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I think former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a moderate, will certainly test the primary waters of the GOP. But I believe the noise and rancor coming from a real racist such as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will quickly drown out his calm and reasonable approach. DeSantis hates Black people and aims to render our folks as insignificant in accomplishments, inventions and achievements as lantern flies. Then, there's the butt dumb former POTUS Donald Trump. He will have to find a way to stay in the news and remain politically relevant. Just mouthing off infrequently may not do it for him. Though it would delight his angriest and most vile backers. So, where does that leave former Vice President Mike Pence? In a holding pattern, that's where. It's clear from watching TV interviews that Pence was stunned, dismayed and remains shocked that Trump so blithely put his life in jeopardy during the Jan. 6th insurrection. Pence cannot even bring himself to say the condemnatory words about Trump I am sure he's holding inside his Christian heart. But folks need to pay attention to who's jockeying behind the scenes for the post of GOP running mate. Because it sure looks as if defeated Arizona loudmouth and election denier Kari Lake hopes to be in the running if Trump emerges from the pack. Lake lost her election for Arizona Governor and man, we are so blessed she did. It's still very early. We have many months to go before we have seen the scope of the screw-ups of Elon Musk and new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Order your popcorn now.

@Pioneer1 I never used Twitter. But I knew Musk is an unrepentant, bigoted corporate thug and a bully. So my comment had no sarcasm. I meant what I wrote.

I never had a problem with police whenever I was in California. And a lone incident may jar me, but never make me write off an entire state or group of people. While too many of us resort to blaming primarily Black men for the ills of Black Americans, this responsibility needs to be apportioned. Because it's incumbent upon all Black men, women and young people to recognize they have obligations and duties regarding the survival and safety of their people. I have no idea why the folks behind Stacey Abrams are steadfastly blaming Black men for her gubernatorial defeat. You cannot run losing candidates a second time without making significant changes to their elective appeal. And none were made on Abrams' behalf. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp was a proven incumbent commodity and basked in a positive approval rating this time around and simply beat her. Kemp led Abrams by five points through most of the campaign. Four years ago, after cheating extensively, Kemp eked out a 1.4% victory. Karen Bass was a NEW candidate. Well known as a Congresswoman, but a NEW challenger for the office of Los Angeles Mayor. This made many pay close attention to her words, her ideas and her promises. Her opponent just had a lot of money, a couple of celebrity supporters and the old "I'm Still a White Guy" vibe. It didn't work for him. Hopefully, that won't work for Trump this time either.

I am happy she won and is the now the first female Black Mayor of Los Angeles. This shows that while billionaires CAN be defeated, no matter how much money they toss into their campaigns. The fear about earthquakes is the same as always worrying about hurricanes when moving to the Caribbean or Florida. But the concern for racism and anti-Black sentiment from a segment of the Latino population in Los Angeles is real - which is why political coalitions must be formed and sustained. One cannot keep harping back to what happened a more than century ago as some on here do. That will never explain the current political dynamic or lead to path to survive in the future. We need to be focused, stalwart and understand the local issues.

As I said in another post ... Blacks give up too easily. We do not like to stand and fight. Imaging if Dr. King was told to just move out of the South and give up trying to win us The Vote. We've turned into sycophant weenies. Desperate for the next new sneaker, or celebrity who acts out. We dismiss intelligence and real analysis in favor of B.S. nonsense from individuals who don't know shit. Because this happened so many years ago, or is still going to, I am paralyzed with fear. I cannot move forward. Let me run away. Those who oppose us are too strong. Barack Obama didn't think so. But that's the difference. Barack THINKS. How many Black people take classes or time off to re-educate themselves to stay abreast of change in the workplace? But too many of us frown at self-improvement if it means any kind of sacrifice. The stern visage of Harriet Tubman should shame us. You don't think she studied Confederate codes, hand signs and signals? She improved herself. We are intellectual cowards - afraid to face change. Too many of us would rather whine.

