They call them “costed platforms.” The phrase sounds dull, bureaucratic. But inside it is a quiet radicalism. A spreadsheet with a soul. An arithmetic of empathy. Because to cost a platform is to admit there are limits; not to our dreams, but to the lies we tell in their name.
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So, Black people are in the bleachers, watching the town halls and rallies. And the participants in these angry protests are all White. In less than two months, Trump supporters are experiencing buyer’s remorse, as the president’s approval ratings have tanked. He is underwater between 8 and 12 points on the economy, tariffs, and firing federal employees. That represents a 20-point shift. Most Americans do not place a high priority on foreign affairs. However, they recognize that discussing bombing maneuvers on a signal app reeks of incompetence, is unacceptable, and dangerous. Americans disapprove of that action by a margin of 75%.
Chess is far more challenging than a game of checkers. It requires a higher level of cognitive thinking. A Chess game’s objective is to capture the opposing player’s King. Once a player’s King faces capture, the conquering player yells, “Checkmate.”
America’s Slide into Tyranny Is No Longer Hypothetical
Recently the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s attempts to prohibit and chill lawful efforts to ensure that Black students are afforded equal educational opportunities. The Education Department issued a “Dear Colleague” Letter on Feb. 14, followed by a “Frequently Asked Questions” document on Feb. 28 and a certification requirement on April 3 — all of which include factual inaccuracies and misinterpretations of civil rights laws and threaten the termination of critical public education funds. The defendants named in the suit are the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor.
Last week, the Trump administration granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The move allows them to emit increased levels of hazardous pollutants like mercury, arsenic, and lead.
No disgraceful act of the Trump administration is more dangerous than its denial of due process of law, judicial decisions, and unquestionable facts in the deportation to El Salvador of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Both Trump’s justice department and the El Salvador government of Nayib Bukele are refusing to return Abrego Garcia to the US for a hearing despite admitting that he was mistakenly deported and has not broken any law.
One need not be an expert in international trade to see that Trumps tariff taxing formula is foolish. Equations are logical expressions that model how variables relate to one another like Einstein’s e = mc2. They are a product of rational thought based on observation and their validity is confirmed by fact and evidence.
My daughter is in her final two weeks of undergraduate studies at Florida State University, where a shooter, later identified as FSU student Phoenix Ikner, opened fire. As I write, still the day of the shooting, two people have died and six others are injured. The six likely includes Ikner, who refused to comply with police commands and was shot and hospitalized but as of this writing is not in critical condition.