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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 8h

Just don’t buy anything #boycotttarget

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 8h

No.

USpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 8h

Is MAGA Christianity True Christianity?

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 2d

The DOJ has fallen

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Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co @cliffschecter.bsky.social · 3d

“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 · 3d

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

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Gov. Pritzker after Trump calls for him to be jailed: “I will not back down… what else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 4d

The government you get when no one knows what tf they’re doing: open.substack.com/pub/thejourn...

These Are Not Serious People

This is the government you get when knowing things is not a requirement

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Cliff Schecter: At Substack! www.blueamp.co @cliffschecter.bsky.social · 5d

New Stack www.blueamp.co/p/stephen-mi...

"Kasmer describes Miller as “hollow”..“cruel.” She's had panic attacks, depression..watching a cousin she loved become..well: a virulent, shit-house rat genetically spliced w Murder Hornets & suffering from a case of The Rage Virus from 28 Days Later"

Stephen Miller's Own Family Warned Us About "The Face Of Evil"

As Miller Cheers The ICE Horror Show His Own Blood Relatives Are Horrified

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 5d

My god, I want her to fall so fucking hard

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 5d

What Trump means by ”we’ll take care of them in a different way”

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 6d

If you want return on your investment, @democracydocket.com is where you must place your bets.
@marcelias.bsky.social is living rent-free in the Republican consciousness, because he keeps BEATING them, using just his skeleton staff & a gold-plated copy of the Constitution,

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

MEMPHIS Republicans “condemn” @FOX13Memphis for… doing their job?

Reporting on where the National Guard is as Trump occupies the city is exactly what local media should be doing.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 10d

"When you’re scared, you get tunnel vision."

Andrea Pitzer explains how the conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a window into how not to be played by a system that benefits from our confusion.

You don't have to swallow frogs

YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you! 🙏🏾

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☀️Sunshine☀️ @missmielle.blacksky.app · 9d

Important read

Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 9d

No BLS jobs report at 8:30 today due to the shutdown. This is only the third time this has occurred. On both occasions, Republicans controlled the House. In my latest, I explain that and why the stock market keeps going in the opposite direction of the economy: open.substack.com/pub/thejourn...

The Stock Market Ain’t the Economy

This brief note discusses the dismal (and thanks to the shutdown, somewhat murky) jobs outlook, and why the stock market keeps going up anyway.

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Marlon Weems @therealjourneyman.bsky.social · 9d

No BLS jobs report at 8:30 today due to the shutdown. This is only the third time this has occurred. On both occasions, Republicans controlled the House. In my latest, I explain that and why the stock market keeps going in the opposite direction of the economy: open.substack.com/pub/thejourn...

The Stock Market Ain’t the Economy

This brief note discusses the dismal (and thanks to the shutdown, somewhat murky) jobs outlook, and why the stock market keeps going up anyway.

open.substack.com

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