Ola Olugbemi
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ola olugbemi | October 17, 2017
On Monday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in Alachua County in anticipation of a scheduled University of Florida speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer. Yes, you read that correctly. Using the same emergency powers that he used for Hurricane Irma last month, the Florida governor issued a seven-page executive order regarding the speaking event, saying, “I find the…
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ola olugbemi | October 16, 2017
Ex-South Texas Juvenile Justice Department employee Gilberto Escamilla probably left the Cameron County District Attorney’s office wondering “Where’s the beef?” after being arrested for alleging stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over the past nine years. That’s right. Fajitas. The Brownsville Herald reported that the only reason Escamilla got caught was because he missed work for a medical…
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ola olugbemi | October 16, 2017
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions personally initiated an experienced federal hate crimes lawyer to help prosecute a man charged with killing a self-described transgendered teenage boy in Burlington, Iowa. The case involved 16-year-old Kedarie Johnson, shot to death on March 2, seemingly due to his gender identity.  Sessions' decision to send the federal lawyer made media headlines…
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ola olugbemi | October 16, 2017
Jimmy Kimmel recently stated that his show lost 30 percent of its Republican viewers over his politically charged statements on healthcare and gun control and still claims that he would “do it again in a heartbeat.” “As a talk show host, that’s not ideal,” he said on a CBS News Sunday Morning interview. However, despite the loss of Republican viewership, Kimmel received the highest-rated and…
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ola olugbemi | October 12, 2017
Some members of the Democratic National Committee are growing more and more fed up with their leader's performance.  DNC Chairman Tom Perez's seeming inability to raise money -- and enthusiasm -- for his party have been documented by The Hill, and the results are not pretty.  The interviews covered high-level Democratic leaders criticizing the fundraising efforts of the DNC chairman, along with…
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ola olugbemi | October 12, 2017
In an interview with CNN host Fareed Zakaria, Hillary Clinton stated she would give the money that she received in donations from disgraced Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein, to charity. Well, sort of. In response to Zakaria asking her if she would give the money back, the former presidential candidate stated, “Well, there’s no one to give it back to. What other people are saying, what my…
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ola olugbemi | October 12, 2017
Cue the fireworks: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are set to debate President Trump’s tax reform plan at an upcoming town hall event, according to CNN. The debate, taking place on Oct. 18, will be moderated by CNN's Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, and it's sure to be a crazy one. Cruz, one of the most conservative members of the Senate, firmly endorsed the president’s plan to…
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ola olugbemi | October 11, 2017
On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that he would not vacate the permit for the Dakota Access pipeline and would allow it to operate while federal regulators finish up a review on the project's environmental impacts. The Hill reported that in a 28-page ruling, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, declared the Army Corps of Engineers’ review on the environmental impacts of the pipeline had “…
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ola olugbemi | October 11, 2017
On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump rebuked NBC News for a story claiming the president asked for a tenfold increase in nuclear arsenals, going as far as to suggest the network be shut down for promoting "fake news." Trump denied the allegations, saying they were “made up to demean,” before suggesting the network lose their license. Fake @NBCNews made up a story that I wanted a "…
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ola olugbemi | October 11, 2017
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court dismissed a case challenging President Donald Trump’s most recent executive order banning travel from six countries, marking a major win for the president. All nine justices agreed that the case, originating in Maryland, should be dismissed after a new executive order replaced one that recently expired, rendering it moot. The Executive Branch had asked…