SNAP Cuts vs. Better Wages: A White Privilege Prophecy
“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best [black] man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for...
View Article#TWIBprime #624 | The Invisible Bombing
How Can This Happen? #TeamBlackness discusses the GOP failing to pass the year’s first major bill in Congress, 10,000 people from around the world applying for a job as a human paintball bullet...
View ArticleRand Paul: Negro Whisperer
(This Week in Blackness) — I’ve spoken about Rand Paul’s attempt to rally Negroes for the republican cause quite a few times at this point–but he won’t stop. I just ran across more words that Mr. Paul...
View ArticleCredit Where Credit Is Due: John McCain Calls Stand Your Ground “Very...
Generally, I try with great effort not to buy in to the whole “Shit Conservatives Say” meme; it generally entails cultivating manufactured outrage to serve as link bait, and diverts attention away...
View ArticleThe Obama “Betrayal”
President Obama’s recent commentary on the Zimmerman trial stands, in my mind, as one of the high watermarks of his presidency. For the first time in American history, our nation’s first Black...
View ArticleS#!% Conservatives Say: Michele Bachmann Calls Obamacare ‘Crack Cocaine’
Republican bobble-head #1 Michele Bachmann made the following rather savory comments during an interview in WorldNetDaily the other day: “I think the reason is because President Obama can’t wait to get...
View ArticleShutdown’s Lament
A certain tension emerges as the government shutdown stretches into its second week. On the one hand, Americans’ longstanding disenchantment with Congress has become more entrenched: instead of “How...
View ArticlePaper Tiger Politics: Conservative Pundit Admits Republicans Lie About...
This one’s a bit late in the telling, but worth mentioning nevertheless: last Wednesday, Ben Domenech of The Heartland Institute, a conservative think-tank, appeared on MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes...
View ArticleThe SNAP Stimulus Sunset: When The Ends Don’t Meet
SNAP benefits are slated to undergo a devastating reduction in funding beginning Friday, November 1. Surprisingly, this is not directly attributable to hateful Republicans, it’s an unintended...
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