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Why Are House Dems So Reluctant to Tax Wealth?

(ThyBlackMan.com) I have to get this off my chest. Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee released its proposed tax increases to fund President Biden’s $3.5 trillion social policy plan. Here’s the big thing that hit me: Democrats didn’t go after the huge accumulations of wealth at the top – representing the largest share of the economy in more than a century. You might have thought... [Read the full story]

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Maia Chaka’s NFL hire speaks louder than return of NFL’s social justice messaging.

(ThyBlackMan.com) During the NFL’s Week 1 game between the New York Jets and the Carolina Panthers, the biggest storyline was former Jets first round pick and quarterback Sam Darnold playing against his former team the Jets, months after they traded him and drafted his replacement, Zach Wilson, with the second overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft. It is reasonable that most NFL fans were not focused... [Read the full story]

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and the Declaration of Independence.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas arrived at the University of Notre Dame to speak about the Declaration of Independence. Speaking invitations like this that Thomas accepts are few and far between. Anyone who cares about our country and listens to this address will wish that he would agree to speak more. His presentation was a brilliant and profound articulation... [Read the full story]

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Will You Become A Citizen of Hell?

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a plethora of information regarding medical research in near death experience cases in which research papers have been published stating that there is consciousness once the brain shuts down and the patient has been declared clinically dead. This means the deceased’s consciousness continues to have memories. Memories of their lives while in the physical body continues.... [Read the full story]

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Let’s Rebuild The Multi-Racial, Class-Based Coalition To Offset Today’s Voter Suppression.

(ThyBlackMan.com) As a candidate for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders made income inequality a central theme for his two presidential campaigns and for good reason. Over the past few decades, a typical college graduate may have seen modest economic gains, but it is the wealthy individuals who consistently receive the greatest increase in income. In other words, “the 1 Percent” as Bernie... [Read the full story]

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Another Comeback for “The Greatest (aka… Muhammad Ali).

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are two events seared deep in my memory about.  The greatest” AKA Muhammad Ali. Neither one of which remotely involves boxing. Some of the buzz about documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ multi-part PBS series on Ali premiered on September 19 brought these memories back. In his three wilderness years in the late 1960s that Ali was stripped of his title and banned from boxing... [Read the full story]

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The Definitive Unit: Keeping Yourself Safe Mentally and Physically During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Some faithful readers have suggested a simple Covid Pandemic Toolbox for people not familiar with technical medical jargon relative to Covid-19. This content was distributed to the Fall class at Richard Daniel Henton University; where I serve as Dean of Instruction/Leadership and Christian Education COVID 19 Sars-CoV-2, a coronavirus discovered in 2019, causes Covid-19, an infectious... [Read the full story]

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Rapper Nicki Minaj: the 2021 Paul Revere.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Janet Jackson had a smash hit in 1986 with the help of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis called Control. I had just started graduate school, not even contemplating I would eventually become an infectious disease scientist. At the time, my focus was a dual track master’s degree in statistics and educational psychology. There is a stanza in the song where she sings: “Got my own mind, I... [Read the full story]

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CBS’s “The Activist” Hasn’t Even Aired and It’s An Awful Move.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Activists tend to be the active voice for people with specific interests. Whether it’s something you or majority agree with or not, activists bring attention to causes or perceived injustices. The Importance of Activists You have activists for gun rights, marijuana legalization, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, social justice, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, children’s... [Read the full story]

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Will the NBA and WNBA’s ties to the Democratic Party backfire?

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Seattle Storm did something recently that no other WNBA team had done since 2016, they went to the White House to celebrate their WNBA championship. Last year’s WNBA champion finished their season in the “Wubble”, the WNBA version of the NBA’s bubble due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy in Florida, the Storm won the... [Read the full story]

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The march of no return for African Americans.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Yes, it is time for Black America to walk away from white America. If you are a black man /woman then it is with great regret to inform you that it is now over for Black America and the DNC with President Creepy Joe Biden have made clear to us with their inactions. Likewise, Vice=President ” Happy Feet” Kamala has disrespected and demonstrated no regards for the issues... [Read the full story]

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Biden, Pelosi, Neal, and the Democratic Party are “Shooting Themselves in the Feet,” but…

(ThyBlackMan.com) As House Democrats of the Ways and Means Committee, Chaired by Rep. Neal, negotiate the spending of $3.5 trillion, over the next ten years, they are making it clear up front, they want to keep the current consumer tax cut to families’ plan. However, they have reverted to calling it, a tax credit rather than a tax cut. Using this language in negotiating and speaking to Republicans... [Read the full story]

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The Savior Complex is the Very Definition of White Progressive Wokeness.

(ThyBlackMan.com) If I can just make one thing clear, the artificial burden that white liberals place on themselves to be the savior for the Black community and other communities considered to be of minority in origin or at risk is the epitome of white supremacy and privilege. Folk, I can save myself. I do not need nor require your help or assistance. I’m good. When one engages in such ridiculousness,... [Read the full story]

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Congress’s Insatiable Urge to Splurge.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month, trustees for Social Security and Medicare let forth the grim news. Medicare Part A will be insolvent by 2026, and Social Security will follow in 2034. In years past, Washington would have considered the report a call to arms for fiscal responsibility. Apparently unperturbed by news that could spell 9% cuts in Medicare Part A in five years, President Joe Biden still is... [Read the full story]

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