I came back for this? This is such a stupid country.

Getting on a plane at SFO and DHS is checking ID at the gate. I'm immediately incensed but no one else seems to be. "They said it was the Marathon" one woman explains except the GD Marathon was today. That's bullshit. I glare at the dastardly and they wave me through. America's hand over their

Having a really hard time with humanity today.

Devastating. What is this? Rape culture? Patriarchy? Sociopathy? Not only to do it, repeatedly, for years but to arrogantly seek an ever higher profile, confident you will never be held to account for your crimes. Even after #Metoo. Good old misogyny? Depravity? Evil? All of the above?

Less than a month before it was due to close, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced that it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open.

Interesting.

Grateful to @ibramxk.bsky.social for talking about his fame, his book, and a whole lot else: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

A day late and Jeff Bezos money short.

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

I doubt that Pope Leo XIV will lose any sleep over this, before he begins his pilgrimage to Africa tomorrow. But the rest of us should. Because it is unhinged, uncharitable and unchristian. Is there no bottom to this moral squalor?

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Today at 6:15 PM, I will deliver an address marking my first 100 days in office and the work we’ve done to make our city safer, more affordable, and more equitable for all New Yorkers.  Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/XNSAQ78...

Received a lovely email from a "book coach & ghostwriter" who read one of my blog posts and wants to help me turn my "powerful" thinking into "something more cohesive people can return to over time." Like ... a book!

I'mma take this moment of joy and humanity and log off.

How did they time this for prime time? #artemis2

Okay, this is exciting. #Artemis

This is the way every Democrat should be speaking every day.

Damn it. I just learned that Elle Simone from America's Test Kitchen died. Not even 50. This damn country is so toxic for Black people.

The most interesting thing about diversity equity and inclusion offices for the very short time we had them… they gave us data… Concerning just how over represented middle class white men are in every area of American life

Capitalism: work till you die, peasants!

Yes, a Black woman, Charly Evon Simpson ,wrote a play about it from the women's point of view called Behind the Sheet. It's literally how I first learned about that monster. It was devastating. He operating on them with no anaesthesia or consent. Purchased them FOR experiments.

This story is easy to make fun of, but really it's heartbreaking. Men are not okay. If their dysfunction didn't create such horrors, I'd feel only sympathy for how lost so many of them are. Reading bell hooks on this topic currently. The Will To Change. If only men had it.

Fair

Precisely.

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Distinctly remember predicting this on Basic Black at the time and getting emails calling me pessimistic and bitter. Which i may well be but also not wrong..

"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.” The crew all shared a hug after. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...

Okay, you got me. Very sweet.

Is Katy Perry on this moon mission? I joke. Proud of the handsome Black pilot. Pray they make it home safe. Watching the special report about the flyby and it's cool for sure. Wondering why mission control staff so heterogeneous. Basically ambivalent. In the true sense of the word.

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I thought Black folks knew this. My generation certainly did. We failed to explain it to the young, i guess.

When you think it can't get worse. My column. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/03/t...

Listen. I didn't care much about Springsteen one way or the other but about 15 years ago a friend won tix to a concert and we went and that was the best.damn concert i ever saw EXCEPT for Prince. The Boss is a real one.

It’s pretty interesting to compare Easter messages from political leaders and then consider which ones the media treats as being out of the mainstream or dangerous

starting now i am going to start sharing the books i read. finished this volume this morning. it is terrific.

@nytimes.com is complicit and they know it.

The political project of the Roberts Court is white minority rule—a judicially engineered infrastructure of subordination for America's multiracial majority. It's racial authoritarian dressed up in constitutional formality I fear most people won't understand what's happening until it's too late

We tend to view these cases in isolation. But the cumulative impact is where the political vision lies. Place birthright citizenship in conversation with Dobbs, Shelby, SFFA, etc and you can see a vision of racial & social hierarchy that suffocates democratic vitality

1. LeBron has reached the age where every sentence begins with his age. Men do this when they can't believe how old they're getting. Usually starts at 50. He's early. 2. Memphis is a poor majority Black city. My hometown. He can kiss our grits.

A more just America is possible, but only if we fight for it.

I hope she haunts his a**

LISTEN. Thank you, Cecellia Wang.

Did you know that there is one group of Americans who are not entitled to birthright citizenship? People born American Samoa are classified instead simply as “U.S. nationals” — and as a result they cannot vote or run for office anywhere else in the country. Much more here, for anyone curious:

What's weird is that anyone listens to this rambling sociopath and thinks "I'm so glad he's president!"

They not even landing on the moon????? Just doing a drive by!!??

Wait, we are doing this again? Why?

GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test? SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.