I always appreciate receiving my NALEO (The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials) newsletters because they’re pretty much my voice, my people. Here’s the latest issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: “We applaud the President for outlining his plan to tackle the economy and ‘accelerate’ job [...]
Chris Rock has a special message for the undecided White voters. The Brooklyn comedian thinks pretty highly of one particular candidate — Barry Obama, which was featured as a two-minute spot on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Rock lists all the reasons to vote for the “whitest” candidate. And GN$F! is with it and you should be [...]
Chicago is the Iraq of the U.S., some people have nicknamed the windy city ChiRaq because 419 people this year have died, which is more than those U.S. soldiers who died in Afghanistan. Hip-Hop activist, Wendy Day even pointed out via Twitter that Vibe Magazine missed the point on Diane Sawyer’s piece. Vibe said, “Nightline [...]
GN$F! RIP to TX Senator (D) Mario Gallegos, Jr., Harris County, TX first Latino Senator. GANGSTA COOL FACTOR: Mario Gallegos, Jr., fought hard despite being hospitalized for liver complications. Senator Gallegos, Jr., obligated himself to be wheeled in on his hospital bed into Senate Chambers to vote against the Voter I.D. bill, which would disenfranchise [...]
Former President Bill Clinton often went off his script and went over scheduled time in addressing the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday night. I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. I want to nominate a man who ran for president to [...]
Wowzers Cadowzers! The revolution has been televised: Breakdancing inspires youth in Uganda. And Crazy Legs is the leader. You know you’re doing big things when you’re A.K.A. is made middle name to your government name. Legs was introduced by CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux as Richard “Crazy Legs” Colon.” She asked him how she should address him [...]
Spike Lee is the mutha-fu*&ing man! The director of legendary unforgettable films: “Do The Right Thing” and “Malcolm X,” Lee has openly discussed his pride surrounding his status as an independent filmmaker. At Sundance, he said: “We never went to the studios with this film, I told you!” he shouted. “We said, ‘Were gonna do [...]
Conservative commentator, S.E. Cupp, now has something in common with an unlikely foe, Sandra Fluke, both targets of public misogynistic humiliation. Cupp recently appeared in Hustler Magazine with a penis in her mouth. The publisher of the porno magazine, Larry Flynt, defends it as “public satire.” This is not satire. This is a sophomoric photoshop job [...]
Even if it’s old news, it’s probably new news especially if it’s been purposely hidden from the people as an agenda to continue to keep the people miseducated. This little known Sundance film entry “The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975″ is a powerful treasure trove of footage collected by Swedish Television journalists. They packed it all [...]
