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WASHINGTON — (06-15-20) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration' challenge to California's "Sanctuary Law", leaving intact rules that prohibit law enforcement officials from aiding Immigration agents in taking custody of undocumented immigrants as they are released from jail. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. were in the minority [...]
SEOUL, KR — (06-15-20) — President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continues to show their disdain for Black Americans and LGBTQ Americans by ordering the removal of a Black Lives Matter and PRIDE Month Banner from the front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. Word has it that once president Donald Trump [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-15-20) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made history in a 6-3 Decision ruling that Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Are Protected by the Civil Rights Act. The ruling that employers who fire someone “merely for being gay or transgender” is a Civil Rights violation under federal law. Such a sex-based [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-12-20) — The Trump administration said that they will end LGBTQ protections that ObamaCare's nondiscrimination protections for sex and gender identity under a final rule released Friday. In a statement provided to JRL CHARTS, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said the government's interpretation of sex discrimination will be based [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-09-20) — Republican super pac, The Lincoln Project, debuts explosive "CROWD" campaign ad attacking president Donald J. Trump. "This fall’s elections will be about much more than just who controls one house of Congress or the White House. This November, the American people will decide the path for America’s future. All of [...]
NEW ORLEANS — (06-08-20) — Actor Justice Smith surprises fans by coming out gay at the Black LGBTQ+ Lives protest that took place last Friday. The Queen Sugar actor and his fellow actor and boyfriend Nicholas Ashe, attended the Black LGBTQ+ Lives protest last Friday to fight against police brutality white supremacy that plagues New [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-05-20) — During president Donald Trump's no-question press conference, Trump snapped at PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor for asking about Black and Asian unemployment numbers. The president boasted about the surprising payroll numbers released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed 2.5 million workers went back to work in May and [...]
BROOKLYN, NY — (06-01-20) —An SUV was caught on video plowing through a crowd of police officers in upstate New York who were dispersing demonstrators Monday night. The incident left two officers with serious injuries. The moment of the attempted ramming was caught in harrowing footage shared online. As heated and sometimes violent protesters made [...]
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — (06-01-20) — Hungary approved legislation banning the legal recognition of transgender and intersex citizens on May 20, 2020. Activists condemned the passage and say the new law threatens to set back hard-won LGBT rights back decades. While the planet has been enduring the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, conservatives wasted no time in passing [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (06-01-20) — China has reportedly told state-owned firms to stop buying U.S. soybeans and pork from American farmers. A move that has shocked the White House as China's actions break a key provision of the Phase One trade deal between the world's two largest economies. Reuters reported on Monday, citing two unnamed [...]