#WhatCanYouDo
, Day 49:
Who:
@AdamGrayCA
, State Leg. for 10 years & leader of the New Democratic Caucus in the GA
Where: California, District 13
What: phone banking via zoom
When: Sunday, 3-5 PM PDT (in between the late game & SNF)
How:
#HarrisWalz2024
Michelle Obama was an attorney at Sidley Austin & then was the Dean at the University of Chicago before becoming the VP of External Affairs at the University's Medical Center.
Please be for real.
Newsmax host Greg Kelly on Michelle Obama: "One thing, though, she never had a job. It's true. You can look it up. I think she worked as a — nobody knows!"
Sure, when Stephen A sits down with the Black community and explains why he hangs out with Hannity, because THAT is more detrimental than Will slapping fire out of Chris Rock.
Stephen A. Smith says he still finds it hard to go to the movies to watch a Will Smith movie and explains why Will Smith still needs to sit down and talk to the Black community about why he slapped Chris Rock.
(🎥
@stephenasmith
)
The biggest takeaway from Sasha Obama rapping City Girls as a 19 year old is that the current Administration can't find the parents of the 535 children they forcefully separated from their parents.
When Hillary ran for President, there was a video of her playing dominos in Spanish Harlem. My dad was there the day they filmed that video. They didn't have to stage that. The neighborhood all knew her. She was in our communities long before running for office.
The Democratic "establishment" you're constantly railing against is John Lewis, Shirley Chisholm, Joseph Rainey, Yvonne Burke, Barbara Lee, Mike Espy, Maxine Waters, Jim Clyburn, Barack Obama & the late Elijah Cummings.
This schtick was old 4 years ago.
He didn't get passed over. Julian declined the invitation to speak because he felt the convention wasn't diverse enough. Castro was my favorite male candidate running, but the decision to not speak was his and his alone. And, frankly, it was a bad one imo.
Julián Castro was 18x more qualified than Pete Buttigieg and tonight he got passed over for him again.
Julián was the mayor of a city of 1.7 million and Pete was the Mayor of a Home Depot. Classic example of how little white men have to do to be seen as impressive.
I've told this HRC story countless times on here, I believe, but my dad didn't graduate any school. He came to the US, got some odd jobs, and through his gift of gab was able to meet some influential folks. I didn't really meet my dad till I was 20 ('05).
Bernie Sanders never did that. Bernie Sanders campaigns like this is a high school student body president election where he offers all these things and then gets upset when you ask him how will it pass. Some of his supporters are white people who believe in classism > racism.
And those are blind spots Hillary Clinton didn't have. It's why black women trusted her. It's why black men knocked doors for her. It's why Hispanics overwhelmingly rejected Sanders in 2016 and why, after running for POTUS everyday for 4 years, it's set to happen again.
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads doing their thing. I am a proud
#GirlDad
, through & through, and being Leah Cristina's dad is the most important thing I will ever be. She is my North Star & I'm happy to celebrate this holiday because it means I'm her dad.
And that's why his campaign is doomed. The toxic parts of his campaign resemble *45's because it's led by the same anti-black resentment: it's the "I voted for Barack twice, I can't be racist" brigade. Peddling class over race shows that, at best, you have serious blind spots.
So, go off.
Hillary isn't running in 2020, but her voters are voting, and beginning Monday up until the General I see zero reason for them to actually vote for Bernie Sanders, and without them he doesn't win the nomination, so..
A man, father & social worker here.
If the baby hit their head & you take 'em to the hospital & you told staff this story, please know they will rightfully report you for neglect.
It's your job to keep these babies safe.
Lessons can be learned without possible trauma.
So, now, two days before Iowa (where whatever happens will be spun as a positive, so brace yourselves) one of his surrogates calls out "haters" and labels HRC as that.
Your tent can make space for Trump voters and bigots like Joe Rogan, but HRC is one branch too far?
