“The presumption is you don't belong in this arena,” says Columbia’s Jelani Cobb of Claudine Gay’s forced resignation. “It’s bad faith that’s motivating it from the beginning,” says Princeton’s Eddie Glaude. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/claudine-gay-s-case-reflects-history-of-discrediting-black-intelligence-201493573719
When will people realize that this 36-year-old grandmother is simply trailer trash?
@jeffcutsinger Either you’re incapable of reading, don’t understand that I am a boomer, or you’re just a troll.
First Wayne LaPierre, now this guy:
"A former top executive at the National Rifle Association, Joshua Powell, has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay $100,000 on the eve of a civil corruption trial of the organization's top executives set to begin on Monday."
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/06/1223298878/nra-joshua-powell-new-york-corruption-case
@jpgoldberg I wasn’t gonna block her. I find it just rude. I don’t mind the term as long as it’s preceded by qualifiers like “some” or “many.”
FBI captures three Jan. 6 fugitives at Florida ranch on the third anniversary of the Capitol attack https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-captures-three-jan-6-fugitives-florida-ranch-third-anniversary-cap-rcna132626
@KayJanes It is a thing! And as soon as I heard about, I went and bought us each our own. We’ve slept much better since.
Today in Not A Drag Queen:
Kenneth Lynn Lamons, pastor of an independent baptist church in Tennessee, has been arrested for disgusting child rape crimes.
• rape of a child
• aggravated sexual battery
• continuous sexual abuse of a child
https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/gcso-greene-county-man-charged-with-child-rape/
@dogpile Holy shit! Well that will make my daughter feel better. She totaled hers this morning. @GayDeceiver
@AlliFlowers A block we can certainly get over, better than being banned or faded out by an admin, who believes defamatory claims of conspiracy theorists or agents of foreign adversaries pretending to be ordinary users like you & me.
Besides, some folks evidently never grew up or are just not old enough to have learned, that social media implicitly demand social behavior.
@TonyStark We’re just not in a world where we can generalize like that. I thought she was an adult, but I guess her profile was misleading. @robertnorlyn
@robertnorlyn Basically.
@TheJen I don’t block silly people.
@TheJen it’s not nice to generalize.
@TheJen Some of us have no problem with that. Although I would like to get our NAS out of the spare bedroom.
Former Prez #DonaldTrump did not sign #Illinois’ loyalty oath when filing nomination papers for 2024. The oath, not mandatory, pledges he won't advocate for overthrow of gov.
That omission, days before the 3rd anniversary of #J6 #insurrection for which he's been criminally charged, is a departure from his candidacies of 2016 & 2020, which he signed both times
That's because he's planning 2 overthrow the gov.
The #Coup attempt continues...
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