It’s still trending on social media. My mom sent me several links on Facebook. It was all over the news on TV, on radio and online. People were asking me about it wherever I went. What am I talking about? “This award – this is not for me. This is for the real organizers all […]
What happened on the floor of The House of Representatives on Wednesday during the day, Wednesday night and is still going on is nothing short of extraordinary. House Democrats took over the floor and staged a sit-in disrupting the work of congress, demanding a vote be held on gun legislation. It was a good […]
The Trump campaign is trouble – real trouble!! And here’s how I know it: Not because he is running out of money – $1.3M on hand. Not because he fired his campaign manager – Corey Lewandowski. Not because he has anywhere from 30 to 70 people working for his campaign nationwide– maybe 29 or […]
Today, the President and Vice President will travel to Orlando, Florida to meet with families of victims of the attack and stand in solidarity with the Orlando community. And it’s not just getting to be a habit, it is a habit. I was in Aurora, Colorado when Mr. Obama traveled there to meet with families […]
We’ve been learning a lot about the 29-year-old man accused of killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others in the pulse nightclub in Orlando a few nights ago. The most interesting thing that we have learned is that Omar Mateen may have been a self-hating gay man who was conflicted by his religion […]
Hillary Clinton won California, and in doing so made history by becoming the first woman to become the Presidential nominee for a major political party. “So many of you feel like you’re out there on your own, that no one has your back. Well, I do. I hear you. I see you. And as your […]
Here we go. As the saying goes, ‘you know what’ just got real! Why? Roll it! “Breaking news. Hillary Clinton has 2,384 delegates. That’s one more than she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination. That’s how I opened my CNN show last night with that bit of breaking news. You might recall that I said […]
For days now, I’ve heard just about everyone discussing what happened in Cincinnati at the zoo over the weekend. People are outraged at the zoo for shooting a 450lb, endangered silver backed gorilla after a 3-year old boy somehow wiggled his way into the animal’s enclosure. Why the outrage? Here’s attorney Lisa Bloom on my […]
If you haven’t read Charles Blow’s latest editorial in The New York Times, I suggest you do. It’s entitled “The Ghosts of Old Sex Scandals.” Blow, who is a CNN contributor and a frequent guest on my show, lays out in layman’s terms exactly what is going in this election cycle when it comes to […]
Let’s talk Bill Cosby. Many thought the day would never come, but here it is!!!! More than a decade after being accused of sexual misconduct, Bill Cosby will stand trial for assault charges. The 78-year old comedian and actor went before the judge on Tuesday. He had to be escorted into the court room because […]
Oh-and-two. Prosecutors in Baltimore failed again to get a conviction in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. Officer Edward Nero was found not guilty of all charges yesterday. He was accused of second-degree intentional assault, two counts of misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. Nero was one of six officers charged and the second […]
Language warning. The song you’re about to hear might offend you. “I got killers with the deuce-deuce, them Tan Boys my niggas They gon’ ride with me too, bust they nines with me too That’s my bilingual crew, who do sign language true Bandannas in they pockets, how the f*#k we gon’ lose?” That […]