Plain and simple.
Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep
@RossKneeDeep
Very interesting:All four Black House Republicans are retiring — the timing tells an important story.
All four Black Republican members of the House of Representatives have announced they will not seek reelection after this term. The departures are happening simultaneously, during a second Trump presidency that has taken a documented and systematic approach to eliminating diversity programs, removing Black officials from positions across the federal government, and installing a senior leadership team that is overwhelmingly white in composition.The GOP spent several years — particularly in the period following 2020 — making visible and stated efforts to recruit and elect Black candidates to Congress. The argument was both moral and strategic: a party that aspires to govern a diverse country should reflect some of that diversity in its elected representation. Those efforts produced, among others, the members now leaving.
The context in which they’re leaving is specific. The current administration has not only rolled back diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across federal agencies — it has done so with explicit rhetoric that frames such programs as discriminatory against white people. Trump has personally circulated content that carries white nationalist framing. Black officials who were appointed or retained in earlier periods have been removed in significant numbers.
For Black Republicans who spent careers making the argument that their party had room for them and for the communities they represented, this environment creates a specific and difficult position. The argument they were making — that Black voters and Black candidates could find meaningful space in Republican politics — faces the most direct possible institutional challenge from the top of their own party.
The four retirements are individual decisions made for individual reasons. But four simultaneous exits by the entire Black Republican caucus in the House, in this specific moment, is a pattern that carries meaning beyond any single member’s calculus.
What it means for the party’s stated commitment to diversity, for Black voters who supported Republican candidates, and for the candidates who might have considered following this path is a question the departures make more urgent rather than less.Where does Black MAGA go from here?
https://x.com/RossKneeDeep/status/2050032845049987378?s=20
Bishop Talbert Swan
@TalbertSwan
Black maga didn’t just cast a vote. They cast a vote against their own people.They voted for the purging of Black leadership from high-ranking government positions.
They voted for Black women to lose federal jobs and opportunities their ancestors fought to open.
They voted for the criminalization and mass targeting of Black and Brown immigrants.
They voted for the dismantling of the Department of Education while our children are already under attack educationally.
They voted for the rollback of civil rights protections and the continued gutting of the Voting Rights Act.
They voted for maps designed to dilute Black voting power and eliminate congressional districts represented by Black voices.
They voted for the erasure of Black history, as though our struggle and contributions are something to be hidden in shame.
They voted for a political culture that excuses corruption, cruelty, racism, authoritarianism, and the protection of pedophiles and predators.
They voted for white supremacy, white domination, and Black subjugation and dehumanization.
And the tragedy is this: our ancestors marched, bled, prayed, fought, were beaten, jailed, and murdered to move us forward, while some among us willingly voted to drag us backward toward the very Jim Crow systems they struggled to destroy.
History will remember that in a moment when Black people were under coordinated attack politically, economically, educationally, and socially, some people still chose proximity to whiteness over solidarity with their own community.
We must never let them forget what they did. They should never be invited back to the cookout again. They should be shunned, excommunicated, shut out, canceled, ostracized, dismissed, and shamed.
https://x.com/TalbertSwan/status/2052626811649929548?s=20
Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline
A lot of people are noticing that Steyer has spent $200 million trying to destroy Becerra while leaving Hilton largely untouched. And it isn’t sitting well with folks.
Spending a fortune to do the Republican’s job for him is starting to look like an epic miscalculation.
7:55 AM · May 29, 2026
https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/2060344218632306923?s=20
NEWS: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, ruling that only Congress can change the institution’s name and directing officials to remove it from the building façade, all physical and digital signage, and official materials.[image or embed]— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 3:14 PM · May 29, 2026
Keith Boykin
@keithboykin.bsky.social
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Two Black families whose children died after they were used as test subjects in a vaccine trial without their parents’ consent have sued the federal government.
Sample tissues from the boys’ autopsies were stolen to develop the RSV vaccine that is now used around the world.
https://bsky.app/profile/keithboykin.bsky.social/post/3mmxvndcgpk2j
Morgan Le Fay
@tydyethefly.blacksky.app
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So I read the article:
1. This happened in 1965 (for context, Henrietta Lacks cells were taken in 1950)
2. There were 31 children apart of this unethical trial, of which almost all were low income and Black.
3. The families didn’t find out until 2023 when a magazine investigated the RSV vaccine
https://bsky.app/profile/tydyethefly.blacksky.app/post/3mmyj7lr4fk2w
What kind of nonsense is this?
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) left critics dumbfounded on Friday after suggesting that James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate from Texas, would engage in religious child sacrifice.
The official social media account on X for the Democratic Party promoted Talarico’s candidacy this week with a simple message: “James Talarico is the only candidate who will put you first.” Lee, known for his controversial online remarks, issued a response just hours later.
“James Talarico will put you first… On the altar to Moloch,” Lee wrote, referencing the ancient figure of Moloch mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and associated with child sacrifice.
