There is a little joy, and a lot of good work in Black communities, but there were little or no serious opportunities for decision-making or purchasing decisions for Blacks on her campaign team. There were zero seats at “the table” for experienced and successful Black political professionals.
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Unbelievably, Donald Trump not only won the presidency – capturing the popular and electoral votes necessary to do so fair and square – but he also ran the table, meaning his party controls both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court. Whatever he wants to do for the next 4 years is going to be very hard to prevent. If he dies, is removed from his position due to incompetency, or resigns, then we have President Vance – an unknown just a few months ago, but, based on what we have learned, scarcely better than Trump and maybe worse.
Elon Musk, Trump’s sidekick, is protected by his enormous wealth. When he channels fascist ideas, he pays no penalty. To wit (CNN, Oct. 21): “ Musk invoked the names of two German Nazis in a tweet . . . attempting, as he so often does, to make a joke. . . . Musk was responding to a Der Spiegel article that compared him to a media mogul who helped Hitler climb to power.” A month earlier, Musk promoted Tucker Carlson’s widely condemned interview with a Nazi apologist who said the murder of Jews in concentration camps was “humane” and that Winston Churchill was the “chief villain” of World War II. Musk later deleted his X post; but he called the interview “very interesting” and “worth watching.”
The military-industrial complex is a term coined by President Eisenhower in his farewell address in 1961. Eisenhower spoke of the influence of the arms industry and warned Americans to “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence” by it.
She Fought The Lies And The Lies Won
He who expects nothing will not be disappointed
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Head Start classrooms aren’t just places where children learn their ABCs — they are vibrant spaces where each child’s culture, language, and identity are celebrated.
When Trump won the presidency in 2016, the Me Too movement had not yet forced a reckoning among women about the way sexism shaped their lives. The Dobbs decision had not turned women’s right to an abortion into a matter of geographic privilege, nor had it imprinted searing stories about those denied care into the national consciousness.
Getting Black Voters The Hard Way
If re-elected president, Donald Trump plans to deport millions of people from the United States. It takes a certain kind of moral imagination to understand the scope and consequences of this plan — and to vote against Trump solely on this basis.