Month: June 2020

The official business part of the RNC convention will still take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, presumably still August 24-27, with a limit of only six delegates per state permitted. The RNC already said the 2020 RNC platform will remain unchanged from the 2016 version. However, the fun events typically associated with conventions, such as […]… Continue reading RNC Moves The Fun Part of The Convention to Jacksonville, Florida – — The Last Refuge

People who attend President Trump’s rally next week have to sign a waiver promising that they will not sue if they contract COVID-19 while at the event. “You are acknowledging that an inherent risk to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By attending the rally, you and any guests voluntarily assume… via… Continue reading Trump Rally Forces People to Sign a Waiver to Not Sue if They Contract Coronavirus — Variety

Joe Biden raised money at a star-filled virtual fundraiser on Thursday that included performances by Jennifer Hudson, John Legend and Andra Day, jokes from Jay Leno, and a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump by Barbra Streisand. “Think of how many lives could have been saved if he had paid attention to the warnings and acted… via… Continue reading Barbra Streisand, At Joe Biden Fundraiser, Says Donald Trump “Is Dangerous To Our Health” — Deadline

Women’s rights activitist and former slave Sojourner Truth challenged the concepts of gender and race inferiority in her speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” Ain’t I a Woman?” A Brief History of Sojourner Truth appeared first on When Women Inspire via Ain’t I a Woman?” A Brief History of Sojourner Truth — When Women Inspire

The nation has been roiled by unrest, reflection and discussion since the death of a Black man at the knee of a white cop in Minneapolis, an incident so enraging — after so many other acts of police violence against people of color — that many of us forgot, for a moment, about the coronavirus… via… Continue reading Opinion: Trump’s Tulsa rally on Juneteenth sends a clear and offensive message [Los Angeles Times] — Daily Republic

The dictionary’s editor-at-large says that the new definition would be an “improvement of the wording.” via Merriam-Webster Redefines “Racism” Word To Reflect Systemic Oppression — The Urban Twist

The Breakfast Club (1985)Written & Directed by John Hughes No name is associated more with teen movies of the 1980s than John Hughes. The writer-director had quite an impressive record: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Outside of teen films, he penned and/or directed all the National […]… Continue reading Movie Review – The Breakfast Club —

Spies Like Us (1985)Written by Dan Aykroyd, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo MandelDirected by John Landis John Landis is a filmmaker that helped shape American wide-release movies for decades that followed the 1980s. His own career hasn’t gone in a direction that matches, but his influence has resonated. He directed Animal House & The Blues Brothers, […]… Continue reading Movie Review – Spies Like Us —

Succession Season 2 (HBO)Written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Tony Roche, Georgia Prichett, Will Tracy, Susan Soon He Stanton, Jonathan Glatzer, and Mary LawsDirected by Mark Mylod, Andrij Parekh, Shari Spring Berman & Robert Pulcini, Matt Shakman, Becky Martin, and Kevin Bray Season two of Succession starts with a feeling numbing cold. Kendall Roy (Jeremy […]… Continue reading TV Review – Succession Season Two —