L Bates
@theafricanus.bsky.social
Pan African Scholar, historian of the US urban environment, Army brat, US Army vet, master electrician, social & environmental justice activist, Life Long Learner
“…ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
James Baldwin
“…ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
James Baldwin
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In-depth NYT gift article about the WORST POSSIBLE guy for Trump to pardon
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In-depth NYT gift article about the WORST POSSIBLE guy for Trump to pardon
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
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Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
This is what whiteness looks like.
This is how white supremacy works.
When the political right pines for the “good ole days,” when everyone knew their place, this is what they are talking about.
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This is how white supremacy works.
When the political right pines for the “good ole days,” when everyone knew their place, this is what they are talking about.
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Nov. 28, 1933 | Missouri Mob of Thousands Burns and Hangs 18-Year-Old Black Teen
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is what whiteness looks like.
This is how white supremacy works.
When the political right pines for the “good ole days,” when everyone knew their place, this is what they are talking about.
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
This is how white supremacy works.
When the political right pines for the “good ole days,” when everyone knew their place, this is what they are talking about.
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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Silent when trump said and did everything else, but now that trump's words attack someone Bohacek *actually* loves instead of the "love they neighbor" love the Jesus they pretend to believe in taught, he's suddenly doing something. 😒
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Silent when trump said and did everything else, but now that trump's words attack someone Bohacek *actually* loves instead of the "love they neighbor" love the Jesus they pretend to believe in taught, he's suddenly doing something. 😒
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The National Guard wouldn’t have been shot today if Trump hadn’t sent them into DC in the first place — when nobody asked for them and nobody needed them.
Now he’s 500 more as a “response” to the chaos he created. did I get that right?
Now he’s 500 more as a “response” to the chaos he created. did I get that right?
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The National Guard wouldn’t have been shot today if Trump hadn’t sent them into DC in the first place — when nobody asked for them and nobody needed them.
Now he’s 500 more as a “response” to the chaos he created. did I get that right?
Now he’s 500 more as a “response” to the chaos he created. did I get that right?
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Provocateurs want to try to make this a religious conflict.
It is not.
Their disinformation succeeds only in creating more fear & hate. These are the same people who are still silent on the genocide of Palestinian Christians by the Israeli & US Govt.
Dismiss their propaganda. Stick to facts.
3/3
It is not.
Their disinformation succeeds only in creating more fear & hate. These are the same people who are still silent on the genocide of Palestinian Christians by the Israeli & US Govt.
Dismiss their propaganda. Stick to facts.
3/3
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Provocateurs want to try to make this a religious conflict.
It is not.
Their disinformation succeeds only in creating more fear & hate. These are the same people who are still silent on the genocide of Palestinian Christians by the Israeli & US Govt.
Dismiss their propaganda. Stick to facts.
3/3
It is not.
Their disinformation succeeds only in creating more fear & hate. These are the same people who are still silent on the genocide of Palestinian Christians by the Israeli & US Govt.
Dismiss their propaganda. Stick to facts.
3/3
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The facts:
1) More than 95% of attacks & violence are due to political discord—not religion
2) Less than 5% of attacks are due to alleged religious reasons
3) Far more Muslims have been killed than have Christians
4) Muslims & Christian Nigerians are united in stopping the violence
In short—
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1) More than 95% of attacks & violence are due to political discord—not religion
2) Less than 5% of attacks are due to alleged religious reasons
3) Far more Muslims have been killed than have Christians
4) Muslims & Christian Nigerians are united in stopping the violence
In short—
2/3
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The facts:
1) More than 95% of attacks & violence are due to political discord—not religion
2) Less than 5% of attacks are due to alleged religious reasons
3) Far more Muslims have been killed than have Christians
4) Muslims & Christian Nigerians are united in stopping the violence
In short—
2/3
1) More than 95% of attacks & violence are due to political discord—not religion
2) Less than 5% of attacks are due to alleged religious reasons
3) Far more Muslims have been killed than have Christians
4) Muslims & Christian Nigerians are united in stopping the violence
In short—
2/3
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The MAGAs who suddenly pretend to care about African Christians being killed in Nigeria are the same ones who openly ridicule Black Christians being murdered by police in America & celebrate Latino Christians being rounded up, tortured, & deported from America
So let's talk Facts on Nigeria:
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So let's talk Facts on Nigeria:
1/3
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The MAGAs who suddenly pretend to care about African Christians being killed in Nigeria are the same ones who openly ridicule Black Christians being murdered by police in America & celebrate Latino Christians being rounded up, tortured, & deported from America
So let's talk Facts on Nigeria:
1/3
So let's talk Facts on Nigeria:
1/3
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.