Category Archives: Open Thread

Open Thread | Checking in on The Worse Court Since Taney

UH HUH UH HUH The Washington Post @washingtonpost The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to hold upcoming elections using a congressional map that a lower court found discriminates on the basis of race and dilutes the political power of the state’s … Continue reading

Posted in 2026 Elections, Black Voter Suppression, Breaking News, Chief Justice John Roberts, Elections, Gerrymandering, Open Thread, Politics, Supreme Court, Updated Jim Crow, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 38 Comments

Call Alert! Call Your Congressman and tell them HELL NO ON Section 224

THEE ENTIRE PHUCK!!! GenXGirl @GenXGirl1994 House Armed Services Committee Hearing on FY27 NDAA is on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 10:00AM CALL TO ACTION: Tell your House Rep to Remove ❌ Section 224: US-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation CALL YOUR HOUSE … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Data Centers- We Can’t Continue Down This Path

Read this and the video shown at the link is devastating. Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes This is the Rio Grande in New Mexico It’s currently completely dry Meta’s data center in Los Lunas in central New Mexico is using 75 … Continue reading

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Open Thread | They Have Outlived Their Usefulness

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 … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Pope Leo XIV Apologizes For Holy See’s Role In Legitimizing Slavery and Failing To Condemn It

I never thought that I would read these words. The Associated Press @AP BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn i.t for centuries Pope Leo XIV makes … Continue reading

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Clarence B. Jones, Dr. King’s Trusted Attorney and Advisor, Dead at 95

RIP, Mr. Jones Reverend Al Sharpton @TheRevAl I’m saddened by the news of the passing of Attorney Clarence Jones, Dr. King’s attorney and a mentor and friend to me. He was a brilliant strategist, lawyer, author, and philanthropist. So many … Continue reading

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Happy Memorial Day!

African American Contributions to Memorial Day National Mall and Memorial Parks “Louisiana furnished 24,000 Black men to help put down the rebellion. You talk about strewing flowers upon the graves of our departed Comrades. Who are the ones that do … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Trump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black Students

Trump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black Students The administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at elite schools is incontrovertible proof of discrimination against white people. By Madiba K. Dennie May 18, … Continue reading

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Open Thread | They Have Created a $1.7 Billion Dollar SLUSH FUND Through This Corrupt DOJ

DOJ sets up $1.7B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after Trump drops IRS lawsuit The massive taxpayer-backed fund was set up to settle what outside legal experts had called an “unprecedented” lawsuit filed by the sitting president against the government. May 18, 2026, … Continue reading

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Open Thread | Fear of Another Dark President

Excellent post from The Establishment Bar: Fear of Another Dark President Posted by Proud Establishment Dem May 11, 2026 Barack Obama broke the Republican Party. The election of the first Black man to ascend to the presidency of the United … Continue reading

Posted in Black Excellence, Black Voter Suppression, Black Voters, GOP, Open Thread, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | 24 Comments