@karenliterary.bsky.social
It started at the first inauguration of Barack Obama when this racist bungled the oath. Felt as though that was a deliberate dog-whistle to start the notion that Obama wasn’t a ‘legitimate’ president. 😒
Criticism of the judiciary is fair game. But threats against judges, even if, as an institution, they have the will to withstand them, are not. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
John Roberts Says the Rule of Law Is Endangered
Glad he's finally figured out what he's done to it
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It started at the first inauguration of Barack Obama when this racist bungled the oath. Felt as though that was a deliberate dog-whistle to start the notion that Obama wasn’t a ‘legitimate’ president. 😒
Ledisi was incredible during our Jazz Fest interview on Sunday. Wasn’t sure that she was going to sing, but brought two members of her band and then SANG! I mean an ‘altar call,’ throwing your shoe at the pulpit moment (IYKYK). Look for her upcoming album… 🎶💝
Photo credit: David Rae Morris
Photo credit: David Rae Morris
May 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Ledisi was incredible during our Jazz Fest interview on Sunday. Wasn’t sure that she was going to sing, but brought two members of her band and then SANG! I mean an ‘altar call,’ throwing your shoe at the pulpit moment (IYKYK). Look for her upcoming album… 🎶💝
Photo credit: David Rae Morris
Photo credit: David Rae Morris
Could this be due to Kamala Harris being an alumna?
May 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Could this be due to Kamala Harris being an alumna?
Well done, Harvard. Standing up to Trump will not be easy, but academic freedom demands it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said they would freeze the money after Harvard said it would not submit to requests to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
AG James! 👏🏾🎉
There are numerous calls to investigate whether Trump and his cronies engaged in insider trading, pump and dumps, etc.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
But it won't be DOJ.
It won't be the SEC.
It won't be Congress.
You know who CAN investigate this?
NY AG Letitia James - who has jurisdiction over Wall St.
April 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
AG James! 👏🏾🎉
So who is surprised? Not I… 😒
Trump is reportedly targeting the slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture for possible removal. “Black people are not going to stand for this,” says Nikole Hannah Jones, the author of the 1619 Project.
Trump Targets a Slavery Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The museum's slavery facts and substantiating artifacts of the 250 years of the enslavement of Africans in America, curated by historians, are the bull’s-eye for the Trump adm...
blackpressusa.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So who is surprised? Not I… 😒
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How does a teen get a job at Jet magazine?
Where did the civil rights movement begin?
And what's the story behind that pic that's all over the internet?
Legendary photographer Cecil Williams sits down with Michael Harriot today on @contrabandcamp.bsky.social
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/primary-so...
Where did the civil rights movement begin?
And what's the story behind that pic that's all over the internet?
Legendary photographer Cecil Williams sits down with Michael Harriot today on @contrabandcamp.bsky.social
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/primary-so...
Primary Sources: The Man Who Shot Jim Crow
Cecil Williams sat down with Michael Harriot to recount how a teenager with a hand-me-down camera became one of the most important photojournalists in American history.
www.contrabandcamp.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
How does a teen get a job at Jet magazine?
Where did the civil rights movement begin?
And what's the story behind that pic that's all over the internet?
Legendary photographer Cecil Williams sits down with Michael Harriot today on @contrabandcamp.bsky.social
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/primary-so...
Where did the civil rights movement begin?
And what's the story behind that pic that's all over the internet?
Legendary photographer Cecil Williams sits down with Michael Harriot today on @contrabandcamp.bsky.social
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/primary-so...
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👴🏻No free rides! Those penguins gotta pay!
NEW: Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
👴🏻No free rides! Those penguins gotta pay!
Absolutely!
A lot of people like to dismiss racism as insubstantial to material realities but we’re watching a nation burn trillions of dollars in wealth to entrench a racial system of domination.
April 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Absolutely!
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
April 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Well…
Iowa County, IA, home of the Amana division of Whirlpool, went for Trump 65-33 in 2024, so they're getting exactly what they voted for.
I'm so happy for them. 🤷🏻♀️
www.kcci.com/article/whir...
I'm so happy for them. 🤷🏻♀️
www.kcci.com/article/whir...
Whirlpool Corp. laying off 651 Iowa workers
"Again, the working class is suffering at the hands of billionaires," AFL-CIO President Charlie Wishman said after the layoffs were announced
www.kcci.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Well…
Bass: I think one impact of DOGE that people don’t seem to be clued in on right now is the effect of massive layoffs in federal agencies. Those federal workers work in Los Angeles too. We have over 50,000 federal workers here..
