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The Lincoln Project, the group formed little more than a year ago by a band of anti-Trump Republicans, is facing calls to shut down amid allegations of a toxic and abusive culture at the organization. So far, two former top officials at the Lincoln Project have backed the idea of closing down the group, including one of its co-founders, George Conway George Conway Lincoln Project forming 'transition advisory committee' amid calls to close The Hill's Morning Report - Democrats ready mammoth relief bill for 10-day sprint Lincoln Project faces calls to shut down MORE , who stepped away from the project last summer. Kurt Bardella, who left his role as a senior adviser for the Lincoln Project last week, has also called for the group to shutter. “Just shut it down already ... it’s over,” he tweeted on Tuesday. Reached by The Hill on Wednesday, Bardella said that his tweet speaks for itself and declined to comment further. ADVERTISEMENT Conway echoed that … [Read more...] about Lincoln Project faces calls to shut down

TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – It’s Black History Month and we are highlighting an association that supports and uplifts Black prosecutors. The Black Prosecutors Association was started in the early 1980s after a Denver prosecutor realized he had very few colleagues nationwide that looked like him. It has since grown, with its newest local chapter starting in New Jersey . READ MORE: Black History Is Our History: World Champion Gymnast Wendy Hilliard Uses Her Own Experience To Encourage Next Generation Of Black Athletes To Succeed More than 40 years ago, Anne Thompson, the first woman and first African American federal judge in New Jersey, spoke to a 4th grade class in Trenton and changed the life of then-student Tracy Thompson – no relation. “There she was standing, so regal… and explained to us that she was a prosecutor,” Tracy Thompson told CBS2’s Lisa Rozner. “And from then on, every day for the rest of my life was about how do I get to be a prosecutor.” Tracy … [Read more...] about Black History Is Our History: New Jersey Chapter Of Black Prosecutors Association Founded On Desire To Build Trust With Community

The Conservative Political Action Committee's annual presidential preference poll over the years was won four times by Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney The Memo: CPAC fires starting gun on 2024 Trump at CPAC foments 2022 GOP primary wars Democrats scramble to rescue minimum wage hike MORE , three times by Jack Kemp and once by George W. Bush. None would be welcome at the conference held this week in Orlando, Fla. This right-wing confab now is more TPAC — as in Trump — than CPAC. The former president reasserted his dominance of the Republican party through 2024. Differences, much less dissent, are verboten. Former Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard Pence Democrats don't trust GOP on 1/6 commission: 'These people are dangerous' The Memo: CPAC fires starting gun on 2024 Merrick Garland is right to prioritize domestic terrorism, but he'll need a bigger boat MORE isn't attending, knowing he'd face a hostile reception … [Read more...] about CPAC, all-in for Trump, is not what it used to be

By the time 1988 rolled around, the giants of edgy comedy had lost some of their edge. Norman Lear was no longer on TV. Eddie Murphy was about to move into his Boomerang/ Distinguished Gentlemen phase. Richard Pryor was making cheap comedies. Mel Brooks’ next movie would be Life Stinks . George Carlin had become an elder statesmen. Saturday Night Live was still working out of its mid-80’s doldrums. With the all-important torch of inappropriate comedy just lying around waiting to be picked up, along came 29-year-old Keenan Ivory Wayans and his modest hit and cult-classic, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka . By 1988, Wayans had spent the better part of a decade working his way up the show-biz ropes as a standup comedian and sometime actor. Everything changed after he teamed with his friend (and underrated genius) Robert Townsend to write Hollywood Shuffle (1987). Hollywood Shuffle is a minor masterpiece — a withering, hilarious, touching, and angry (but never … [Read more...] about Nolte: The Gloriously Inappropriate and Problematic ‘I’m Gonna Git You Sucka’ (1988)

DENVER (CBS4) – The history of Black Coloradans protesting and demonstrating for racial justice dates back well into the previous century, but in the modern era the most recognized gathering associated with civil rights is the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commision Marade . A summer of unrest in 2020 challenged the well-known approach to marching and activism with a new style of protesting for the lives of many including Elijah McClain . “The Marade is the standard bearer,” said Dr. Vern L. Howard, the chairman of the commission. “We decided to march down Colfax to the State Capitol. We got attention.” READ MORE: Snow Snake Slithers Into Denver Front Yard (credit: CBS) Howard says the origins of protesting in Colorado includes miners in southern Colorado and standing up against the KKK in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. But years later he was there at the first Marade in 1986, an event to celebrate the work and life of King. “It happened right here. It … [Read more...] about Black Colorado Leaders Stress Need For Continued Movement & Social Justice