That time, Australian journalist Jana Wendt asked Toni if she will ever focus her writing on white people. Toni's response: “You can’t understand how racist that question is. You could never ask a white author when they’re going to write about Black people.” I know Toni wanted to cuss.....

Skyline cleanse 🥰

Making excuses for him as "being in a dark period of his life" is further evidence that the people excusing this know it's/he's wrong.

I don't know why folks are giving tattoo boy the benefit of the doubt. He is a n-zi and the people who are enabling him are n-zis sympathizers and should be treated as such.

This thread is 🔥

It’s fascinating and disgusting!! Disgusting in the sense that yet again many white men believe nothing can be greenlit without their say so… even Obama… this manner of thinking is the first cousin of magat thinking

I will definitely be tuning into this!

Y'all could have just done the right thing. Not once, but twice.

They don’t deep down even give a shit about Gaza so much as it is being antisemitic bc they wanna blame Jews for their problems.

The far left's anger over Israel IS what sunk her, but pandering to them will never work. They won't come back until they understand that letting him or his allies back into office will not only fuck over Gaza, but Israel and all of us.

As far as Democrats go they must reach out to men without selling out any of the base. If they have to sell people out they deserve to lose. You’ve seen a lot of wins recently. You also saw losses recently despite efforts. You ultimately have agency & it’s not a political party’s job to coddle you.

If you NEED examples of positive role models that aren’t of toxic masculinity that MUST come from Democrats in or recently in government they, exist. They’re also not all perfect. Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Wes Moore, Ruben Gallego, Cory Booker, Tim Walz, Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock, Robert Garcia…

Masculinity doesn’t always look the same to everyone. But platforming some incel trash, racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, etc, is not it. That shit is weakness. That shit needs to be stamped out, not normalized or treated as a legitimate viewpoint.

I’m not sure who you try to claim you are as you as a man if you don’t feel people (like Harris & since) are making efforts by focusing on things like cheaper housing, cheaper groceries, affordable meds & healthcare inc mental health, having the rights of people in your life protected, & more.

Kamala Harris held events in barbershops & restaurants. Supporters had zoom calls. She had an economic agenda for Black men specifically. There’s a Congressional Dad’s Caucus. There are examples of men improving themselves in media. There are volunteer organizations. Mentors exist. Teachers exist.

In the short term, instead of trying to rehab anyone like a so-called comedian who says horrific things, or an open racist in the past who wants a seat of authority in government, if people care about Democrats appealing to men they need to appeal directly as an alternative to all the harmful trash.

In the longterm, men need better role models & to l take some fucking responsibility for themselves. They shouldn’t HAVE to look at politicians, athletes, musicians, etc. Not everyone has good figures in their personal life. Some people have shitty dads, brothers, uncles, cousins, friends, etc.

People have agency. Younger men are not forced to indulge in content from shitty “manosphere” podcasters on the right, antisemitic far leftists, or shitty & typically ableist & sexist white guys in the middle. Their parents aren’t forced to not be parents either.

Was Ras being a man a factor in getting his charges dropped more quickly? Maybe to an extent. He IS a popular Mayor & was a Gubernatorial candidate at the time. He’s also the son of Amiri Baraka. But is the difference in news coverage a bit noticeable when both cases are outrageous? Absolutely.

But it’s noticable that the reaction about Rep McIver’s case still continuing is not getting the same steady & consistent outcry of support. Maybe it’s anecdotal to my experience but I’m seeing a hell of a lot more support from her House colleagues or from Black women than anybody else.

Mayor Ras Baraka had his charges dropped. His sham charges stemmed from the same visit. He is a Black man. Rep Menendez, a Cuban-American man, & Rep Watson Coleman, another Black woman, were threatened w/ charges but not charged. White electeds showed solidarity w/ Baraka & McIver after the fact.

Jack ran A LOT of ads attacking transgender people & NJ’s sanctuary status. I don’t think attacking a marginalized group or demonizing immigrants is “manly”. Earlier today Rep. LaMonica McIver’s sham charges for oversight at the Delaney Hall ICE facility were NOT thrown out. She is a Black woman.

What may matter to white men as opposed to Black men or Latino men may not always be the same. Look at how Sherrill performed in Hispanic municipalities, because she just won my state by about 14 points when it was expected to be close. Then square it with her not even winning 50% of white voters.

