CB
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"You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down."
~ Toni Morrison
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~ Toni Morrison
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Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
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Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
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On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween—and Parents Are Fighting Back
Fear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.
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The next wannabe governor from Florida was spared prison, had his record sealed, and got not one, but three chances at redemption. Now he’s pushing a D.C. crime bill that would deny those same chances to young adults in the District. That screams “opportunities for me, but not for thee.”
September 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The next wannabe governor from Florida was spared prison, had his record sealed, and got not one, but three chances at redemption. Now he’s pushing a D.C. crime bill that would deny those same chances to young adults in the District. That screams “opportunities for me, but not for thee.”
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Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
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Rain puddle reflection, St Ann street, New Orleans
July 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Rain puddle reflection, St Ann street, New Orleans
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Jimi Hendrix performance of "Red House" at Woodstock in 1969. 🎸🔥
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti
sheetmusiclibrary.website
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti
sheetmusiclibrary.website
July 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Jimi Hendrix performance of "Red House" at Woodstock in 1969. 🎸🔥
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti
sheetmusiclibrary.website
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti
sheetmusiclibrary.website
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Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
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As Neiman Lab notes, studies show most Americans trust PBS because it is publicly funded, which frees the platform from commercial pressures. READ: loom.ly/LATyjYg
Americans trust PBS <em>because</em> it’s publicly funded, not in spite of it
"President Trump says he is 'restoring trust in government funded institutions.' Our findings demonstrate that such trust already exists, in spades, towards PBS."
loom.ly
June 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
As Neiman Lab notes, studies show most Americans trust PBS because it is publicly funded, which frees the platform from commercial pressures. READ: loom.ly/LATyjYg
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A streetlamp on Bourbon reflects a group of musicians, New Orleans
June 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A streetlamp on Bourbon reflects a group of musicians, New Orleans
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Anita Baker released her debut album 'The Songstress' 42 years ago on May 31, 1983
album.ink/ABsongstress
album.ink/ABsongstress
June 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Anita Baker released her debut album 'The Songstress' 42 years ago on May 31, 1983
album.ink/ABsongstress
album.ink/ABsongstress
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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April 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Because the reporting across outlets hasn’t mentioned it I want to stress that Justice Jackson referenced the courageous & resolute stance of federal judges J. Shelly Wright in Louisiana and Frank Johnson in Alabama who issued school desegregation orders in the face of “Massive Resistance” to Brown.
Powerful remarks from Justice KBJ last night. There was tremendous appreciation and gratitude in the room for her willingness to speak to this important issue so candidly and forcefully.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson
Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Because the reporting across outlets hasn’t mentioned it I want to stress that Justice Jackson referenced the courageous & resolute stance of federal judges J. Shelly Wright in Louisiana and Frank Johnson in Alabama who issued school desegregation orders in the face of “Massive Resistance” to Brown.
And they voted for him so... that means they voted for this
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
Rural communities were promised millions in disaster funds. Trump is ending it
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
And they voted for him so... that means they voted for this
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pretty sure I could listen to this every day for the rest of my life and hear something startling and new every time
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqpr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqpr...
My Favorite Things
YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
pretty sure I could listen to this every day for the rest of my life and hear something startling and new every time
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqpr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqpr...
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Deep river fishing, Algiers Point, New Orleans
May 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Deep river fishing, Algiers Point, New Orleans
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they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
Makes me easily identifiable 😆😂. Cheers to you! Glad to connect over here!
@thecbar.bsky.social this is how I knew it was you! I came right over to check for Ms. Baker posts! Cheers!
April 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Makes me easily identifiable 😆😂. Cheers to you! Glad to connect over here!
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The only all-Black, all-female Army battalion to serve in Europe during World War II was awarded Congress’s highest honor on Tuesday.
The Six Triple Eight: Black, Female Soldiers Honored for World War II Success
The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The plan to prove that the most incompetent White men are preferable to the most highly qualified Black men has been a smashing success.
Between the tariff lunacy tanking the economy, the chain-sawing of the federal govt, & Signal-gate (parts 1 & 2), the supremacy is not looking very supreme.
Between the tariff lunacy tanking the economy, the chain-sawing of the federal govt, & Signal-gate (parts 1 & 2), the supremacy is not looking very supreme.
April 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The plan to prove that the most incompetent White men are preferable to the most highly qualified Black men has been a smashing success.
Between the tariff lunacy tanking the economy, the chain-sawing of the federal govt, & Signal-gate (parts 1 & 2), the supremacy is not looking very supreme.
Between the tariff lunacy tanking the economy, the chain-sawing of the federal govt, & Signal-gate (parts 1 & 2), the supremacy is not looking very supreme.
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Among the awful here: He used his personal phone. What a sloppy mess: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Among the awful here: He used his personal phone. What a sloppy mess: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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kendrick doing maad city over "sweet love" by anita baker wasnt something I knew i needed.
shouts to the Villain of course. SOOPA. cant wait to see this concert.
shouts to the Villain of course. SOOPA. cant wait to see this concert.
April 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
kendrick doing maad city over "sweet love" by anita baker wasnt something I knew i needed.
shouts to the Villain of course. SOOPA. cant wait to see this concert.
shouts to the Villain of course. SOOPA. cant wait to see this concert.
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Converting my 401K into cartons of cigarettes for barter before the market opens tomorrow.
April 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Converting my 401K into cartons of cigarettes for barter before the market opens tomorrow.
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Or because they don’t want the hormones & antibiotics in our chicken & beef. For heaven’s sake we didn’t require labeling on genetically modified food until 2022.
Lutnick has really turned out to be consistently ridiculous in his rhetoric.
Lutnick has really turned out to be consistently ridiculous in his rhetoric.
Lutnick: "European Union won't take chicken from America ... they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak."
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Or because they don’t want the hormones & antibiotics in our chicken & beef. For heaven’s sake we didn’t require labeling on genetically modified food until 2022.
Lutnick has really turned out to be consistently ridiculous in his rhetoric.
Lutnick has really turned out to be consistently ridiculous in his rhetoric.