphia PA, Kappa Alpha Psi is an international historically Black Greek-lettered Organization. Having been founded in an era of Jim Crow and racial segregation, Kappa Alpha Psi's 10 Founders took great pains to make sure no man would ever be excluded from membership into the fraternity due to his religion, color, creed or national origin. In fact, today Kappa Alpha Psi enjoys a diverse membership of high achieving men from all backgrounds with chapters in Germany, The Republic of Korea, Japan, and throughout Africa.

Kappa Alpha Psi stands firmly against the practice of judging a man solely by his race, creed, or national origin. We believe all Americans are entitled to the freedoms afforded by the Constitution without regards to race. Our fraternity will continue to oppose all forms of racism and rebuke those who promote this evil.

Yours in the Bond,

Thomas L. Battles, Jr.
Grand Polemarch

Why what you call a terrorist doesn't matter lesson for dummies!

By George L. Cook III EMAIL

Today, an annoyed President Obama addressed Donald Trump's ridiculous statements about a Muslim ban in the wake of the Orlando shootings. He also took on those who whine because President Obama and his administration doesn't use terms like radical Islam or radical jihadist terrorism. In his own way he broke it down to say that it doesn't make a difference what we call them, they will still try to attack us. Most rational people would get the President's argument but Trump and his supporters and like ilk just don't get it. So I'm here to explain it to them using something they can understand, zombies.

We all know what zombies are and can agree that they are not very nice to be around with their nasty habit of trying to eat people. The living dead go by many names like zombies, walkers, biters, or the infected. For arguments sake, I have invented the term Radical Infected Dead Cannibal to describe the living dead.

Now must sane people know no matter what you call them things are going to end badly if you encounter them.

If a zombie bites you, you're f*cked!

If a walker bites you, you're f*cked!

If a biter bites you, you're f*cked!

If one of the infected bites you, you're f*cked!

If a Radical Infected Dead Cannibal bites you.....................................................your still f*cked.

You see, what you call a threat doesn't matter. Do you think calling a zombie a Radical Infected Dead Cannibal is going to make that zombie suddenly stop and say, 'Hey, that hurt my feelings. I'm just going to leave and not bite you now?"

Do you think the military or police would fight the dead hordes differently based on what term you chose to call them? No, those entities are still going to try to eliminate the threat.

Now even Trump supporters should have picked up the pattern there and are probably feeling an unusual feeling coming from their brain region. Don't worry that's called thinking and it won't hurt you.

How about we stop wasting time arguing a useless thing like what to call terrorist and worry about how to keep a terrorist from getting assault rifles while in the United States. You know like keeping people under incestigation for terrorism or that or own the no fly list from buying weapons? That would actually help.

George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.com