(ThyBlackMan.com) The sound you heard was windows being smashed at the East Wing. The sound you did not hear was questions from officials paid to monitor what happens to a National Heritage Site. The White House is owned by the American people, not any current inhabitant. It’s true that other ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In American politics, a single image can shift the narrative of a man’s career. One photograph — one gesture — can eclipse months of speeches and policies, transforming substance into scandal. Such is the case with Vice President JD Vance and Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative firebrand Charlie ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In just a few days, a Karl Marx-quoting communist who has struggled to disavow Hamas is likely to be elected the next mayor of the nation’s financial and cultural epicenter. Thirty-three-year-old New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has surged to the front of the race. He leads by double ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For millions of Americans, the federal government isn’t an abstraction. It’s a paycheck, a housing voucher, a student loan payment, a disaster relief check. When the government shuts down, those lives shut down too. Yet here we are again — watching a small band of ideologues in Congress hold the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology”. To describe the truth about our Black experience and history as “corrosive ideology” is not only an insult, but it highlights the possible long-term damage ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I consider myself a very common-sense kinda fella and tend to see things in a simple manner. In the military, we had an acronym, KISS (keep it simple, stupid). It has always been apparent to me that when folks claim something is too complex, they are trying to hoodwink ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A good friend of mine has a birthday coming up Wednesday, October 29 (I cannot believe she will be eighty years old). I hope you will go to her social media and show her some love. I have not spoken to her for over a decade, if not longer; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When former president Bill Clinton uttered these words, “It’s the Economy Stupid,” in his defeat of former president George Bush, the unemployment rate was at 7.8%. The most comprehensive unemployment rate for August, the last publicly revealed rate, before the Federal Government shutdown, per the Bureau of Labor statistics economists is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Democrats finally opened up to a shutdown. Historically, they have avoided that eventuality at all costs. Times have apparently changed, driven by the fact that a substantial portion of their base is on board with this stance. Some might even argue that Democrats have advanced along the evolutionary chain; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the 1950’s Big Joe Turner an R&B artist recorded a song entitled Flip Flop and Fly which became popular on the R&B charts what was called “race music” back in the day. That song came to my mind recently when I was thinking about Donald J. Trump. Flip Flop and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The building’s facade is gone this morning — an ugly gash reminiscent of the smoldering Pentagon on 9/11. This disfigurement is not the act of terrorists or foreign foes. It’s the work of our president. The East Wing of the White House, which has housed the visitors center, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Target Corporation’s decision to cut 1,800 corporate jobs—its largest reduction in a decade—represents far more than a belt-tightening maneuver by a Fortune 100 retailer. It’s a statement about the state of American consumerism, corporate adaptation, and the pressures facing even the most iconic brands as the post-pandemic economy shifts ...