2+ weeks later, CNN still silent on its senior political commentator Rick Santorum saying there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers came -- and that Native Americans haven’t done much for American culture anyway. huffpost.com/entry/rick-san…
Santorum was a guest on CNN just last week, on Chris Cuomo's show.
We went ahead and asked all 37 of that show's advertisers if they're fine with sharing airtime with Santorum after his racist remarks. Silence. huffpost.com/entry/cnn-adve…
CNN is trying to quietly move on without addressing this.
CNN advertisers are too.
I guess nobody has a problem giving a massive platform to a guy who said “nothing” existed in America before white colonizers + Native Americans haven't done much for American culture anyway?
A thing you may have missed is that Texas Republicans just voted to effectively ban public school teachers from talking about racism, white supremacy or current events. huffpost.com/entry/texas-re…
This bill, which just passed the Texas House and is close to being on the governor's desk, states that social studies and civics teachers can't discuss the *concept* that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex."
The bill also prevents teachers from discussing the idea that “an individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex."
CNN advertisers silent on whether they'll keep sharing airtime with Rick Santorum after his claims that there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers came -- and that Native Americans haven’t done much for American culture anyway. huffpost.com/entry/cnn-adve… w/ @aterkel
37 companies ran ads during Chris Cuomo's show last Monday night, when Rick Santorum was brought back on CNN after his racist comments about Native Americans.
We asked all 37 of them about continuing to advertise around Santorum's appearances.
And... more than 2 weeks later, after numerous national civil rights and racial justice groups have condemned Santorum's remarks and demanded that CNN fire him, still no comment from CNN about any of it. huffpost.com/entry/cnn-adve…
Tonight another Indigenous-led group, NDN Collective, is calling on CNN to fire Rick Santorum for his offensive comments about Native Americans -- and to do better in general with lifting up Indigenous voices.
"This isn’t the first time that CNN or its commentators have made statements that outright erase Indigenous people.... CNN needs to take responsibility for their role in maintaining the structure of white supremacy, and that goes beyond an apology."
More from NDN Collective leaders. Really taking aim at CNN as the problem here, not just Santorum.
Biden urges Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, one of his legacy issues.
"27 years ago I wrote it," says Biden.
Senate GOPers let its authorization expire in 2019 b/c they opposed new protections for LGBTQ + Native victims of abuse & a gun safety provision.
VAWA is currently waiting for action in the Senate. The House already passed its bipartisan bill in March.
VAWA has the same problems in the Senate that it had 2 years ago: GOPers aren't fans of the House bill's new LGBTQ, Native + gun safety provisions. huffpost.com/entry/violence…
The House-passed VAWA bill would prevent people convicted of abusing dating partners from owning guns, closing the "boyfriend loophole."
That's easily the bill's biggest obstacle in the Senate. Biden seems aware of this. He specifically cited it during his remarks tonight.
Big day for people who care about courts and judicial diversity. Biden's first judicial nominees get their Senate committee hearing this a.m.
First up:
*Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to the D.C. Circuit
*Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominee to the 7th Circuit
Demand Justice is among the progressive groups making a big push to get Jackson confirmed. Her face is plastered on lamp posts around Capitol Hill today.
Lotta buzz about Jackson potentially being Biden's next Supreme Court pick.
Lots of Supreme Court justices once sat on the D.C. Circuit, which is where Jackson is up for a seat. If she's confirmed, she'll take Merrick Garland's old seat.
8 of the 11 Republican lawmakers/doctors in this video voted to overturn the 2020 election based on lies about voter fraud that led to a violent Capitol insurrection -- and they voted to do so just hours after the insurrection.