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EDITOR'S NOTE: Today Alexi Giannoulias proposed a policy that Pat Dowell has presented more than a month ago. It is a good idea, as it was when Dowell talked about it in much great detail and with policy proposals on August 16.

This morning  the Show Trial of Paul Rusesabagina ended with a guilty verdict on eight of nine charges and was sentenced to 25 years prison. A guilty verdict was expected from the beginning.

The Rwandan government has said that the verdict in the trial of Paul Rusesabagina will be shown on the following link at 11:00 a.m. local time from Kigali, Rwanda. Please find the link to watch the verdict live here and at bottom of this press release.

The Rwandan government has said that they intend to announce the Rusesabagina trial verdict on Monday, September beginning at 11:00 am local time in Kigali, Rwanda. The proceedings will likely take at least a couple of hours.

Why is Rita Mayfield, an Illinois State Representative from the 60th District, who represents Waukegan, North Chicago, Gurnee, Beach Park and Park City, being paid $5,000 a month as a consultant to Calumet City? This consulting fee in addition to her...

Why is the Rwandan social media troll army and the KT Press, a pro-government media outlet,  trying to relitigate and bring in "new" evidence now that the Show Trial of Paul Rusesabagina is over and we are waiting for a verdict on September 20th?...

Signature development program to help minority women professionals and entrepreneurs in Birmingham, Rochester and Washington, DC

Monday, August 30 at 1:00pm ET - Outside Embassy of Rwanda, Washington, DC and via Zoom

Today marks the very sad one year anniversary of the kidnapping of Paul Rusesabagina by the Rwandan government. Why was Paul kidnapped? Certainly not because he supported terrorism, which is the Rwandan government's claim.

I received a robocall from Jack Burkman in August of 2020. The call said, "Did you know that if you vote by mail, your personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used...