Nina Turner to run for Congress

Former state Sen. Nina Turner made her bid official for Rep. Marcia Fudge’s congressional seat in Northeast Ohio, becoming one of many candidates to jump in to what will likely be a crowded primary.

Turner, 53, of Cleveland, held multiple elected offices in both the city and state before becoming a national name through her work with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. She becomes the third candidate to enter the race for the 11th Congressional District seat, which would be open for only the third time since 1968 pending Fudge’s confirmation as Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Watch Turner's announcement video below:

It’s official! I am running for Congress. I am asking you to join me today as part of a historic grassroots campaign--one that centers the voices of everyday working Ohioans. We have so much to do and I hope we can do it together!

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— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 15, 2020

Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Kwanzaa Message

Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris delivered a message to all who celebrate Kwanzaa, on this the first day of the seven day holiday. Watch her video below:

Rev. Raphael Warnock falsely accused of running over his ex-wife's foot

Georgia senate candidate Reverend Raphael Warnock has been falsely accused by his now ex wife, Ouleye Ndoye of running over her foot with his car in an incident back in March of 2020. The two were in the middle of divorce preceedings and were having an argument about his wife being allowed to take their children to West Africa for a funeral when Ndoye claims the incident happened.

His Republican challenger Sen. Kelley Loeffler, right wing pundits like Tucker Carlson, and other Republicans are trying to use this against Warnock although the incident report from Atlanta Police Department shows no injuries to Ndoye. Medical examiners also determined Warnock's estranged wife's foot was ok. Investigators wrote that she was hesitant to show her foot at first but once she did, they too saw no signs that her foot was ran over.

Warnock also addressed the incident and said that Loeffler is attacking his family close to the election and he is going to instead focus on Georgians and their needs.

"I'm going to stay focused on my family which includes their mother and I'm going to stay focused on the people of Georgia who during a pandemic are still waiting on relief all these months later while politicians including Kelly Loeffler are busy playing games."

Warnock never faced any type of charges related to this incident.

African-American doctor details racial treatment disparities in video before dying of COVID

An African-American doctor who died of coronavirus left a message about racial disparity not just when it comes to how COVID-19 affects people of color but also about medical attitudes.

Dr. Susan Moore experienced the disparities in treatment from both angles, and did not hold back in a video she posted to Facebook.

Watch her video below:

NAACP SUES PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR SYSTEMATICALLY TRYING TO DISENFRANCHISE BLACK VOTERS

The NAACP sued President Trump, his presidential campaign, and the Republican National Committee (RNC) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for systematically trying to disenfranchise Black voters in states across the country.

The lawsuit alleges that President Trump, the Trump campaign, and the RNC have engaged in a coordinated conspiracy to disenfranchise Black voters by disrupting vote-counting efforts, lodging groundless challenges during recounts, and attempting to block certification of election results through intimidation and coercion of election officials and volunteers. These steps to delegitimize our democracy were targeted in cities across the country with high numbers of Black voters. These actions are a clear violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act.

Derrick Johnson, President of the NAACP said, “President Trump and his allies have repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and undermine confidence in our democracy. Across the country – from Detroit to Milwaukee, and Atlanta to Philadelphia – they have targeted areas with large numbers of Black voters and made baseless, racist claims to attempt to not count their votes. While all of the allegations have repeatedly gotten thrown out of court and no judge has found any evidence of election fraud, we cannot sit back and let these actions go unaccounted for. In order to protect the constitutional rights of millions of Black Americans, and ensure that our democracy is not delegitimized, we are bringing this lawsuit to protect the integrity of Black voters and the democratic process in which they participated and made their voices heard in record numbers.”

The NAACP joined a lawsuit that was filed on November 20th by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), on behalf of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and three Detroit residents.