Completely disagree with you. What happened in Los Angeles with Nury Martinez is a nasty wake up call. Latinos have basically outflanked Blacks politically in that city for years. You are looking at this as a boxing match. It's not a straight up comparison of power. It's the potential of forward progress. When White politicians White dominated corporations seek to enhance their reach, they do not jump into the Black Community. They get Spanish-speaking moderators, spokespeople and sales forces. You don't see them wearing African clothing do you? We've been last month's news for a long time. We just have not accepted it yet. We give up too easily and too fast. We're more apt to listen to some fool who attacks the Black Race than anything else. This is what self-hating Blacks do ... they distract us and get us fighting among ourselves. It happens all the friggin' time. We need to keep moving forward and snatching up every advantage and opportunity we can. Not be so quick to dismiss them. The sad thing is that Blacks do not seem to want to change, nor learn new things that will continue elevating them. The U.S. is not an English-speaking country. Anyone who thinks that these days is dreaming and ignoring reality. Never shut yourself off from new money making and business options. Or from enlisting new allies.

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Katie Hobbs was elected Arizona governor on Monday, defeating an ally of Donald Trump who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged and refused to say she would accept the results of her race this year. Hobbs, who is Arizona’s secretary of state, rose to prominence as a staunch defender of the legitimacy of the last election and warned that her Republican rival, former television news anchor Kari Lake, would be an agent of chaos. Hobbs’ victory adds further evidence that Trump is weighing down his allies in a crucial battleground state as the former president gears up for an announcement of a 2024 presidential run. So, there you have it, folks. All the goofy and illogical clowns who claim Trump won the 2020 election, but was cheated out of victory, have been defeated. Unfortunately, I bet Trump won't go away. Ingrained stupidity and die hard race hatred does not go away.

Elon Musk remains in his heart, a White Supremacist Afrikaaner. Those folks had to be threatened with total annihilation to recognize that freeing Nelson Mandela was the human, decent and so-called Christian thing to do. When Blacks called for a race war of revenge, Mandela was against it. Why anyone thought Elon would be different from his White Supremacist father is beyond me. The use of the N-word skyrocketed on Twitter after Musk took over.

Russia never wanted to wipe out Ukraine. Putin simply did not want Ukraine to exist as a separate, independent and democratic nation. This war is not over. As long as Putin-think exists, Russia will never tolerate a NATO nation on its border. As if all NATO ammunition, armor and guns are standardized.

Don't you just love folks who think, gee, just snap your fingers and move to another state? Any election victory for a Black face that is not shoved against Trump's backside is a good for our people.

Dude, SHUT UP! You're a friggin' idiot. You don't know your hairy azz from a corn on the cob. Your theories are ridiculous, your reasoning laughable and your conclusions head scratching. I've told you many times before ... LEARN TO WRITE.

Republithugs love Trump. He makes the racist idiots feel all powerful. Trump's stranglehold on the GOP will always remain strong as long as he stays healthy. But Blacks are missing the boat, the train and the planes ... by not demanding their children learn Spanish. I don't give a darn what so-called Black activists say: Latinos are the future power demographic in this country. Most of the sellouts who adore Republicans are horrible writers and probably even worse public speakers. This is why Barack Obama made them feel inadequate. Not only could they not speak as well as Obama, they certainly could not write like him. They could never draw supporters in the same numbers that Obama did. The jealousy and envy ran supreme among dumb Blacks who dream of power, but find it eludes those without communications talent. You've been on this forum for a long while now. You ever notice the most die-hard Trump fans in these forums cannot express themselves well? They parrot the same B.S. as Trump's most hardened White fans. Trump is great ... let him handle the economy ... people listen to Trump ... put Trump back in charge again. The same garbage with absolutely no proof. Despite all the evidence that Trump was one of the worst chief executives of all time, these fools want to return to power. Because they believe they will be on side of those doing the pummeling. But it's all nonsense. Trump has no ability to govern. It's only that he's White --- and mean. And far too many dumb Black people want to be just like him. Those are his Black supporters. These Black toadies completely forget the times when few could receive a Covid vaccine, any medicine to battle the pandemic and when rich Whites were gleefully running around with billions in government money, calling themselves "the Job Creators," without actually creating a meaningful job that could allow anyone to pay today's rents or save for a house. So, yeah - Trump will always be popular - among the truly dumb, the selfish and those willing to hurt others in a sorry and sad belief they are superior.

