President Donald Trump surprised members of his administration with his social media outburst Saturday night demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi quickly move ahead with efforts to prosecute his political enemies. In a Truth Social post directed to “Pam,” Trump complained that his Department of Justice has not yet prosecuted …
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Republicans have taken umbrage with the notion that they’re weird — specifically when it comes to accusations that they’re weird about people (usually women) who don’t have children. The sentiment in Republican politics that childless Americans are — as JD Vance put it — disorienting and disturbing has become so …
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Virginia-based rapper and entrepreneur Fam-Lay has been making waves with his RnB Block Party alongside business partner Antonio Dowe. Now the pair, along with their friend Pusha T, are expanding with Cousinz Festival, a one-day showcase on Aug. 31 at Norfolk’s historic Scope Arena, headlined by Erykah Badu. The festival …
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A Virginia school district voted on Friday to undo a 2020 decision that removed the names of three Confederate military officers from schools in the district. The Shenandoah County school board voted to rename Honey Run and Mountain View, two schools under their purview, Ashby-Lee Elementary and Stonewall Jackson High. …
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It’s been called the first “Trial by TikTok.” Over the course of six-plus weeks, John C. Depp, II v. Amber Laura Heard, concerning allegations of defamation between actor-exes Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, was held in Virginia — and broadcast live to the world. Depp’s legion of supporters subsequently wielded …
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On August 16th, Netflix will debut Depp v. Heard, a three-part docuseries about the infamous Virginia defamation trial between actor-exes Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Though the seven-week trial wrapped on June 1, 2022, with the court finding Heard liable on three counts of defamation (awarding Depp $10.35 million in …
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In the first episode of Hulu’s new docuseries The 1619 Project, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones strolls in her Air Jordans down a picturesque path in Williamsburg, Virginia. With the help of Woody Holton, a Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, Hannah-Jones explores how slaves in Virginia …
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