LEADBELLY (1976) — 12:30 am ET — 2h 6m (TCM Primetime: Blues in the Movies) Roger Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair; directed by Gordon Parks The account of Huddie Leadbetter—Leadbelly—with his career and struggle as a famous guitarist living in the segregated South. #TCM #TCMParty

Btw: #Maryland is the courageous, innovative, Egalitarian state that #California claims to be. Pains me to say this about my home state—but I lived + in #MoCoMD from 2005-2022, and have data that proves it. Since returning FT to #CA in 2022…🥺 Thus: @govwesmoore.bsky.social > @governor.ca.gov

This is a Brilliant culturally competent Satire, excellently produced. #DRUSKI is updating the cinematic + cultural advances that #EddieMurphy pioneered in #Hollywood circa ‘90s—2000s w his multi-performances enabled by makeup+character transitions in “The Nutty Professor,” et al blockbuster films!

Re #Platner: here’s a terrific Comedian and expert “Heartland DinerBro” Satirist who nails the “WorkingClass WM” persona that @thedemcoalition.bsky.social keeps INSISTING we should support. Via the talented @brentterhune.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/jomBD...

Watching Chris talk w #Platner: He should be Dumped. Meanwhile, the OG “Leaders” in the DemParty — enabled by @nytimes.com et al Legacy press — keeps insisting that Dem voters need to center #DinerBro “centrist” WM candidates who “resonate w WorkingClass Americans.” 🤷🏽‍♀️ @allinwithchris.bsky.social

Internal documents show how tech giants grabbed children’s attention throughout the day, a strategy that schools say has undermined education. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...

Ugh, the Rich Techie Arrivistes have now gentrified my OG favorite Hidden Gem shopping & dining corridor in #SF. 🤦🏽‍♀️ #WestPortalAve sfstandard.com/2026/06/03/w...

Also during this “Black Jobs” response, the Racist, Corrupt 47 also said that U.S. automakers are “doing great,” (not true) which means the Blacks can look forward to factory jobs!

We’re live this evening at 7pm. See you soon.

The photo on here made me howl! 🤣 sfstandard.com/2026/06/02/t...

This Sitch is totally Bonkers

A culturally competent story here: “Roughly one in five Black Americans 65 and older has Alzheimer’s, compared w one in 10 white Americans. But it can take Black patients significantly longer to obtain a diagnosis, which limits treatment options and places an additional burden on caregivers.” 👇🏾

Gross—if also par for the course, in terms of this kinda Mediocre yet Over-Entitled WM *Journalist.* 😬

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omg @raskin.house.gov from the top rope! 🤣 #TheBLANCHE ACT

Wow!

“The window between discovering a vulnerability and weaponizing it is rapidly compressing. That matters because the U.S. does not have a cybersecurity problem so much as a software quality problem.” — Jen Easterly, former #CISA Chief. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/o...

In happier news 🦌🦌🦌 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

#OnThisDay in 1899, the Rev. D.A. Graham of Indianapolis decried 1,200+ lynchings of Black Americans in just 7 years. The newly formed Afro-American Council had held a National Day of Fasting and Prayer to protest the lynchings of Black Americans: mississippitoday.org/2025/06/04/1...

“There exists a tension between covering the news and covering news about the people who make the news.” — @marisakabas.bsky.social 🎯 www.thehandbasket.co/p/bari-weiss...

Too Little, Too Late. Also: a blatant attempt to #Gaslight viewers. #MAGA Hire #BariWeiss + her #MAGA Overlords the #Ellisons, are forcing On-Air #CBS personnel to be their external Crisis Comms representatives 🤷🏽‍♀️

In 2026, millions of Americans across political parties and nationwide regions and ethnic origins disdain Black people who have achieved subject-matter expertise in any discipline. Result? 🤦🏽‍♀️

A black woman just couldn’t be President, huh? That ONE thing, huh?

sometimes it does hit me how incredible and surreal it is that he’s the literal president, clothed in immense power, and all he really wants to do is build gaudy tourist attractions.

It was great to meet with @baldwin.senate.gov and @reed.senate.gov this week and mark the beginning of Gun Violence Awareness Month with conversations about how we can keep communities safe from Wisconsin to Rhode Island. I’m grateful to have these two as friends in this fight.

I don’t have a preferred team in the upcoming @nba.com Finals, but I do appreciate #SpikeLee’s lifelong Ride-or-Die commitment to his beloved hometown team. This OpEd is delightful! Wishing #Spike and all #Knicks fans the best. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

LoL, #MAGA Lite Mediocre WM who doesn’t even live in #CA purports to diagnose my home state in context of yesterday’s elections. Surprise! He quotes 47 and tacitly approves of #BigTech pawn Mark Mahan, the mayor of #SanJose who just got Shellacked in the #Gov race. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

Duh. “Points,” (I guess 🙄) for being able to admit that the original list was Trash. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Terrific headline on this terrific column! Great writing from Tom Ley of @defector.com on PUNK-ASS #NickBilton 🎯 defector.com/punk-ass-los...

