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Barack Obama Shares A Personal
Biden Blames Trump For Violence In Pittsburgh Speech
Memory Of Chadwick Boseman That
Will Bring On More Tears
President Barack Obama
added his voice to the chorus of people sharing tributes to late actor Chadwick Boseman, sharing a personal memory of the Black Panther star's first visit to the White House.
"Chadwick came to the White House to work with kids when he was playing Jackie Robinson," Obama tweeted. "You could tell right away that he was blessed. To be young, gifted, and Black; to use that power to give them heroes to look up to; to do it all while in pain – what a use of his years."
The former POTUS
BARACK OBAMA AND CHADWICK BOSEMAN
retweeted Boseman's own tweet featuring a picture of the two of them at the White House from 2016.
PITTSBURGH — Joe Biden mounting a more ag- gressive offense against Pres- ident Donald Trump with a rare public appearance Monday where he will say that a second term for Trump will mean more violence in Amer- ica’s streets — not less.
“Does anyone believe there will be less violence in Amer- ica if Donald Trump is re- elected?” Biden plans to say in a speech from Pittsburgh. “We need justice in America. And we need safety in Amer- ica. We are facing multiple crises – crises that, under Donald Trump, keep multi- plying.”
The speech marks a new phase of the campaign as Biden steps up his travel after largely remaining near his home in Wilmington, Delaware, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. And after centering his candi- dacy on Trump’s mishan- dling of the pandemic, Biden is making a broader push to argue that Americans won’t be safe if he wins reelection. That’s an effort to blunt Trump’s “law and order”
In this file photo from March 10, 2020, Democratic presi- dential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio. The presidential election outlook in the Buckeye State has gotten a little nuttier. Ohio Re- publicans are trying to rally and present a united front heading into their party’s national convention, following a week when one of their best-known politicians spoke for Biden to the De- mocrats’ convention, and their state attorney general challenged President Donald Trump about his mail policy.
Judge Nixes Charter’s Bid To Dismiss Byron Allen Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
A Los Angeles federal judge has rejected Charter Commu- nications’ effort to dismiss a $10 billion racial discrimina- tion lawsuit filed against the cable giant by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios.
Judge George Wu of Cali- fornia’s Central District issued a ruling Friday denying Char- ter’s motion to dismiss. Allen first filed suit against Charter in 2016, asserting that the cable operator’s refusal to carry his collection of channels was, in part, racially motivated.
Allen has pursued litigation against major MVPDs since 2015. He has sued on the grounds that corporate giants, including AT&T and Comcast,
BYRON ALLEN
have violated a civil rights law that dates back to the post- Civil War era mandating that Black people must have the same right to make and enforce contracts as white people. Comcast appealed its lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court last year.
message, which the president is emphasizing as some protests against racial injus- tice have become violent.
The Democratic presiden- tial nominee is set to accuse Trump of long ago forfeiting “any moral leadership in this country. He can’t stop the vio- lence — because for years he
has fomented it.”
“He may believe mouthing
the words law and order makes him strong, but his failure to call on his own sup- porters to stop acting as an armed militia in this country shows you how weak he is,” Biden said.
Voter-Participation Group Headed By Michelle Obama Helps North Carolinians Get Ready For Election
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Coronavirus concerns have many people avoiding public places where they could be exposed, and some also have cash flow problems after layoffs or business shutdowns.
Those groups found a life- line in the Research Triangle Foundation's parking lot be- tween 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sat- urday, with dance music and dozens of smiling volunteers welcoming them the Fuel The Vote drive-through event.
They didn't have to leave their cars to receive free food that was already prepack- aged, a blessing for people like the ones Priscilla Lewis and a neighbor in her car came to help.
"They can't get out," said Lewis, eyes twinkling above her mask. "And she's here for
A voter-participation organi- zation headed by former first lady Michelle Obama spent the day helping North Carolinians impacted by COVID-19 get regis- tered to go to the polls in Nov
her family, they're on disabil- ity and different other things. So yes, it's very important!"
Jordan Brooks, a repre- sentative of cosponsor When We All Vote invited everyone in need to receive "Twenty- five hundred boxes of shelf- stable groceries, and 5,000
meals for families. You can just come up and get it! Things like rice, and beans, and peanut butter. Things like that'll stay for a while. And the small boxes over there are meals, things like sandwiches and apples and things like that."
Those driving to the cam- pus for food also had the chance to make sure they're ready for November elec- tions, with an assist from more volunteers at a brightly colored table full of informa- tion from cosponsor You Can Vote.
"For people who are not registered, or don't know what they need to do," said Lewis. "Everybody thinks you just go to the polls to vote, but there are so many options now. Early voting, vote by mail."
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