(ThyBlackMan.com) My car, which has a “Trump/Pence” bumper sticker was keyed. While pumping gas, a motorist seemed impressed by my courage to have a Trump bumper sticker. People have told me they are afraid to wear a MAGA cap or have a Trump sign on their lawn. Having to feel so ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is unfathomable that the federal minimum wage has not been increased in more than a decade, since 2007, that the wage, at $7.25 per hour has remained flat through recession and recovery, through extremely high unemployment rates and much lower ones. Republicans have absolutely refused to consider minimum wage ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is there any number of illegal border crossings into the United States that would strike Democrats as an emergency? As they resisted President Trump’s efforts to stem the flow of illegal migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, many Democrats made the point that fewer migrants are coming today than years ago, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today, the president should give him a direct message: The roster of NATO membership is closed. For good. The United States will not hand out any more war guarantees to fight Russia to secure borders deep in Eastern Europe, when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before I expose what is really going on with what I call “Trump-ism”, I should say that Trump-ism is like a cult – an ideology that influences thinking, manipulates behavior, triggers anger, uncovers racism and causes the disregard for facts, decency, unity and progress. A mindset that exploits, capitalizes on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So the Mueller report is all done and Donald Trump is about to get away with countless wrongs against America, making Nixon look like an amateur. Both political parties and America itself were on the edge of their seats. But after all the subpoenas, tax dollars, interviews, arrests, raids, plea ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The seething anger Americans feel over the college admission scandal with wealthy and well-connected families using money, influence and cheating to bump their kids up in line so they get accepted into elite schools is well justified. Yet this scheme is small potatoes compared to the real scandal on college ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Declines in life expectancy at birth were largely due to increases in mortality from unintentional injuries, suicide, diabetes, and influenza and pneumonia. Interestingly, unintentional injuries made the largest contribution. This is of interest since drug overdoses are commonly categorized on death certificates as poisoning as the cause of death, which is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Entering the 2020 presidential election cycle several “big ideas” are being tossed around. One of which is abolition of the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote. But, is the Electoral College system “broken” and are there more pressing voting problems we should be addressing? In the 230 years ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Outrageously, Chicago State’s Attorney Kim Foxx dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett. Smollett is the black actor who staged a fake hate crime, claiming he was brutally assaulted by Trump supporters wearing MAGA caps. Smollett paid the two guys he hired to stage his bogus attack with a $3000 check. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two weeks ago, I went to the theater to see Jordan Peele’s latest movie, Us. This was his follow-up movie to the box office hit Get Out. Peele is an extraordinarily gifted writer. He has written for shows like Mad TV, Key & Peele, The Last O.G., etc. He won ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As of 2018, the State of California contained the fifth largest economy on Earth. California is a state of 40 million official residents and a resident alien population of about 10 million. It maintains its own ocean ports and as a coastal state, it is not landlocked with the remainder ...