I'm not going to ask if you're doomscrolling. Everything is hard right now. But you still need to eat some food, drink a glass of water, as well as time to rest and recover.

Try not to stay up too late tonight. Sleep deprivation will make everything you need to do harder, including helping others.

You can look up your state and see the estimated healthcare rate increases come January.

acasignups.net/rate_changes...

2026 Gross Rate Changes - Tennessee: +35.0% avg; ~555,000 enrollees

I have been waiting for a Black Christian faith leader to say this. No surprise that it is the great Dr. Renita Weems.

open.substack.com/pub/rjweems/...

If our Christianity causes kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be unwelcome, and the needy to be treated as “parasites,” all while billionaires get richer, we’ve profoundly misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus’ teachings.

#Sinners

Till you do right by Black People, everything this country touches will crumble.

Working out, walking, & whiskey

Hey: If you made it through the week, and you tried to do some things to help other people — large or small — where you could, and you need to hear it, I’m here to tell you thank you. Get some rest. Figure out today, then figure out tomorrow.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

SMH.

"NPR Business
Exclusive: GM, Pepsi, Disney, others scrub some DEI references from investor reports"

www.npr.org/2025/02/07/n...

It's been 2 weeks.
There were so many places for different decisions. But because of -isms and ignorance we are here.

Between all of the crazy, cruelty, and chaos...y'all are going to learn to stop going along to get along. Say No. Push back. Sue them. Make them prove that they have the authority. Protect your peace by protecting your community.

Use a protected email address, don't give them any leads.
cybernews.com/secure-email...

Michelle Obama is showing that we do not owe you our time, our energy, our smiles and our presence. The idea that we need to be civil and cordial and show up no matter what is a false one.

We are revoking access in so many ways and I love to see it!

Certain people don’t listen to Black women. No matter how many times we’re proven to be right.

8. What I have come to realize, however, is that the fight against the far right is secondary to the fight to strengthen liberal democracy. These are related but fundamentally not the same struggles.

So many people actively chose chaos and cruelty over community.

We will survive.
(It will just be harder than necessary)