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🧵 This guy @xueqinjiang’s classes from last year, predicting a US/Israel-Iran conflict, are doing the rounds, but I’ve been watching some of his other videos and I’m consistently surprised. This is a high school class, at a prestigious high school in Beijing, many of whose

Journalists are having other access issues that are too far in the weeds for X. We hope Contreras and Pro Tem McGuire are serious about a future conversation about press access. Thank you for listening.

For all new to NYC Mayor Eric Adams & being appalled by him, his corruption, & general weirdness, this thread is for you. I’ve been following his behavior since his run for office in 2021. Here’s some truth on the worst mayor in NYC History. Receipts in no particular order:

At the DNC officers election right now “… people have been threatened about their vote. They’ve been intimidated by their vote. That folks have been having donors call and say that we’re going to pull funding because of their vote. Folks in this party, there will be no

How could Black Americans sit back and allow Spike Lee and Democratic Party ruin Chrisette Michele’s career — simply because she took a paid gig from President Donald Trump??? So y’all love the Democratic Party more than y’all love Black people??? Chrisette Michele “A Couple of

10 Great books on Economic Inequality 1) Inequality - Tony Atkinson Absolutely THE book on inequality and what can be done about it. Atkinson was a giant in the profession and this book reflects this, the length-insights ratio of this book is amazing.

Body camera videos are now routinely used in almost every prosecutor office in the U.S. as evidence to get mostly poor people to quickly plead guilty to things like drug possession and trespassing. They are almost never used against police officers.

1/9 I wasn't gonna do this, but my name is involved. And I need y'all to put some respect on my name. This weekend @politico published our roundtable discussion about marriage. I don't like how people are framing the discussion. politico.com/news/magazine/…

1. Earlier this month, a mysterious woman appeared before a school board in Texas and claimed that, when she was 11, she READ A SCHOLASTIC BOOK THAT SPARKED A DEBILITATING PORN ADDICTION. We investigated. And it's ABSOLUTELY WILD what is happening. 🧵

Essentially the same. But Trump's omits the area saying HBCUs "are proven ladders of intergenerational advancement for men and women of all ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds, especially African Americans." Nowhere does Trump explicitly mention African Americans. 8/

So recent story on Black turnout in 2022 has been getting a lot of traction, but unfortunately it shows the complication of talking about math. It’s kinda playing with math in a way to drive 1 small part of a story about AA turnout in a negative way. A short thread to unpack this

1) January 23, 1862, members of the U.S. Senate debated the issue of arming colored men before President Lincoln. Sen. James Harlan (R) of Iowa argued that arming colored men would not only aid in saving the union but also the lives of white union soldiers.

Thomas Sowell's economics is magical thinking conservativism. Black kids DO learn this. That's why business is the number one major.

Claudia Sahm has "some thoughts" #evergreem

I worked at a large and very successful IT implementation company. I was tasked with increasing marginalized/minority recruitment for our boot camps that served as organic employee pipelines. We were training for our anticipated skill sets. I’m nothing if not data driven.

Black businesses were getting crumbs and these contractors did not want Black businesses to get anything. Nothing. Not a damn thing. The county settled the lawsuit.

#Reparations are going to be discussed today on Dr. Phil Show. Dr. Darity makes an appearance as well. Check your local listings 👇🏾 google.com/amp/s/www.drph…

The “New Reconstruction” of America must include American descendants of slavery(#ADOS). There is a current whitewashing of a lineage-based approach to slavery that has become toxic to grassroots activists who are in engaging elected officials.

KCPD Claimed Missing Black Women Reports In KC Were “Completely Unfounded.” Less Than A Month Later, A Black Woman Escapes After Being Kidnapped From KC & Tortured in a Basement For A Month. Police are now actively investigating for additional victims. kansascitydefender.com/justice/black-…

I am White. I have studied racism for over 2 decades. I still can't claim to fully understand its impacts. If you are White, you have a lot to learn about racism, even if your spouse/children are non-White, even if you have read several books, even if your best friend is Black.

From Russiagate to online censorship to increased powers vested in the security state to battle "domestic extremism": it's amazing how the US Govt & DNC has succeeded in inducing *parts* of the left to cheer the exact weapons to be used against them if they get too threatening:

1. Earlier this month, a mysterious woman appeared before a school board in Texas and claimed that, when she was 11, she READ A SCHOLASTIC BOOK THAT SPARKED A DEBILITATING PORN ADDICTION. We investigated. And it's ABSOLUTELY WILD what is happening. 🧵