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Boring Gen X Cishet Neurotypical African American. South Shore to Coastal Empire. Extremely Amateur Historian. Flies the W. He/him/'nem.
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Prepare and do obeisance to Ye Dipped Italian Beeves, Ye Ribb Tipps and Ye Hote Linkes (But seriously, will trade for actual sourdough and Dungeness crab)
Scrooge: "Am I. . . dead?" Marley: "As a coffin-nail."
Um. He *owned* the 2011 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks. And marketed the *hell* out of Dirk Nowitzki.
The Business Elite never forgave FDR for lifting millions out of poverty and they vowed to spend the next century destroying the country for it.
It's reminding me of how I felt when I landed in Cuba and had Castro in my face at every turn.
Sadly, Americans largely haven't traveled outside of the states enough to recognize just HOW fcking bad this is.
They think white college students who can only be bothered to vote sometimes are the “base” of the Democratic Party, and they become absolutely furious when they are reminded that Black women exist, and have been doing this work for decades, instead of just grandstanding on social media about it.
1/? There I was born there were 14 Black people in Congress. One Black Senator. Fifty-one years later, we have 66 Congress people. That is approximately 12% of Congress and almost a representation of our population in this country. We have 5 Black Senators. That is 10% of the Senate.
“Bernie would have been the nominee” makes sense only if you have an inherent affinity for erasing Black voters- which- considering the block bish behavior he has shown- would make sense. Repeating this lie isn’t journalism. It reeks of a hankering to adjacent and devoid of facts.
I didn't know that Ali Velshi was a member of the Cirque de Brolay. 😂😂
Been down on them ever since they replaced Ta-Nehisi Coates (which, problematic) with whatever the fuck Conor Friedersdorf is doing (which, libertarian bullshit)
The Daisy in "Driving Miss Daisy" has the Jewish last name Werthan. "Parade" takes place during concurrent events--Confederate Memorial Day (that used to be a thing here) and the lynching of Leo Frank (2/2)
Alfred Uhry has a whole trilogy of plays about Southern Judaism and the difficulties they faced (Driving Miss Daisy, Last Night of Ballyhoo, Parade) (1/2)
I will NEVER ignore or deny the ancestors that came before me, Fighting for the right for me to vote that every Am benefited from, So excuse me' for ripping the fuck out of Rashida Tlaib & her anti-blk allies, urging voter to not vote for Biden Harris in the last election is offensive, My people.👇
The Civil Rights Icon John Lewis said many times the voting was precious and sacred, and I will physically fight anyone from any race urging and manipulating voters to not vote. That's highly offensive to me and other Black Americans. Dogs Water Hoses and Billy clubs so I can have a right to vote
For not "doing something" MFs- The time to do something was NOVEMBER The people who were to do it VOTERS Now they want to be saved by the people they shit on at the polls? No They failed They fix it I'll be watching from the sidelines
I'm so glad that I come from a people that realize that temper tantrums are not advocacy or activism.
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1/? It would be nice if leftist would realize Black ppl, in many respects, understand white ppl better than white ppl understand themselves. We have had to do this in order to survive for 400 yrs. When we reject your leftist musings, know it's b/c we know your MAGA family/friends better than you do
"He rants like a failed contractor because a worker made a mistake. This is how Trump treats the working class: You’re disposable, mockable, and banned if you mess up." www.rawstory.com/trump-reveal...
.@velshi.com “Head in the sand”? Please. Part of the problem is limp news coverage that turns every Dem wobble into a five-alarm fire while treating GOP extremism as background noise. That’s what depresses our base.
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.
Congrats!
When I talk about embedded, unconscious racism in the DC press corps I mean people like Martha Raddatz, clearly unconscious of her own upper class white people assumption that Trump's invasion of a Black run city like DC or Baltimore is anything but fascism and white supremacy.
🧵 1/ This is a great example of the issue that permeates every sector, industry, school, workplace...American society. "Expert" is deemed such for "qualifications". We know under this regime, Black people have NONE. "Expert" renders life affecting decisions. truthout.org/articles/exc...
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This is the Cracker Barrel I remember (and why we haven't been near the place since): aaregistry.org/story/restau...
