#Queens City Council candidate deletes racist, anti-gay tweets

#Queens City Council candidate deletes racist, anti-gay tweets

“#Queens City Council candidate deletes racist, anti-gay tweets” The liberal candidate challenging moderate Queens Councilman Robert Holden in the June Democratic primary recently yanked down racist and homophobic slurs he posted online as a teen. Political hopeful Juan Ardila, 27 — who has the backing of many progressive pols and unions — made derogatory comments…

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#St. Louis elects first Black female mayor

#St. Louis elects first Black female mayor

“#St. Louis elects first Black female mayor” ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones, who has been outspoken in her criticism of the criminal justice system’s “arrest and incarcerate” model, won election Tuesday and will take over as the first Black female mayor in a city beset by yet another wave of violent crime….

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#Georgia’s voting laws less restrictive than NY’s

#Georgia’s voting laws less restrictive than NY’s

“#Georgia’s voting laws less restrictive than NY’s” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer suggested Saturday that New York would be a much better host city for the July 13 All-Star Game after Major League Baseball yanked it out of Atlanta to protest Georgia’s new voting law. “Georgia Republicans should be ashamed” of their work, Schumer tweeted,…

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#Delta CEO calls Georgia voting law ‘unacceptable’

#Delta CEO calls Georgia voting law ‘unacceptable’

“#Delta CEO calls Georgia voting law ‘unacceptable’” The CEO of Georgia-based Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that the state’s new election law overhaul is “unacceptable” and “based on a lie,” after the company faced criticism that it didn’t speak out forcefully enough in opposition to the bill when it was being considered by the state’s…

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