Keith Boykin
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Still wondering what you can do? Here’s your answer for Black Friday Week: don’t support companies that don’t support you. Stop financing your own oppression. We ain’t buying it.
In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty.
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty.
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
While Americans are worried about the cost of health care and groceries this Thanksgiving week, the Great Stunt Queen is focused on remodeling the 102-year-old Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to look more Trumpian.
Donald Trump reveals new DC National Mall project to fix "Biden filth"
Built in the 1920s, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has framed historic marches and serves as a symbolic link across the National Mall.
www.newsweek.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
While Americans are worried about the cost of health care and groceries this Thanksgiving week, the Great Stunt Queen is focused on remodeling the 102-year-old Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to look more Trumpian.
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) is leaving Congress. He joins Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), and five other Texas Republicans who are retiring for various reasons.
GOP Rep. Troy Nehls won’t seek reelection to Congress
The Richmond Republican, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, made the announcement with days left before the deadline for candidates to file for the 2026 primaries.
www.texastribune.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) is leaving Congress. He joins Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), and five other Texas Republicans who are retiring for various reasons.
Trump has banned the federal government from observing World AIDS Day, which has been commemorated, by Republican and Democratic presidents on December 1 since 1988.
Trump has also cut programs that combat HIV and AIDS, scrapped prevention resources, and restricted funding.
Trump has also cut programs that combat HIV and AIDS, scrapped prevention resources, and restricted funding.
Trump administration won't observe World AIDS Day
A directive from the State Department assures that 2025 will be different from 2024, when President Biden hosted the first display of AIDS Memorial Quilt panels at the White House.
www.advocate.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Trump has banned the federal government from observing World AIDS Day, which has been commemorated, by Republican and Democratic presidents on December 1 since 1988.
Trump has also cut programs that combat HIV and AIDS, scrapped prevention resources, and restricted funding.
Trump has also cut programs that combat HIV and AIDS, scrapped prevention resources, and restricted funding.
Trump says South Africa will not be invited to next year's G20 summit. This year's summit was held in South Africa, which Trump boycotted. Trump also implemented a racist immigration policy this year that allows white South Africans but not Black South Africans to come to the United States.
Trump says South African officials won't be invited to attend G20 summit in the U.S. next year
The president's announcement on Truth Social repeated his baseless claims of a "white genocide" against Afrikaners in South Africa.
www.nbcnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump says South Africa will not be invited to next year's G20 summit. This year's summit was held in South Africa, which Trump boycotted. Trump also implemented a racist immigration policy this year that allows white South Africans but not Black South Africans to come to the United States.
“Conflicting reports” about the National Guard troops shot in Washington, DC
The governor of West Virginia is now walking back his initial post, where he stated two National Guard members died after being shot
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Conflicting reports” about the National Guard troops shot in Washington, DC
“Washington, DC is now a totally safe city. And you can walk down any street in Washington, and you’re going to be just fine. And I want to thank the National Guard.”
– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“Washington, DC is now a totally safe city. And you can walk down any street in Washington, and you’re going to be just fine. And I want to thank the National Guard.”
– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington, DC today have died.
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington, DC today have died.
Still wondering what you can do? Here’s your answer for Black Friday Week: don’t support companies that don’t support you. Stop financing your own oppression. We ain’t buying it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Still wondering what you can do? Here’s your answer for Black Friday Week: don’t support companies that don’t support you. Stop financing your own oppression. We ain’t buying it.
Democrat Aftyn Behn is in striking distance of flipping a Republican House seat in Congress in a red district in Tennessee that Trump won by 22 points last year. The special election will be held December 2.
Democrats close to flipping Trump Tennessee District—Poll
Aftyn Behn was just two points behind Matt Van Epps in a district Donald Trump carried by 22 points in the 2024 presidential election.
www.newsweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Democrat Aftyn Behn is in striking distance of flipping a Republican House seat in Congress in a red district in Tennessee that Trump won by 22 points last year. The special election will be held December 2.
BREAKING: The Georgia prosecutor has dropped the charges against Trump and his co-conspirators who plotted to steal 11,780 votes in Georgia so he could overturn the 2020 election.
Georgia prosecutor kills the historic racketeering case against Trump and allies | CNN Politics
A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, closing the cha...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING: The Georgia prosecutor has dropped the charges against Trump and his co-conspirators who plotted to steal 11,780 votes in Georgia so he could overturn the 2020 election.