Nobody likes an ultra processed food like a wellness grifter telling us the dangers of ultra processed foods. I'm sorry but your protein powder, and vital greens, and whatever the fuck bloom is did not come out of the earth looking like that.
It gets better - he would like the internet to stop spreading “conspiracy theories” about him 🤣🤣🤣. Umm Ruby Freeman & Shaye Moss would like a word 🧐
America and African-America are physically the same place, but they're not the same place.
All this... Like constantly demanding theatrics over legislation will not stop fascism. Making politicians fear voters again, will. And demanding politicians in the minority party to fix what the voters created is just diabolical and laziness.
It WAS disrespectful and weak to push him out and it was rooted in a desire to kneecap Kamala.
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Obligatory. And yes I have this album.
JFK is dead and the DNC has nothing to do with impeachment hearings. People like you are the reason there are instructions on shampoo.
Nope. Just noticing T**** cheating, again. Sorry if I was offensive.
My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
Pictorial confirmation that he cheats at golf. You're supposed to "play it as it lays"
*I* don't like to smell musty. That's what showers are for
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
The Florida Democratic Party is a gigantic mess and he's one of the reasons why
Interesting that of all the Democrats demanding Kennedy resign or be fired, nationwide, NYT gives a guest essay to someone who for three and a half out of every four years claims not to be a Democrat
In my opinion, many leftists have zero problem if MAGA policies disenfranchise Black Americans because they also want Black Americans disenfranchised to get Black Americans out of the way:
Former Macon GA city councilman who quit his make-work job to go be a full-time bigot in Atlanta I remember him devoting a column to how angry he was that he had to share an upscale restaurant with Black people
Or, visit the “baby land” section of a cemetery to see all the little headstones, then look at the dates of death. Many before vaccines!
What divides us by race is white people's assertion that race isn't the fundamental problem with this country. Accepting the truth means we can go to work. But blind denial, clutching at "class" means our resolution delays even longer. Face it and fix it, fellow whites!
You should look up sea steading. They couldn't even do a succesful cult. It has left a lot of bodies though
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People be like “RFK jr is out of step with the medical mainstream” HE IS NOT A MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
Ahmed al-Fra'ud doing what he does best: lining his own pockets
I swear to goodness coming on any social media platforms is bad for my mental health. Every fucking day there’s some new gripe or demand from ⚪️ towards the Democratic Party. Have y’all ever considered or attempted to fix 5% of the fucked up behavior in the voting booth? It’s exhausting!!!
'Cause they eventually want him to run for President. Never mind that (1) no NYC mayor has ever been elected President, or ever will be, and (2) he's not Constitutionally eligible, being foreign-born. But of course their vibes are stronger than the Constitution.
Tim Pool's Musty Beanie *bragged* about taking Russian money. He temporarily "retired" and then came right back after the election. Where was her indignation then?
Oh, no, a perfectly legal scheme to push Democratic messaging. And you're going to pretend it's nefarious after most of the right-wing misinformation sphere was caught taking money from RUSSIA.
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Is. . .is there anyone on the masthead who is non-White? 'Cause if not I can see what this is, like Semafor: a bunch of people who write only for each other
Oregon or BUST!! 👍😁
Wait. The "Seasteading Institute", better known as Galt's Gulch On The Ocean, which tried and failed to bully French Polynesia into letting them build a floating libertarian paradise (using Der Blutgraf's money)?
Anti-Democratic and anti-democracy ops. Protesting on behalf of people who destroyed their political opposition then executed a terrorist attack
Let's put this in perspective: MAGAs visited Alligator Alcatraz in 2025 with the same fervor Southern Whites gathered at lynchings in the 1930s. MAGA would have no problem celebrating and attending a lynching in 2025. America has learned nothing. *sip* 🔥☕️ news.meaww.com/outrage-as-m...
47 feels like he IS the US, as opposed to someone with the leadership and protection of the US in his charge. Like America is just another brand of his.
The tragedy is white people and their unending bullshit.
Ashli Babbit was rightfully put down like the insurrectionist traitor she was.
"the GOP HATES this fucking city so much" I very much understand. They want to invade my hometown like it was Iraq. And then turn it over to the same people who ruined Iraq. "Chicago-itional Provisional Authority."
