Monica Lewinsky’s name, blue dresses and cigars will always be attached to Bill Clinton. The scandal that led to Clinton’s impeachment 1998 left a stain on on his presidency and Lewinsky’s dress.
Clinton says in the Hulu series Hilary that the affair was one of the “things I did to manage my anxieties”
Clinton continues “Everybody’s life has pressures and disappointments, terrors, fears of whatever,” he said
“Nobody thinks they’re taking a risk, That’s not why we do stupid things.” said Clinton
Monica Lewinsky seems to have moved on with her life. Her bio on twitter says she is an anti-bullying activist, Vanity Fair contributer and a rap song muse.
The documentary is set to stream this Friday on Hulu.
Kenneth Petty, Nikki Minaj’s husband is in federal custody after having turned himself in to the Marshalls in California.
As reported by TMZ, Petty moved to California in 2019 and was pulled over for a traffic stop. It was discovered during that stop that he is a sex offender and had not registered in California. It is required by law. He was taken into custody then released on a $20,000 bond. Petty was charged for not registering as a sex offender.
In 1995 Petty was convicted for first-degree attempted rape. He served four years in New York State prison.
If he is convicted on this latest charge he could be sentenced for up to 10 years in prison.
Nikki Minaj is no stranger to this territory. Her brother Jelani Miraj is currently serving 25 to life for the sexual assault of an 11 year-old girl. He was found guilty in 2017 and sentenced in 2020.
What do you think about this? Should Nikki have married this man? Does it affect her career? Share in the comments below.
Kim Kardashian made a visit to the White House to discuss criminal justice reform on Wednesday accompanied by Alice Johnson, Crystal Munoz, Judith Negron and Tynice Hall — four formerly incarcerated women who were granted clemency by President Trump. Photo via @KimKardashian
Kim Kardashian West has taken full advantage of the Trump White House. She has done this for the benefit of four women who undoubtedly are extremely grateful. In 2018 Alice Marie Johnson was one of the first to be granted clemency by President Trump via the work and influence of Kardashian West. The 65 year-old Johnson was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction. Kardashian West learned about the case through a viral video. She visited the White House and with the help of Jared Kushner lobbied on behalf of Johnson and helped her gain her freedom after being locked up since 1996.
Brittany K. Barnett, Kardashian West’s personal lawyer pointed to her dedication to this cause in an interview with BuzzFeedNews “This wasn’t just a one-off thing,” Barnett said of Kardashian West. “This is a real passion for her.”
Brittany K. Barnett and MiAngel Cody are the architects of #90DaysOfFreedom Campaign. In three months they worked to free 17 federal prisoners who were unfairly convicted and were given life sentences for drug crimes. Kardashian-West has attached her celebrity to this movement and continues this work with fervor.
Kardashian-West visited the White House on 3-4-2020 with four women who have been granted clemency to continue this discussion on criminal justice reform.
In an interview with Vogue in 2019 Kardashian revealed that she would be going back to school to become a lawyer. “I just felt like I wanted to be able to fight for people who have paid their dues to society,” Kardashian West tells Vogue. “I just felt like the system could be so different, and I wanted to fight to fix it, and if I knew more, I could do more.”
She is clearly on her way.
Should Kim Kardashian West be doing this? Are you for or against this? You mad? Share your comments below.
I’m sure the owner of The Honey Pot Beatrice Feliu-Espada expected a spike in business after her new commercial with Target aired. I’m sure she didn’t expect racist trolls to try and sabotage her company with horrible reviews.
The Honey Pot is in the business of creating feminine cleansers with natural ingredients. Feliu-Espada launched her company in 2014. She saw the need because of a personal issue with vaginosis. On the company’s website she mentioned she received the recipe for her first wash from an ancestor in a dream.
Since that dream, The Honey Pot has been an extremely successful company. Recently Target launched an advertisement featuring the owner. In the 30 second spot Feliu-Espada says “The reason why it’s so important for Honey Pot to do well is so the next Black girl that comes up with a great idea, she can have a better opportunity. That means a lot to me.”
Those few sentences threw the racists into a frenzy and they took to trustpilot.com to give bad reviews and speak ill about the commercial Target aired.
As with most things racist the individuals who posted their hate reviews conflated the issue with Target not being inclusive.
Black women caught wind of this and immediately went to the review site to shift the tides.
The site went from a rating of bad to excellent within 24 hours.
Do you think Target is not being inclusive? Is the commercial racist? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
Oprah took a tumble while in LA during her speaking tour. The 66 year-old media mogul was right in the middle of explaining what her meaning of wellness is.
“So here’s my definition of what wellness means to me. This is my definition, not yours. It’s just an idea because you’re going to be defining it for yourselves.
‘Wellness to me means all things in balance, and balance doesn’t mean all things are equal or at peace at all times.’ said Winfrey
By the time the final hiss of the letter “s” left her lips Winfrey was laying in a face full of stage. The irony is uncanny and hilarious.
I know this should not be funny. I am concerned for her well being. But, part of me wonders if this is some karmic nudge telling Oprah to back up off us brothers.
Oprah and her best friend Gayle King have been accused of targeting successful Black men while they are alive and in their death.
Most recently Gayle King received death threats for her line of questioning in an interview with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie. In the wake of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s death in a helicopter accident, King found it appropriate to ask Leslie about Bryant’s sexual assault case. Leslie maintained her composure and stated that she did not know Kobe to be the type of man who would assault women.
The internet, specifically Snoop Dogg was not so forgiving. Snoop addressed King’s questions and called her a profanity laced name. Snoop has since apologized.
