Bilal Dabir Sekou, Ph.D.
@bdsekou.bsky.social
Political scientist, professor, social and racial justice activist, born and raised in the Motor City, and jazz and book lover.
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So....the Fourth Reich?
February 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
So....the Fourth Reich?
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Jesse Jackson was a champion for civil rights, economic justice, and world peace.
I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.
I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.
February 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Jesse Jackson was a champion for civil rights, economic justice, and world peace.
I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.
I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.
President Trump Is an Apocalypse www.commondreams.org/opinion/dona...
President Trump Is an Apocalypse | Common Dreams
A literal Mad Hatter is in charge of the most powerful nation on Earth.
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February 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
President Trump Is an Apocalypse www.commondreams.org/opinion/dona...
My first vote ever was for him in the Democratic Primary in 1984. I was moved to tears when I heard him speak at the Democratic Convention. I met him in 1987. I worked for his campaign in 1988 and voted for him again. “I am somebody” who studies politics because of him.
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Jesse Jackson dies at 84 - tributes and reaction | CNN
Jesse Jackson, a civil rights activist and clergyman, has died. Follow for updates.
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February 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM
My first vote ever was for him in the Democratic Primary in 1984. I was moved to tears when I heard him speak at the Democratic Convention. I met him in 1987. I worked for his campaign in 1988 and voted for him again. “I am somebody” who studies politics because of him.
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Anger over the H-1B visa program has helped ignite racist rhetoric targeting the Indian community across the U.S., and in Frisco, Texas — where someone identifying himself as a college student told a recent City Council meeting, "We must maintain our Rhodesia." nyti.ms/4tMxgwX
How the H-1B Visa Debate Is Driving a Wave of Racism Against South Asians
A dispute over the impact of H-1B visas on U.S. workers has been overshadowed by racist rhetoric, with troubling echoes of the great replacement conspiracy theory.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Anger over the H-1B visa program has helped ignite racist rhetoric targeting the Indian community across the U.S., and in Frisco, Texas — where someone identifying himself as a college student told a recent City Council meeting, "We must maintain our Rhodesia." nyti.ms/4tMxgwX
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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The Trump administration has been ordered to temporarily restore displays about George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people at a monument on the site of his former house in Philadelphia, after a judge said that the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths.
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Displays About Slavery at Washington’s House
The judge said the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths after the administration took down displays about slavery at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The Trump administration has been ordered to temporarily restore displays about George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people at a monument on the site of his former house in Philadelphia, after a judge said that the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths.
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“The truest understanding of slavery doesn’t serve any political faction,” @chatterton.bsky.social argues—“rather, it acknowledges the horrors of racial oppression while still allowing us to see beyond them.”
Why MAGA Wants You to Think Slavery Wasn’t That Bad
Both the left and the right try to co-opt it, but the real story of American slavery doesn’t serve any one faction.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“The truest understanding of slavery doesn’t serve any political faction,” @chatterton.bsky.social argues—“rather, it acknowledges the horrors of racial oppression while still allowing us to see beyond them.”
I'm sooooooooooo certain that I will NEVER agree or allow myself to be forced to pick cotton (shine shoes, open doors, be a buttler, or chuffer either) to Make America Great Again. It's 2026, not 1826 or even 1926!
It ain't gonna happen!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
It ain't gonna happen!
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Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are in trouble.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I'm sooooooooooo certain that I will NEVER agree or allow myself to be forced to pick cotton (shine shoes, open doors, be a buttler, or chuffer either) to Make America Great Again. It's 2026, not 1826 or even 1926!
It ain't gonna happen!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
It ain't gonna happen!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
n.pr
February 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
The election of a sociopath and white supremacist as President, normalization of unchecked hatred across social media platforms, and embrace of an aggressive and violent white Christian nationalist project by political and corporate leaders is ripping the country apart.
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‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront — Guardian US
Multiple game creators describe ineffective moderation on the platform, resulting in unchecked hatred in forums and targeted campaigns of negative ‘anti-woke’ reviews
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February 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The election of a sociopath and white supremacist as President, normalization of unchecked hatred across social media platforms, and embrace of an aggressive and violent white Christian nationalist project by political and corporate leaders is ripping the country apart.
