Michael Harriot
@michaelharriot.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Championship-level spades player. ContrabandCamp.com founder. Author of NY Times bestseller: Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
I can't wait for y'all to see the unwhitewashed story behind one of America's favorite cultural icons.
Don’t miss "High Horse: The Black Cowboy" streaming on
Peacock on Nov 20.
Read more and watch the full trailer at ContrabandCamp!
Don’t miss "High Horse: The Black Cowboy" streaming on
Peacock on Nov 20.
Read more and watch the full trailer at ContrabandCamp!
Exclusive: Watch the Trailer for Jordan Peele's New Black Cowboy Doc
Produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions, "High Horse: The Black Cowboy" dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the American cowboy.
www.contrabandcamp.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I can't wait for y'all to see the unwhitewashed story behind one of America's favorite cultural icons.
Don’t miss "High Horse: The Black Cowboy" streaming on
Peacock on Nov 20.
Read more and watch the full trailer at ContrabandCamp!
Don’t miss "High Horse: The Black Cowboy" streaming on
Peacock on Nov 20.
Read more and watch the full trailer at ContrabandCamp!
American Society of Mikeys just updated their power rankings.
Congratulations on NJ Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill for coming in at #2 behind Mutant Ninja Turtle Emeritus Mikey L Angelo
Congratulations on NJ Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill for coming in at #2 behind Mutant Ninja Turtle Emeritus Mikey L Angelo
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
American Society of Mikeys just updated their power rankings.
Congratulations on NJ Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill for coming in at #2 behind Mutant Ninja Turtle Emeritus Mikey L Angelo
Congratulations on NJ Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill for coming in at #2 behind Mutant Ninja Turtle Emeritus Mikey L Angelo
I still can’t believe people voted for an inexperienced, unAmerican, anti-capitalist, Marxist terrorist sympathizer who won’t condemn “Radical Islamic Jihadists” & wasn’t even born here
Just don’t pretend they didn’t warn us about electing that “radical leftist” socialist Muslim…
Barack Obama
Just don’t pretend they didn’t warn us about electing that “radical leftist” socialist Muslim…
Barack Obama
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I still can’t believe people voted for an inexperienced, unAmerican, anti-capitalist, Marxist terrorist sympathizer who won’t condemn “Radical Islamic Jihadists” & wasn’t even born here
Just don’t pretend they didn’t warn us about electing that “radical leftist” socialist Muslim…
Barack Obama
Just don’t pretend they didn’t warn us about electing that “radical leftist” socialist Muslim…
Barack Obama
“Tonight shows that Dems need to run more progressive candidates who use #2 guards on their beards & talk like spoken word poets. Of course, I’m just extrapolating the results from 1 race in the most unique city in the world & applying it broadly! I’m a TV “political analyst!”
- Literally, everyone
- Literally, everyone
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“Tonight shows that Dems need to run more progressive candidates who use #2 guards on their beards & talk like spoken word poets. Of course, I’m just extrapolating the results from 1 race in the most unique city in the world & applying it broadly! I’m a TV “political analyst!”
- Literally, everyone
- Literally, everyone
I've seen so many people online using the government shutdown as an opportunity to demonize people who receive SNAP benefits, WIC and any kind of government assistance.
Here's the thing:
I agree with those people.
We need to end the WHITE welfare state
BECAUSE welfare works.
A thread:
Here's the thing:
I agree with those people.
We need to end the WHITE welfare state
BECAUSE welfare works.
A thread:
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I've seen so many people online using the government shutdown as an opportunity to demonize people who receive SNAP benefits, WIC and any kind of government assistance.
Here's the thing:
I agree with those people.
We need to end the WHITE welfare state
BECAUSE welfare works.
A thread:
Here's the thing:
I agree with those people.
We need to end the WHITE welfare state
BECAUSE welfare works.
A thread:
Let’s talk about race…No not that one. But also that one
Part 1:
Part 1:
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Let’s talk about race…No not that one. But also that one
Part 1:
Part 1:
Will opposing fascism make you a target of Trump's new "Antifa" executive order? Does learning history violate CRT laws, or does your skin color already fit the description of a "diversity hire?"
Take the quiz and find out!
Take the quiz and find out!
Quiz: Are You an Antifa or a Radical Leftist?
Take this quiz to find out which category of non-MAGA you belong in.
dlvr.it
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Will opposing fascism make you a target of Trump's new "Antifa" executive order? Does learning history violate CRT laws, or does your skin color already fit the description of a "diversity hire?"
Take the quiz and find out!
Take the quiz and find out!
In an exclusive excerpt from his upcoming book "The Man of Many Fathers," comedian @roywoodjr.bsky.social reveals the lessons he learned while working at one of America's leading suppliers of low-vibrational plates.
Lessons From the Golden Corral: An Exclusive Excerpt From the New Book by Roy Wood Jr.
