Mekka Okereke
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Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.
This is important to watch, because it illustrates a key point behind the 36% floor support for Trump.
Trump is not as white nationalist as it goes. Not by a long shot. As I've said before, Stephen Miller knows that banning Chinese and Indian students will destroy US higher Ed. He doesn't care.
Trump is not as white nationalist as it goes. Not by a long shot. As I've said before, Stephen Miller knows that banning Chinese and Indian students will destroy US higher Ed. He doesn't care.
Ingraham: "So we're dependent on China to keep our universities going?"
Trump: "No. I think it's good to have outside countries."
Ingraham: "They're not the French. They're the Chinese."
Trump: "What you think the French are better?"
Ingraham: "Yeah."
Trump: "Really…I'm not so sure."
Trump: "No. I think it's good to have outside countries."
Ingraham: "They're not the French. They're the Chinese."
Trump: "What you think the French are better?"
Ingraham: "Yeah."
Trump: "Really…I'm not so sure."
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is important to watch, because it illustrates a key point behind the 36% floor support for Trump.
Trump is not as white nationalist as it goes. Not by a long shot. As I've said before, Stephen Miller knows that banning Chinese and Indian students will destroy US higher Ed. He doesn't care.
Trump is not as white nationalist as it goes. Not by a long shot. As I've said before, Stephen Miller knows that banning Chinese and Indian students will destroy US higher Ed. He doesn't care.
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Why is it that when oppressed folks beg for their lives it’s divisive, but “centrists” who are invested in the status quo are just fine???
Elie Wiesel (and Nelson Mandela and MLK Jr) said that the worst people are the moderates who let atrocities happen. WORSE than the ones committing the atrocity.
Elie Wiesel (and Nelson Mandela and MLK Jr) said that the worst people are the moderates who let atrocities happen. WORSE than the ones committing the atrocity.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Why is it that when oppressed folks beg for their lives it’s divisive, but “centrists” who are invested in the status quo are just fine???
Elie Wiesel (and Nelson Mandela and MLK Jr) said that the worst people are the moderates who let atrocities happen. WORSE than the ones committing the atrocity.
Elie Wiesel (and Nelson Mandela and MLK Jr) said that the worst people are the moderates who let atrocities happen. WORSE than the ones committing the atrocity.
Gravity of the moment? Nah.
I went to prep school like a nerd. I still got pulled out of my car, had guns pointed in my face, thanks to centrist "tough on crime" policies.
Y'all should recognize the gravity of the moment, and realize that centrist stuff doesn't play anymore.
Talk to Chuck, not me
I went to prep school like a nerd. I still got pulled out of my car, had guns pointed in my face, thanks to centrist "tough on crime" policies.
Y'all should recognize the gravity of the moment, and realize that centrist stuff doesn't play anymore.
Talk to Chuck, not me
And this is how we get Trump. Do. Not. Split. Even when you're furious. Especially when we're furious. Understand the gravity of the moment. We're not supporting him. We're supporting the fight against masked agents pulling people off of the street and children starving to death.
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Gravity of the moment? Nah.
I went to prep school like a nerd. I still got pulled out of my car, had guns pointed in my face, thanks to centrist "tough on crime" policies.
Y'all should recognize the gravity of the moment, and realize that centrist stuff doesn't play anymore.
Talk to Chuck, not me
I went to prep school like a nerd. I still got pulled out of my car, had guns pointed in my face, thanks to centrist "tough on crime" policies.
Y'all should recognize the gravity of the moment, and realize that centrist stuff doesn't play anymore.
