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Trump Has Reportedly Told Aides He Wants to Pardon Himself
With Donald Trump’s power slipping away from him, the president has reportedly suggested to his aides that he wants to pardon himself before leaving office.
Raphael Warnock Wins Georgia Runoff Against Loeffler, Will Become State’s First Black Senator
Democratic challenger Rev. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in Georgia‘s extremely close and expensive Senate runoffs, according to the Associated Press. The AP tally as of early Wednesday, with 98 percent of results in, had Warnock at 50.6 percent and 2,227,296 votes.
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Dauntless Fight for Black Americans’ Right to Vote
Like many African Americans living in the Jim Crow South, Fannie Lou Hamer was not aware she had voting rights. “I had never heard, until 1962, that black people could register and vote,” she once explained. The granddaughter of enslaved black people, Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi, in 1917. Continue reading Fannie Lou Hamer’s Dauntless Fight for Black Americans’ Right to Vote
Ukraine Hostage Standoff Ends After President Shares Public Endorsement of Joaquin Phoenix Film
An hours-long standoff in Ukraine centered on an armed man who had taken 13 hostages came to a close after President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly endorsed a Joaquin Phoenix-narrated movie. Continue reading Ukraine Hostage Standoff Ends After President Shares Public Endorsement of Joaquin Phoenix Film
Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall
On Friday, President Trump confirmed that he’s going to declare a national emergency over border wall funding. Continue reading Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall
US prisons are reportedly creating ‘voice print’ databases
Prisons across the United States are reportedly building biometric databases that include voice recordings of incarcerated people, according to The Intercept. The report cites contracting documents for the state of New York’s prison system, as well as statements from officials in Texas, Florida, Arkansas and Arizona confirming that prisons are actively using voice recognition technology that can extract and digitize voices to create unique and identifiable biometric signatures known as voice prints.
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