If only we would have voted like Black women . . . all about history, resistance, politics, next steps. Hill + campaign vet. Views + opinions all mine. On the other side of fear is everything we want. No MAGA, no porn, no DMs if I don't know you. He/Him
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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed a discharge petition today to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Working with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, Massie now needs to persuade 216 additional House members to sign it.
By the numbers: 2 Presidents 1 Nobel Peace Prize 1 Presidential Medal Of Freedom 1 Affordable Care Act 1 Inflation Reduction Act 1 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 28.1 million jobs added Zero indictments Zero convictions Zero impeachments Loved and respected by billions
Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois. I want you all to know we’re doing everything we can to protect your rights. Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.
Class and dignity in everything.
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: •admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states •abolish ICE •grant citizenship to any immigrant •disband the 5th Circuit •expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.
NEW: Nadler will not seek re-election, citing the need for a new generation of leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
@deardean22.bsky.social CONGRATULATIONS on earning the shout-out on the Karen Hunter Show on Sirius radio station 126! I have been a follower of Urban View since 2015. And if you are not following Dear Dean why aren't you? You're missing some of the best analysis on the internet.
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-- There are 14 legislative days before the government runs out of money -- 10 former CDC Directors said JFJ Jr. endangers public health -- All of the pardoned J6 insurgents are grabbing for 💲 -- States that have sent the National Guard to DC -- TX, TN, OH, MO -- have more crime -- It's only 11 AM
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On September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion after the US dropped two atomic bombs and the USSR declared war on Japan.
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In the wake of the 1882 "Chinese Exclusion Act," September 2, 1885, after miners working in the Union Pacific coal mine in Rock Springs, WY struggled to unionize + strike the White workers blamed their Chinese colleagues as scapegoats, killing 28, wounding 15 and driving everyone else out of town.
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On September 1, 1979 Dr. Hazel W. Johnson Brown, who had a doctorate from Catholic University and started her career as a nurse, became the first Black woman to achieve the rank of Brigadier (one star) General in the US Army. Among other things she was director of Walter Reed's Institute of Nursing.
September 1, 1975 HBCU graduate and and flying in over 170 fighter pilot missions in Korea + Vietnam, Daniel "Chappie" James was named the first Black Four-Star general in the US military. He also held the title of Commander-in-CHief of the North American Air Defense Command.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
The government is lying to it can dump 76 Guatemalan kids.
Private institutions are profiting from ICE detention centers just like they do prisons. States that align their police departments with ICE benefit from financial kickbacks; it’s a business model built to generate revenue. 👇🏾
This gets a follow from me. Thanks for posting.
A few things worth holding onto: •Rest doesn’t mean weakness—it’s fuel. •Boundaries are not walls—they’re doors you control. •Speaking up about your struggles doesn’t make you “too much”—it makes you human. •Asking for help doesn’t erase your strength—it multiplies it.
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If this is the “strong leader” they keep selling us, why are they hiding him like Weekend at Bernie’s? 👀
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
This gets a follow from me. Agreed.
-- Won 29 of 32 SCOTUS decisions, including the Brown v. Board of Education -- Wrote over 150 appellate decisions, with zero overturned -- First African American US Solicitor General, winning 14 of 17 SCOTUS cases -- THURGOOD MARSHALL confirmed August 30, 1967 as the first Black SCOTUS justice!
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August 30, 1800 a literate enslaved blacksmith, Gabriel Prosser, read about the Haitian Revolution and organized over 1K enslaved for a march to take over Richmond, VA in a rebellion. Two enslaved men leaked the intel prior to its execution and Mr. Prosser + 25 others were captured and executed.
A white convicted felon and his white immigrant wife are attempting to deceive America, pushing the false narrative that the nation’s problems rest solely on the shoulders of Black and Brown communities and dark-skinned immigrants………Let that sink in.
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#Pinks #ProudBlue RFK Jr.’s idea to let bird flu run unchecked through chickens isn’t only cruel and inhumane, it could cause a new variant to jump to humans, which is probably what he wants. Stop this murdering psychopath. www.factcheck.org/2025/03/rfk-...
DeLauro calls for RFK Jr.'s firing amid ouster of CDC director ctmirror.org/2025/08/28/r...
This is a reminder the Republicans refuse to put up the plaque that honors and respects the police officers, some of whom died, protecting the US Capitol on January 6. Congress voted for this plaque but guess whom the GOP don't want to upset . . .hint he lives in public housing on Pennsylvania Ave.
Today’s update from Weirdo HQ.
The POTUS has a vendetta against Black women (in power). First AG Letita James, then Carla Hayden, then Governor Lisa Cook, and now VP Kamala Harris. This is #TheDoubleTax. I feature the Glass Cliff Black women in power face in #TheDoubleTax. Pre-order: annagifty.com.
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-- Trump illegally cut an additional $4B in foreign aid from money previously appropriated by Congress -- RFK Jr. blames mass shooting on anti-depressants -- It will cost >$2.5B to retrofit the "free" plane -- Cost of Trump's golf outings > money spent on childhood cancer research -- It's not 5PM
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Welp the Pentagon's coming to change the name of the newest barracks on campus named after the leader of the Tuskegee Airmen, Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, next. Mark my words.
Yes, she broke in to the Capitol violently. I don't like to see anybody killed but when they do something like she did, that's the risk they take. If she hadn't been killed, she should have spend a large portion if not all of her life behind bars as do the rest of them.
The beauty of the songs of famed Brooklyn, NY funk band Brass Construction? They don't have a lot of words! Here's "Movin'" which went all the way to number one in 1975. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOHs...