Consumer confidence plunged in November, amid concerns about rising prices, tariffs, and a recession. Just 1% of consumers believed current business conditions were “good,” down from 20.7% in October.
US consumer confidence tanks in November as Americans see more financial pain ahead
The Conference Board’s reading for consumer confidence hit 88.7 in November, down 6.8 points from October’s level of 95.5.
finance.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Consumer confidence plunged in November, amid concerns about rising prices, tariffs, and a recession. Just 1% of consumers believed current business conditions were “good,” down from 20.7% in October.
A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration's indictments against James Comey and Letitia James, ruling that the appointment of interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was invalid.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration's indictments against James Comey and Letitia James, ruling that the appointment of interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was invalid.
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In yet another outrageous abuse of power, the Trump administration is threatening to recall United States Senator Mark Kelly to active duty for court-martial proceedings because he participated in a video reminding service members to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In yet another outrageous abuse of power, the Trump administration is threatening to recall United States Senator Mark Kelly to active duty for court-martial proceedings because he participated in a video reminding service members to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress, effective January 5, 2026, and predicts Republicans will lose the midterms and Trump will be impeached.
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress, effective January 5, 2026, and predicts Republicans will lose the midterms and Trump will be impeached.
Huge victory for Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office. He stuck to his guns, spoke about affordability, proudly declared himself a Democratic Socialist, condemned genocide in Gaza, did not back down from calling Trump a “fascist,” and still got Trump to praise him, undermining months of GOP attacks.
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Huge victory for Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office. He stuck to his guns, spoke about affordability, proudly declared himself a Democratic Socialist, condemned genocide in Gaza, did not back down from calling Trump a “fascist,” and still got Trump to praise him, undermining months of GOP attacks.
Trump has put together the whitest presidential administration of the 21st century — 91 percent of his confirmed appointees are white.
www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...
www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Trump has put together the whitest presidential administration of the 21st century — 91 percent of his confirmed appointees are white.
www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...
www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) announces she will not seek re-election. Velázquez, 72, was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress in 1992. “I believe now is the right moment to step aside and allow a new generation of leaders to step forward,” she said today.
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) announces she will not seek re-election. Velázquez, 72, was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress in 1992. “I believe now is the right moment to step aside and allow a new generation of leaders to step forward,” she said today.
Trump demands the arrest and execution of military veterans in Congress who asked troops to follow the US Constitution.
Trump calls for arrest of Democrats who told troops to refuse illegal orders
The US has no statute criminalizing speech as ‘sedition’ and members of Congress enjoy broad immunity for official acts
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump demands the arrest and execution of military veterans in Congress who asked troops to follow the US Constitution.
Gotta give the self-hating “Blacks for Trump” bootlickers a moment to come up with yet another lame excuse to justify his racism.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Gotta give the self-hating “Blacks for Trump” bootlickers a moment to come up with yet another lame excuse to justify his racism.
A federal judge has ordered Trump to end his National Guard troop deployment in Washington, DC.
Judge halts Trump’s deployment of national guard in Washington, DC | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump and the Defense Department illegally deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A federal judge has ordered Trump to end his National Guard troop deployment in Washington, DC.
BREAKING: Newly released data from the federal government shows 91,000 Black women became unemployed in September 2025. www.bls.gov/news.release...
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
BREAKING: Newly released data from the federal government shows 91,000 Black women became unemployed in September 2025. www.bls.gov/news.release...
Larry Ellison, the controlling shareholder of Paramount, spoke to the White House about firing CNN hosts Erin Burnett and Brianna Keilar if Paramount acquires Warner Bros Discovery, which owns CNN. Trump's "Justice Department" would have to review the deal for antitrust issues.
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Larry Ellison, the controlling shareholder of Paramount, spoke to the White House about firing CNN hosts Erin Burnett and Brianna Keilar if Paramount acquires Warner Bros Discovery, which owns CNN. Trump's "Justice Department" would have to review the deal for antitrust issues.
Target quarterly sales have dropped again. The company has been under a boycott since it abandoned its DEI initiatives and its stock has plunged 36 percent this year.
Target may have hit rock bottom | CNN Business
Target’s problems are intensifying.
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Target quarterly sales have dropped again. The company has been under a boycott since it abandoned its DEI initiatives and its stock has plunged 36 percent this year.
He’s not the problem…
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
He’s not the problem…