BlackPAC

National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”

The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks. Find out more:

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

After Missouri, what state is next? A redistricting race started by Trump continues First Trump got Texas to redistrict to help Republicans win five House seats there. California Democrats are trying to counter that. Now Missouri lawmakers move to help the GOP win another seat.

Texas and Missouri have accepted Trump’s plan to use racial gerrymandering to win more Republican seats in 2026. California is stepping in to help counteract the power grab.

But, Trump and Republicans aren’t done yet. Who could be next?

www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n...

President Trump announced Friday that his administration would target Memphis as part of his efforts to crack down on crime across the nation’s major cities https://cnn.it/45ZUQMM

HBCUs Remain on Lockdown After Terrorist Threats Hampton University and Virginia State University were the first to report Thursday, but the list grew quickly.

Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country were on lockdown Thursday after a series of “terrorist threats.”

capitalbnews.org/hbcu-receive...

'Possible' threat forces Bethune-Cookman University to cancel classes, lock down campus Bethune–Cookman is a private Historically Black University in Daytona Beach. Several HBCUs across the U.S. received threats on Thursday.

Several HBCU campuses, in multiple states have either shutdown their campus or canceled classes today because of violent threats. The schools include Alabama State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Hampton University, and Southern University.

www.wesh.com/article/thre...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued her dissent: “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent,”

Supreme Court lifts limits on roving immigration patrols in Los Angeles area The decision prompted liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor to say in dissent that she would not "stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost."

The Supreme Court has ruled that racial profiling is legal.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Stock trading, Jeffrey Epstein and a shutdown: Why this could be a tricky fall for Congress Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to a laundry list of thorny issues to tackle.

Congress is back today and they have plenty to tackle - including a potential government shutdown on October 1. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

The Cracks in America’s Rule of Law Are Getting Deeper Court battles over the administration’s sweeping use of executive power are exposing limits on how much judges can constrain the presidency.

America’s rule of law is facing its biggest test in decades, as court battles over Trump’s use of executive power expose limits on how much judges can constrain the presidency.

The DOJ sued the federal district bench in Maryland. A judge just dismissed the case A district judge in Virginia was specially tapped to oversee the unusual case after DOJ named all 15 federal district court judges in Maryland as defendants in a lawsuit related to deportations.

A federal judge has turned away a lawsuit the Justice Department filed against the entire federal court bench in the state of Maryland — reasoning that the lawsuit went against precedent and the rule of law.

As Republicans continue to push for more gerrymandered maps - the courts continue to stop them.

Trump's Occupation Could Cost Billions And DC residents will be footing much of the bill.

Costs will continue ballooning—particularly under the president’s just-issued executive order calling for sweeping mobilizations of personnel and resources across the federal government in what he’s pleased to call the Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful initiative.

America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr. US vaccine consensus has officially shattered.

The first Trump administration fumbled the response to the COVID-19 pandemic contributing to it becoming the deadliest disaster in U.S. history.

Now, as the latest variant is on the rise they have their sights set on rolling back access to the COVID vaccine.

www.vox.com/health/45922...

A Tribute to the Women Who Lead, and a Call to Those Who Will | Opinion Where do we go from here? What will it take to keep rising?

“Harris didn't win in 2024. But she came close enough to leave the door wide open—with the welcome mat out and the porch light on.

And Harris didn't rise alone.”
www.newsweek.com/we-are-risin...

Cities led by Black women are the first targets of Trump's political power grab “This is in many ways a political warning, a political message, to say to these Black women and other Black mayors and other women of color mayors, ‘Your leadership can be challenged, too.’”

It's no coincidence that the first two targets of Trump's power grab have Black women mayors.

19thnews.org/2025/08/blac...

The Trump Administration has already deported immigrants to Sudan and now they will begin sending them to Uganda - despite where they are actually from

A TJRS Deep Dive: Texas' EVEN MORE RACIST maps Just when you thought it couldn't get grimier, Texas Republicans lower the bar

Texas Republicans are taking racist gerrymandering to the extreme. Check out the maps

www.joyannreid.com/p/a-tjrs-dee...

Mail-in voting is safe. Period. Trump and Republicans know it. But they also know winning fair and square doesn’t look likely with their horrible policies and broken “promises.” That’s why they’re hell-bent on gutting voting rights. When you can’t win fair, you cheat.

Let me be clear: no worker should go broke just because they got sick or hurt. But in America, a hospital bill can cost more than your house. That’s not care. That’s exploitation.

Texas Republicans have locked a Black State Representative inside the State Capitol for hours.

State Rep. Nicole Collier refused to sign a "permission slip" allowing state police to follow her until Wednesday, so Republicans are holding her hostage.

As Federal Support Wanes, States Must Reinvest in Higher Education Our education system faces a crisis of affordability and access only amplified by the passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill and Trump’s attempted cuts. States need to step up.

Our education system faces a crisis of affordability and access only amplified by the passage of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” and Trump’s attempted cuts. Now states need to step up, writes Abhinandan Gaba for StudentNation.

Trump vows to target mail-in ballots ahead of 2026 midterm election U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Monday to issue an executive order to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a move likely to spark legal challenges by the states.

Donald Trump and Republicans are pulling out all the tricks in their bag to keep their power. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump floats circumventing Congress to maintain control of DC police The president must secure congressional approval to extend the 30-day federal takeover.

Trump just suggested that he could avoid congressional approval to extend his 30-day federal takeover of Washington’s police.

Inflation ticks higher as Trump's tariffs kick in "Bad prediction": The president derided economists' forecasts for higher inflation.

Consumer prices edged higher in July as Trump’s tariffs began to push up the cost of household goods.

With new, heavy-duty taxes on goods from dozens of trading partners now in effect, more companies are expected to pass the extra costs to consumers in the coming months.

Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner suggests suspending the monthly jobs report | CNN Business EJ Antoni, nominated by President Donald Trump Monday to become the next commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggested that the agency should suspend its monthly jobs report, claiming it ...

Donald Trump's plan to fix the economy? Just don't share the numbers. www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/e...

Political power drives health equity, racial & economic justice. Meet 5 PACs leading now: Higher Heights, @blackvotersmatterfund.org, The Collective PAC, She the People, @voteblackpac.bsky.social. Policy shapes our future—support, share, vote. #HealthEquity #RacialJustice #EconomicJustice

Are Trump's claims about 'dangerous' Washington, DC backed by data? The President has repeatedly claimed that Washington, D.C. has high crime rates.

Donald Trump is a lying.

Crime is down in Washington, DC.

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

After he deployed the National Guard and Marines into Los Angeles, BlackPAC polled Black voters on their thoughts about the military being deployed domestically. The results were clear - 85% said they are against it.

BlackPAC.com/poll

U.S. Military Is Preparing to Deploy National Guard in D.C., Official Says

For the second time this summer, Donald Trump is deploying the National Guard in a Black-led Democratic city based on a made up narrative.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u...

Trump promised not to act until the courts ruled.
He lied.
Now 400,000 federal workers are stripped of protections overnight—no arbitrator, no grievance process, no recourse.
This is authoritarian union-busting in broad daylight.