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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:
"The reason it wasn’t on your bingo card is because you never had to think about it. The guardrails of democracy always seemed solid because those guardrails were constructed for you. You never had to worry ....if the law would treat you like a threat before it treated you like a person."
"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."
I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
rewirenewsgroup.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"The reason it wasn’t on your bingo card is because you never had to think about it. The guardrails of democracy always seemed solid because those guardrails were constructed for you. You never had to worry ....if the law would treat you like a threat before it treated you like a person."
"Your long-standing opposition to the civil rights movement, or really anything else that could wean this country off of its addiction to racial oppression, has made you uniquely positioned to speak truth to these particular powers."
I'd just fetal position in a corner and die...
I'd just fetal position in a corner and die...
Most of my friends think I'm wasting my time and, I probably am. But I had to try.
Here is an open letter, and an honest plea, to Clarence Thomas, in hopes that he might do the right thing this decision season.
He hates me as much as I hate him. But I had to try.
Here is an open letter, and an honest plea, to Clarence Thomas, in hopes that he might do the right thing this decision season.
He hates me as much as I hate him. But I had to try.
An Open Letter to Clarence Thomas
As the Trump administration tries to remake society along apartheid lines, your vote to stop the assault, however unlikely, is absolutely essential.
www.thenation.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Your long-standing opposition to the civil rights movement, or really anything else that could wean this country off of its addiction to racial oppression, has made you uniquely positioned to speak truth to these particular powers."
I'd just fetal position in a corner and die...
I'd just fetal position in a corner and die...
Kenya: forever the sell-out in the continent. The soil carbon sequestration scam by the Northern Rangelands Trust that is literally killing mobile Indigenous Peoples is not enough, neither is REDD+ that is forcefully evicting forest dwellers, so it signed on to this carbon capture nonsense🚮
Oooof. Those direct air capture machines built by Climeworks in Iceland, to pull carbon dioxide out of the air? Turns out ... they have generated more CO2 than they have captured.
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Kenya: forever the sell-out in the continent. The soil carbon sequestration scam by the Northern Rangelands Trust that is literally killing mobile Indigenous Peoples is not enough, neither is REDD+ that is forcefully evicting forest dwellers, so it signed on to this carbon capture nonsense🚮
"..The aid industry legitimises extractive global trade and governance systems, which in turn produce the outcomes that legitimise the existence of the aid agencies..." Gathara.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Why some in the Global South are not mourning the demise of USAID
The aid industry has always propped up imperial domination. Its implosion may be an opportunity to shape a new order.
www.aljazeera.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"..The aid industry legitimises extractive global trade and governance systems, which in turn produce the outcomes that legitimise the existence of the aid agencies..." Gathara.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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April 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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"While the world’s attention is focusing on Trump’s anti-migration spectacle, the European Union is quietly carrying out its own crackdown. Its policies are far less visible, yet they are just as ruthless."
— #AJOpinion by Nidžara Ahmetašević & Emina Bužinkić ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Nidžara Ahmetašević & Emina Bužinkić ⤵️
It’s not just Trump, the EU is also waging an anti-migration crusade
The European Union’s border control policies may not be as visible as Trump’s but they are just as brutal.
aje.io
March 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Do we have to wait for Trump to follow in the footsteps of his fascist OGs before acknowledging the truth that is staring us in the face?" #CallTheThingTheThing
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-threat...
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-threat...
The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over
It's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here.
www.contrabandcamp.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"Do we have to wait for Trump to follow in the footsteps of his fascist OGs before acknowledging the truth that is staring us in the face?" #CallTheThingTheThing
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-threat...
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-threat...
See STEM for the whereabouts of hole where culture's heart should be.
Where are the country songs lamenting Long Covid? Where are the angry punk/hip-hop songs protesting our society's lack of action? Where are the folk ballads chronicling our healthcare workers' struggles? Why is there a hole where our culture's heart should be?
March 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
See STEM for the whereabouts of hole where culture's heart should be.
Very unpopular opinion here in noting that, part of that policy consensus being callously swept aside was the EU dangling NATO membership to Ukraine, categorically knowing that this was a stated red line for Russia. So by all means, let them put their best foot forward to salvage the situation.
(3/3) With decades of Western policy consensus callously swept aside, European nations must now do everything within their power to preserve Ukraine’s sovereignty and repel Russia’s aggression.
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Very unpopular opinion here in noting that, part of that policy consensus being callously swept aside was the EU dangling NATO membership to Ukraine, categorically knowing that this was a stated red line for Russia. So by all means, let them put their best foot forward to salvage the situation.
"Oh, look at my African-American over here. Look at him. Isn't he the greatest?”
This time all of 13 years and demonstrating that "better immune system" his secretary of health is so familiar with.
/s
This time all of 13 years and demonstrating that "better immune system" his secretary of health is so familiar with.
/s
President Donald Trump used his address to a joint session of Congress to unveil a new member of the US Secret Service -- a 13-year-old brain cancer survivor named DJ reut.rs/3Duf6dP
Trump makes 13-year-old cancer survivor a Secret Service agent during speech to Congress
President Donald Trump used his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday to unveil a new member of the U.S. Secret Service -- a 13-year-old brain cancer survivor named DJ.
reut.rs
March 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"Oh, look at my African-American over here. Look at him. Isn't he the greatest?”
This time all of 13 years and demonstrating that "better immune system" his secretary of health is so familiar with.
/s
This time all of 13 years and demonstrating that "better immune system" his secretary of health is so familiar with.
/s
Whom, said dictators and despots have been hoisted on those citizens in those countries by the us to begin with.
I knew this would happen, but it's still surreal to hear another nation's leader talk to us in a televised address the way US presidents have historically spoken to the citizens of countries led by dictators and despots.
