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“If you can’t honor a man by quoting him directly because his own words seem disparaging to his legacy, then perhaps you shouldn’t try to honor him at all.” Watch my latest here: www.youtube.com/live/2Mv50KZ...
And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section. Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
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Well, in principle correct but check out reporting in non-US media, ranging from printed and tv media in south Korea, Japan, the UK, Europe or South America, ie countries and economies that thought the US were friends and allies
This is a THREAD of people NOT FIRED. bsky.app/profile/atru...
20,000 … the number Russians killed in the Karyn massacre … they are no fearful but facing reality en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_m...
None of the young male mass shooters and now political assassins I've written about in recent years had stayed in higher education and pursued a bachelor's degree. Crazy enough, it's almost like college is a positive socializing force, not a radicalizing one
You’re kidding right, Lutnick? You let him fire all those people - act like a maniac with people’s lives the ability of our government to function - and just months later say, “that was wrong.” Unreal. wapo.st/462dsvz
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... This … “Amazon Prime” shipments of humans
So profit greed had reached ceiling limits affecting car sales?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Seriously? There is nothing that is not a lie or embellished
Donald Trump has a history of making national tragedies worse. So here's a quick side by side of how one president responds to a national crisis versus how another does.
A series of arrows ? … when googling one finds this
We can’t always live in a “harvest time”; time to put the grownup pants and shoes and layout the field for “planting time” to allow the next generations to enjoy harvest again !?
These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
Truth! But switching simply and only from Gasoline to Electric Cars doesn’t change the fact thst building out reliable and efficient public transportation networks needs to go hand in hand
… and “rounding up the usual suspects” (sorry Captain Renault)!
Captain Renault: Round up the usual suspects! (Sorry Captain Renault! You actually were smart)
There is no return! To what time in US history would that be? “Our” job right now (like Nelson Mandela while in prison) is to prepare the framework for a 3rd founding of America, built on and strengthening all those pro-democracy amendments of the constitution introduced during the 2nd founding
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Political violence of every sort should be condemned and voices seeking to use the Kirk killing for political gain should NOT BE AMPLIFIED. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn-news.bsky.social @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy put our country & our safety over clicks.
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country… Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year. And America shrugged and moved on.
Anti-renewable energy constraints are standing on the platform and denying the train has left the station
NEW: The National Guard analyzed its mission and found it is perceived as "leveraging fear, driving a wedge between civilians and the military, and promoting a sense of shame among troops and the military." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.theguardian.com/environment/... This article … people rather shrink in their dying environment rather than to face that they are wrong and could live a better, healthier more joyful life
“The government sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where people are hired for day jobs such as construction, landscaping, agriculture or car washes…and who do not speak much if any English.” -Justice Kavanaugh
The biggest sporting event in the world is happening in our backyard. But most New Yorkers will be priced out of watching it live. Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed
One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys. Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman. There is no justification for this. None.
The barking dog caught the car … and tries to unlock its grip before being killed. Lesson summary still holds true: every accusation a confession, a projection… because “we” simply don’t think, work or live like that.
What else do you all need
Kavanaugh in 2023 in the argument on Biden’s loan forgiveness: “Some of the biggest mistakes in the Court’s history were deferring to assertions of executive emergency power. Some of the finest moments in the Court’s history were pushing back against presidential assertions of emergency power.”
“Be quiet, that’s why you’re second rate.” Trump lashed out at a former National Association of Black Journalists, Black Journalist of the Year, Yamichi Alcindor, about his very real, not at all “fake news” threat of war directed at Chicago.
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
These farmers can't beg Trump to stop destroying their livelihoods with the tariffs, so they're just demanding a check.
There was no crowd
*80 percent* drop in mail to the US because Trump is taxing every single small package anyone might want to send someone here
Wes Moore: "I'm not running for president"
"I call it embarrassing and performative" -- Wes Moore on Trump's post threatening war on Chicago
Nothing that is alive is allowed to thrive under GOP rule
Not to forget your water bill! cee.illinois.edu/news/AIs-Cha...
No solidarity. Reporters let Trump talk this way to a woman reporter and then clamor to get their own question answered. He used to do it to April Ryan, Yamiche Alcindor and Abby Phillip. And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.
Donald Trump’s plan is one that’s been repeated over and over again by dictators across history — inciting the local population before sending disrupters. That’s how you convert a democracy into something else. Illinois won’t fall for this ploy.
In fact and moreover: Trump’s policies on modern technologies, science and immigration took away any chance for the US to be competitive in the future. His insistence on old, outdated, expensive & environmentally harmful energy sources / technologies now provides complete advantage to China & Europe
For those who doubted where this was headed, this is what dictatorship looks like — declaring war against an American city. It is not a joke. We must all stand against this lawless regime.
