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President Trump was great EXCEPT for this short list of things…

Donald Trump speaking with supporters by Gage Skidmore

June 1, 2021

Borrowed from @EthicalAmerican: I owe my Trump-supporting friends an apology. I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency these last four years and am still exhausted from the experience. But to be fair President Trump wasn’t that bad other than…. – when he incited an insurrection against the government – mismanaged a pandemic that killed nearly half a million Americans – separated children from their families – lost those children in…

Trump, the GOP and the violence of words

October 2, 2019

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In a digital age filled with memes, DMs and quick hits from trolls, its easy to forget that words actually MEAN THINGS. We get so caught up in what was once called l33tspeak, with our LOLs and J/Ks and IDFWNWFWNIDFW, that we lose sight of paying attention to what people are actually saying, the words they use and the meaning behind them. Our news feeds these past few weeks…

Once more for the cheap seats: Donald Trump IS a racist

October 13, 2018

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Tom Arnold, the actor from “True Lies” and “Roseanne”, is on a mission to find what he is calling the “Trump Tapes”, so much so that he has created a tv show about his search. The idea is that someone somewhere has outtakes from “The Apprentice”, in which Trump can be heard saying the word “nigger”. I can’t speak to what Arnold’s motivation is, be it truth or publicity, but,…

I’m done blacksplaining to you people

June 22, 2018

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Wiktionary.com defines “blacksplain” as a slang term meaning, “Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture but unknown to non-black members of the group.” It is a blend of the words “black” and “explain”. For people of color, we find ourselves blacksplaining all the time if we travel mainly in white circles in society. At work, with…

Laura Ingraham is racist trash

February 16, 2018

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I had fully intended to come back into this blogging thing with more essay like material. I even have a piece in the works. But then, Faux News host Laura Ingraham opened her mouth, blew her racist little dog whistle and made the decision for me. LeBron James should “Shut up and dribble”, she says. She says this after taking a jab at his “grammar” and “barely intelligible” diction. Which…

Scottie Nell Hughes is either lying or thinks we are stupid

February 15, 2018

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Former occasional Faux News talking head and former CNN political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes was on NPR’s “Morning Edition” today, and in her interview she voiced her concerns about the Trump Administration’s handling of the Rob Porter Scandal, and specifically Drumpf’s dropping of the ball on speaking out against abuse. What boggles the mind is that this is the same woman who steadfastly defended the Pussy Grabber In Chief when…

2018. A new year. A new me?

January 25, 2018

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2018. Its here. And I havent written anything on this blog in months. There are many reasons for this…many of them center around the current state of affairs in this country. Frankly, being brown in the United States is fucking tiring at the moment. Darth Cheeton has been POTUS for a year now, and between hearing and seeing that blithering idiot spout racist crap left and right with his 4th…

So we’re “leftists” now? WTF?

August 16, 2017

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Recent events in the world have been stunning for people of color in America. Nothing in my mind has been more striking than the reaction to the events in Charlottesville, VA this past weekend. A wanna-be Nazi drove his car into a crowd of people, killing one and wounding over a dozen more. James Alex Fields Jr. who wasn’t from Charlottesville or even from Virginia for that matter, was in…

Is Trump a bigot? Or just a bigot magnet?

August 29, 2016

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Is Donald Trump a bigot? A racist? Neither? Both? The fact is, we don’t actually know. Nor can we, unless we know him in a personal sense. But, none of us actually does. Yes, his detractors can ALL point at some pretty bigoted and inflammatory stuff that has flown out of his mouth. But, his supporters can ALL dredge up just as many quotes that prove that Mr. Trump is…

Celebrate your Freedom with a read

July 3, 2016

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Tomorrow, we, here in the US will celebrate our nationally recognized Independence Day. Amid the cookouts, fireworks, basking in the sun and laughing with friends and relatives, be sure to take a few moments and think about how GOOD you have it. Seriously. With all the recent strife here, the arguments about race and flags and who should be allowed to marry who and who should be allowed to have…