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03/28/2026

The discovery has substantially raised the museum's foot traffic, along with hopes of staving off a possible nine-story mixed-use building next door because building it could damage the walls and foundation of the adjacent historic site.

03/09/2026

MLK Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin are household names, but what about their mothers? This hour, author Anna Malaika Tubbs explores how these three women shaped American history. Original air date: February 27, 2026.TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from...

03/06/2026
03/05/2026

I want online leftists to kick rocks in flip flops. They don’t recognize their misogynoir and it’s exhausting. Yes, this is about Jasmine Crockett and no, I don’t care if you don’t like what I have to say. If you feel hit, holler and I’ll ignore you like you ignore overly qualified Black women trying to save you from yourself.

These are the two resumes in front of you. They both claim to fight fascism and hold officials accountable. Both have nearly identical beliefs.

Resume 1:
Mild mannered, soft spoken, middle school teacher that gives sermons instead of speeches and promises to sit down and have tough conversations with “the other side.”

Resume 2:
History of activism, civil rights attorney, provided hundreds of hours of pro bono work for protestors, has served at the state level and federal level, serves on the oversight committee, judicial committee and more, and is constantly holding elected officials feet to the fire unapologetically vowing to do the same after November.

Which resume would you choose as the best candidate?

Once again people proved that Black women have to be the second coming of the lord for people be satisfied, and even then their competency would be second guessed.

You can say it’s because she took AIPAC money, she didn’t.

You can say it’s because she’s too outspoken, she’s not. It’s the reason you even know she exists.

You could say it’s because she supports Israel, she doesn’t.

You can make up whatever makes you feel better about why people chose someone that’s mediocre at best when compared to her experience and attention capitol, but we both know it would be a lie.

Perfection is what’s expected. Perfection, or skin that isn’t brown and a body that isn’t female. How do I know this? Because they’ve shown us.

People wanted change in Georgia, Stacey Abram’s answered. People said, not like that.

People demanded politicians speak out against Israel and refuse AIPAC money, Cory Bush said, “bet.” None of those people showed up as loudly when she was being attacked by AIPAC and lost her seat.

People said maybe talk about Israel less if you want to win, but a lot of you want to win. But also say exactly what we all think you should say. Appeal to the far left, but then people said you’ll never win without the middle and poaching some from the right. Kamala took a deep breath and said, “uh…ok. I’ll do my best since I was just tossed to the wolves with less than 4 months to go.”

So when Jasmine Crockett showed up overqualified, confident in who she is and with a proven track record of making things shake, it was not surprising people said, “we’ll take the dude with very little experience, thanks.”

There will always be an excuse to tell a Black woman she’s not right for the moment. People love a Black woman to be no nonsense, direct, and fight for them. They just don’t want them to dare to dream bigger than being someone’s attack dog.

They don’t want Black women to lead. They want them to quietly whisper the answers to the test to someone that has a more palatable demeanor, tone and skin color.

Don’t ask where Kamala is while we all live with your consequences. Shes home drinking wine and booking a silk press.

Don’t ask where Cory Bush is. Shes home spending time with the people that were there after she lost her seat.

Don’t ask where Stacey Abrams is. She’s recording podcasts and laughing with friends.

When January comes around, don’t part your lips to ask where Jasmine Crockett is. She will likely be back to wearing her lawyer hat full time.

As the country burns stop looking around and asking where Black women are. We’re home minding our Black owned business. This is new to y’all. Surviving this nonsense is encoded in our DNA.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

📸 Gage Skidmore via Flickr

03/03/2026

Told you so.

UPDATE The Guardian is now reporting on this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric

Source: Currently being reported by Jonathan Larsen, longtime journalist, former Time magazine editor and bureau chief, a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and has worked in senior roles in television news including Anderson Cooper 360 and other national programs.

The reporting is based on complaints filed with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. That doesn’t automatically make the claim true, but it’s a named journalist with a documented career citing a specific organization.

The MRFF now has the complaint up on their website:
https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org

“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.

The MRFF is keeping the complainants anonymous to prevent retribution by the Defense Department. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to my request for comment.

One complainant identified themselves as a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in a unit currently outside the Iran combat zone but in Ready-Support status, deployable at any time. The NCO said they were Christian and emailed the MRFF on behalf of 15 troops, including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew. (Full email printed below.)

The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

02/23/2026

A perfect summation 😒.

02/15/2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the Munich Security Conference in a speech championing the leading role of the U.S. on the world stage, the Trump Administration’s American First foreign policy, and America’s deep commitment to the future of Europe and Western Civilization. Secretary Rub...

02/14/2026

Meet the Black male therapists creating a virtual mental health platform for Black and Brown men.⁠

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