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BET Awards Dominated by Tributes to Black Lives Matter

The BET Awards kicked off Sunday night with an extended, star-studded rendition of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” one of a slew of tributes to the Black Lives Matter movement that dominated the annual awards show that honors black achievement in entertainment and sports.

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Actor Billy Porter Pushes Vote-by-Mail After Promoting Joe Biden Fundraiser

Pose star Billy Porter is joining a growing number of Hollywood celebrities who are promoting vote by mail by teaming up with Michelle Obama’s “non-partisan” voter initiative. His push for vote by mail comes just one month after the Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor participated in a virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden.

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Unvetted: Michelle Obama Hosted Former Terrorist Bill Ayers

When she was an associate dean at the University of Chicago, Michelle Obama organized a panel discussion featuring her husband, then a state senator, as well as Bill Ayers, the infamous former leader of the Weather Underground anti-American domestic terrorist group.

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All the Celebrities Behind Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote Initiative

Michelle Obama has described her When We All Vote initiative as a non-partisan effort to boost voter registration among all Americans. But the project, which is also aggressively pushing voting by mail, is backed by a slew of left-wing Hollywood and sports celebrities whose past public statements have been anything but non-partisan.

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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Team Up with Michelle Obama for Left’s Push for Vote By Mail

Former first lady Michelle Obama made a big push for vote by mail during a virtual voter registration drive on Monday that included appearances by a giddy Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, who recently recovered from COVID-19. While the online event was billed as a non-partisan effort, it was dominated by former Obama administration faces, including former special White House advisor Valerie Jarrett.

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