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Chat GP Tez
@dccortez.bsky.social
· Jan 1
You didn’t ask for it, but here is an unsolicited thread of books I’ve read this year. #BlackBookSky #BookSky
But that team is good and competent.
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
But that team is good and competent.
I can't believe I let the Wizards hurt me tonight smh.
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I can't believe I let the Wizards hurt me tonight smh.
Should be a jam-packed show today @marketplace.org 😅
October 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Should be a jam-packed show today @marketplace.org 😅
I can’t keep fueling the economy. This shit is about to crash hard. 😭
October 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I can’t keep fueling the economy. This shit is about to crash hard. 😭
You know what the federal government can actually do in DC. Fully fund Metro!! It was y'all's idea from jump street! Why the fuck are we running six car trains during rush hour on the Red line!?!
October 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You know what the federal government can actually do in DC. Fully fund Metro!! It was y'all's idea from jump street! Why the fuck are we running six car trains during rush hour on the Red line!?!
What's wild is how loud the “volume should be turned down” message is.
August 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
What's wild is how loud the “volume should be turned down” message is.
Let's get it, I'm home tomorrow. 202
August 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Let's get it, I'm home tomorrow. 202
I know all this shit in DC is getting to me. Saw a road sign that said “Notice” and I saw “Not Ice” …
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I know all this shit in DC is getting to me. Saw a road sign that said “Notice” and I saw “Not Ice” …
And fuck the federal agents driving up GA Ave 🤣
August 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
And fuck the federal agents driving up GA Ave 🤣
I’m not rich, but Lawd knows I've lapped inflation four times🤣.
August 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I’m not rich, but Lawd knows I've lapped inflation four times🤣.
What a joke of a press conference.
August 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What a joke of a press conference.
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An excerpt from my new book, The Second Emancipation, which reexamines the global politics of the independence era in Africa, and reveals the deep connections between the push for African freedom and the long struggle for civil rights in the US. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/s...
The Political Giant the West Forgot
Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history.
foreignpolicy.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
An excerpt from my new book, The Second Emancipation, which reexamines the global politics of the independence era in Africa, and reveals the deep connections between the push for African freedom and the long struggle for civil rights in the US. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/s...
Will home rule exist when I return home this week?
a young boy is laying on a couch and making a funny face
Alt: a young boy is laying on a couch pondering life
media.tenor.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Will home rule exist when I return home this week?
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the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.
The Supreme Court knocked down one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 in the Shelby County case. It has now gone out of its way to consider whether it should knock down the other, by rescheduling arguments in a case it could have resolved in June under existing precedent.
****Breaking:**** Supreme Court, in Order Asking for Additional Briefing in Louisiana Voting Case, Appears to Put the Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act into Question electionlawblog.org?p=151301
August 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.
Man riding public transportation, specifically the bus, is unmatched comedy! “Wheelchair chair coming on!! Oh, none of y'all motherfuckers understand!”
August 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Man riding public transportation, specifically the bus, is unmatched comedy! “Wheelchair chair coming on!! Oh, none of y'all motherfuckers understand!”
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The Second Emancipation, listed among books due out in August. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b...
July 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Second Emancipation, listed among books due out in August. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b...
The Washington Post is a Sham! If you don't get it, make sure you don't start!!
July 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Washington Post is a Sham! If you don't get it, make sure you don't start!!
Being from DC, PTI's debut was so big! Mike and Tony were already GOAT status from The Post. They had Wizards and Skins shows on NBC4 with George Michael. But PTI felt like “we” made it!! It also changed TV!! The smile that hits me whenever I see PTI is unmatched.
July 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Being from DC, PTI's debut was so big! Mike and Tony were already GOAT status from The Post. They had Wizards and Skins shows on NBC4 with George Michael. But PTI felt like “we” made it!! It also changed TV!! The smile that hits me whenever I see PTI is unmatched.
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Greetings from Ghana! Coming out one month from today. Description here, along with pre-order links.https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092452
The Second Emancipation
Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2025 by <em>Foreign Policy</em><br /><br /> “Howard French’s <em>The Second Emancipation </em>stands the second half of the last century on its ...
wwnorton.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Greetings from Ghana! Coming out one month from today. Description here, along with pre-order links.https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092452
I'm an avid reader, but University Press books be having me in the literary blender.
July 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm an avid reader, but University Press books be having me in the literary blender.
So many important decisions, and I'm debating whether I send my golf clubs to the Wynn.
July 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So many important decisions, and I'm debating whether I send my golf clubs to the Wynn.
I left a bunch of Nats shit in an Uber on July 4th after the game. Took that L. But getting my big body umbrella back tonight 🥹 🙏🏾
July 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I left a bunch of Nats shit in an Uber on July 4th after the game. Took that L. But getting my big body umbrella back tonight 🥹 🙏🏾