Talk to Chuck, not me
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And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
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Snap elections are the only correct answer to this kind of dysfunction
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Snap elections are the only correct answer to this kind of dysfunction
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i.e., we don't do this weird "shutdown but keep everyone working unpaid" because that's chaotic and the decision makers have no reason not to shutdown; the resign/dissolution changes that to "if you can't pass a budget there are consequences immediately for you as a politician"
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
i.e., we don't do this weird "shutdown but keep everyone working unpaid" because that's chaotic and the decision makers have no reason not to shutdown; the resign/dissolution changes that to "if you can't pass a budget there are consequences immediately for you as a politician"
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In Australia, if we can't pass a budget, the government must resign or call a double dissolution (dissolving both house & senate) for a complete reelection
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
In Australia, if we can't pass a budget, the government must resign or call a double dissolution (dissolving both house & senate) for a complete reelection
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No needy person has ever stolen food from a grocery store, I'm pretty sure. I've never seen it, at least, and nobody I know has either.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
No needy person has ever stolen food from a grocery store, I'm pretty sure. I've never seen it, at least, and nobody I know has either.
40 days for what? Why cave now? Why these particular Dem Senators? *Looks at map of cities most impacted by flight cancellations.* Ah...
Schumer (NY) 🛫
Booker (NJ) 🛫
King (ME)
Hassan (NH)
Durbin (IL) 🛫
Ossoff (GA) 🛫
Shaheen (NH)
Gillibrand (NY) 🛫
Masto (NV)
Warner (VA) 🛫
Schumer (NY) 🛫
Booker (NJ) 🛫
King (ME)
Hassan (NH)
Durbin (IL) 🛫
Ossoff (GA) 🛫
Shaheen (NH)
Gillibrand (NY) 🛫
Masto (NV)
Warner (VA) 🛫
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
40 days for what? Why cave now? Why these particular Dem Senators? *Looks at map of cities most impacted by flight cancellations.* Ah...
Schumer (NY) 🛫
Booker (NJ) 🛫
King (ME)
Hassan (NH)
Durbin (IL) 🛫
Ossoff (GA) 🛫
Shaheen (NH)
Gillibrand (NY) 🛫
Masto (NV)
Warner (VA) 🛫
Schumer (NY) 🛫
Booker (NJ) 🛫
King (ME)
Hassan (NH)
Durbin (IL) 🛫
Ossoff (GA) 🛫
Shaheen (NH)
Gillibrand (NY) 🛫
Masto (NV)
Warner (VA) 🛫
🤣🤣🤣
Everything is terrible, but the jokes are immaculate!
Everything is terrible, but the jokes are immaculate!
The mighty MAGA god will rule for a thousand...
Hold on, he's fallen asleep again.
Hold on, he's fallen asleep again.
'He worse than Biden': 'Exhausted' Trump seen 'slumping into limo' amid sleep scandal
Just as Donald Trump is trying to shake off a scandal after purportedly being spotted falling asleep in the Oval Office, the president was seen in a video reportedly "exhausted" and "slumping" into hi...
www.rawstory.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🤣🤣🤣
Everything is terrible, but the jokes are immaculate!
Everything is terrible, but the jokes are immaculate!
More than half of all US white women, support whoever is the fashiest POTUS option on the ballot. Less than half support whoever is the least fashy POTUS option. This has been true for > 80 years.
Predictably, ~half of the Hollywood starlets are Trumpy, and ~half are anti-Trumpy.
Happens.🤷🏿♂️
Predictably, ~half of the Hollywood starlets are Trumpy, and ~half are anti-Trumpy.
Happens.🤷🏿♂️
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
More than half of all US white women, support whoever is the fashiest POTUS option on the ballot. Less than half support whoever is the least fashy POTUS option. This has been true for > 80 years.
Predictably, ~half of the Hollywood starlets are Trumpy, and ~half are anti-Trumpy.
Happens.🤷🏿♂️
Predictably, ~half of the Hollywood starlets are Trumpy, and ~half are anti-Trumpy.
Happens.🤷🏿♂️
🤷🏿♂️ It's hilarious to see Indian American people proudly boosting alt-right talking points. It's so comedically self-defeating.
He's still trying to score fashy brownie points, even after the racists told his mother Nimarata Nikki Haley exactly what they thought of her, and Ramaswamy.
He's still trying to score fashy brownie points, even after the racists told his mother Nimarata Nikki Haley exactly what they thought of her, and Ramaswamy.
