AmyAlexCA
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Fact-based Public Trust Communicator and Storyteller.
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Up next on TCM
about 5 hours ago
LEADBELLY (1976) ā 12:30 am ET ā 2h 6m (TCM Primetime: Blues in the Movies) Roger Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair; directed by Gordon Parks The account of Huddie LeadbetterāLeadbellyāwith his career and struggle as a famous guitarist living in the segregated South.
#TCM
#TCMParty
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Leadbelly (1976)
https://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/titles/81109
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Btw:
#Maryland
is the courageous, innovative, Egalitarian state that
#California
claims to be. Pains me to say this about my home stateābut I lived + in
#MoCoMD
from 2005-2022, and have data that proves it. Since returning FT to
#CA
in 2022ā¦š„ŗ Thus:
@govwesmoore.bsky.social
>
@governor.ca.gov
about 6 hours ago
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This is a Brilliant culturally competent Satire, excellently produced.
#DRUSKI
is updating the cinematic + cultural advances that
#EddieMurphy
pioneered in
#Hollywood
circa ā90sā2000s w his multi-performances enabled by makeup+character transitions in āThe Nutty Professor,ā et al blockbuster films!
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about 7 hours ago
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Re
#Platner
: hereās a terrific Comedian and expert āHeartland DinerBroā Satirist who nails the āWorkingClass WMā persona that
@thedemcoalition.bsky.social
keeps INSISTING we should support. Via the talented
@brentterhune.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/jomBD...
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The Truth About Washington DC
YouTube video by Brent Terhune
https://youtube.com/shorts/jomBDvRQ7fk?si=jHkNiMKnOyAXq_td
about 8 hours ago
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Watching Chris talk w
#Platner
: He should be Dumped. Meanwhile, the OG āLeadersā in the DemParty ā enabled by
@nytimes.com
et al Legacy press ā keeps insisting that Dem voters need to center
#DinerBro
ācentristā WM candidates who āresonate w WorkingClass Americans.ā š¤·š½āāļø
@allinwithchris.bsky.social
about 9 hours ago
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The Upshot
about 16 hours ago
Internal documents show how tech giants grabbed childrenās attention throughout the day, a strategy that schools say has undermined education. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...
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āTeachers Are Going to Hate Itā: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/social-media-schools.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nlA.EV_5.mL8dn-aCSkGU&smid=url-share
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Ugh, the Rich Techie Arrivistes have now gentrified my OG favorite Hidden Gem shopping & dining corridor in
#SF
. š¤¦š½āāļø
#WestPortalAve
sfstandard.com/2026/06/03/w...
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How West Portal got its restaurant groove on
Why some SF neighborhoods take off while others languish.
https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/03/west-portal-dining-desination/
about 10 hours ago
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Also during this āBlack Jobsā response, the Racist, Corrupt 47 also said that U.S. automakers are ādoing great,ā (not true) which means the Blacks can look forward to factory jobs!
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about 11 hours ago
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
about 11 hours ago
Weāre live this evening at 7pm. See you soon.
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The photo on here made me howl! š¤£
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Tom Steyer spent over half a billion trying to get into politics. So far, not so good
Steyer is trailing Democrat Xavier Becerra for the No. 2 slot for the November general election by about 250,000 votes.
https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/02/tom-steyer-election-primary-results/
about 11 hours ago
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This Sitch is totally Bonkers
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about 11 hours ago
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A culturally competent story here: āRoughly one in five Black Americans 65 and older has Alzheimerās, 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.ā šš¾
about 12 hours ago
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Grossāif also par for the course, in terms of this kinda Mediocre yet Over-Entitled WM *Journalist.* š¬
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about 13 hours ago
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Philip Bump
about 14 hours ago
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@raskin.house.gov
from the top rope! š¤£
#TheBLANCHE
ACT
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about 13 hours ago
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Wow!
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about 15 hours ago
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āThe 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.ā ā Jen Easterly, former
#CISA
Chief.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/o...
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Opinion | The Government Is Finally Taking A.I. Risk Seriously
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/opinion/trump-ai-executive-order-cybersecurity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 16 hours ago
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In happier news š¦š¦š¦
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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Multimillion-dollar wildlife bridge in NorCal gets travelers before opening
One of almost 100 cameras caught the trailblazers.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/siskiyou-wildlife-crossing-22290254.php
about 16 hours ago
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Jerry Mitchell
about 21 hours ago
#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...