If you want a bottom line answer, men have to suck less, especially white men. Democrats haven’t won white voters as a bloc since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There’s racism involved. There’s sexism. There’s misogynoir. You can’t overlook that just because it’s easier that way.

Because this needs to be spelled out every time it’s said, the base of the Democratic Party is Black voters, particularly Black women. Jewish voters are also very important to this. This isn’t ideological. These groups are not monolithic.

In the context of electing more Democrats & “winning back men”, there’s not a one-size-fits-all & there is not a quick fix. That does not mean you dismiss people or sell people out because there’s a guy you want to rehab & sell as a way to pitch men. If you sell out the base you deserve to lose.

If you have a podcast, blog, a news show, or just a social media platform, you theoretically have agency over what you’re saying. If someone wants to rehab themselves they are not owed your space. Boundaries expand past those aforementioned personal ones that people should create for themselves.

If I hurt somebody because I say something bad or do something bad, it’s their right to say I’m not welcome back even if I’m genuine & remorseful. It’s also their right to say I’m not welcome in the first place. Nobody owes you their time, no matter how you may like to talk to them.

It doesn’t mean you’re owed a platform, whether it’s the same career (ie look at wrestling), being welcomed back into a recreational space (social media friend groups, video game spaces etc), or being elected to office (Senate, House, etc). It doesn’t mean others owe you help along the way either.

Rehab for a man being trash in his past requires taking responsibility for the behavior, working on improving as a person, apologizing, accepting you’re not owed forgiveness by people you’ve hurt, & listening to people who know better whether they’re people you’ve hurt or those who’ve grown.

Can we please stop the diet Republican framing that any Dem who voted for the CR voted against healthcare when the Republican budget is what did that & every one of the Democrats who “caved” repeatedly also voted for the Democratic-proposed C.R. which covered it. The 1 that no Republicans voted for.

Putting “second” into the statement was certainly a choice.

I stand with Rep. LaMonica McIver. The court ruling doesn't change what we witnessed that day at Delaney Hall: a committed public servant doing her job. Proud to stand with her as we continue to protect our NJ communities and hold this Administration accountable - together.

Let me make something very clear — Susan Collins is contributing to skyrocketing health care costs for families across Maine. It’s reckless and just plain wrong. We will vote her out in 2026.

The second half is “And it turns out that if you do it that way, you can’t stitch together a story that makes sense across the board, and you actually lose many people in the very identity groups you think you’re talking to.” Again…you’re feeding it…Just say the stuff Dems are actually focused on…

“There were expressions in the Democratic Party that suggested all that matters to where you fit now is based on your identity, and therefore, the only things we can do for you have to do with your identity” So how is you repeatedly saying a version of this every few weeks not playing into that?

Pete’s ability to consistently get baited into saying a lot of word salad about how some Democrats are too focused on identity in some way is a constant reminder that he’s still a white man.

We can’t solve the classism issue America until white America tackles the racism issue and conquers that. And it’s been 400 years so…..

[November 14th, 1925] Watch Your Step! (Los Angeles Times)

The Biden/Harris administration hired more IRS agents specifically to go after multimillionaires and billionaires. They brought in almost $1B to the treasury. They wanted to do more which is one reason you were convinced he was too old and Harris wasn’t enough.

One constant of Trump's first term was the constant firing of people hired by Trump of whom he said, "What a loser. Terrible person. I only hired him because I felt sorry for him." Trump's "supernatural" judgment has made him the devoted admirer of mass murdering authoritarians and pedophiles.

As I wrote in July, the party of "Christian family values" now actively protects pedophiles while promoting sex with teenagers unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/norm... #EpsteinCoverUp

Started/Going

Trump liked Jeffrey Epstein Jed

Another revelation from all of these emails is that many of the richest and most powerful people in the country absolutely cannot write. Helps explain their sweaty embrace of LLMs.

It’s the new free Palestine for the midterms. Will Americans plunge themselves further into authoritarianism or nah? 😒

I actually changed agents so I would no longer be on the same client list as Olivia Nuzzi.

Historical events that took place on Nov. 14.

“What are you without racism? Are you any good? Are you still strong? You still smart? You still like yourself?”- Toni Morrison