“I get that folks are worried about Mamdani, and I totally get why. He’s got to step up and show he can lead. Expectations will be high and governing will be hard. But I’m giving him a shot; he might just surprise us all!” Early voting starts today in NYC! open.substack.com/pub/candidly...

By refusing to work with Democrats, Republicans are willing to DOUBLE the health care costs for millions of people. It’s shameful.

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean. 6 people dead this time. Not a single arrest made. Not an ounce recovered. Not a shred of evidence provided.

people chant "we stand with you!" as Letitia James tries to speak outside a courthouse in Virginia

He’s tearing down the East Wing while the country goes hungry. Federal workers at food banks. SNAP benefits running out. And instead of reopening the government, he’s building a ballroom. Read the full piece → open.substack.com/pub/unchaine...

The true Cuomo has been totally revealed in this race. A POS personally and politically.

Just disgusting.

Cartoon by John Darkow.

Trump is bombing boats in the Caribbean. No evidence. No oversight. Just death at sea and silence from leaders who claim to stand for “law and order.” ✍🏾 Read the full piece: unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/americas-w... #CaribbeanCrisis #USImperialism #TrumpRegime #WarCrimes #AccountabilityNow

Till I win, I will it. #palindrome

Primaries are there for a reason. I'm not interested in "vote Blue no matter who" especially as its given us people like Fetterman. Push to make Democratic candidates better or replace them. And with that, I think its time to drop Platner.

When a pastor humiliates a mother for giving $1,235 instead of $2,000, that’s not faith, that’s financial bondage. It’s time we free ourselves from the chains of colonized Christianity. Read more: 👉🏾 unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/false-prop... #BlackChurch #DecolonizeFaith #BlackLiberation

Do I approve of the people in inflatable costumes clowning at ICE protests? Yes. Do I approve even harder when New Yorkers chase ICE agents down the street? Also yes.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Demolishing the White House while also trying to get &250 million from the DOJ. Why should we bother paying taxes anymore if they’re just going to go to Trump? There is powerful messaging and imagery and I don’t understand how there is no opposition. From Dems, sure, but media and businesses and

ICE fired shots again, hitting a civilian and a U.S. marshal. DHS, once again, is claiming the man rammed ICE with his car. Let’s see how long before that version of events unravels. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no evidence they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had proof, they’d face a court, not a drone. The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.

make it a 2nd time event 👍

Kim: We need someone who’s clearly going to stand up for the people of New Jersey — not someone like Jack Ciattarelli who says he can’t think of a single thing he disagrees with Trump on…That’s not the kind of guy we need at the helm to take on the attacks we’re seeing from Trump on our state.

It looks even worse by video 😢

Marc Lamont Hill isn’t “too good” for the Joe Budden Podcast. We need educated, healed, community-minded voices in every room. ✍🏾 Read more: unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/marc-lamon... #MarcLamontHill #JoeBuddenPodcast #BlackExcellence #TheTalentedTenth

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

Millions marched under the banner of #NoKings, but without disruption, it was just a rally, not a revolution. Real protest makes power uncomfortable. Read my latest: 👉 unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/no-kings-n... #Protest #Resistance #NoKings #CivilDisobedience

I was not aware of this story, and I'm guessing that the University of Virginia wanted it that way augustafreepress.com/news/shame-o...

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

MAGA man eats pavement after shouting slurs at No Kings protesters

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Performative white feminism in 3 images. Imagine suffering the horrific crime of rape, then throwing 13 survivors under the bus because you decided sexual assault is still better than voting for a brown Muslim guy who wants to make life more affordable. SMH

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Like a good neighbor? @deadder.bsky.social

A revealing moment in the NYC mayoral debate came when Cuomo said migrants shouldn’t have been brought to the city. New York’s story is the story of migration, it’s what built this city. Read more: unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/new-york-c...

Mamdani said it best, during the debate.

“It was a mistake to put so many migrants in New York City.” - Cuomo

The reason I don’t worry about leftists like this is that they’re their own worst enemy. They don’t actually want power. They don’t want progress. Because that would require taking on responsibility. What they really want is to have the empty, ineffectual security of purity.

I don't watch Fox, so I have no idea if they ran a segment on Don Lemon appearing on The Left Hook, saying people of color in Chicago should consider legally & peacefully exercising their 2nd Amendment Right to own arms. Jesse Watters' show reached out to me for comment. This is how I replied:

These folks are doing all the work for @zohrankmamdani via their boneheaded idiocy www.wsj.com/us-news/zohr...

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

For the performative Christians who came in late: Charlie Kirk wasn't a martyr. He was against everything Jesus lived and taught... and he'd have hated Jesus. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-shamef...

Good lord. At this point, Mitch McConnell is an animated corpse shambling around and haunting the Capitol.

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault.

The "ceasefire" does not seem to be going great

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“Kids”

They said America First. But when Alaska flooded, the money went to Argentina. That’s not leadership...that’s betrayal. unchainedblackpoet.substack.com/p/america-la... #AmericaLast #ClimateJustice #AlaskaFloods #ClimateCrisis

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams