Democratic Rep. David Trone of Maryland apologized after he used a racial slur in casual conversation during a congressional budget hearing on Thursday. The 68-year-old congressman and U.S. Senate candidate said he had misspoken and claimed to have never heard of the word after he used it to criticize Republicans. Trone was praising tax proposals […]
During a House Budget Committee hearing Thursday, Maryland Democratic Rep. David Trone dropped a racially offensive term. The incident occurred when Mr. Trone was engaging with Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, who was providing testimony to the committee. “So this Republican jigaboo that it’s the tax rate that’s stopping […]
I believe that “intent” needs to be considered when a conflict arises. Far too often, a person or a group becomes offended over something when no intent to harm or offend exists. That very situation occurred recently during a segment on KMOV-TV in St. Louis. Evening anchor Cory Stark […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role in perpetuating racism and discrimination. “On behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors offers its deepest apologies to all African Americans and their descendants who came to […]
Google‘s Gemini AI has come under scrutiny due to its selective response to image requests involving racial characteristics. When prompted to generate images of people based on race, it will produce visual representations for Black, American Indian, and Asian ethnicities — but declines when asked to depict White individuals. The phenomenon triggered social media discussions, […]
Well, the Super Bowl is over, thank God. Truth be told, I didn’t bother to watch it. I’m not the sports guy I was in the past, and I tend to blow off sporting events unless, for some bizarre reason, I have some kind of personal tie to them. So I pretty much skip […]
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized to his family for a campaign ad that featured his late uncle, President John F. Kennedy. The 30-second ad, a product of the American Values super PAC, displayed pictures and slogans from Kennedy‘s presidential campaign. “I’m so sorry if the Super Bowl advertisement caused anyone in my […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin acknowledged Thursday he was “shaken” by a cancer diagnosis in early December, but issued a string of apologies for concealing his health woes from the president and the American people in his first public press briefing since the furor broke last month. Mr. Austin called the medical news a “gut […]
The CEO’s of five leading social media companies showed up to Congress today where they were grilled by Senators on both sides of the aisle for more than three hours. At the center of the questioning was concern over children, specifically the spread of child sex abuse images on the various sites. Child sex images […]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to the families of children who suffered from their experiences on social media, including trouble with eating disorders, bullies and sexual predators. Under interrogation by Sen. Josh Hawley at Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Mr. Zuckerberg showed remorse. The tech founder, whose company oversees Facebook and Instagram, pushed his witness […]
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