Black Women React To White Women’s Blue Bracelets, Black Counter To Project 2025 Gains Traction, Sports Host Michelle Beadle Uses N-Word On Air, Celebs Who’ve Left X Since Elon Musk’s Takeover And More

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Black Women’s Reactions to the Blue Bracelets White Women Are Wearing to Mourn Trump Win—Are Nothing Less Than Brilliant

Photo: Getty Images Jabin Botsford; TikTok

On TikTok, white women are now going around making blue friendship bracelets as a way to not only show their support for Vice President Kamala Harris after her loss to former President Donald Trump, but also to be what they claim is “a safe space” for others…. right. – Phenix S Halley Read More

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Don Lemon Breaks Down How He’s Building His Media Empire

A Powerful Black Plan to Counter Project 2025 is Exploding on Tiktok. Here’s All the Tea!

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Donald Trump’s election to a second presidential term has many Black Americans terrified that he will waste no time making good on much of the racist, xenophobic agenda laid out in Project 2025, a conservative plan for the country developed by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. – Angela Johnson Read More

Social Media Responds to Sports Host Michelle Beadle’s ‘Accidental’ N-Word On Air

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The most talked about person on NBA Twitter over the weekend was not a player or a team, but a sports broadcaster.

While reading a quote from Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. on the “Run It Back Show” on Fan Duel TV, host Michelle Beadle seemed to accidentally say the N-word instead of the team name. – Noah A. McGee Read More

No She Didn’t! Eternal Karen Megyn Kelly Comes For Joy Reid’s Hair in New Rant

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Eternal “Karen” Megyn Kelly is once again running her mouth about MSNBC host Joy Reid. This time, Kelly believes the network will fire Reid after her latest comments about President-elect Donald Trump. – Candace McDuffie Read More

Take A Look Inside Snoop Dogg’s Georgia Mansion…That He Never Even Lived In!

Photo: Getty Images Michael Buckner; realtor.com

Everyone’s favorite hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg is having one of the best years ever. And now that we’re quickly approaching 2025, it seems it’s time for the “Gin and Juice” rapper to start reorganizing his assets. – Phenix S Halley Read More

Celebs Who Have Left X Since Elon Musk’s Takeover

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Since Elon Musk has taken over X in 2022, numerous celebrities and organizations made the decision to leave the app for various reasons. From Don Lemon to NPR, here is a list of those who have departed from X for good. – Candace McDuffie Read More

15 Unsung Heroic Tales of Our Black Military Veterans

Photo: Wikicommons, US Army, Library of Congress

On Veterans Day, we honor the soldiers who lived beyond their sacrifice serving in the U.S. military. We marvel at the stories of being on the frontline or working behind the scenes of war, but rarely do we see the efforts of our Black soldiers highlighted as they should be. – Kalyn Womack Read More

Mike Tyson Gave the Craziest, Darkest and Funniest Interview … to a Child

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Mike Tyson has never been one to hold his tongue, but you’d think while interviewing with a 13-year-old reporter, his fatherly voice might want to kick in…. but no. – Phenix S Halley Read More

Black Folks Are Asking Is It Time To Leave Black Twitter For Real Now That Elon Musk, Trump Are Working Together

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On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced that Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk would co-lead the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency with Vivek Ramaswamy. Musk purchased X back in 2022 and since owning the company, all hell has broken loose on the app. – Candace McDuffie Read More

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