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Tiffany D. Cross @tiffanydcross.bsky.social · Aug 30

Let’s go @rolandsmartin.bsky.social

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Native Land Pod @nativelandpod.bsky.social · Aug 24

The New Deal wasn’t neutral. It was a bargain: public goods for some, exclusion for others.

Southern segregationists demanded Black people be cut out—and they were.

🎧 Ep. 93 → https://bit.ly/45JukFQ

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In the spirit of the last stanza of the Black National Anthem, we rise from the past, rooted deeply in the soil of ancestral struggles, to build a home, to claim our space. On Native Land Pod, Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum guide us thr...

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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · Aug 21

We will never forgive, or forget, the Trump-Texas Betrayal of 2025... www.joyannreid.com/p/a-daily-re...

A Daily Reid: Republicans betrayed Black Americans in 1877 and they just did it again in Texas (and screwed Latinos, too)

We should never forget , nor forgive, The Trump-Texas Sellout

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Native Land Pod @nativelandpod.bsky.social · Aug 21

We had the honor of sitting down with Sherrilyn Ifill this week! 🙌🏾

Her brilliance and commitment to justice shine through every word. Episode streaming now!
##NativeLandPod #SherrilynIfill

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Eddie S. Glaude @esglaude.bsky.social · Aug 19

Please share Petition for museum
www.change.org/p/defend-the...

Sign the Petition

Defend the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · Aug 16

Denzel Washington’s Zero Fucks Era has really been a pleasure to behold

Bruh really is from ‘round the way! On some g shit💀💀🙏🏽🤣 #Blacksky

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Kells @marvelwoman.bsky.social · Aug 18

I needed this message today. 🎧📰 open.substack.com/pub/esglaude...

Be Still

I was a precocious young boy.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Aug 15

Oh look. And y’all let that white supremacist “genius” take a chainsaw to our government.

Brilliant.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 15

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002, even as it’s received billions of dollars in federal contracts, according to internal company documents reviewed by The New York Times. nyti.ms/45wGKkn

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Native Land Pod @nativelandpod.bsky.social · Aug 16

Trump calls D.C. a “state of emergency” to justify a federal takeover, so where was the emergency on Jan 6? Or when ICE was separating families?

Angela breaks down the selective emergencies and the power play behind this memo.

Watch here: https://bit.ly/4miYlDy
##Authoritarianism #DCTakeover

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Aug 5

Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this.

Definition of terms:

“these people” = Latino migrants

“Inner city people” = Black people

“We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 5

Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."

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Kells @marvelwoman.bsky.social · Aug 1

I enjoyed watching this interview.
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EXTENDED INTERVIEW: VP Kamala Harris's "107 Days" Is A Peek Behind The Scenes Of The 2024 Election

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · Jul 31

What the world saw on the campaign trail was only part of the story.

My new book is a behind-the-scenes look at my experience leading the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.

107 Days is out on September 23. I can't wait for you to read it: kamalaharris.link/107DaysBook

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Kells @marvelwoman.bsky.social · Jul 28

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How the Rodney Taylor Story Exposes ICE's War on the Black Community | Angela Rye SoloPod

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 27

Many big & alarming stories last week marking an acceleration in the unraveling of this country, but one not getting enough outrage is Trump accusing former President Obama of treason. Despicable, sick, unconscionable. A major line-crossing action that warranted loud & widespread denunciation.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 27

Next up, toddlers subject to Trump’s EO?

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Jun 27

Monstrous:

"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."

ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.

A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...

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Kells @marvelwoman.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Donald Trump dementia fears spike after psychologist expands on 'telltale sign' - NewsBreak

A psychologist has claimed that several early signs of dementia are present in Donald Trump's motor skills, which he said is a primary indicator of a speci

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 20

In Baltimore for Juneteenth weekend.
And the release of The Black Papers. stateoftheppl.com/blackpapers/

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Kells @marvelwoman.bsky.social · Jun 19

This episode is excellent. @joyannreid.bsky.social remains top tier. 👏🏽

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Trump's Parade: A Failed Spectacle ft. Jason Stanley | The Joy Reid Show

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 9

This is the story Trump wants buried. And the media will comply unless we keep talking about it, and demand that Republican members of Congress answer for it.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 9

Like you I am focused on Los Angeles.

But we better learn to multitask. Because we need to also stay focused on this: Trump turned over the staffing, funding & inner workings of our federal agencies to a man who attacked his Treasury Secy & who he tells us is a drug addict.