Q: You’ve gone from a maximum-security prison to becoming a tenured professor at Howard University. What does that milestone represent to you personally?
A: My story represents both possibility and responsibility, and it’s the culmination of years of faith, mentorship, and resilience. But it’s bigger than me. It’s proof that redemption is real — that someone who was once written off as a “career criminal” can stand in front of classrooms, lead research...
https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/prison-phd-tenured-professor-howard-university
"People need to have more babies!!!" - Republicans
Have you considered making parenting more feasible by making housing, heath care, education, and child care more affordable? It might mean a lower tax cut for the superwealthy.
"That's socialism! We're going to use the power of government to force women to give birth instead!" - Republicans
Guardian: Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/student-protest-trump-education-attacks
WASH POST: “President Trump has pardoned the former Tennessee House speaker and his former top aide in the state legislature just weeks after they were sentenced to prison on public corruption charges.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Our top story: “We’ve heard reports from around the state already about local #police working with #ICE and kind of conducting these kinds of racial profiling stops where they see brown people driving a work van, and they’ll pull them over on a pretext, and then just immediately call ICE.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-287g-ice-trump-abbott/
#fascism #genocide #racism #immigration #HumanRights #politics #USpol #Texas #news
Fucking Jeanine Pirro needs to personally reimburse the American taxpayers for Sandwich Guy’s trial.
#JudgeBoxWine #JeaninePirro #SandwichGuy #GOPTraitors #USPol
US Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in Venezuela
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/senate-trump-venezuela?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Of course Tennessee Republican Rep. @rustygrills continues to insist Trump’s tariffs aren’t hurting farmers, despite what farmers themselves are saying. 🧑🌾 Anything to avoid criticizing Trump, eh Rusty? Sad. www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
“The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “That’s what they’ve been doing, and that’s the reason why they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, for weeks now.” https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5587043-jeffries-trump-johnson-epstein-files/amp/
In my dreams. https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/115503383608647822
Thoughts and prayers. https://crooklyn.social/@crooksandliars/115499158837620975
“Sheinbaum said her government will review state laws to ensure that street harassment is categorized as a crime throughout Mexico and launch a campaign to combat the phenomenon.” https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-11-05/mexico-president-sheinbaum-sexual-harassment
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