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“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing”
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
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February 16, 2026 at 1:33 AM
“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing”
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Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? https://youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?si=uoJIQXi5JIEJvac-
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? https://youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?si=uoJIQXi5JIEJvac-
Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?And why won’t they
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February 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? https://youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?si=uoJIQXi5JIEJvac-
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? https://youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?si=uoJIQXi5JIEJvac-
Damn! As a Black man, "being-for-others" really SUCKS!!!! He's still limited in how he can respond, how he can express his true feelings. Anger? That ever-present, judging, White gaze! Called his wife an ape! Still feels the need to be calm and rational when facing something as irrational as racism
Former President Barack Obama this weekend indirectly addressed a racist video President Trump posted earlier this month that depicted Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, as apes. Obama stressed that he believed that most Americans found such content abhorrent.
In First Public Comments Since Trump’s Racist Video, Obama Laments Lost Decorum
In a podcast interview, former President Barack Obama did not directly address the video posted by Mr. Trump but denounced a “clown show” on social media.
nyti.ms
February 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Damn! As a Black man, "being-for-others" really SUCKS!!!! He's still limited in how he can respond, how he can express his true feelings. Anger? That ever-present, judging, White gaze! Called his wife an ape! Still feels the need to be calm and rational when facing something as irrational as racism
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The stock market is not the economy. 🤷
February 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The stock market is not the economy. 🤷
This is a belated Valentine's Day gift from me to the current administration in Washington: "Love Song (for Assholes and Clowns)" by Jaimie Branch.
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2020 01 19 Jaimie Branch - Lovesong for Assholes and Clowns
YouTube video by ffrancis999
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February 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This is a belated Valentine's Day gift from me to the current administration in Washington: "Love Song (for Assholes and Clowns)" by Jaimie Branch.
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I just discovered the music of Jaimie Branch. WOW!!! What an incredible musician. Improvisational creativity at another level.
Left us way way way too soon!
Left us way way way too soon!
February 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I just discovered the music of Jaimie Branch. WOW!!! What an incredible musician. Improvisational creativity at another level.
Left us way way way too soon!
Left us way way way too soon!
We need to prepare for re-segregation laws in the South and hearing “White Power” chants. I wonder when Walmart and Target will start selling white supremacy themed hats, mugs, and shirts? Shirts that say, “Blacks Will Not Replace Us” will sell well at Trump rallies!
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Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
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February 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM
We need to prepare for re-segregation laws in the South and hearing “White Power” chants. I wonder when Walmart and Target will start selling white supremacy themed hats, mugs, and shirts? Shirts that say, “Blacks Will Not Replace Us” will sell well at Trump rallies!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
“Germany’s concentration camps didn’t start as instruments of mass murder, and neither have ours,” wrote talk show host Thom Hartmann recently. “History isn’t whispering its warning: It’s shouting.”
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Trump's Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions | Common Dreams
The Trump administration's aggressive anti-immigration agenda has sparked fierce opposition in cities where federal agents conduct raids. Plans to acquire warehouses as detention centers—or concentrat...
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February 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
“Germany’s concentration camps didn’t start as instruments of mass murder, and neither have ours,” wrote talk show host Thom Hartmann recently. “History isn’t whispering its warning: It’s shouting.”
www.commondreams.org/news/list-of...
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Looks like they are collecting information on dissenters in preparation for declaring mattial law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Looks like they are collecting information on dissenters in preparation for declaring mattial law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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“Though Black women only account for about 14% of the workforce, they represented over half of all women’s job losses during the U.S. employment market’s most volatile months in 2025, like March, April, June, and December.”
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
“Though Black women only account for about 14% of the workforce, they represented over half of all women’s job losses during the U.S. employment market’s most volatile months in 2025, like March, April, June, and December.”
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Just discovered an entire tv station dedicated to the Transformers. I’m in heaven!
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Just discovered an entire tv station dedicated to the Transformers. I’m in heaven!