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Trump Defends His Controversial ‘Very Fine People’ Charlottesville Comments

Trump Defends His Controversial ‘Very Fine People’ Charlottesville Comments

Donald Trump defended the controversial comments he made about the Charlottesville rally in which one counterprotester lost her life. The president’s defense comes a day after former Vice President Joe Biden called him out for what appeared to be support for the white supremacist gathering. While leaving the White House to head to a National […]

5y ago

Heather Heyer’s Mom Expresses Frustration That Joe Biden Used Charlottesville Video In Campaign Launch

Heather Heyer’s Mom Expresses Frustration That Joe Biden Used Charlottesville Video In Campaign Launch

The mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer expressed her disappointment and frustration that 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden used footage from that violent day and invoked her daughter’s memory in the launch of his campaign, all while not giving a heads-up to the family that he would be doing it. The former vice president officially […]

5y ago

James Fields, Jr Found Guilty Of Murder For Plowing Into Crowd In Charlottesville, Killing Demonstrator

James Fields, Jr Found Guilty Of Murder For Plowing Into Crowd In Charlottesville, Killing Demonstrator

James Fields, Jr., the man who killed Heather Heyer when he plowed his vehicle into a group of counter-protestors at a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was found guilty of murder on Friday. Fields, 21, was convicted of first-degree murder and nine other charges for his role in the violent Unite the Right rally on […]

5y ago

Court Hears Chilling Phone Recordings Of Alex Fields, Charlottesville Car Driver Who Killed Heather Heyer

Court Hears Chilling Phone Recordings Of Alex Fields, Charlottesville Car Driver Who Killed Heather Heyer

The recorded phone conversations of James Alex Fields Jr., the man who is accused of killing protester Heather Heyer during the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in 2017 by crashing into her (and several others) with his car, were made public in court on Tuesday, revealing strong feelings of hostility for Heyer and others demonstrating […]

5y ago

Charlottesville Murder Suspect James Alex Fields Jr Will Likely Claim Self-Defense

Charlottesville Murder Suspect James Alex Fields Jr Will Likely Claim Self-Defense

The Ohio man who has been charged with the murder of a woman during a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is expected to argue that when he drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters it was an act of self-defense, according to a report from Business Insider. The attorney for James Alex […]

5y ago

Charlottesville Murder Suspect James Alex Fields Jr Assaulted In Jail By Friend Of Heather Heyer, Police Say

Charlottesville Murder Suspect James Alex Fields Jr Assaulted In Jail By Friend Of Heather Heyer, Police Say

The man who allegedly drove a car into a crowd during a protest in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, has been assaulted in prison, AP News is reporting. James Alex Fields Jr. has been accused of driving into a group of protesters that were in opposition to another protest that was being held by white […]

5y ago

Joe Biden Regrets Not Speaking Out Against Trump Sooner, Speculation Over Potential 2020 Run Continues

Joe Biden Regrets Not Speaking Out Against Trump Sooner, Speculation Over Potential 2020 Run Continues

Former Vice President Joe Biden says he regrets not speaking more candidly about President Donald Trump and his administration sooner. He made the remarks at a charity dinner held by the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ organization. Huffington Post reported that Biden said he and former President Barack Obama had decided to wait before making […]

5y ago

Man Who Punched Charlottesville Organizer Jason Kessler Ordered To Pay $1 Fine

Man Who Punched Charlottesville Organizer Jason Kessler Ordered To Pay $1 Fine

Jeffrey Winder, a man who punched “Unite the Right” Charlottesville organizer Jason Kessler last year during the news conference in August 2017, was ordered to pay a $1 fine by a jury Tuesday, according to the Charlottesville Progress. The “Unite the Right” rally on Aug. 12, 2017, turned violent, leading to the death of counterprotester […]

5y ago

Former Gov. McAuliffe Says Trump ‘Failed’ To Show Moral Leadership After Charlottesville

Former Gov. McAuliffe Says Trump ‘Failed’ To Show Moral Leadership After Charlottesville

According to CNN, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) claimed that President Trump failed to demonstrate moral leadership after the divisive and fatal Unite the Right rally last year in Charlottesville, Virginia. Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper Sunday morning, McAuliffe said, “There’s a time in your presidency when you need […]

5y ago

Civil War II Has Already Begun, It Just Hasn’t Gotten Bloody Yet, Reports ‘USA Today’

Civil War II Has Already Begun, It Just Hasn’t Gotten Bloody Yet, Reports ‘USA Today’

A second American Civil War has already begun, as evidenced by the recent experiences of Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kirstjen Nielsen, USA Today writer Glenn Harlan Reynolds opines in a Monday column. As you probably already know, two Trump administration officials had rough weeks last weeks. Department of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was twice […]

