(ThyBlackMan.com) Politics is largely the art of theatrics and illusions. Crises are manufactured to enable both parties to claim to be the firefighters who extinguished the fire. But the underlying problems remain unaddressed, guaranteeing a new crisis in a never-ending cycle. The recent debt ceiling/budget compromise extending for two years ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The legalization for both medicinal and recreational marijuana is a growing movement in the U.S and has seen a lot of progress on the legislative front. So far, 23 states—as well as three territories and Washington D.C—have approved the used of recreational marijuana. With legalization and decriminalization came discussions ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At first glance, the numbers don’t make sense. At one point there was approximately 700 Confederate monuments spread throughout 31 states and the District of Columbia. Yet, there were only 11 states which formed the Confederate States of America. Historians have noted that most of the Confederate memorials were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It has been stated that Harriet Tubman allegedly said she could have freed more slaves if more people knew they were slaves. Today I tell you it is the exact same situation. Slavery has not gone anywhere in America, it just changed form. Have we made progress? Yes. But not nearly as much ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy represents everything that is wrong with the conservative movement and it pisses me the hell off! I am fond of saying that even when conservatives try to do the right thing, they do it the wrong way. Ramaswamy is exhibit A in this regard. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Juneteenth, now federalized as Juneteenth National Independence Day, takes its place as the main focus among the many emancipation celebrations in this country, it is good to reflect on it and reaffirm constantly its central and sustaining meaning and message for us. Let us reaffirm at the outset ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Of the 40,000-plus practiced religions around the world, no following has been more persecuted than those of the Christian faith. Christians have been targeted to the point of being martyred for their beliefs dating back to early Rome in the first century of the Christian era and continue to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When serving as then-President Donald Trump’s attorney in 2018, Rudy Giuliani was a guest on the Sunday morning show “Meet the Press.” During the interview with host Chuck Todd, Giuliani gave what appeared to have been a contradictory and confusing comment that explains how supporters of the former president ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Just two years ago, in 2021, The Senate unanimously passed legislation to make Juneteenth (June 19) a federal holiday. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the legislation with just fourteen holdouts, mostly among Southern Republicans. It is unlikely that this legislation would get such overwhelming support today, as so ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While some 37% of voters say that they believe former President Trump should be indicted, another 48% believe it is politically motivated, but the charges are righteously sought. 16% of those polled suggests no position on the matter. Where do you stand? No matter what your political affiliation or what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I woke up a few days ago expecting, almost hoping, that my day would be sufficiently uneventful so as not to aggravate my spirit. Instead, while listening to “The View,” I heard Senator Tim Scott proclaim, “There is no Systemic Racism in America.” He attempted to justify his assertion by using ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks outside Okatie Ale House in Bluffton, South Carolina, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been touted as the presidential candidate who offers Trump without the drama, a Trump who can win rather than lose. He was supposedly able to forge ...