In his upcoming book "The Man of Many Fathers," comedian Roy Wood Jr. explains how a stint at a family style restaurant turned into a buffet of life lessons.
dlvr.it
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In an exclusive excerpt from his upcoming book "The Man of Many Fathers," comedian @roywoodjr.bsky.social reveals the lessons he learned while working at one of America's leading suppliers of low-vibrational plates.
Let God Sort Em Out
Star Line
God Does Like Ugly
Supreme Clientele 2
Alfredo 2
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Don’t Tap the Glass
Live Laugh Love
2025 could be the best year in hip hop since…
Star Line
God Does Like Ugly
Supreme Clientele 2
Alfredo 2
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Don’t Tap the Glass
Live Laugh Love
2025 could be the best year in hip hop since…
Are There Any More Great Years In Hip-Hop to Come?
Nearly three decades after a legendary run in 1998, the genre’s fragmented landscape raises questions about what greatness looks like now.
dlvr.it
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Let God Sort Em Out
Star Line
God Does Like Ugly
Supreme Clientele 2
Alfredo 2
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Don’t Tap the Glass
Live Laugh Love
2025 could be the best year in hip hop since…
Star Line
God Does Like Ugly
Supreme Clientele 2
Alfredo 2
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Don’t Tap the Glass
Live Laugh Love
2025 could be the best year in hip hop since…
Yesterday was proof that 2 MAGA billionaires can turn off the internet
Anyway, anything good on Netflix?
Anyway, anything good on Netflix?
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Yesterday was proof that 2 MAGA billionaires can turn off the internet
Anyway, anything good on Netflix?
Anyway, anything good on Netflix?
I know why.
It’s supposedly cursed
The story of the Regent diamond is absolutely bonkers
It’s supposedly cursed
The story of the Regent diamond is absolutely bonkers
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I know why.
It’s supposedly cursed
The story of the Regent diamond is absolutely bonkers
It’s supposedly cursed
The story of the Regent diamond is absolutely bonkers
How to indict your political enemies:
Step 1. Appoint an AG who went to law school in a hotel
Step 2: Replace career prosecutors with an insurance lawyer who never prosecuted a federal case
Step 3: Hire an FBI director with zero years in law enforcement
Step 4: Let them cook
What a meritocracy!
Step 1. Appoint an AG who went to law school in a hotel
Step 2: Replace career prosecutors with an insurance lawyer who never prosecuted a federal case
Step 3: Hire an FBI director with zero years in law enforcement
Step 4: Let them cook
What a meritocracy!
Trump's DOJ Is White DEI
The Trump Administration's Justice Department is filled with incompetent, unqualified people who personify the conservatives definition of a "diversity hire."
www.contrabandcamp.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How to indict your political enemies:
Step 1. Appoint an AG who went to law school in a hotel
Step 2: Replace career prosecutors with an insurance lawyer who never prosecuted a federal case
Step 3: Hire an FBI director with zero years in law enforcement
Step 4: Let them cook
What a meritocracy!
Step 1. Appoint an AG who went to law school in a hotel
Step 2: Replace career prosecutors with an insurance lawyer who never prosecuted a federal case
Step 3: Hire an FBI director with zero years in law enforcement
Step 4: Let them cook
What a meritocracy!
Stephen A. Smith entering a political discussion:
October 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Stephen A. Smith entering a political discussion:
Police have released a photo of the suspect in the attack on Mitch McConnell
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Police have released a photo of the suspect in the attack on Mitch McConnell
Contrary to popular belief, white supremacy is not extra-strength racism. And, according to a thing called a dictionary, white supremacists and white nationalists are as different as alligators & crocodiles
Let me explain.
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Let me explain.
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get the Wake-up Call in your inbox!
October 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Contrary to popular belief, white supremacy is not extra-strength racism. And, according to a thing called a dictionary, white supremacists and white nationalists are as different as alligators & crocodiles
Let me explain.
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get the Wake-up Call in your inbox!
Let me explain.
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get the Wake-up Call in your inbox!
According to CAVE (Caucasian American Vernacular English):
"DEI" is a political agenda to subvert "meritocracy"
"Diversity hires" are unqualified ppl who got a job because of their race
These terms describe the federal prosecutors who Trump hired to indict his political enemies
"DEI" is a political agenda to subvert "meritocracy"
"Diversity hires" are unqualified ppl who got a job because of their race
These terms describe the federal prosecutors who Trump hired to indict his political enemies
Trump's DOJ Is White DEI
The Trump Administration's Justice Department is filled with incompetent, unqualified people who personify the conservatives definition of a "diversity hire."
dlvr.it
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
According to CAVE (Caucasian American Vernacular English):
"DEI" is a political agenda to subvert "meritocracy"
"Diversity hires" are unqualified ppl who got a job because of their race
These terms describe the federal prosecutors who Trump hired to indict his political enemies
"DEI" is a political agenda to subvert "meritocracy"
"Diversity hires" are unqualified ppl who got a job because of their race
These terms describe the federal prosecutors who Trump hired to indict his political enemies
Today’s wake-up call is about TPUSA Blexit tour of HBCUs
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October 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today’s wake-up call is about TPUSA Blexit tour of HBCUs
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get a wake-up call in your inbox!
