(ThyBlackMan.com) NBC’s Chuck Todd started his “Meet the Press” interview with Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price with an important question. Shouldn’t we accept, Todd suggested, that it’s “not Obamacare anymore, it’s our national health-care system. … (Do) you accept that the attempts to repeal the Affordable Care ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know the title of this missive has already upset the President Trump loyalists out there, but one has to be honest. Yes, President Trump has never been in elected political office. Yes, President Trump is a political outsider coming from the private sector, business world. However, the steepest ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As if any true conservative needed more evidence, the Republican Party’s refusal to repeal Obamacare proves the party is comprised of liars, leftists and betrayers of the voters who elected them. And even more condemnable, they no longer care that we know it. But I get ahead of myself. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We hear a great deal of discussion about the percentage of money Blacks spend with Black businesses versus how much we spend with White businesses—and others as well. It is said that 90%+ of Black dollars are spent at non-Black businesses. Obviously, that leaves about 10% for our businesses. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The urban community’s relationship with the police in America historically and today is very anti-democratic and oppressive. It’s no secret that most white people in this country love the police and most urban people with the exception of petty bou negroes hate the police. An example of white folks love ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are moments when you almost feel the Earth’s axis shift. That happened the other day when Sen. Chuck Schumer blamed someone for something, and it wasn’t Donald Trump. There may be no greater partisan than the Democrats’ Senate leader. He’s spent months arguing that every bad event—except perhaps ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Voter suppression is a serious issue that threatens the integrity of our elections. As a community, we should be deeply involved in combating voter suppression and expanding access to the polls for all Americans – particularly in the wake of the destructive ruling in Shelby County v. Holder. As ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After the U.S. Senate vote to repeal ‘Obamacare’ failed again, Dr. E. Faye Williams said, “The stakes were high, and when it was time to do the right thing, Senators John McCain (AZ), Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) rose to the challenge, along with 48 of their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, while in Paris, President Trump complimented France’s first lady on how beautiful she looked, and feminists around the world lost their damn minds saying Trump was sexist, “humiliating for the American people,” yada, yada, yada. I immediately had a flashback to a conversation I had a few weeks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, lawmakers in Tennessee have now made the prison environment for female inmates, particularly female inmates from poor urban areas less humane and more deplorable. According to reports, inmates in Tennessee jails have been given the option to receive lighter prison sentences if they agree to receive vasectomies or insert ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Candidates say campaigns are about articulating programs, issues and priorities. But people vote for candidates based on how that person makes them feel. Consciously or unconsciously, elections are about giving voice to values. Voters are moral proxies who want to know that a candidate or elected official truly cares ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) BLACK LIVES SHALL MATTER……..This is not to say that Black lives are greater than or less than any other lives. It has nothing to do with other races except for the central fact that BLACK LIVES have been the bull’s eye of every prejudicial and discriminatory practice since the making ...