Brooklyn, NY is the home of some amazing music. Brass Construction's funk hit "Changing" was one of the songs the Fisk University Jazz Ensemble would cover when I was a member back in the day. "Changing" went to #24 on the R&B chart in 1976. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o91N...
Hugh Masekela from South Africa recorded "Grazing in the Grass" in 1968 that went all the way to number one. It was later covered by the Friends of DIstinction who added words to this amazing instrumental. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxXZ...
This cover of Hugh Masekela's hit "Grazing in the Grass" by the Friends of DIstinction was also a hit -- number 5 in Pop and number 3 in R&B in 1970. Here they are on the Ed Sullivan Show. One of my all-time favorites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tf...
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August 29, 1961 civil rights icon Bob Moses is beaten while helping to register voters + becomes the 1st Black person to file criminal charges against a White person in Amite County, MIssissippi. 70% of White adults v. 6% of Black adults = registered then. His attacker was later acquitted.
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On August 28, 1963 the "March on Washington," the largest demonstration at that time in the history of the US happened. Largely organized by the amazing Bayard Rustin over a quarter million people listened to keynote speaker Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
White bigots are cheering the end of DEI, claiming we’re ‘back to a merit system.’ But when have you ever been truly merited individuals? You’ve hidden behind this so-called meritocracy for generations; sneaky, lying cowards using it as cover while you rig the system in your favor.
Your daily reminder . . .
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-- Trump cancels former VP Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection -- Border patrol arrested two allegedly undocumented people while fighting a fire in Washington State -- CDC acting director has no medical background -- Government runs out of money in less than a month -- It's only 10:30 AM
This is truly one of the best illustrations of what is happening in America.
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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Put “President of Europe” in the same category as “ Many black women come up to me with tears in their eyes and say “Thank you Mr President for invading my city” Trump has always been an unabashed liar. Now add the dementia and this is what ya get A senile old lying bastard #ProudBlue
🚨50 shades of fucked up. No fear but much loathing these “people” in 2025.
When I "loan" books it's like when I "loan" money. I know I am never gonna see that cash again in this lifetime so I only loan those books that I have (a) another copy or (b) have already read twice. Look here's Brother Mouzone knocking on my door now🤣
Palantir is profiting off fear — powering ICE raids, predictive policing & military targeting, all with our tax dollars. Actions in San Francisco, DC, NYC, Denver, LA & beyond sent a clear message: No one Is Free under Tech Tyranny! #FightOligarchy
"The oft-mentioned tyranny being opposed by gun owners is really just the sense that the wrong people are encroaching on the privileges and prerogatives of whiteness." From 2020:
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
13 children with one wife. No cheating, married 45 years. WWII combat vet in the Battle of the Bulge. Marched in the 1963 March on Washington. Sent three sons to Vietnam -- one KIA. He + my Dad most impressive men I will ever meet in life and I've shaken Mandela's + Obama's hand. Thanks.
We are the only developed country where mass shootings happen on a regular basis. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Them: "Stop crying, it's just a movie. The movie:
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
The 92%, BLACK WOMEN, tried to warn ALL OF US. This didn't have to happen. Racism has been winning since 1526.
Oh no he didn't . . .
Indeed. It was the top priority of the NRA.
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Forgiveness is crucial, but everyone doesn't deserve your forgiveness. Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness, but because YOU deserve peace. Life is tough enough. Don't make it tougher by being stupid. Be brave or at least pretend to be. No one can tell the difference. #BlackSky
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A lie is nothing but a long way to get at the truth. Be an active participant in making the world less terrible. The only time change happens is when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain it takes to change. Anybody's job's easier as long as someone else has to do it. #BlackSky
The more handsome the fella or beautiful the woman who loves you, the easier it is to leave with no hard feelings. There may be some things better than sex. There may be some things worse than sex. But there is nothing exactly like it.
When I was 17, I asked my grand dad how he'd like to be remembered. "I'm not what I ought to be and I'm not what I want to be. But I'm not yet what I'm going to be and by the grace of God I'm not what I was." He died seven months later at 62. #BlackSky
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
This is a reminder the Republican House and Senate, in 2017, voted and President Trump signed into law overturning President Barack Obama's regulation limiting the sales of guns to some individuals with mental illness. #History www.npr.org/sections/the...
BECOME either a voting registrar or poll judge. CHECK the status of your voting registration. REGISTER your entire family and friends. MAKE a plan to vote. HELP the disabled complete their absentee ballot. LEARN your ballot. DO IT NOW.
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On August 28, 1955 Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, White members of the Ku Klux Klan, snatched in the middle of the night a child, Chicagoan + 14-year-old Emmett Till from his uncle's home in MS, strip him naked, torture + murder him. He was wrongfully accused of offending a White woman, Carolyn Bryant.
The current President of Howard University is out and the past President is back. What is going on at my momma's alma mater and where I got my first job?
Not better than the original but different in a great way. No one beats the greatest "girl" (woman) group of all time -- the Supremes.
The lead singer's pained, plaintive wail of "let me free why don't you babe" feels 180 degrees apart from Diana Ross' version. The band's live version is better than their recorded version - you can see the drummer + all the musician's emotions. Loved this since 1975.
I love Octavia Butler #OctaviaKnew
Bruh I posted this separately myself! This reminds me.so.much of James III's beautiful, wonderful and amazing guide dog the glamorous Golden Retriever Miss Tiffany III (2004-2017). I miss her so much.
Bruh I BEEN knowing about Vanilla Fudge!!!! I first heard them when I was playing rhythm guitar at 15 in my garage band.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...