Russell Simmons, Bill Cosby, R Kelly and Micheal Jackson (who is dead) have all come under the scrutiny of Winfrey and King. While Charlie Rose and Harvey Weinstein, white men, accused or have been convicted of similar crimes, who are close friends of King and Winfrey do not experience the same type of scrutiny.
It is because of this that I can’t help but think that the ghost Michael Jackson moonwalked across the stage and caused Oprah to fall while whispering “Just leave me alone” in her ear, or maybe not.
What do you think? Did Mike do it? Share in the comments.
Lynching is now a federal hate crime in the United States. This comes 65 years after Emmett Till was murdered by a racist white mob in Mississippi.
The bill was introduced by Illinois state rep Bobby Rush. The Congress has been trying to issue anti-lynching legislation for 120 years to no avail. Today the Housed passed the measure with a vote of 410-4.
“The importance of this bill cannot be overstated,” said Rush, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. “From Charlottesville to El Paso, we are still being confronted with the same violent racism and hatred that took the life of Emmett and so many others. The passage of this bill will send a strong and clear message to the nation that we will not tolerate this bigotry.”
The bill will now go to the White House. It is expected that President Trump will sign it.
Erykah Badu raised a few eyebrows when she announced a few weeks ago that she would be selling incense created from her cut up and burned underwear via her new online store. Badu’s World Market launched on February 20, 2020 at 2:22 pm. Her incense “Badu’s Pussy” sold out 19 minutes later.
Badu has been known to mesmerize men with her feminine wiles. She has now taken it to a whole new level. Her Badu’s World Market twitter page shared the good news.
Former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich who was just granted clemency by Donald Trump is currently on his press run. He stopped by CNN to voice his concern when it comes to prison reform.
Anderson Cooper was not feeling him. Blagojevich asked Anderson to join him in the fight to reform the criminal justice system. Anderson Cooper called BS and tore him a new one.
President Trump just commuted the 14 year prison sentence of former Governor of Illinois Rod R. Blagojevich.
Blagojevich was convicted for trying to sell Barak Obama’s vacated Senate seat. He was trying to make some coin off of it.
Blagojevich was sentenced for his crimes on August 17, 2010 after an investigation that lasted over 2 years. Blagojevich had a retrial in 2011 but he was not successful. Many of Blagojevich’s supporters felt his sentence was too high.
It seems as though Trump felt the same way and he did something about it. While boarding Air Force One on his way to a four-day trip to the west coast Trump simply stated “Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich.” Trump continued “He served eight years in jail, a long time. He seems like a very nice person, don’t know him.”
Illinois is no stranger to corruption. Four of the last seven governors went to prison. Rod Blagojevich (Governor 2002-2009), George Ryan (Governor 1999-2003), Dan Walker (Governor 1973-1977) and Otto Kerner (Governor 1961-1968) all share this distinction.
I’m curious to know what Blagojevich is feeling right now. What do you think is the first thing he will do upon his release?
Jalaiah Harmon and Stefanie Harmon (mom) (Photo credit: Jill Frank for The New York Times)
The NBA got it right on a few fronts this year. They held the All-Star game in the greatest city in the world, they leveraged the greatest artists for entertainment and they finally gave Jalaiah Harmon credit for her TikTok dance craze. Two days ago I didn’t know who 14 year-old Jalaiah Harmon was. Today she is a young Black girl getting the credit she deserves.
TikTok is the latest social media platform to take over the world. The app is like a mash up of Youtube, Instagram, Facebook and Vine. It’s biggest users are pre-teens and teenagers. It is the platform Lil Nas X can credit his meteoric rise. Someone heard his song “Old Town Road”, made a challenge out of it and it took on a life of its own. Lil Nas X uploaded his song to TikTok in 2018 and by 2019 he was breaking all kinds of records, getting kicked off the country music charts and collaborating with Billy Ray Cyrus. By 2020 he was one of the biggest artists in the world winning Grammy’s. You can trace his success directly back to the app.
K Camp’s song “Lottery” is the latest song to make it’s rounds around the popular app. His song sparked the Renegade Challenge. A challenge created by Jalaiah Harmon a young Black girl but popularized by White teen TikTok influencer Charli D’Amelio.
Jalaiah created the dance back in 2018 alongside her friend in 2018. But, as these things usually do they take on a life of their own. They get catapulted into pop culture and someone else not only gets credit but gets paid for it.
A New York Times Writer Torey Lorenz did some digging around the dance craze and discovered that Jalaiah was responsible. She interviewed her for the publication and the word started to spread. Black Twitter caught wind of this and it was a wrap.
K Camp took notice and filmed a video with Jalaiah and her friend doing the dance to his song and posted it to twitter with a message. on Valentines day. “Thank you Jalaiah and Skylar for helping make lottery the BIGGEST song in the world,” he tweeted.
Thank you Jalaiah and Skylar for helping make lottery the BIGGEST song in the world. Tell the blogs eat it up! pic.twitter.com/HOo2jy5TAH
Now, lets fast forward a bit. I go to cover the NBA All-Star celebrity game and I see a group of 3 young White girls being followed around the Wintrust Arena. Kids were going crazy for them. Evidently they are social media influencers known as the TikTok girls who were flown out to reap the rewards of their influence. They probably were not aware of the swell of support Jalaiah was getting to be recognized for her creation.
The NBA took notice and flew Jalaiah out on a days notice to receive her due in front of one of the biggest audiences in the world.
In a world where Black people have routinely been overlooked for their accomplishments, this one social media moment feels like a win. This moment makes Black History Month that much sweeter. Justice moving at the speed of social media is sweet.
Jalaiah deserves this and hopefully this grows into a monetized opportunity. In the meantime at the speed of social media she made her debut at All-Star 2020 then connected with the TikTok girls. This may not be what Dr. King was speaking of directly, but it kind of is.
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