Irma continues to deliver a gut punch to Florida after being downgraded to a Category One storm overnight. The hurricane claimed 27 lives in the Caribbean and at least four deaths have been reported in Florida. More than six million people are without power in the coastal state. The House has postponed votes today as the storm is still wreaking havoc. The death toll in Mexico is already at 90 as rescue workers continue to assess the damage after being rocked by the country’s strongest earthquake in a century. Back in the Beltway, we’re remembering 16 years ago before smartphones were ubiquitous and there was no such thing as Twitter, and we were all glued to our televisions watching in horror the attack on the Pentagon, the plane crash in Pennsylvania, and the Twin Towers topple. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day. It not only forever changed our sense of domestic security, but also shaped policy, including forming the Department of Homeland Security. That’s right, kids. It didn’t exist before 9/11. For the first time, MSNBC is not re-airing the coverage. Lastly, the NFL officially kicked off football season. We’re boycotting. But to be fair, we’ve been boycotting since...forever. So not sure that counts. We’re kicking off your Monday with this:
- Barack Obama schedules his first DNC fundraiser.
- FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces members of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment.
- CBC wants Colin Kaepernick at the ALC.
- Harriet Tubman 2020 on the $20.
- The University of California sues Trump over DACA.
- Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) will sit down with Donald Trump on Wednesday.
- Omarosa’s been locked out of WH meetings.
- Obama alum to lead the National Black Justice Coalition.
- Tamron Hall has been subpoenaed in Jesse Jackson Jr.’s divorce case.
- Vicente Fox enters the 2020 race for U.S. President.
- Charles Payne returns to Fox News.
- An immigration activist gets engaged! See the pic below.
- Hispanic-owned company will build a border wall prototype.
- Drug company sells a patent to Native American tribe to escape litigation.
- Ava DuVernay wins big at Emmys then is questioned by a reporter.
- JAY-Z’s mom talks about coming out to her son. Check it out in Blogs below.
- Check out the RSVP links in FOMO. CBCF-AC guides coming this week!