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
March 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Whom, said dictators and despots have been hoisted on those citizens in those countries by the us to begin with.
Not sure what to make of this "its the media" take coming from Adam. He literally coined the phrase "the cruelty is the point." Media influence notwithstanding, why did her decision come down to voting in a rapist and not the Black woman who put rapists in jail www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘Nobody Ever Stood Up for Her’: Kamala Harris’ Early Skill in Sex Crimes Cases Defined Her Career
As a young prosecutor, Harris was given unusual responsibility over some of the most difficult cases.
www.politico.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Not sure what to make of this "its the media" take coming from Adam. He literally coined the phrase "the cruelty is the point." Media influence notwithstanding, why did her decision come down to voting in a rapist and not the Black woman who put rapists in jail www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Federal workers have been given about 48 hours to explain what they accomplished last week. Elon Musk says not responding will be taken as a resignation. apnews.com/article/elon...
February 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Federal workers have been given about 48 hours to explain what they accomplished last week. Elon Musk says not responding will be taken as a resignation. apnews.com/article/elon...
"France does not use doublespeak. In France, our moral compass is not guided by north or south, but by justice"
"French West Africa" would like a word...
"French West Africa" would like a word...
French foreign minister makes rules-based order plea to global south over Ukraine
French foreign minister makes rules-based order plea to global south over Ukraine
Jean-Noël Barrot tells G20 to prioritise those who support the law rather than power by force
* Europe live – latest updates
European powers have made a plea at the G20 in South Africa to countries in the global south that they show unambivalent…
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"France does not use doublespeak. In France, our moral compass is not guided by north or south, but by justice"
"French West Africa" would like a word...
"French West Africa" would like a word...
A section of people in the us increasingly being forced to contend with the type of regime they have foistered, often violently, on many a country across the world.
February 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A section of people in the us increasingly being forced to contend with the type of regime they have foistered, often violently, on many a country across the world.
"Lamar gave Williams space to reclaim that dance as he was rapping about the ills of folks who don’t belong in the same universe as Black excellence trying to tell us what to do."
I wrote about the biggest rap performance of all time, Kendrick’s positioning of anti-Drake-ness as part of a larger pro-Blackness and justice for Serena Williams
andscape.com/features/gen...
andscape.com/features/gen...
The subversive genius of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance
The Compton MC might have just given us the biggest rap performance ever
andscape.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"Lamar gave Williams space to reclaim that dance as he was rapping about the ills of folks who don’t belong in the same universe as Black excellence trying to tell us what to do."
Something odd is happening to the bluesky algorithm...
February 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Something odd is happening to the bluesky algorithm...
On Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the reconstruction of a whiter supremacy.
Teaching unwhitewashed history is not DEI. Stocking a Black-owned brands THAT PEOPLE BUY is not DEI. Recruiting HBCU grads is not DEI. Addressing racial disparities is NOT DEI. Treating LGBTQIA people like PEOPLE is NOT DEI
Trump isn’t dismantling DEI
He is reconstructing a WHITER supremacy
Trump isn’t dismantling DEI
He is reconstructing a WHITER supremacy
DEI Is the New Black
The demonization of anyone who is not white, straight and male is a tradition as old as America.
www.contrabandcamp.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
On Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the reconstruction of a whiter supremacy.
Aaaand it's on! The us is off to a trade war race with its North American friends😎
February 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Aaaand it's on! The us is off to a trade war race with its North American friends😎
Hilarity ensued😂
Trump: What happens if I throw this baby off of a roof?
Me: It'll die.
Trump: [throws baby]
[THUD]
Schumer: Trump cannot throw babies off of roofs.
[THUD]
SCOTUS: Trump cannot throw babies off of roofs.
[THUD]
Me: You guys, he's still throwing babies.
[THUD]
MAGA: He's such a strong leader!
[THUD]
Me: It'll die.
Trump: [throws baby]
[THUD]
Schumer: Trump cannot throw babies off of roofs.
[THUD]
SCOTUS: Trump cannot throw babies off of roofs.
[THUD]
Me: You guys, he's still throwing babies.
[THUD]
MAGA: He's such a strong leader!
[THUD]
January 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hilarity ensued😂
Kendrick returning rap to the culture; Shaboozy turning country upside down; Chris Brown owning R&B. #Residuals #Blacksky
January 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Kendrick returning rap to the culture; Shaboozy turning country upside down; Chris Brown owning R&B. #Residuals #Blacksky
With regard to the incoming us president, the current spectacle that is the senate hearings for his cabinet nominations & his other, multiple, appointments to positions of global significance. Meritocracy. Presumably
www.publicbooks.org/white-medioc...
www.publicbooks.org/white-medioc...
White Mediocrity Empowers White Villainy: A Conversation with Koritha Mitchell
“Not only does whiteness empower folk to destroy entire communities; it empowers them to say to your face that the destruction doesn't have reverberating effects in the current moment.”
www.publicbooks.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
With regard to the incoming us president, the current spectacle that is the senate hearings for his cabinet nominations & his other, multiple, appointments to positions of global significance. Meritocracy. Presumably
www.publicbooks.org/white-medioc...
www.publicbooks.org/white-medioc...
Trump pulling out of the Paris Agreement signals "final nail in the coffin of Western climate justice discourse, which, in the name of equity for the global south, advocates for policies that keep countries poor and non-resilient to the impacts of climate change"
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
Trump Is Quitting the Paris Agreement. Poor Countries Should, Too.
Decades of hypocritical climate policies have failed the global south.
foreignpolicy.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Trump pulling out of the Paris Agreement signals "final nail in the coffin of Western climate justice discourse, which, in the name of equity for the global south, advocates for policies that keep countries poor and non-resilient to the impacts of climate change"
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...