No, @timemagazine.bsky.social - #AI Pimps are NOT the Person of the Year. I break down why you got it ass backwards. #technology #business #artificialintelligence @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @huffpost.com medium.com/@mediamaven0...

The latest from #DeLaSoul represents a full circle moment for one of hip-hop's greatest groups. My thoughts on #CabinInTheSky and the De La legacy in @theriffmedia.bsky.social #music #hiphop @rollingstone.com @pitchfork.com @hiphopgoldenage.bsky.social medium.com/the-riff/fro...

In a year where the biggest stars in #music fell flat, #OliviaDean emerged with an unlikely breakout moment. I explore why Dean speaks to a vibe shift that could save #America. @rollingstone.com @pitchfork.com @avclub.com medium.com/counterarts/...

#KristiNoem melted like the Wicked Witch of North Dakota when faced with actual questions in congress. This doesn't bode well for how she'll hold up in prison come 2029.

He and Hegseth can't do a single pull up between them.

Jasmine Crockett: “To every politician celebrating this decision, let me offer a word of caution — Don't get too comfortable — When you push district lines this far, you risk losing the very seats you thought you locked in“ I think we can turn Texas blue—

#DeLaSoul delivered a full circle moment, a heartfelt sendoff, and an #AlbumOfTheYear contender with #CabinInTheSky. I break it down in @theriffmedia.bsky.social on #Medium #music #hiphop @rollingstone.com @pitchfork.com @albumism.com medium.com/the-riff/fro...

And the content of their craniums.

Can we stop with the narrative that #Lebron made everyone better? He didn't make Chris Bosh better. He didn't make Kevin Love better. Dwyane Wade had to consciously sacrifice his came for Lebron. He made specific types of role players better.

#OliviaDean is having a moment. And it might just save #America. My take on #Medium #music @rollingstone.com @pitchfork.com @nytimes.com medium.com/counterarts/...

Soulspin 2000 comes full circle as we close it out with a 25th anniversary look back at Erykah Badu's #MamasGun in @theriffmedia.bsky.social #music #ErykahBadu medium.com/the-riff/sou...

So…. Over/under on the number of times Trump’s name is in the Epstein files? I’m think 347…

Page 1 in the UK. Imagine if we had media in the US actually reporting on the felon...

Wtf happened to this guy? 🤬🤬

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My friend Jeffrey Harvey is a very talented writer who writes a lot about #music. If you're a music lover who enjoys reading about it, I highly recommend you follow him here and elsewhere so you can find great pieces like the one below. #MusicSky #AlbumReview

If D'Angelo and Erykah Badu lent neo soul its mystique, #MusiqSoulchild gave it accessibility. My 25th anniversary look back at #Aijuswanaseing in @theriffmedia.bsky.social on #Medium. #music @vibemagazine.bsky.social @pitchfork.com medium.com/the-riff/sou...

In this new episode of our podcast, my wife Lisa and I had a lot of fun discussing several great movies and TV series we've recently watched. 😀 #Film🎥 #TV📺 #Podcast #PopCulture P.S. - The Buddy & Lisa Show can also be found on Spotify, Apple, and other groovy podcasting places. 😁

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate. Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?

Has anybody ever been better at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory than bitch ass Chuck Schumer?

Flood the phones: (202) 224-3121 Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line… There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.

Trump wants to end the ACA. He said Republicans should send ACA payments meant for insurers directly to Americans. The math isn’t mathing. My premium’s up way more than the tax credit, and everyone’s costs are different. How would they manage that when they can’t manage basic governance? 1/2

Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.

Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??

“Bowing down to threats isn’t in The Tribune’s DNA, and doing so would mean giving up on our journalistic mission. “We can only take that approach because we have the backing of our paying members, whose subscriptions fund all of our work and give us the confidence that we can take on all comers.”

Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare. I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”

Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽‍♂️

My thoughts on why the most powerful men in #America keep bending over for #Trump. medium.com/the-politica...

This part! ⬇️

I’m proud to be with Mamdani. Trump, Elon and John Rocker are with Cuomo.

After he sued and settled with CBS claiming the Harris interview was 'edited' TRUMPs interview is missing everything he admitted about corruption and cryptocurrency. 🤔 www.samsung-news.com/articles/vRA...

Album of the month begins in a few hours via @theriffmedia.bsky.social. Scroll for Zoom link. Welcome to all! 1pm PST/4pm EST @jthepisodes.bsky.social will lead our discussion on The Foreign Exchange’s seminal debut Connected. medium.com/the-riff/the...

What better record to vibe out to and discuss on a fall Sunday than The Foreign Exchange's Connected. Join us today, 4PM EST to chop it up with the @theriffmedia.bsky.social crew. Details below: #music #hiphop medium.com/the-riff/the...

If #StephenMiller is the worst case scenario of what happens when men can't get dates, is it safe to say #BariWeiss is the female equivalent?

Have you worked on a project for months without ever sharing a room with your collaborators? #Connected by #TheForeignExchange foreshadowed modern collaboration via hip-hop & soul #music. It's the @theriffmedia.bsky.social Album of the Month. Join our discussion tomorrow medium.com/the-riff/the...

Everybody stream "Come Clean" by Jeru the Damaja on repeat all weekend to rectify this in the most hip-hop way imaginable.

Black and Brown people. PLEASE, PLEASE for the love of us all do not allow yourself to be interviewed if SNAP benefits don't come on November 1. Make the white folks do the interviews. They love getting Black folks to do these interviews so that people think we are the only ones hurt.

You can sell white people their own demise if you wrap it up in racism they agree with. This is what we keep seeing. It doesn’t matter what the fuck is inside as long as it’s packaged in a way that the main point reads “we hate the same people you hate”.

Calling it now. #Trump's gold plated Beverly Hillbillies "ballroom" will never be built. When he's rolled out of The #WhiteHouse on that presidential gurney, he will simply leave a gaping mess where the East Wing used to be. Just ask the people of Atlantic City. That's what Trump does.

In 2004, hip-hop's underground center of gravity moved from the streets to the web. I explore the culmination of the the message board era and its long term impact on #hiphop in @theriffmedia.bsky.social #music #technology @pitchfork.com @rollingstone.com @avclub.com medium.com/the-riff/200...

Everyone got called out at No Kings

This is the D'Angelo performance that I've never forgotten. This song was already a huge hit but the way he took it from contemporary R&B to church revival illustrated how connected those idioms are. A revelation for those who didn't know, and an affirmation for those who did.

The ‘Peace President’ killed six more people off the coast of Venezuela this morning. We have no evidence other than his word that they were a threat to anyone, anywhere and also release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention in this matter!

Democrats are ready to stop the price of your health care insurance from skyrocketing and reopen the government. But Senate Republicans refuse to hold a vote to lower health care costs–the House GOP isn’t even showing up to work. They need to get serious and come to the negotiating table.