(ThyBlackMan.com) Incompetence is bad enough on its own; however, when married to arrogance, the pair seems predestined to give birth to unmitigated disaster. That is precisely what happened when National Security Adviser Mike Waltz haphazardly included the editor of “The Atlantic” magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, in a sensitive discussion of military ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At one time, there were such wonderful things about which I could write. It was always a pleasure to share good news. Unfortunately, since this current group of MAGA people have come into office, we are on a roller coaster down! We never know what the news will be—but we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s not what DOGE is doing; it’s how DOGE is doing it. That’s been the Beltway take on the dream child of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, the Department of Government Efficiency. Or, “the so-called Department of Government Efficiency,” as The New York Times put it. That’s probably why ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You are either against President Trump or you are for him. In the same vein, you are either for authoritarians running the federal government, or you are against it. You cannot be both. Unfortunately, most institutions are proving to be weak in the face of authoritarianism. The Republican Party with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The media both on the right and the left as well as those in between seem obsessed with Donald J. Trump. Both have needs. The media has the need for news stories and Trump abundantly provides them with news. Otherwise, the media would actually have to go out and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Much has been written about the Trump team’s assault on civil society, universities, public health, the judiciary and our global alliances, and rightly so — but there is one danger that deserves more attention because our ability to thwart this attempted revolution, this upending of our constitutional system, depends ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We know President Donald Trump cannot deport 11-12 million or more economic immigrants, in four years. It will even be challenging for him to deport the reputed 1-2 million or more economic immigrants, that came across the border illegally, during Biden’s term in office. So, what is the genuine answer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Michelle Obama’s words that sticks with you. They’re not just quotes to repost on social media—they’re lessons, reminders, and sometimes, lifelines. Whether you’ve seen her speak live, watched her interviews, or devoured every page of Becoming, you know she speaks from a place of lived experience ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Thomas Jefferson referred to the U.S. government as a “common house” that provided the people protection and stability. Donald Trump is trying to evict Americans from that comfy home by making it hard to get benefits that should be thought of as a right. Witness the slashing of basic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What would you call an organization that collects money from the public and distributes it to organizations that fund riots that result in billions of dollars in damages, that transfer the money to bail out criminals who ultimately kill and victimize innocent Americans, that support terrorist organizations and that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “We must also provide an expanded opportunity to participate in the free enterprise system at all levels–not only to share the economic benefits of the free enterprise system more broadly, but also to encourage pride, dignity, and a sense of independence. In order to do this, we need to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) California Gov. Gavin Newsom hosts a podcast. Why not? He has plenty of free time. In the last few years, California experienced a net population loss of nearly 1 million people. The average price of a home in the state is twice that of the national average. Its K-12 ...