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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 2h

Why Hegseth is so worried about the press leaks www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 4d

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 4h

Excellent point. Because we’ve been shielded from knowing our own history, a huge swath of the country has no idea that the Hitler perfected Nazism by studying Jim Crow—in America.

www.facingsouth.org/2021/04/univ...

The University of Arkansas's hidden history of helping Nazis

In the early 1930s, a German lawyer named Heinrich Krieger enrolled in the University of Arkansas as an exchange student to study American race law. When he returned to Nazi Germany, his studies direc...

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Mzbitca @mzbitca.bsky.social · 5h

Just taking a moment to reiterate that I think when we talk about what's happening now as similar to Nazi Germany et al it misses that we have our own history right here that it is actually much more similar too. Especially when you look at the SC. They're not Nazis they're neo confederates

Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 5h

Rapper Vic Mensa: This is an “extension of the Civil War late stage confederacy.” (Gift link to his NYT piece) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 5h

Rapper Vic Mensa: This is an “extension of the Civil War late stage confederacy.” (Gift link to his NYT piece) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: Last week, Dominion Voting Systems, the same company Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit against it for nearly $800 million, was bought by a former Republican election official. In my latest, I break down what is known so far: open.substack.com/pub/thejourn...

Will the Most Votes Be Enough to Win?

The acquisition of Dominion Voting Systems raises question about the midterm elections

open.substack.com

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 1d

JFC. 🫤

Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 1d

This is beautiful.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“That is such bullshit”

@mizzwelch.bsky.social isn’t having it when @corybooker.com tries to blame Democratic failures to stand up to Trump (including his own vote for Kushner’s dad) on a “circular firing squad”

Full @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social ep: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc?...

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 1d

I keep telling folks, he ain’t the one.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 1d

This is awful. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: Last week, Dominion Voting Systems, the same company Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit against it for nearly $800 million, was bought by a former Republican election official. In my latest, I break down what is known so far: open.substack.com/pub/thejourn...

Will the Most Votes Be Enough to Win?

The acquisition of Dominion Voting Systems raises question about the midterm elections

open.substack.com

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Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co @cliffschecter.bsky.social · 2d

www.blueamp.co/p/wanna-purp... The Evidence Trump Is "Trying To Start A Depression"

"These guys aren’t idiots. They know exactly what they’re doing. They’re creating crisis so they can profit off the cleanup"(w @therealjourneyman.bsky.social!)

“Wanna Purposely Start A Depression? Do What Trump's Doing”

Top analyst Marlon Weems has a scary message about where Trump economic chaos, billionaire greed & political cowardice lead—unless we act & pull back from the brink

www.blueamp.co

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 3d

Just don’t buy anything #boycotttarget

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

Liberal men of bluesky - stop going to bars to meet women and start going to Target. The M/F ratio is way better and women are already there looking for things they don’t need but want.

Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 3d

No.

USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 3d

Is MAGA Christianity True Christianity?

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 4d

The Journeyman makes sense of how the economy, politics, and race intersect in plain language and without the jargon. Join the thousands of readers and followers who rely upon its sharp analysis, financial storytelling, and progressive insights—the kind you won’t find on legacy media.

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · Nov 18

An “Allow me to introduce myself” thread for folks who don’t know me: I’m from Arkansas & old enough to remember segregated schools, which ain’t that old. I was one of the first 3 or 4 Black ppl in the investment biz. 10 years later I started the state’s first Black-owned investment firm.

a black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie with the word vevo on the bottom right

Alt: a black and white photo of a Jay-Z in a suit and tie with the word vevo on the bottom right

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 5d

An odd take on the jobs climate from Axios this morning. The first line—“No hiring. No firing”—ignores the fact that companies have announced the highest number of job cuts YTD since the pandemic. Up over 50% from last year. So somebody is being fired. thejourneyman.substack.com/p/the-stock-...

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 5d

In my piece I from a few days ago, I break down how Argentina thanked the geniuses in the Trump administration for this $20 billion bailout by cutting U.S. farmers out of selling soybeans to China open.substack.com/pub/thejourn...

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 5d

That she’s from Venezuela is the chef’s kiss 🤌🏾

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 5d

Venezuelan Pro-Democracy Politician María Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize and the 34x CONVICTED FELON & ADJUDICATED RAPIST who tried to bribe the Nobel Committee can go fuck himself hard!

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 5d

Cassidy was only R to vote with Dems - Collins is sticking with her President, of course

Cortez Masto, Cruz, Tillis didn't vote

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 5d

The Senate has defeated a plan from Democrats to block President Trump's use of National Guard troops in various cities - if local officials oppose their deployment from other states.

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 6d

I refuse to live in an America where no ham sandwich is safe

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6d

Per Fox News, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia is currently weighing whether to charge NY AG Letitia James with mortgage fraud.

Fox News & @FoxNews
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BREAKING: A federal grand jury is meeting in the Eastern District of Virginia court, weighing charging NY AG Letitia James with mortgage fraud, two sources confirm to Fox News.

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 6d

The DOJ has fallen

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Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co @cliffschecter.bsky.social · 6d

“Amped Up” - Is Trump trying for Depression?

We talk w @therealjourneyman.bsky.social founder of AR's 1st Black-owned fin services firm. What treachery's Trump up to? Did I destroy Lehman Bros?

Seriously, Marlon explains Trump danger on Amped Up/2pm et/Substack! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

LIVE SOON: AMPED UP: “Wanna PURPOSELY Seed A DEPRESSION--Act Like Trump”

Starting Oct 9 at 2:00 PM EDT

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 6d

If subsidies are an indicator of failure, then is Johnson going to cut off farmers and the oil industry next?

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