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  • EX-Obama Advisor: Trump Ignores His Daily Intelligence Briefings, Guess What Would’ve Happened if Obama Did the Same

    EX-Obama Advisor: Trump Ignores His Daily Intelligence Briefings, Guess What Would’ve Happened if Obama Did the Same

    Susan Rice: Trump is apparently disregarding important, classified documents…because he doesn’t feel like reading them?

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    Byron Washington-Douglass






    Published

    May 27, 2025
  • How Trump’s South Africa ‘White Genocide’ Lie Fuels His Long, Dangerous Anti-Black Narrative

    How Trump’s South Africa ‘White Genocide’ Lie Fuels His Long, Dangerous Anti-Black Narrative

    Using South Africa’s “White Genocide” myth, Trump continues to takes up the mantle of the aggrieved white man, who believes he’s losing power.

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    Byron Washington-Douglass






    Published

    May 22, 2025
  • Why South Africa’s President Could Tell Trump About Oppressed Black People in the U.S., But Here’s Why He Won’t During Visit

    Why South Africa’s President Could Tell Trump About Oppressed Black People in the U.S., But Here’s Why He Won’t During Visit

    And while Trump has grossly exaggerated the threat of violence Afrikaners face in South Africa, Black Americans have long been Brutalized In America

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    Byron Washington-Douglass






    Published

    May 20, 2025
  • Why Black Folks Face Decades (Not Four More Years) of Racial Hatred, Sparked by Trump’s Recent Actions

    Why Black Folks Face Decades (Not Four More Years) of Racial Hatred, Sparked by Trump’s Recent Actions

    Trump’s defeat of Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, ushered in a new era. And if history is any guide, it won’t end in 2028.

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    Byron Washington-Douglass






    Published

    April 3, 2025
  • Tea On Why NYC Mayor, Trump’s Black Toy Soldier, Should Have Already Been Fired, But Governor Messed Up

    Tea On Why NYC Mayor, Trump’s Black Toy Soldier, Should Have Already Been Fired, But Governor Messed Up

    In a bid to escape his legal troubles, Adams has very publicly become the Trump administration’s Black … fill-in-the-blank.

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    Byron Washington-Douglass






    Published

    February 24, 2025
  • Presidents Have Rarely Been Friends to Black Folks, But These Got Big Things Done For Us

    Presidents Have Rarely Been Friends to Black Folks, But These Got Big Things Done For Us

    Most of the 45 men who have served as president were e indifferent to the needs of Black folks or actively opposed to pursuing policies that were a help to us.

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    Byron Washington-Douglass






    Published

    February 3, 2025
  • Crickets! Black Electeds Are Tone Deaf As Trump and MAGA Cue Up Anti-Black Violence

    Crickets! Black Electeds Are Tone Deaf As Trump and MAGA Cue Up Anti-Black Violence

    This is a dangerous moment. Will someone, for the love of God, grab the bullhorn and say so?

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    Byron Washington-Douglass






    Published

    February 2, 2025
  • Black Folks Warned America, But Elon Musk Showed Us Who He Really Is With That Salute…Believe Him

    Black Folks Warned America, But Elon Musk Showed Us Who He Really Is With That Salute…Believe Him

    These are the opening credits of the horror movie Black folks told America it was about to see. America didn’t listen.

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    Byron Washington-Douglass






    Published

    January 21, 2025
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