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Alabama Republicans Refuse To Draw A Second Black Congressional District In Defiance Of Supreme Court


Alabama Republicans on Friday defied a U.S. Supreme Court order by passing a new congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district.

The GOP-controlled Legislature had called a special session to redraw an earlier map after the Supreme Court reaffirmed a federal court order to include two districts where Black voters make up voting-age majorities, “or something quite close to it.” But on Friday, state Republicans approved a new map with just one majority-Black seat and a second district that is approximately 40% Black.

The bill passed the House in a 75-28 vote after the Senate voted 24 to 6 in favor of the revised map.

The map was completed Friday afternoon — hours before the court-ordered deadline for the Legislature to draw up new boundaries — as a compromise between the House and Senate versions.

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the redistricting map into law Friday night. A federal court will hold a hearing on the map Aug. 14.

“Following the U.S. Supreme Court order, I called the Alabama Legislature into a special session to readdress our congressional map," Ivey said in a statement after signing the measure. "The Legislature knows our state, our people and our districts better than the federal courts or activist groups, and I am pleased that they answered the call, remained focused and produced new districts ahead of the court deadline.”


Democrats slammed the map and its drafters, arguing that legislators ignored a court order and that the map continued the racist history of voter suppression.

"There was never any intent in this building to comply with their court order," said state Rep. Chris England, a Democrat from Tuscaloosa. "There was never any intent in this building to comply with the Voting Rights Act."

England and other Democrats argued the map was designed to bring another challenge to the Voting Rights Act.

"I'm ashamed of what we did here this week," said state Rep. Juandalynn Givan, a Democrat from Birmingham. "We’ve chosen to outright, blatantly disobey the law and to further attempt and vote to bury the Voting Rights Act."

FAMU's Entire Football Team Gets Suspended For Appearing In A Rap Video

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FAMU pauses football activities after rap video shot in locker room​

Florida A&M has suspended all football-related activities following the release of an unauthorized rap video filmed in the team locker room that contained explicit lyrics.
Coach Willie Simmons announced the decision Friday night, hours after the release of "Send A Blitz," from rapper Real Boston Richey.
Simmons in a statement said that while he supports free speech and musical expression, the language in the video "is not consistent with Florida A&M's core values, principles and beliefs."
He said Florida A&M has started an investigation into how the football locker room was accessed for filming of the video, and the use of licensed Florida A&M apparel that violates agreements.
The video, which was posted to YouTube, shows Richey in the locker room wearing a Florida A&M shirt and wearing team helmets. Several Florida A&M players appear in the background of the video.
Real Boston Richey, whose real name is Jalen Foster, is from Tallahassee, Florida, where Florida A&M's campus is located. He performed before the Rattlers' homecoming game last season.
"It is a privilege to wear the orange and green and as a football program, our young men have failed to live up to the standard set before us," Simmons said in his statement. "They will all learn from this mishap and we will continue to work hard every day to become the best version of ourselves and continue to make Rattler Nation proud."
Simmons has led Florida A&M since 2018. The team is set to open the season Sept. 3 against Jackson State

Fulton Vs Inoue

I boycotted sports years ago but it's just one I can't get enough of, Boxing! While everyone is talking about Spence/Crawford, there's another very important fight going on July 25th in Japan. Fulton vs Inoue! While Inoue has been propped up as the greatest fighter in history, Fulton has been quietly dismantling his opponents. We know how the media and AntiBlack and/or Pro Inoue people feel but this is one for the books and bragging rights! Who do you have?

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Latinos And Jamaicans, You Can't Have Hip Hop, Periodt!

I'm tired of everybody giving our culture away to everybody else. We never claim others culture even though we may have influenced it or even started it, but America loves to AllLivesMatter ours! We are going to put this to bed. No Latinos nor Jamaicans nor Italians nor anyone else helped start or helped pioneer Hip Hop. It's an art form started way before 1973 by Foundational Black Americans. Damn we invented every damn thing else and most were all stolen. Hip Hop won't be one of them!

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Gillie The Kid’s Son Murdered In Philly


My prayers go out to GDK I couldn’t imagine losing a child. With that said I don’t know why Cheese kept hanging out in the hood. He had a rich dad but was hanging out in Camden regularly. How sad.

Oprah

I'm a bit conflicted. In no way do I see her as some pro black empowering woman. She's been anti male specifically black male to some extent but I didn't personally think she disliked the black community or is a right winger or anything like that.

I am wary when white folks are trying to cancel a black person. If its the grassroots doing it, I know its almost always for a good reason.

So, is she being canceled unfairly or she's deep in the ritual type shyt?

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Nas Magic 2 Has Released


I’m listening to it and I think Nas actually sounds a bit bored on a lot of songs. It’s an ok album at first listen but I think it may be time for Nas to take a year or 2 off and maybe switching up the producer. Who is listen?

Florida Will Teach How Slavery Benefited Black People

Not just watering down but outright lies about black history will be the norm with any schools controlled by the far right. We should expect this to get more normalized as things such as reparations becomes more a reality. It's what they do when they are triggered.

How your history is told is also about your political/social power. You would never, ever see any stories about 'How the Holocaust benefited Jews', its a non starter. Even though you could make a tangential argument that the global support for the state of Israel after WW2 is directly tied to sympathy from what happened in WW2.

European Cowardice Knows No Bounds

What a shame, and for all the world to see! These people are the biggest, bravest baddies in the world when their enemies are unarmed civilians.

But watch them scurry and urge and plead for peace and are the greatest pacifists on earth when it’s an actual foe; they make me sick! They are clear down to the depths of absolute cowardice.

This doofus Colonel McGreggor, sweating bricks and blushing through his lies and shame— pay close attention to the joke of a comment about FBI. America is sunk.

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