Lee’s social media post also included an animated image depicting a child being sacrificed to an ancient deity — a post that left several onlookers appalled.
rawstory.com/mike-lee-2676972180/
Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
NEW: In court filing, preservation group alleges Trump Admin has now dumped “substantially” more than 30,000 cubic yards of debris from East Wing renovation at the East Potomac Golf Course in DC…
Debris shows “concerning levels of arsenic, hydrocarbons, and other dangerous pollutants – including lead”
Preservation group is fighting Trump’s attempt to take control and overhaul the public golf course
https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/2060340201503760818?s=20
Credit goes to Clyburn, who refused to go into retirement quietly. By insisting on running for re-election, he saved Democrats, at least for one election, a seat that Republicans would otherwise have snatched before the midterms.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari…[image or embed]— Jen Rubin (@jenrubin.bsky.social) 8:25 AM · May 29, 2026
Thank you, Representative Clyburn!
truth
i have nothing but spitting contempt for people who look at this political movement and downplay or deny its open and explicit white nationalist— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) 6:54 AM · May 29, 2026
Hundreds of millions of dollars generated by the sale of Venezuelan oil are now sitting outside the U.S. Treasury, held in offshore custodial accounts that include at least one in Qatar.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-from
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilm
First look at ‘A DIFFERENT WORLD’ sequel series.
Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne Wayne’s youngest daughter figuring out her own path at Hillman College.
Releasing September 24 on Netflix.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
FCC Chair Brendan Carr: “Disney has been embroiled for controversies for years now related to their DEI policies. There is reporting that suggests Disney’s leadership went all in on what could end up being invidious forms of DEI discrimination. There is no 1st Amendment right to hold a broadcast license.”
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2060383555578966243?s=20
The Tennessee Holler
@TheTNHoller
Trump’s FCC stooge making it clear Disney’s broadcast licenses are in the crosshairs now unless they fall in line with the regime
https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2060384019884171631?s=20
She said it with her ENTIRE CHEST….LOL
The Tennessee Holler
@TheTNHoller
👀 Paulina Mangubat of
@TheDemocrats
to
@meiselasb
: “I want Katie Miller to know her husband is an ugly fuck. I stand by calling him an ugly fuck.”
(From
@Acyn
https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/2060213343395221755?s=20
Charly Wargnier
@DataChaz
Rough week for the “AI is taking our jobs” narrative.
> Amazon just axed its AI leaderboard as costs soared with no clear payoff
> Starbucks’ AI can’t even count coffee cups right
> Uber burning a $3.4B AI budget in just 4 months with nothing to show for it
WE ARE SO BACK.
https://x.com/DataChaz/status/2060323026374144261?s=20
this is just evil
National Homelessness Law Center
@homeless_law
BREAKING: The Louisiana Senate passed a disturbing anti-homeless bill that pushes homeless people into jails, forced treatment, and unpaid labor. Hours earlier, the same lawmakers voted to give themselves $1,000 to cover housing expenses, recognizing housing is too expensive.
4:47 PM · May 28, 2026
https://x.com/homeless_law/status/2060115720734646778?s=20
Team Talarico
@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social
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NEW AD: Ken Paxton just released a pedophile back on our streets.
Adam Hoffman abused a little boy for 3 years. He should have faced life in prison — but Ken Paxton and his wealthy lawyer friends let Hoffman off the hook.
Ken Paxton’s corruption is hurting Texas.
https://bsky.app/profile/teamtalaricohq.bsky.social/post/3mmwftocqyw2w
This framing is smart and on point. Continue with this.
James Talarico
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
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Ken Paxton just gave an Epstein-style deal to a pedophile.
Paxton released Adam Hoffman — an admitted child rapist — back on our streets after Paxton’s rich lawyer friend got involved.
The Epstein Class has no place in Texas. Ken Paxton has no place in the US Senate.
https://bsky.app/profile/jamestalarico.bsky.social/post/3mmujnydev22u
mtsw
@mtsw.bsky.social
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They will need to appropriate minimum several hundred million dollars just to get the white house back to some kind of normality and sweep it for hidden cameras and listening devices and the media will cover the expense as their first scandal
https://bsky.app/profile/mtsw.bsky.social/post/3mmv5qphf7k2k
DemCast USA
@demcast.com
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It’s illegal for federal agents to interfere w/ your vote. You have the right to vote without intimidation.
If you see concerning behavior, call the Election Protection Hotline:
866-OUR-VOTE (EN)
888-VE-Y-VOTA (SP)
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/guides/voter-safety-guide/
Definitely noticed the increase. I love me some tomatoes
Isabella M. Weber
@isabellamweber.bsky.social
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🍅🍅🍅Tomatoflation 🍅🍅🍅
Price of tomatoes is up 39.7%. That’s terrible news for food affordability *and* public health. Tomatoes are one of the most popular fresh vegetables.
https://bsky.app/profile/isabellamweber.bsky.social/post/3mmu2rpttmh25
This explains a lot
Symone D. Sanders Townsend
@SymoneDSanders
There are two 250th celebrations and the difference matters:
America250 = the official, bipartisan commission (est. 2016)
Freedom 250 = the Trump-backed one
The administration blurred them on purpose. The artists were misled, but they HAVE to check.
https://x.com/SymoneDSanders/status/2060195249511694555?s=20
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