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical
unherd.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
🤷🏿♂️ It's hilarious to see Indian American people proudly boosting alt-right talking points. It's so comedically self-defeating.
He's still trying to score fashy brownie points, even after the racists told his mother Nimarata Nikki Haley exactly what they thought of her, and Ramaswamy.
He's still trying to score fashy brownie points, even after the racists told his mother Nimarata Nikki Haley exactly what they thought of her, and Ramaswamy.
🙋🏿♂️Who remembers that time that Black women showed up in *record numbers* to support Doug Jones, hoping that he would protect them from Trump...
And within 24 hours of winning, he immediately promised to work with Trump against them?
No? No one remembers that? Just me?
Oh, OK.
And within 24 hours of winning, he immediately promised to work with Trump against them?
No? No one remembers that? Just me?
Oh, OK.
Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones appears to be headed for another political showdown against current Sen. Tommy Tuberville, this time for the governor’s office.
🔗: https://www.al.com/politics/2025/11/alabama-democrat-hints-at-2026-rematch-with-tommy-tuberville-stay-tuned.html
🔗: https://www.al.com/politics/2025/11/alabama-democrat-hints-at-2026-rematch-with-tommy-tuberville-stay-tuned.html
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
🙋🏿♂️Who remembers that time that Black women showed up in *record numbers* to support Doug Jones, hoping that he would protect them from Trump...
And within 24 hours of winning, he immediately promised to work with Trump against them?
No? No one remembers that? Just me?
Oh, OK.
And within 24 hours of winning, he immediately promised to work with Trump against them?
No? No one remembers that? Just me?
Oh, OK.
With just a blue crayon, a purple crayon, and a piece of paper, every single New Yorker could have drawn this map freehand before they even saw the reference.
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
www.thecity.nyc
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
With just a blue crayon, a purple crayon, and a piece of paper, every single New Yorker could have drawn this map freehand before they even saw the reference.
Called it.🔮🧙🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Yes, running a grocery store is hard. But there's billions of dollars of profit to be taken from feeding 8.2 million New Yorkers that need to eat every single day.
Completely sincerely: if profit margins are better in Florida, then yes it makes sense to move
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Yes, running a grocery store is hard. But there's billions of dollars of profit to be taken from feeding 8.2 million New Yorkers that need to eat every single day.
Completely sincerely: if profit margins are better in Florida, then yes it makes sense to move
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Called it.🔮🧙🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Yes, running a grocery store is hard. But there's billions of dollars of profit to be taken from feeding 8.2 million New Yorkers that need to eat every single day.
Completely sincerely: if profit margins are better in Florida, then yes it makes sense to move
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Yes, running a grocery store is hard. But there's billions of dollars of profit to be taken from feeding 8.2 million New Yorkers that need to eat every single day.
Completely sincerely: if profit margins are better in Florida, then yes it makes sense to move
She should check Sikh temples too.
At the start of the pandemic, I sourced a bunch of N95s, and needed people to help me deliver them to free clinics in low income Black and Hispanic areas throughout the bay area.
Sikh people came through. They did not hesitate.♥️👍🏿🕊️
At the start of the pandemic, I sourced a bunch of N95s, and needed people to help me deliver them to free clinics in low income Black and Hispanic areas throughout the bay area.
Sikh people came through. They did not hesitate.♥️👍🏿🕊️
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
She should check Sikh temples too.
At the start of the pandemic, I sourced a bunch of N95s, and needed people to help me deliver them to free clinics in low income Black and Hispanic areas throughout the bay area.
Sikh people came through. They did not hesitate.♥️👍🏿🕊️
At the start of the pandemic, I sourced a bunch of N95s, and needed people to help me deliver them to free clinics in low income Black and Hispanic areas throughout the bay area.
Sikh people came through. They did not hesitate.♥️👍🏿🕊️
Sometimes we fail! Happens! 🤷🏿♂️
I tried to beat my own company record by benching 500 lbs at the company fitness competition. I ended up pinning my own left hand under the j-hook, and kinda just rubbed the weight around on it for a few seconds before failing.🤡
Close, but no cigar.
