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In a bid to annoy as many people as possible Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are unable to even to honor the memory of George Floyd appropriately and don't seem even remotely interested in delivering any form of change to the system that led to Floyd's death. Both Schumer and Pelosi had trouble giving Floyd the decency of even remembering his name, something that surely isn't as hard as it seems considering his name has been all over international news for the past month.  How can we trust the Democratic leadership to prioritize and fight for Black folks, when Schumer and Pelosi can’t even remember George Floyd’s name. It’s about damn time we replace them both. pic.twitter.com/yqsueJrG04 — People for Shahid (@People4Shahid) June 27, 2020 Schumer, in an address to congress, said "for the families of Floyd Taylor, uh, George Taylor". Where Schumer got the idea that George Floyd has 'Taylor' anywhere in his name is anyone's guess, but t...

Facebook post by Far-Right Group, Britain First. You may be familiar with the Far-Right group Britain First as they have recently attracted a large amount of headlines. The media attention directed at the hate group was a result of sitting US President Donald Trump retweeting three of their videos which allegedly depicted ISIS members attempting to kill a young man, another Muslim male smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary and a young group of Muslim males attacking a disabled boy. However, the third video of the attack against the disabled boy wasn't perpetuated by a Muslim, according to the Independent. The video in question was titled "Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!" The Independent links to a dutch website called 'No Style' which  states that the attacker is a Dutch man , and not a Muslim migrant like hate-filled individuals such as Donald Trump and Jayda Fransen want us to believe. So, as you can see, the Britain First organisation is ...