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1899: AME Minister D.A. Graham decried lynching - Mississippi Today
On this day in 1899, the AME minister Rev. D.A. Graham decried the lynching of more than 1,200 Black Americans from his pulpit in Indianapolis.
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/06/04/1899-minister-da-graham-decried-lynching/
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āThere exists a tension between covering the news and covering news about the people who make the news.ā ā
@marisakabas.bsky.social
šÆ
www.thehandbasket.co/p/bari-weiss...
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A tale of two media women
On Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/bari-weiss-cbs-scott-pelley-marisa-kabas
1 day ago
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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 š¤·š½āāļø
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1 day ago
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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? š¤¦š½āāļø
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2012 Destruction Aftermath
ALT: 2012 Destruction Aftermath
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Liv Sexy NJ
1 day ago
A black woman just couldnāt be President, huh? That ONE thing, huh?
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elias isquith
1 day ago
sometimes it does hit me how incredible and surreal it is that heās the literal president, clothed in immense power, and all he really wants to do is build gaudy tourist attractions.
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Mariel Garza
1 day ago
www.golden-state.org/june2-electi...
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L.A.'s mayor is in trouble, and other other takeaways from Californiaās June 2 primary
The race for governor, mayor of Los Angeles and other seats haven't been called yet as ballots continue to be counted. But the results so far have been revealing. Here are our top takeaways.
https://www.golden-state.org/june2-election-takeaways-karen-bass-in-trouble/
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Gabby Giffords
1 day ago
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. Iām grateful to have these two as friends in this fight.
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I donāt have a preferred team in the upcoming
@nba.com
Finals, but I do appreciate
#SpikeLeeās
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...
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Opinion | Spike Lee: Wemby Is Going Down!
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/opinion/new-york-knicks-nba-championship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA.T5X-.Baiesliz45aj&smid=nytcore-ios-share
1 day ago
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LoL,
#MAGA
Lite Mediocre WM who doesnāt even live in
#CA
purports to diagnose my home state in context of yesterdayās 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...
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Opinion | Whatās the Matter With California?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/opinion/california-governor-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
1 day ago
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Duh. āPoints,ā (I guess š) for being able to admit that the original list was Trash.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Times Readers Pick the 100 Greatest Living American Songwriters
25,000 people responded to our poll. Here are their top picks.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/magazine/best-living-american-songwiters-reader-picks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
1 day ago
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Terrific headline on this terrific column! Great writing from Tom Ley of
@defector.com
on PUNK-ASS
#NickBilton
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Punk-Ass Loser Nick Bilton Fires Scott Pelley For Daring To Ask Him Questions | Defector
Unremarkable dweeb Nick Bilton has been the executive producer of 60 Minutes for less than a week, and he has already written his name into the history books as one of the media industryās most pathet...
https://defector.com/punk-ass-loser-nick-bilton-fires-scott-pelley-for-daring-to-ask-him-questions
1 day ago
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors and white men
1 day ago
"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):
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Looks like
#Becerra
and
#Hilton
will face off in the final race for the
#CAGovernor
. And if
#Hilton
āa British ex-pat who is now full
#MAGA
ā takes over leadership of my home state, the worldās fourth-largest economy w an epically Diverse population? We are COOKED š¬
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...
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Election Live Updates: Races Are Close in California With Many Votes Still to Count
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/03/us/california-primary-elections-midterms?smid=nytcore-ios-share
1 day ago
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I canāt get over this part: āāIām pained that the staff of CBS News was misled in the Wednesday morning call. These execs canāt gain the trust of the staff w lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for and reveals contempt for what journalists do.āā
#ScottPelley
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CBS News Boss Bari Weiss Defends Firing Scott Pelley From ā60 Minutesā: āTrustā Was āBrokenā After His Blow-Up and āThatās the Path He Choseā
Bari Weiss, editor in chief of CBS News, on a staff call addressed the termination Scott Pelley, a longtime presence at the news outlet who was ousted from "60 Minutes" Tuesday after he engaged in a t...