I tried to beat my own company record by benching 500 lbs at the company fitness competition. I ended up pinning my own left hand under the j-hook, and kinda just rubbed the weight around on it for a few seconds before failing.🤡
Close, but no cigar.
November 7, 2025
YouTube video by Big Mekka Tube
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Sometimes we fail! Happens! 🤷🏿♂️
I tried to beat my own company record by benching 500 lbs at the company fitness competition. I ended up pinning my own left hand under the j-hook, and kinda just rubbed the weight around on it for a few seconds before failing.🤡
Close, but no cigar.
I tried to beat my own company record by benching 500 lbs at the company fitness competition. I ended up pinning my own left hand under the j-hook, and kinda just rubbed the weight around on it for a few seconds before failing.🤡
Close, but no cigar.
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it’s so weird that working on meaningful problems leads to long term success
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
it’s so weird that working on meaningful problems leads to long term success
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
Yes Antonio Brown was just arrested for attempted murder. Yes he was previously arrested for SA.
I said what I said about Antonio Brown: I genuinely do not know if he is a bad person.🤷🏿♂️
Because his anti-social behavior started after an injury to the part of his brain responsible for impulse control
I said what I said about Antonio Brown: I genuinely do not know if he is a bad person.🤷🏿♂️
Because his anti-social behavior started after an injury to the part of his brain responsible for impulse control
Antonio Brown knocked out by Vontaze Burfict HD
YouTube video by Don Mega
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Yes Antonio Brown was just arrested for attempted murder. Yes he was previously arrested for SA.
I said what I said about Antonio Brown: I genuinely do not know if he is a bad person.🤷🏿♂️
Because his anti-social behavior started after an injury to the part of his brain responsible for impulse control
I said what I said about Antonio Brown: I genuinely do not know if he is a bad person.🤷🏿♂️
Because his anti-social behavior started after an injury to the part of his brain responsible for impulse control
🤔When US Jewish and Palestinian kids with kindness in their hearts♥️, got together with Black, white, Asian and Hispanic kids, also with kindness in their hearts, to ask for a ceasefire in Gaza, Pelosi ignored the Jewish, white, Asian and Hispanic kids, and said Black + Arab kids were paid by Putin.🤦🏿♂️
time.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🤔When US Jewish and Palestinian kids with kindness in their hearts♥️, got together with Black, white, Asian and Hispanic kids, also with kindness in their hearts, to ask for a ceasefire in Gaza, Pelosi ignored the Jewish, white, Asian and Hispanic kids, and said Black + Arab kids were paid by Putin.🤦🏿♂️
Y'all are really pushing all of the Black journalists out of the industry, so that you can ask trash questions like this?
Embarrassing.
Some questions are harmful in and of themselves. It doesn't matter what's said in the debate, or who "wins."
Pretending that this is not trash, is weakness.
Embarrassing.
Some questions are harmful in and of themselves. It doesn't matter what's said in the debate, or who "wins."
Pretending that this is not trash, is weakness.
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Y'all are really pushing all of the Black journalists out of the industry, so that you can ask trash questions like this?
Embarrassing.
Some questions are harmful in and of themselves. It doesn't matter what's said in the debate, or who "wins."
Pretending that this is not trash, is weakness.
Embarrassing.
Some questions are harmful in and of themselves. It doesn't matter what's said in the debate, or who "wins."
Pretending that this is not trash, is weakness.
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Jesus I see what you've done for others
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Jesus I see what you've done for others
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Caltrain popularity among riders at all time high: https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/caltrain-popularity-among-riders-all-time-high!
Caltrain popularity among riders at all time high
Caltrain released the results of its 2025 customer satisfaction survey last week, with the rail agency receiving a record high satisfaction rating of 4.41 out of 5, up from 4.02 in 2024.
blog.bayareametro.gov
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Caltrain popularity among riders at all time high: https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/caltrain-popularity-among-riders-all-time-high!