On the ballot today:

-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50

This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.

Sephora really thought using Mariah to mock boycotts was cute, during a moment when people are losing jobs, food stamps are cut, and families are choosing between groceries and rent.

New post:
Sephora, Mariah, and the Cost of Tone-Deaf Glamour
unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/sephora-ma...

Dick Cheney Was Doing War Crimes in Exactly the Right Way, by Ezra Klein.

CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage

no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

They “didn’t know they had the legal authority” to use the SNAP emergency funds and it may take until Wednesday to figure out the process. They tore down the East Wing overnight and will send their goon squads into cities and put people in camps with no problem…. but feed people? Don't be fooled.

The Supreme Court is inching toward undoing marriage equality, a right people fought, bled, and built families for. Some saw this coming. Others chose comfort over truth.

My latest:
unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/the-court-...

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

WTF. Everyone, cameras out. Get it all on video.

Two pillars of Black life are being pushed into competition, the church and the Divine Nine.
But this isn’t about faith. It’s about power, community, and who gets to lead us forward.
Read: unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/when-the-p...

Usha, you in danger, girl.

Kristi Noem is lying.

They’re trying to erase what the whole world saw.
January 6 wasn’t “patriotism.”
It was an attack on democracy, fueled by lies and protected now by power.
We remember. And we will not let them rewrite the crime scene.

Read more ⬇️
unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/they-want-...

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

Hell yeah!

🚨 NEW: 22 states, DC, and 3 governors just filed a legal challenge over a $5 billion “contingency fund” meant to keep SNAP benefits going.

They can watch, but they can’t silence.
The Truth doesn’t fear surveillance.

Read more: unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/they-can-w...

#AbolishICE #ResistFascism #WeWillNotBeSilenced #FreedomOfSpeech #TruthTellers #AIandSurveillance

This is so fucked up.

Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.

Eric is a Missouri congressman.

He is quite literally dependent on the federal government for his paycheck, his housing, and his free healthcare. He’s a tax recipient.

They say Republicans are “good for the economy.”
So why are we seeing mass layoffs, SNAP cuts, and Trump sending billions to Argentina while Americans starve?

🔗 Read more:
unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...

#Economy #Politics #Trump #Republicans #ClassWar