1/2 The Chicago Bee Building, an Art Deco beauty built for Anthony Overton, a wealthy Black mogul who had his innovative hands in everything from cosmetics to newspapers. Though never as popular as the Defender, the Chicago Bee helped cement Chicago's reputation as the center of Black journalism.
I'm old enough to remember when New York went *bankrupt* and the Republic didn't collapse because of it (2/2)
That's the most "New York is the center of the universe and everything else is flyover country" statement I've seen yet (1/2)
The author of an article that attacked content creators for being paid to make content admits that the content creators were not actually paid to create content.
This is about the 3rd or 4th time I done seen Ms Martha gathering up Mark by his collar.
They want to get rid of MMWR so they can bring back MMR
Hadn't even been born when the Soviet Union collapsed
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Neither of them should go. Because if he goes by himself Momster will find a way to "connect" him with one of the other White cousins, etc. there.
This is a very weird situation in that it's the first time since FDR the press has a visibly ill, probably dying President -- so the first time in the modern media model -- and they seem completely unequipped to report on it. (also "they like him and want him to rule us like a king" factor, yes)
I really don't know how to fix things in a country where 1/3 of the population wants to invade the other 2/3 and thinks posse comitatus is a venereal disease
it's important here that the New York Times, for instance, has a demonstrated record of believing that black women holding positions of authority is inherently invalid and questionable.
"[V]ery different culture?" Black people had *White* culture imposed on them from when they were first dragged onto slave ships
What in the One-Drop rule?
also, the insane racism of this aside, "the black and white culture of louisiana is completely different" is something you can only believe if you've never stepped foot in louisiana (this applies to much of the south)
ISTG I thought he'd been guillotined in the Terror
This is actually a great litmus test – the only people who thought WWI was cool and good became fascists.
The part no one is saying is that a lot of people are very comfortable with the idea of sacrificing Black women to protect themselves. People got so mad when we did #NotYourMammy after #solidarityisforwhitewomen, but society does not see Black women as people, so much as shields and tools.
White men can get away with a lot the rest of us can’t. People here seem to have forgotten that Obama wasn’t allowed to show anger the entire eight years he was President yet they expect Hakeem to? The rules about who can be visibly angry haven’t changed just because the circumstances have changed
People keep forgetting (I haven't) that Mark Cuban is a goddamn libertarian
Being mad at Merrick Garland cuz y’all come out piss poor EVERY election since color Tv is some weird shit but ok I GUESS 🙄 (Imagine- “we lost democracy cuz you didn’t remove the type of person we historically huff nuts for- so shame on you for not saving us from ourselves” as a rational thought🥴)
Troll Trollovich Botov. Hope they got their rubles this week
First Betty Bowers, & now this clown. I'm sure Jasmine Crockett "loves" the way white people are targeting a Black man to elevate her. WTF is wrong with you white people pitting a Black man against a Black woman? They're human beings, not pieces on your privileged white person game board.
When people jump off their feet and cheer a White Governor or Senator for saying the same things the Black lady said (that they claim she never said), we see you.
There’s a war on black women because we keep trying to do crazy stuff like stay employed.
The people who are telling us that “identity politics” are a distraction are exercising their own identity politics. They tend to be cishet white men and the women who love them.
Black American Politicians Are Nothing More Than Sentient Chess Pieces For Leftist White People, A Continuing Series
"Jeffries isn't entertaining me enough."
I think it’s vital to the future of the nation for the racism to be on open display. Too many people have been in fantasy land for the past 60 years and that includes most immigrants to the US…who wouldn’t even be in a position to be deported if Black Americans hadn’t gained basic civil rights:
I'm sure Jasmine Crockett "loves" the way white people are targeting a Black man to elevate her. WTF is wrong with you white people pitting a Black man against a Black woman? They're human beings, not pieces you get to move around on your privileged white person game board.
If white ppl were going to get into the streets, they would have done it by now. There are so many things- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Alligator Alcatraz, Occupation of LA & D.C, cutting vaccine committee, Big Ugly Bill, VA & DOE cuts. It's a wrap. We're an authoritarian nation. It's a wrap.
Shuck and Jive
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