5y ago

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Contending For 2018 Palme d’Or With Strong Anti-Racism Message

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Contending For 2018 Palme d’Or With Strong Anti-Racism Message

Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, receiving an almost 10-minute standing ovation from the audience. Although the film is a satirical comedy, the message is clearly a serious one. Spike Lee, himself, refers to the project as a “wake-up call for Trump’s America.” A majority of critics agree. According to Gold […]

6y ago

Poll: Americans Concerned About Race Rising Under Donald Trump

Poll: Americans Concerned About Race Rising Under Donald Trump

The number of Americans that believe race now stands as the most pressing issue facing the country has tripled under President Donald Trump over just the last two months. A new Gallup Polls finds that 12 percent of Americans now think race or race relations stands as the nations “most important problem,” compared to just […]

6y ago

‘Last Week Tonight’ Host John Oliver Rips President Trump As ‘Out Of His Mind’

‘Last Week Tonight’ Host John Oliver Rips President Trump As ‘Out Of His Mind’

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver has uncovered the root cause for what he sees as all of President Donald Trump’s many problems. “This guy is clearly out of his fu**ing mind,” Oliver said of the president during the Sunday night return to his smash-hit HBO show. As Exhibit A, Oliver offered up the ongoing […]

6y ago

Poll: Donald Trump Dividing Americans, Posing Greater Threat To Country

Poll: Donald Trump Dividing Americans, Posing Greater Threat To Country

A new Quinnipiac University poll finds President Donald Trump is doing more to divide Americans than he is to bring them together, resulting in a greater threat to the country as a whole. Conducted during the week of Aug. 17, the poll of 1,514 registered voters also found 59 percent of all respondents believe Trump […]

6y ago

Charlottesville Voted To Take Down Robert E. Lee’s Statue, Here’s Why It’s Still There

Charlottesville Voted To Take Down Robert E. Lee’s Statue, Here’s Why It’s Still There

In February, the Charlottesville City Council voted to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, and change the name of the surrounding area from Lee Park to Emancipation Park. “So why is the statue still standing?” you may wonder. As with many large undertakings, it’s complicated. For starters, the city got slapped with […]

6y ago

Donald Trump’s Approval Rate Dips Under 40 Percent in Swing States, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

Donald Trump’s Approval Rate Dips Under 40 Percent in Swing States, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

President Donald Trump’s sliding approval rating has dipped below 40 percent in the key swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. A trio of new NBC/Marist polls finds Trump hovering at an average of 35 percent in the three Midwestern states he largely used as a springboard to his upset presidential win over Democrat Hillary […]

6y ago

Charlottesville Mayor Calls For Removal Of Confederate Monuments Nearly A Week After Deadly Rally And Protests

Charlottesville Mayor Calls For Removal Of Confederate Monuments Nearly A Week After Deadly Rally And Protests

Just one day shy of a week following a deadly white supremacist rally and counter-protest in his city, Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer called for Confederate monuments to be removed from the city’s downtown area. Included among the Confederate monuments the mayor wants to see removed is the Robert E. Lee statue in Emancipation Park, where […]

6y ago

Heather Heyer’s Mother Says She Will Never Speak To Trump About The Death Of Her Daughter In Charlottesville

Heather Heyer’s Mother Says She Will Never Speak To Trump About The Death Of Her Daughter In Charlottesville

Susan Bro, the mother of activist Heather Heyer, who died when a neo-Nazi allegedly slammed into her at a rally, has adamantly stated that she is not interested in speaking to Donald Trump, no matter how many times he tries to reach out to her. Her biggest issue with President Trump is that he has […]

6y ago

Susan Bro: Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Has Reportedly Received Death Threats

Susan Bro: Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Has Reportedly Received Death Threats

Susan Bro lost her daughter to an act of racially charged violence last weeks, and now the mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer has come under attack herself. Bro said this week that she had faced death threats after her daughter’s death, which came when 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. allegedly drove his car into […]

6y ago

Justin Moore, North Carolina KKK Leader, Is Glad Heather Heyer Died In Charlottesville

Justin Moore, North Carolina KKK Leader, Is Glad Heather Heyer Died In Charlottesville

Justin Moore, the Grand Dragon for the Loyal White Knights of Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, says he is glad that Heather Heyer was killed in Charlottesville, WBTV (Charlotte) is reporting. Heather Heyer, 32, was among hundreds of counter-protesters who had come to Charlottesville, Virginia, to oppose the KKK, white supremacy groups, and the […]

6y ago

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