"DEI" affirmative action for mediocre media "centrists" and you get far more money and funding, elite positions and prestige, underserved influence and power within the system (hopefully "dismantling the master's house"), travel, even a statue of yourself (at a fake university in Austin, Texas):

Looks like #Becerra and #Hilton will face off in the final race for the #CAGovernor. And if #Hilton —a British ex-pat who is now full #MAGA — takes over leadership of my home state, the world’s fourth-largest economy w an epically Diverse population? We are COOKED 😬 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

I can’t get over this part: “‘I’m pained that the staff of CBS News was misled in the Wednesday morning call. These execs can’t gain the trust of the staff w lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for and reveals contempt for what journalists do.’” #ScottPelley variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Scott Pelley said dueces ✌🏾 Then called out the lack of journalism, integrity, and professionalism of Bari Weiss and the new Bari Weiss

I was listening to MS Now in the car and heard @mollyjongfast.bsky.social describe Pelley’s parting shot at CBS as a “Walter Cronkite moment” But what is the “Walter Cronkite moment”? I wrote about it on the 50th anniversary in 2018 - still one of my favorites (gift link) share.inquirer.com/1H8IV2

Bari being offended that someone would noisily cause trouble on the way out of a legacy newsroom is so funny. That’s her move! variety.com/2026/tv/news...

People will say it's "Tech Week" here in NYC. Well, any event run by Andreessen Horowitz is illegitimate, because the NYC tech community has values, and one of its most fundamental is its humanity. They have forfeited theirs.

My home state — which boasts the world’s Fourth Largest Economy — is down bad. Why? AntiBlack Racism and Corporate greed 😬

Re the Bonkers #CAGOV race: Thank Gavin and his three predecessors for utterly Failing to Meaningfully acknowledge my home state’s unique, complicated mix of population diversity. Too many economic policy moves (during Gav’s terms, especially) prioritized Progressive Appearance over Egalitarianism 🤷🏽‍♀️

My last #ScottPelley post for now: What good is it to be an experienced, award-winning Journo / StratComm version of #Cassandra if I’m now financially Decimated due to Racism/Misogyny/Ageism? In 2011, I WARNED the News Biz of the perils of #Homogeneous staffing + thinking as Digital Media ascended🫠

Oh and re #ScottPelley: Welcome to the TruthTeller Club. Lots of highly qualified Black Journalists have been fired, sidelined, disappeared from major media outlets over MANY years for demanding that news outlets tell the TRUTH about #America. 🫡 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/uncovering...

In addition to the BS content, please note the insanely Patronizing tone of Unqualified #MAGA Hire #NickBilton’s letter to #ScottPelley. #Bilton is a Mediocre *Tech Reporter* / WannaBe Hollywood Producer “lecturing” a qualified OG @cbsnews.com veteran. Sadly, I am QUITE familiar with this dynamic 🤦🏽‍♀️

The firing of #ScottPelley is a line in the sand drawn by Unqualified #MAGA Hire #BariWeiss: a stark Message to the #MAGACult (what remains of it) that she’s 10 toes down on 47’s Racist, Corrupt, Authoritarian agenda. Gonna be interesting to see how many @60minutes.bsky.social viewers approve. ⏱️🧐

lol, turns out #MAGA DEI Hires #BariWeiss and #NickBilton are Super-Woke Snowflakes! They love the Idiot, Racist, Corrupt DJT but accuse #ScottPelley of “creating a hostile work environment” because he stood up for Journalism Ethics! 🤣 #Hypocrites

Sigh. *Gentle Reminder:* NONE of the DemParty #CA Gov candidates provided a policy / econ / education plan to improve the current LOWER #CASTE status of Black residents. Related: No Journos ASKED THEM.

oh no, #MAGA DEI Hire #BariWeiss is accusing “60 Minutes” / CBS anchor #ScottPelley — a respected OG — of creating a “hostile work environment” bc he Scorched her latest unqualified #MAGA DEI Hire, #NickBilton, during a staff meeting. Sounds like Unqualified #MAGA DEI Hire #BariWeiss is now “Woke” 🤣

Kitara Revache is my “fave” #MAGA Villain! www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Gone too soon. #RIP Legend. 🥺🙏🏾 #PeaboBryson

In happier news: Just learned about Artist Space Trust, an excellent economic program for #SFBayArea Creatives! Very much needed, given that the Soulless, High-Earning workers of #BigTech / #BigAI are pricing out all the creative people who make #SF + the #BayArea great! www.kqed.org/arts/1398968...

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.