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The Europeans and Canadians have more backbone in any one individual that could be found in the gross tonnage of MAGA Senators and Representatives in the US Capitol, put together.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday slammed US President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 20 percent tariff on EU goods and vowed to retaliate. “There seems to be no order in the disorder,'' she said.
April 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Let’s just get to it. Barack Obama was a happy, historic accident and once the euphoria wore off White people across the political spectrum realized one of “them” was really in charge and they haven’t been right in the head since.
She can’t get anything done if the Democrats are stabbing her in the back. Part of why Obama couldn’t get as much done as he wanted to was because the Democrats were too busy trying to prove he wasn’t the boss of them.
Same will happen with Kamala.
Same will happen with Kamala.
March 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
March 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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Fascinating, how this literal South African colonizer has inserted himself into U.S. government. I see all this as right on-brand and in keeping with [white] America’s dark history of racial subjugation against anyone not white. Elon Musk is basically the worst Americans’ white nationalism mascot. 🇺🇸
March 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Fascinating, how this literal South African colonizer has inserted himself into U.S. government. I see all this as right on-brand and in keeping with [white] America’s dark history of racial subjugation against anyone not white. Elon Musk is basically the worst Americans’ white nationalism mascot. 🇺🇸
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dear unhappy Trump voters,
yes, this IS exactly what you voted for. you were just too fucking dumb to understand it
yes, this IS exactly what you voted for. you were just too fucking dumb to understand it
March 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
dear unhappy Trump voters,
yes, this IS exactly what you voted for. you were just too fucking dumb to understand it
yes, this IS exactly what you voted for. you were just too fucking dumb to understand it
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"Democrats have overwhelmingly selected former Vice President Kamala Harris as their preferred candidate for the 2028 US presidential election, in a Morning Consult poll released on Friday. "
Kamala Harris is overwhelmingly favorite for 2028 U.S. election in Mornings Consult poll.
March 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Democrats have overwhelmingly selected former Vice President Kamala Harris as their preferred candidate for the 2028 US presidential election, in a Morning Consult poll released on Friday. "
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This should be nationwide!
March 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This should be nationwide!
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THIS!! FUCKING THIS!!
WHEN WILL THE PRESS ACTUALLY BRING THIS TF UP TO THE GOP?!
WHEN WILL THE PRESS ACTUALLY BRING THIS TF UP TO THE GOP?!
Remember when Republicans railed that President Obama was issuing too many Executive Orders?
March 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
THIS!! FUCKING THIS!!
WHEN WILL THE PRESS ACTUALLY BRING THIS TF UP TO THE GOP?!
WHEN WILL THE PRESS ACTUALLY BRING THIS TF UP TO THE GOP?!
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I’m going to say it now…
Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready. If there’s no plan for a flu shot this year, we’re probably going to be in for a very rough Fall/Winter.
The small silver lining of this is it gives you time to prepare for what’s likely ahead for us.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready. If there’s no plan for a flu shot this year, we’re probably going to be in for a very rough Fall/Winter.
The small silver lining of this is it gives you time to prepare for what’s likely ahead for us.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
FDA meeting to choose flu vaccine composition canceled without explanation | CNN
A March meeting of outside advisers to the United States Food and Drug Administration to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for this fall’s flu season has been canceled, a member of the advisory ...
amp.cnn.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I’m going to say it now…
Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready. If there’s no plan for a flu shot this year, we’re probably going to be in for a very rough Fall/Winter.
The small silver lining of this is it gives you time to prepare for what’s likely ahead for us.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready. If there’s no plan for a flu shot this year, we’re probably going to be in for a very rough Fall/Winter.
The small silver lining of this is it gives you time to prepare for what’s likely ahead for us.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
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So who is keeping track of the deaths caused by this administration?
February 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
So who is keeping track of the deaths caused by this administration?
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It’s Black History Month. Rather than post factoids I’m just gonna post a picture and a name and y’all can google why they’re important. Knowledge for you without a lot of free labor from me. Win win.
I give you Lucy Hicks Anderson
I give you Lucy Hicks Anderson
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It’s Black History Month. Rather than post factoids I’m just gonna post a picture and a name and y’all can google why they’re important. Knowledge for you without a lot of free labor from me. Win win.
I give you Lucy Hicks Anderson
I give you Lucy Hicks Anderson