@Pioneer1 It does no one any good to speak in generalities. Be specific. Some believe the cost of higher education is too expensive. In Trump, Kanye and Kyrie - we are now seeing the price of Ignorance.

Kyrie Irving is grossly ignorant. And no, I will not defend him. I am not going to defend the next Black Republican hero, Ron DeSantis, for his willfull ignorance about the awesome and human changing achievements of Black scientists, inventors, explorers, agronomists, teachers and leaders ... why should I excuse Irving? Kanye West is bipolar. He never represented me. Rev. Al Sharpton and Barack Obama did.

Cynqiue, On other forums, many White people have urged the U.S. to go to war to defend Ukraine. I say Hell no! Do I think Ukraine is losing? Ukraine has LOST! It's cities' infrastructure has been bombed into complete disrepair, its populace may cheer their recapture of Kherson, but it's an empty victory. It will take years to rebuild all the damage Russia caused. Ukraine could not have won. Trump doomed the country when he refused to rush aid to Zelensky when the Ukrainian president asked for it. Trump demanded a phony investigation in the Bidens in return for aid. This is what happens when addle-brained idiots put their faith in a psychotic maniac who puts his own ego in front of his country, the suffering and the planet.

@Cynique You speak the Truth! Far too many nitwits on this forum will fail to respond out of embarrassment and lack of a definitive reasoning. They cannot admit they supported a racist loser. They will never accept that they wanted their own people to suffer. And they dare not concede they were wrong. Biden was supposedly too old, too senile and too weak. Well, this old, senile and presumably worn out man kicked Republican butt in front of the entire world! Thanks to one person -- Donald J. Hump! I kept telling the fools on here that Trump was never the hero they swore him to be. Trump was going to right the U.S. economic ship - after he destroyed it with this stupid billion dollar tax cuts for only the rich. Wild and untamed nations would be stomped by Trump's apparent dominance and understanding of world affairs - which never happened. Trump had the friggin' nerve to gleefully support Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine. The world does not hate Trump. The world laughs at Trump. And the world is laughing at Black Republicans today! This is what Republicans are today: Nasty, cruel, lying and vicious bastards who want to happily smash the innocent, the decent and the kind. In the end, Cynique, you are right. The Democrats just couldn't get their act together. They had no answer for inflation, for Defund the Police or the rampant homelessness that is increasing across this country. So, Republicans answered for them: With uncontrollable rage, hatred and demonization - which culminated in unmitigated violence. What does this make Black Republicans? It makes them just like their bad air from China dude, Herschel Walker. It makes them what they've always been. Turncoats, traitors and above all ... STOOPID!

By the way, how's your Crypto investments doing?

Hate Speech, which is what these two are accused of promoting, is legally permissible. But there are consequences.

Unless the stars align, Ms. Griner is going to have to live in some tough conditions for a few years. Ukraine's Zelensky is going to have accept a negotiated settlement which will entail the loss of territory to Russia. Putin's invasion was never about re-establishing the Warsaw Pact. It is about eliminating Ukraine as an independent and democratic nation in the eyes of most on this planet.

What a completely dumb statement. President Lyndon Baines Johnson. the nation's 36th chief executive and a Democrat, delivered on his promise of passing a Civil Rights Bill as well as a Voting Rights Bill. Man, some of us are clueless about History. But no explanation from you. Which is proof you don't know a friggin' thing.

