(ThyBlackMan.com) In the era of President Donald Trump, Democrats think presidents should be impeached over policy differences. In Trump’s case, the Democrats accuse him of winning the election by “colluding” with Russia to win. After nearly a year of investigations, there does not appear to be any evidence. Yet many Democrats ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By any standard it was a bad couple of days for Trump on the racial front. The start was the “shithole nations” slur of Haiti and African nation. Then there were the denials and refutations of the denials that Trump did racially slur the nations. That was topped by some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Part of what is so disheartening about President Donald Trump leading the Republican Party is discovering that thoughtful people–perhaps even people who you admire–will ignore, excuse, or even endorse Trump’s worst aspects. The kinds of people who saw profound meaning in Barack Obama’s annoying idiosyncrasies (omitting the words “our Creator,” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The month of January is known for being a beautiful start to a new year, cold climates, and eye-opening snow in many U.S. states. It is also the birth month of many historical luminaries including political activist Angela Davis, businesswoman extraordinaire Oprah Winfrey, and famed music composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Republicans were big winners in 2017 and they don’t even know it. I know it sounds counter intuitive with a polarizing president like Donald Trump in the White House, but Blacks within the party and the Black community in general can benefit from a Trump presidency, if they know ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the recent announcement of Walmart’s increasing starting wages and Fiat Chrysler’s opening a new plant (with 2,500 jobs) in Michigan, there are now more than a hundred companies that have offered bonuses and benefit hikes to their workers due to the tax cut. An estimated 1 million workers have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Typically, the Black Star Group, a black Muslim front group, is busy blaming whites for black children failing in schools, but now they’ve added economic segregation. In the Jan. 8, 2018, issue of the San Francisco-based newspaper BayView, the group’s founder, Phillip Jackson, wrote a commentary titled: “Celebrate Black History ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Often lost in our celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. is his unwavering testimony of hope and his political action in the face of despair and nihilism, forces that have the potential to thwart otherwise transformative movements. We often remember Dr. King’s hope as a more passive “dream” instead of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, as the nation and the world pause to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., something sinister is happening across the globe and in America – symbolized in the person of President Donald J. Trump – that would make even the most ardent King enthusiasts (including this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Attorney General Jeff Sessions kicked off 2018 by launching his attempt to reignite the war on drugs – not against opioid abuse but against marijuana. He said his reversal of Obama era policy was an effort to “reflect Congress’s determination that marijuana is a dangerous drug and marijuana activity is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you think Donald Trump is dumb, crazy or has lost his mind, you are missing the point. The strange actions and foolish statements by Donald Trump are, in part, a distraction. Yet at the same time they give us insightful clues that plug into and confirm his real agenda, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a recent White House meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss immigration reform, Trump reportedly asked, “Why do we want all these people from ‘s—hole’ countries to come here?” as opposed to other countries such as Norway. There is now discussion underway about whether Trump was crudely describing African nations ...