New York AG subpoenas pro-Trump provocateurs in voter suppression plot
Letitia James wants Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl to drop dime on whoever funded their pro-Donald Trump robocall schemes.
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The state of New York’s Attorney General’s office has subpoenaed two pro-Trump internet trolls in relation to a possible voter suppression scheme.
Jacob Wohl, 22, and
Jack Burkman, 58, have been subpoenaed by Attorney General
Letitia James in relation to voter intimidation using a targeted robocall. Wohl and Burkman were already indicted in Ohio and Michigan, and the two have also been named in a federal civil suit in the Southern District of New York.
NC Supreme Court to remove portrait of chief justice who was a slave owner
Cheri Beasley called the decision to remove Thomas Ruffin from the high court s wall a tremendous reflection of progress made.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has announced plans to remove the portrait of
Thomas Ruffin, a former chief justice who was a slave owner, from one of its walls.
His towering portrait, which currently hangs in the Supreme Court courtroom, will be replaced by the Supreme Court seal.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley (left) called the decision to remove the Thomas Ruffin portrait from its walls “a tremendous reflection of the progress that has been made since the time Chief Justice Ruffin served on the Court.”
House Democratic Leader Reginald Bolding announced Goode s death on Wednesday. Author: 12 News Updated: 8:55 PM MST December 23, 2020
Editors note: The video above is an interview between 12 News Michael Doudna and Representative Reginald Bolding about late Councilman Calvin Goode.
Former Phoenix City Councilman and civil rights activist Calvin Goode has passed away, according to a statement from the Arizona House Democrats.
House Democratic Leader Reginald Bolding said: We are all deeply saddened to hear that our community and our state has lost an icon in Calvin Goode. Mr. Goode was a soft-spoken man, but lion-hearted an unshakeable force for progress, equality and civil rights. Over the span of six decades, he changed his city and our community for the better in countless, immeasurable ways.
Former Phoenix Councilman Calvin C. Goode speaking on a city show in 2013.
As Phoenix’s second African American councilmember, Calvin C. Goode was elected 11 consecutive times. He served a record 22 years before retiring. Goode died Wednesday at the age of 93. Through a city spokesperson, the Goode family said Calvin C. Goode passed at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2020, at Banner University Medical Center from a non-COVID related illness. Memorial services are pending. The family requests privacy during this time.
Early Years In Arizona
When Calvin C. Goode arrived in Arizona he couldn’t have known he would make Phoenix history. After all, he was just 10 months old when his family left Oklahoma to work the cotton fields near Gila Bend. At that time, African Americans could only attend school through the eighth grade there. So Goode moved to Prescott for high school and finished his last year in Phoenix at a segregated school. Originally called Phoenix Union Colored High School, it�
Goode was the second Black American to serve as Phoenix’s city councilman, for a record 22 consecutive years.
Today we lost a living legend. His legacy will live beyond us all. Truly an honor to have called Vice Mayor Calvin C.Goode a mentor, friend, and leader. https://t.co/WGHQWV30uJ
The Oklahoma native was initially denied the high school experience in Arizona due to his race. He earned a Master’s degree from Arizona State University and worked 30 years for the Phoenix Union High School District. He also owned his own tax-accounting business.
Goode was dubbed the “conscience” of the Phoenix City Council because his efforts addressed disadvantaged youth, empowering minority-owned businesses, fighting discrimination and improving impoverished areas of the community.