Well, I tried to tell you so many times that Donald Trump was a complete nincompoop, a racist and a super dumbass. But you wouldn’t listen. The world has always known. Now, many of you should accept it, too. Especially with Republicans failing to take the U.S. Senate. Especially with Republicans expressing widespread glee at the hammer attack on the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Especially with all the photos of a glum Trump whose candidates laid smelly eggs everywhere. Trump is reportedly blaming Fox News’ pundit Sean Hannity and his wife Melania for talking him into supporting the phony TV physician Mehmet Oz. The carpetbagger who didn’t even learn the names of his chosen state’s sports teams, was clobbered by his opponent and stroke survivor John Fetterman - and by double digits! Which is why I am hoping this clown Trump continues knocking heads with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Oh, the back and forth shall prove immensely entertaining. So, what happened to the loudly touted Red Wave? It morphed into a gentle ripple on the beach. People woke up and saw the extremist and bigoted Republicans for what they really are: Vicious and violent Nazi’s. So, you have a choice now. Dummy Trump or the lying racist DeSantis. Because I know many of you will never give up backing political candidates who want to destroy Black Americans. It's in your blood.

Michael James, the Florida teacher who resigned, had taught Special Education students for 15 years. This school year, he was slated to teach a small class of six grade school students who are autistic. According to the Autism Society of the U.S., about 11% of Special Education pupils in the U.S. are autistic. Under the law, they are entitled to a free public school education, the society said. It was supposed to be James' first year teaching in Florida and he spent $58 of his own money to decorate his classroom. He simply wanted his young students to see themselves in photos of heroes such as Dr. King, Secretary Colin Powell, Harriet Tubman, Barack Obama and others. Other than a People magazine story that said his students were going to range in ages from kindergarten to fifth grade, I don't see why anyone would object to these photos unless one thinks the thought of young children glancing at real Black heroes in a classroom setting would be a thing of horror. Fla. Teacher Resigns After School District Removes His 'Age Inappropriate' Images of Historic Black Americans It is a terrible shame, because Mr. James seems a committed and dedicated educator and we need more of those. By the way, Sunshine State Gov. Ron DeSantis has a reputation for opposing any mention of African American heroes in education. He seems to also support White Supremacists, according to this story: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-jewish-groups-call-florida-211029766.html

@Michel Montvert A lot of people (including many die-hard Leftists), do not believe Trump will be imprisoned. I am not a Progressive or a Socialist. In fact, I blame Bernie for 12% of his supporters voting for Trump in 2016,according to Vox. What is happening to this government these days is unprecedented. No one ever thought a POTUS would spirit away highly classified documents, some clearly marked 'Top Secret.' But Trump did and the worry now is who actually packed up these documents, who walked around Mar a Lago and who took a look at them. Trump was known for bragging. He once ordered a bombing raid on Syria to show off his power to Chinese President Xi Jinping while scarfing down a chocolate cake for dessert. ( https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-brags-beautiful-chocolate-cake-served-during-attack-164541399.html ) We know at least two Chinese women who were caught with spying equipment at Mar a Largo. ( https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-national-arrested-for-allegedly-illegally-entering-mar-a-lago/ ) So, who knows what will happen.? My feeling is Trump won't be see the inside of a real prison cell unless he visits. Trump fans still have their hearts set of imprisoning Secretary Clinton and former President Barack Obama.

This country does not need someone who admitted that for years he's suffered from multiple personalities. We need leaders who are stable.

@daniellegfny That's what excites you? The belief that Trump is incredibly intelligent and he is going to bring you riches? How soon we forget his nasal monotone and the rank idiocy on display during his stream of consciousness speeches. You can try to dismantle the FBI. But I'm under the belief the agency will survive your cries of it being corrupt. More proof from the writer who supposedly never provides any: Been condenscended yet? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/dumb-trump-moments