Federal Judge Could Allow 200K Georgia Voters Purged in 2019 Be Restored for Runoff
A federal judge will decide whether some 200,000 people purged from the Georgia voter rolls in 2019 can vote in the Senate runoff election.
A federal judge will decide whether some 200,000 people purged from the Georgia voter rolls in 2019 can vote in the Senate runoff election.
Rev. Jesse Jackson undercut the defense former Vice President Joe Biden has been making about his longstanding opposition to busing.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is facing blistering criticism from an anonymous assistant state’s attorney in her office over the handling of Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s case, who described the situation as “an international laughing stock” in a letter published by CWB Chicago on Monday.
A supporter of Cook County Attorney Kim Foxx, whose office recently dropped all charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett, refered to the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police as the “Blue Klux Klan” in a Saturday afternoon press conference — a racial slur the top prosecutor would not refute when asked whether she concurred with the comparison.
Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday released a statement branding the “outrage” surrounding Jussie Smollett as “fake news” and called on people still angered by allegations that the Empire actor staged a hate crime against himself to move on from the scandal.
Jussie Smollett’s community service consisted of 18 hours’ volunteering for Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Saturday and Monday.