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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 2d

They wanted him there AFTER going through a term with him already.

Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 2d

Yes Trump is horrible, but it’s not like he broke into the White House and is squatting there. Millions of Americans WANTED this. Even once he’s out of power all his voters are still going to be around

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Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social · 2d

CBS was the network of Edward R Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Katie Couric…. all journalists who earned their spots through doing actual journalism for YEARS

And it’s now led by Bari Weiss who *checks notes* an opinion writer who was a book review editor

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss was named the editor-in-chief of CBS News, cementing the rightward shift of one of media's most storied newsrooms

Bari Weiss Named CBS News Editor-In-Chief, Solidifying Network's Rightward Shift

The network will also acquire her publication, The Free Press, for a hefty sum.

www.huffpost.com

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 4d

His daughters are all in college and he has like a 5 year old. Maybe younger

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 4d

He thought he was going home

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 4d

That's also because he desperately needs money. He's def out of cash

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 4d

He ain't got hella scratch left to pay though. He's def cash poor

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 5d

Puff should have gotten more time. Some people need to be sat down, forreal. The fact that his sentence surprised him tells me he ain't got it yet.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 5d

Again, notice how ADOS' social media presence disappeared after the election.

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2strong2silence.bsky.social @2strong2silence.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t put this on Gen X. We used to throw these things out

Tiricohairline @trejames.bsky.social · 5d

The generation that complains the absolute most about participation trophies, is the same generation that started it, with this shit

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 6d

I’m no Newsom fanboy, but figuring out how to change the incentives of institutions considering capitulation is one of the big tasks of our moment.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7d

Oh I have that person blocked (or they have me blocked lol)

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7d

and you know what, that one doesn't bother me much bc I probably *am* an establishment dem compared to them. Most Black X'ers probably are.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7d

I've been a facist, a neoliberal, a genocide apologist...

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7d

I hope that the call coming from inside the leftist house changes some hearts and minds, but I doubt it, bc their absolute belief in the fact that their philosophical grandstanding puts them on the side of right keeps them warm at night.

"The reason their part to play feels crueler and worse than those calling outright for the extermination of marginalized communities is because it is crueler. Indifference has always been crueler than hate. And if you’re looking to strip a group of people of their humanity, indifference is always much more effective than hate."

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7d

This thread also speaks to why I'm spending less time on 🦋... I can't with the performative outrage and rightousness coupled with the thinly veiled racism of white leftists in large doses anymore. And they come elbowing their way into conversations here the same way the magas did on X.

"Once you realize this, everything they say becomes clear. They are completely concerned with marginalized communities across the world and completely unconcerned with the plight of marginalized communities around them because those marginalized communities ruin the game. They remind the white leftist that these are actual people with lives and opinions and voices."

"Whereas the brown person across the world can be idealized and placed upon a pedestal, the brown person here, living amongst them, they secretly find distasteful. Unpalatable. So they ignore them to argue trivialities. Inoculated from consequences, blind to the suffering of others unless it’s to make some grand, academic point, they will always be the first to call for revolution and always be the first to flee when it fails. Because they do not suffer, they will say suffering is actually good."

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7d

These posts from @andr3wsky.bsky.social on threads (I checked to see if he also posted here but he didn't) were actually hard to read, because Black folks have said this *so* often and been argued *down* about it, reading someone say it as a 💡 feels damn near insulting. But maybe ppl will listen

"As a white leftist, I need you all to know that for a good number of white leftists, the idea of suffering is purely academic. They know, even if they don’t acknowledge it, that their privilege insulates them from harm. This allows them to treat the suffering of others like a thought experiment.

Why are they so obsessed with finding the “perfect candidate”? Simply because they can be. They will not be the ones to suffer if an imperfect one loses. So whether *others suffer becomes a game to them"

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Snow Ninja Cat Bih, MPH ❄️🥷🏾🐱💅🏾 @pitbullinpearls.bsky.social · 7d

They’ve brought back Monopoly, the Extra Value menus, and now these.

Say it loud, kids: RECESSION INDICATOR!!!!!

PVD Horror @pvdhorror.bsky.social · 7d

McDonald’s Boo Buckets are back coming Oct. 21st!

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 8d

Victor Newman is basically my uncle, so...

A Man of the People @eb4prez.bsky.social · 9d

I have a quick question for my Black people.

Which name is more recognizable… Victor Blackwell or Victor Newman?

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 8d

YOU BETTER KNOW HIS GOVERNMENT!!!

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Reeta the Skeeta @thenflchick.bsky.social · 8d

Who is Victor Blackwell?

A Man of the People @eb4prez.bsky.social · 9d

I have a quick question for my Black people.

Which name is more recognizable… Victor Blackwell or Victor Newman?

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 8d

I don't think the in person crowd is going to change bc of Bad Bunny

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 9d

A LOT of people claimed Kendrick didn't do enough (mostly bc they thought 47 was still in the building). I was like what do you want him to do on live tv with the FCC on the button, exactly?

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 9d

TIL that AOL dial up still existed all this time. It's being discontinued tomorrow.

WHO was using that?

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Y’allsey @aisling206.bsky.social · 9d

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work.” — Toni Morrison

Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 9d

Don't let anybody hit you with some form of "I can't believe y'all are so easily distracted. The halftime performer doesn't mean anything."

Putting a global artist who won't even tour in the US bc it's not safe for his community & core fans on the biggest televised US stage matters.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 9d

Oh he's gonna blow a gasket

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