When your sister
@blackwomenviews
is on cable television, you have no choice but to take a picture and blast it on social media.
We are so proud of you, Reecie!
CC:
@crystal4obama
All we can do is push them, hold them accountable, and go from there.
Nobody has held Bernie Sanders accountable because his Knights of Entitlement go after anybody that tries. Everything Bernie has done has been right, according to his crew.
On the right, my little girl was only weeks old. Today, she turns 2. To say I
#love
her would probably be the understatement of the century. She is my North Star, sweet and empathetic, and I can't believe she's two years old.
Happy Birthday, Leah Cristina!
I worked in Columbia Heights and lived two train stops away on the Green Line when I first moved to DC. Kicked it with alot of Salvadorans & Hondurans.
Alot of love for them.
This isn't them: this is the gentrifiers that live next to the library & think they're helping.
1) In a scene that played out several times Monday, a Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights confronted White diners outside D.C. restaurants, chanting “White silence is violence!” and demanding White diners show their solidarity.
#DCProtests
I walked into his office at PS115 (my first TA job) in the Heights, and on the wall I see a picture of him and Hillary. I told him I admired her alot. He's like "yeah, I play dominos with her all the time. I taught her." My dad is notorious for lying (he's Dominican). However...
And here's the kicker: it's set to most likely happen again to a less qualified candidate.
The difference between me and some of y'all is my ideology and support of someone doesn't stop me from saying they did something wrong.
Politicians are people. They will make mistakes.
McDermott and Harbaugh were coaches under Reid, Pederson called plays for all of 8 games, Nagy called plays for 6, but somehow the Reid tree is a concern when it comes to Bieniemy.
Yeah, ok.
Update:
#Jets
QB Aaron Rodgers received a new and innovative surgery on his Achilles, one that could potentially have him back and ready to play by mid-January, per
@RapSheet
"Sources say renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache and his team performed a procedure to place
Black people issues are more than just criminal justice issues, man. *45, and alot of white people on and off here, continuing to frame our issues through a criminal lens is EXHAUSTING.
Guess what? That's not a tent that wins. I know that's hard to see, what with all the Presidential nominations under Bernie's belt, but Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry are the last 5 Democratic nominees.
Know how they won?
That's... that's not true. The AG said that Blake told them he had a knife in the car and cops recovered a knife from under the mat. Folks like Megyn here bank on people being too stupid to check the lies.
Yeah, Barack was blocked by the GOP (Dems only controlled all 3 branches for 72 days), which is why his accomplishments (of which there were many) is even that impressive.
If Barack did nothing, what was *45 undoing the last four years!?
Women, and ESPECIALLY black & brown women:
#BeAmbitious
. Don't dim your light for anybody. Y'all aren't here to make anybody feel comfortable with your greatness.
"If a black child has had two black teachers before 3rd grade, they're 32% more likely to go to college."
-
@KamalaHarris
That's a real stat, and it's why we need to invest in institutions that increase representation. Her plans do that.
#KamalaHarris2020
#UnitedForKamala
We got ourselves a smart, strong, beautiful 4 year old. In true Leah/Leo fashion, she said we needed to get to daycare because "my friends need to sing happy birthday to me."
#love
to my babygirl.
#GirlDad
(not just a hashtag, we live this stuff!)
"it is what it is", he said. My grandpa's birthday would've been this last Friday. He would've seen my daughter turn two on Monday.
It never will just be what it is.
Trade details: The
#Vikings
are trading a 2022 fourth-round pick to the
#Jets
for TE Chris Herndon and a 2022 sixth-round pick, per source. It wasn't on the transaction wire today, but the deal is done.
A 13 year old is dead.
3 of her sisters, who are still alive, knew Kobe as their father. That's it.
A wife & mother is going to bury her daughter & husband. That's what she knew him as.
If for nothing else, extend some grace to him for them.
Or, don't. Whatever works.