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Screenshot: knowyourmeme.com Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, aka Louis DaFuckboi, claimed that there is nothing to worry about during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Friday. Sure, mail-sorting machines have been removed, including in places where there were only two machines to begin with, and yes, some …

Political speeches make up a strange genre of writing. This year’s Democratic National Convention has showcased their breadth, featuring Barack Obama’s fearful warning, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s self-aggrandizing remarks, a disjointed keynote from 17 “rising stars,” and Michelle Obama’s forceful call to action. Speeches such as these can influence …

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When you work remotely—as so many people are doing in the age of COVID-19—there’s no natural boundary between your workday and the rest of your life. Jackie Gaines, an award-winning senior executive with more than 40 years of sustained leadership experience, shows you how to build and maintain greater work/life …

Photo: TFoxFoto (Shutterstock) Officials for Chicago Public Schools have voted to significantly reduce the budget for school resource officers. The budget, which barely passed, reduces the budget for SRO’s from $33 million to $15 million, according to WGN-9. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson announced on Wednesday …

Read: What Joe Biden can’t bring himself to say Consider the emotional maturity it takes at Brayden’s age to talk about his personal struggle—let alone when that personal struggle is talking, when it’s hard to even talk at all, when it hurts to speak. Like Biden, Brayden’s eyes drifted from …

Kamala Harris Officially Becomes Vice PresidentIal Candidate, Stepping Into History 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT: California Sen. Kamala Harris formally accepted the nomination of the Democratic party to become its candidate for vice president, the first Black woman and first South Asian woman to do so, making history. She is …

Screenshot: jaythegoat3476 (TikTok In Georgia, an investigation has been launched after a video went viral showing a cop tasing a Black woman on her front porch. According to AJC, the video shows an officer approaching a group of Black women sitting on their front porch. He tells one of the …

3. A number of Republican Party defectors spoke. Some progressives bristled. Elaine Godfrey reports from a (virtual) watch party for Ohio leftists: “They worry that Democrats have abandoned core party values in their effort to oust Trump, and they fear that by welcoming Never Trumpers into the fold, the Democratic …

Exhale.  I woke up this morning with a deep appreciation of the significance of this day. It is a day won not by any one person, but with the tireless effort of generations of Black women and women of color who have worked to make this moment possible. They are …