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get a wake-up call in your inbox!
In 1990, a group of Black women took on one of America's largest corporations in a battle for a historic Black school. 25 years later, the've reshaped how we fund, teach, and preserve Black history
The Auntie Fascists: How a Group of Black Women Defeated Walmart, Lost Cause and the Erasure of Black History
When a group of retirees hatched a plan to save their historic Black school, they had no idea that they were creating a blueprint for legislators, museums and historic sites across America.
dlvr.it
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
In 1990, a group of Black women took on one of America's largest corporations in a battle for a historic Black school. 25 years later, the've reshaped how we fund, teach, and preserve Black history
Speaking of online propaganda…
Today, in less than 10 minutes the Wake-Up Call explains why we should ignore Van Jones’s genocide joke and, instead, interrogate the “critical race theory” part of this conversation
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Today, in less than 10 minutes the Wake-Up Call explains why we should ignore Van Jones’s genocide joke and, instead, interrogate the “critical race theory” part of this conversation
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get a Wake-Up Call in your inbox.
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Speaking of online propaganda…
Today, in less than 10 minutes the Wake-Up Call explains why we should ignore Van Jones’s genocide joke and, instead, interrogate the “critical race theory” part of this conversation
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get a Wake-Up Call in your inbox.
Today, in less than 10 minutes the Wake-Up Call explains why we should ignore Van Jones’s genocide joke and, instead, interrogate the “critical race theory” part of this conversation
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get a Wake-Up Call in your inbox.
TikTokers and Instagrammers are condemning Publix for pulling an offer to sponsor a Black Book Bash. But when ContrabandCamp spoke to event organizers & Publix, we remembered...
Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true
Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true
Black Book Bash, Publix Dispute Sponsorship Deal After Social Media Firestorm
Organizers of the Florida book festival say the supermarket giant pulled sponsorship at the last minute. Publix says it was never a sponsor.
dlvr.it
October 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
TikTokers and Instagrammers are condemning Publix for pulling an offer to sponsor a Black Book Bash. But when ContrabandCamp spoke to event organizers & Publix, we remembered...
Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true
Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true
Pitchfork’s just released one of the worst lists in the history of lists.
A Pitchfork list was probably on the tablets Moses dropped. Pitchfork lists make the Black Codes seem reasonable. If the Confederate States of America read Pitchfork, the South might rise again
A Pitchfork list was probably on the tablets Moses dropped. Pitchfork lists make the Black Codes seem reasonable. If the Confederate States of America read Pitchfork, the South might rise again
Pitchfork’s ‘100 Greatest Rap Albums of All Time’ Might Be the Worst Rap List in History
Whether intentional or not, “The most trusted voice in music” trolled every person who clicked on the list.
dlvr.it
October 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Pitchfork’s just released one of the worst lists in the history of lists.
A Pitchfork list was probably on the tablets Moses dropped. Pitchfork lists make the Black Codes seem reasonable. If the Confederate States of America read Pitchfork, the South might rise again
A Pitchfork list was probably on the tablets Moses dropped. Pitchfork lists make the Black Codes seem reasonable. If the Confederate States of America read Pitchfork, the South might rise again
Instead of asking a man with 5 deferments or a “Sec. of War” who suffers from PTSD (Post Tequila Shot Syndrome), we asked active duty drill instructors & recruiters if DEI, wokeness & gays ruined the US military
Pete Hegseth Said Our Military Is 'Fat' and 'Woke.' Here's What Drill Instructors Say
We asked the experts who train our troops about Trump's and Hegseth’s plan.
dlvr.it
October 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Instead of asking a man with 5 deferments or a “Sec. of War” who suffers from PTSD (Post Tequila Shot Syndrome), we asked active duty drill instructors & recruiters if DEI, wokeness & gays ruined the US military
In lieu of ContrabandCamp’s weekly Clapback Mailbag, a guest columnist volunteered to fill in by responding to Twitter shade from some guy named JD Vance.
Joy Reid: The Vice President Has Too Much Time On His Hands
In this guest column excerpt, journalist Joy Reid tells JD Vance to "Tweet less and govern more, James David; you are wasting our time and tax money."
dlvr.it
October 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In lieu of ContrabandCamp’s weekly Clapback Mailbag, a guest columnist volunteered to fill in by responding to Twitter shade from some guy named JD Vance.
In lieu of ContrabandCamp’s weekly Clapback Mailbag, a guest columnist volunteered to fill in by responding to Twitter shade from some guy named JD Vance.
Joy Reid: The Vice President Has Too Much Time On His Hands
In this guest column excerpt, journalist Joy Reid tells JD Vance to "Tweet less and govern more, James David; you are wasting our time and tax money."
dlvr.it
October 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In lieu of ContrabandCamp’s weekly Clapback Mailbag, a guest columnist volunteered to fill in by responding to Twitter shade from some guy named JD Vance.