Really! Well, I see one economic model exporting cheap and environmentally sound technologies (giving humanity and the planet a chance of survival) and another economic model exporting outdated, expensive and environmentally harmful technology. The end of the US economy is now predictable.
SHAMELESS: Donald Trump is slapping his name on infrastructure projects across the U.S. funded by President Biden’s historic 2021 infrastructure law that Trump opposed and tried to derail. (NYT)
THE ICE AGENTS ARE WEARING FUCKING NAZI STAHLHELMS WHAT THE FUCK COME ON, YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
Exact… meanwhile wished media or people would just visit the USCG site …
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law. May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
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Meanwhile … (what kind of a pyramid scheme is that?) www.reuters.com/business/aut...
A child in an adult’s body without any moral compass. Extremely dangerous for the world.
There should be an outcry. It doesn’t make any sense unless there was someone or something on the little inter-Island ferry boat that this administration really didn’t like
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money. But we do need your time. ⏰ zohranfornyc.com/events
Wer Geschichte studiert stellt sich oft die Frage wer die Macht und median hat, wenn auch immer zu welchem Zeitpunkt als Terroristen darzustellen! Nelson Mandela? Die Kurden? Die Indianer? Die Basken? Schlage vor sich die Frage zu stellen wie es dazu kam. Möglich wir hatten die Hilferufe überhört?
Just look at the present economic models! One providing cheap, modern renewable technologies, the other outdated, expensive & environmentally harmful energy sources. Trump destroyed the US potential of being a viable competitor in the future but rather promotes fossil fuels to destroy the planet too
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt was caught on a hidden camera saying the government will “redact every Republican” from the Epstein files and leave only the Democrats. He also revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security “to keep her mouth shut.”
Why do Americans want to see their children and their mothers suffer and dying? What sickness is in their psyche not to vaccinate, not to stop gun violence, not to protect the environment, not to allow women a choice over their body, not to advance education, not to make childcare affordable, etc?
@thisisanfield.com … start reviewing the contract for the buyer’s remorse or item not working return policy agreement!
And #liverpool and #newcastle now reviewing the contracts for the return policy of purchased items that don’t work as advertised
#Liverpool and #Newcastle now checking if there was a buyer’s remorse return policy agreement in the contracts … normally a not working item can be returned within 30 days, right?
More importantly: if (and when) the yellow export economy model of cheap & renewable energy “wins”, humanity, the environment have a chance of survival! If the grey export model of expensive, outdated and environmentally harmful energy production wins we are “cooked“! The US has given up on science
Just Florida? After the Newtown elementary school Massacre the country decided to go on as if nothing happened; still have no mandatory maternity leave; childcare costing more than a car note and teachers paid less than sanitation workers; roads as dangerous to kids as minefields! They hate children
Something tells me the US navy may leave that area very shortly
For those familiar with the area (and know about modern drug trafficking techniques) the US executed passengers of an inter-island private (taxi/uber-like) ferry. In best case scenario they used $100 million dollars in planes, rocket, manpower to blow up $100k? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Wonder what the USCG had done the last years? Nothing?
Well let’s see what the mighty US Navy is going to do now (oh forgot: Hurricane Season in this administration is a democratic hoax)
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
Edward Jenner likely would have been crucified by RFK and today’s DOJ & FDA
We've become the monsters we used to hunt. At least two of the men released from CECOT needed help getting off the plane and were put in wheelchairs because of the physical torture they endured. DOJ actions. And the evangelicals cheer for this.
NEW: @reuters.com got its hands on a document from the Guatemalan government further undermining the claims the Trump admin made publicly (and to a federal judge) that the attempted deportation of 600 children in the dead of the night was requested by parents.
www.theguardian.com/football/202... No surprise here, just an unfortunate confirmation what #Fifa @fifaworldcup26.bsky.social is all about.
Do people ever take time to go on e.g the US Coast Guard site who day in and out fight drug dealers or take time to learn what modern drug trafficking looks like? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Dislike the generalized term “humanity” as if humans are the source of exploiting the reserves rather than profit hungry water bottling companies not to speak about Microsoft, google, Amazon etc. AI and Data Centers consuming millions of gallons of fresh water… cee.illinois.edu/news/AIs-Cha...
So the USCG was doing nothing? www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releas...
So what was the US Coastguard doing the last couple of years, nothing? www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releas....
This …
Exactly… if people would just look at the USCG sites www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releas....
Exactly, it’s like an uber/taxi service between the islands of Venezuela‘s main coast up into the Grenadines, etc.
So the US used the equivalent of about $100 Million in surveillance, aircraft, rocket, manpower, etc for this execution? You know what drug smuggling boats look like nowadays? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
As mariner on worldwide trading cargo ships, having studied methods of pirates & drug dealers (as required with material provided by vessel insurers) this open boat filled with that many people in the Caribbean does not match a drug dealing operation. Example: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
