Author: Taylor Berry

Eyebrows are raised in concern for white owned businesses selling Black Lives Matter merchandise on Etsy. What We Know: Many white owned businesses are showing they are in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement through their merchandise on Etsy. And while they are sincere in their actions, others are concerned that the businesses are exploiting the movement. Julie Muller is a 67-year-old woman who is using her homemade cookie-decorating business to support the BLM movement by selling cookie-decorating kits that have cookie cutters in the shape of Barak Obama’s face, sprinkles, and icing in red, black, and green, which…

The Trump administration warned companies through letters about diversity hiring. What We Know: Companies like Microsoft and Wells Fargo are showing their support for Black Lives Matter by promising to bring more diversity into their companies by hiring more Black employees and educating their workforce about racism. But they’re not just including Blacks, it’s other minorities as well, including women. But, Trump’s administration sent letters that warned those companies to be careful if they want to continue business with the government since a lot of the businesses are under contract with the government and Trump’s Labor Department oversees the hiring…

The vice presidential debate has received a lot of buzz on social media, so it was no surprise that NBC’s Saturday Night Live opened their show making fun of the debate. What We Know: Saturday Night Live opened their second episode of their newest season with a cold yet humorous skit on the vice presidential debate between Sen. Kamala Harris of California (played by SNL alum Maya Rudolph) and Vice President Mike Pence (played by Beck Bennett). Two-time Emmy winning actress Kate McKinnon played the debate’s moderator Susan Page of USA Today and portrayed her as a full moderator who…

The debate commission agreed to the Biden campaign’s demands to increase the standing distance between the two candidates during the debate after President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19. What We Know: The debate commission agreed to set Kamala Harris and Mike Pence 23 feet apart during the Vice Presidential debate after the Biden campaign expressed safety concerns regarding the original distance the candidates were at, which was seven feet. At first, the commission denied their request because the 7 feet was beyond the distance required by medical guidelines. But the Biden campaign’s argument was that the guidelines said to…

Prince Harry finds it “devastating” that he will not be reinstated as Captain General of the Royal Marines after a video shows the Duke of Sussex getting involved in the presidential election, alongside his wife Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. What We Know: There are many strict rules that are imperative for the Royal Family to follow, one of them being to never express opinions and thoughts on political matters. In summation, no involvement in politics. The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, just broke that rule after being seen on video alongside his wife and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan…

Recordings of First Lady Melania Trump ranting about her duties back in September 2018 were released and played on CNN. What We Know: Audio recordings of First Lady Melania Trump were played during a segment of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” on Thursday. It was a conversation between the first lady and her former friend and senior advisor Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who not only recorded the secret conversation but wrote a book about their relationship called Melania and Me. The book also touches on juicy details about Melania’s life like the bad relationship she has with her stepdaughter Ivanka Trump and…

A five-year-old boy from Pennsylvania saved his mother’s life during an epileptic seizure using Amazon’s Alexa. What We Know: Tyrion Spann is and will always be his mother’s hero after he sprung to action to call for help while his mother was going through one of the worst epileptic seizures in her life. He used Alexa to call his grandmother, Natalie Neal, who lived an hour away from where Tyrion and his mother lived, which is why she programmed Alexa for Tyrion in case he wanted to call. “I just thought for, you know, him to tell me, ‘Hey grandmom,…

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Brad Parscale, was detained by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and hospitalized after he threatened to harm himself. What We Know: The Fort Lauderdale Police Department received a 911 call Sunday evening from Brad Parscale’s wife stating he was armed, had access to other firearms inside their house, and was threatening to harm himself. Not long after, Parscale was detained, unharmed, and admitted into the Broward Health Medical Center. His detainment was captured on footage from a body cam and released to the public on Monday. Parscale was Trump’s former campaign manager and his current…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that he was removing COVID restrictions and reopening Florida after attending President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Florida. What We Know: During Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Florida, Trump wished for some normalcy back during this pandemic. “Normal life,” Trump said. “Oh, I love normal life. We want to get back to normal life.” And right on queue, Ron DeSantis granted Trump his wish the next day by announcing Friday that he was canceling COVID restrictions and reopening the state of Florida. “We’re not closing anything going forward,” DeSantis said. He also insisted that…

Thursday, 489 former national security officials announced their endorsement for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in an open letter. What We Know: 489 former national security officials demonstrated that party affiliation is less important than the values and principals of a presidential candidate when they announced in a signed open letter that they were endorsing Joe Biden. The signatories include admirals, senior noncommissioned officers, senior civilian national security leaders, ambassadors, and retired generals with different ideologies and party affiliations. Retired Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, who had previously served as vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs under President Donald Trump, signed…