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cbs-news-bari-weiss-defends-firing-scott-pelley-60-minutes-1236765673/
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Author Myron J. Clifton
1 day ago
Scott Pelley said dueces āš¾ Then called out the lack of journalism, integrity, and professionalism of Bari Weiss and the new Bari Weiss
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Will Bunch
1 day ago
I was listening to MS Now in the car and heard
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
describe Pelleyās parting shot at CBS as a āWalter Cronkite momentā But what is the āWalter Cronkite momentā? I wrote about it on the 50th anniversary in 2018 - still one of my favorites (gift link)
share.inquirer.com/1H8IV2
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50 years ago, Walter Cronkite told America the bitter truth. We need more Cronkites today | Will Bunch
It's the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous moments in American journalism - CBS' Walter Cronkite calling in air for America to leave the Vietnam era. That kind of courage is desperately neede...
https://share.inquirer.com/1H8IV2
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nilay patel
1 day ago
Bari being offended that someone would noisily cause trouble on the way out of a legacy newsroom is so funny. Thatās her move!
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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CBS News Boss Bari Weiss Defends Firing Scott Pelley From ā60 Minutesā: āTrustā Was āBrokenā After His Blow-Up and āThatās the Path He Choseā
Bari Weiss, editor in chief of CBS News, on a staff call addressed the termination Scott Pelley, a longtime presence at the news outlet who was ousted from "60 Minutes" Tuesday after he engaged in a t...
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cbs-news-bari-weiss-defends-firing-scott-pelley-60-minutes-1236765673/
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Anil Dash
4 days ago
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.
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My home state ā which boasts the worldās Fourth Largest Economy ā is down bad. Why? AntiBlack Racism and Corporate greed š¬
2 days ago
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Re the Bonkers
#CAGOV
race: Thank Gavin and his three predecessors for utterly Failing to Meaningfully acknowledge my home stateās unique, complicated mix of population diversity. Too many economic policy moves (during Gavās terms, especially) prioritized Progressive Appearance over Egalitarianism š¤·š½āāļø
2 days ago
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My last
#ScottPelley
post for now: What good is it to be an experienced, award-winning Journo / StratComm version of
#Cassandra
if Iām 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 ascendedš«
2 days ago
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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
. š«”
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/uncovering...
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Uncovering Race: A Black Journalist's Story of Reporting and Reinvention
Barnes & Nobleās online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/uncovering-race-amy-alexander/1103141423
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In addition to the BS content, please note the insanely Patronizing tone of Unqualified
#MAGA
Hire
#NickBiltonās
letter to
#ScottPelley
.
#Bilton
is a Mediocre *Tech Reporter* / WannaBe Hollywood Producer ālecturingā a qualified OG
@cbsnews.com
veteran. Sadly, I am QUITE familiar with this dynamic š¤¦š½āāļø
2 days ago
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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 sheās 10 toes down on 47ās Racist, Corrupt, Authoritarian agenda. Gonna be interesting to see how many
@60minutes.bsky.social
viewers approve. ā±ļøš§
2 days ago
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lol, turns out
#MAGA
DEI Hires
#BariWeiss
and
#NickBilton
are Super-Woke Snowflakes! They love the Idiot, Racist, Corrupt DJT but accuse
#ScottPelley
of ācreating a hostile work environmentā because he stood up for Journalism Ethics! š¤£
#Hypocrites
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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.
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oh no,
#MAGA
DEI Hire
#BariWeiss
is accusing ā60 Minutesā / CBS anchor
#ScottPelley
ā a respected OG ā of creating a āhostile work environmentā bc he Scorched her latest unqualified
#MAGA
DEI Hire,
#NickBilton
, during a staff meeting. Sounds like Unqualified
#MAGA
DEI Hire
#BariWeiss
is now āWokeā š¤£
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Kitara Revache is my āfaveā
#MAGA
Villain!
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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Gone too soon.
#RIP
Legend. š„ŗšš¾
#PeaboBryson
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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...
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Artist Housing Advocates Eye a āOnce-in-100-Yearā Opportunity | KQED
A community land trust for artists wants to make sure the Bay Area can remain a creative hub.
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13989682/artist-housing-advocates-eye-a-once-in-100-year-opportunity
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Julian Sanchez
2 days ago
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
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