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Kendrick Lamar’s Art Went Over Your Head

by Myron J. Clifton

LGBTQ Under Attack - Again

by Jamie S. Bowen

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth-

The Mythical Maverick

By Brian Burke

An Immigrant Story

by Oralia Almanza

Can I Say Something as a GEN X?

By Myron J. Clifton

That Time I Saw The Future

By Myron J. Clifton

Chose Differently

By Myron J. Clifton

Appeasement Is Not The Answer

by Andres Boland

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Myron J. Clifton is an author of novels Jamaal’s Incredible Adventures in the Black Church;

Jamaal’s Incredible Adventure at the National Convention, Floy Dean: Moments with Her, They

Did It!, Monuments: A Deadly Day at Jefferson Park; BLM-PD: Revenge was Inevitable; Her

Legend Lives in You: The Untold Story Honoring the Goddess & Our Daughters; and short story

collection, We Couldn’t Be Heroes, and Other Stories. Also check out his weekly podcast, Voice

Memos, his FREE digital magazine, Dear Dean Magazine, and his weekly blog at both Medium

and DearDean.com. Myron lives in Sacramento, California with his wife and daughter, and is

an avid Bay Area sports fan. He likes comic books, telling stories about his late mom to his

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February 2025

Happy Black History Month – or as republicans call it: “Hey DEI why are you trying to divide America and

why isn’t there a White History Month?”

What a mess! America, girl, you are in danger!

As with any new administration, there are a lot of stories to report on. But unlike previous administrations,

we’ve never expected that we would report on the apparent dissolution of these United States.

We cover Beyonce at the Grammy’s and Kendrick Lamar at the Superbowl.

And we have four guest contributors:

Oralia writes about what it means to be an immigrant and a veteran. Jamie writes about what it means

to be part of a the LGBTQI community and again be targeted by the U.S. Government. Andres writes why

appeasement by Democrats is the wrong approach toward Trump. Brian starts a 3-part series on what it

means to be a veteran and knows the type of person new Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

There are feature articles about the appreciation or lack thereof of Black art and artists, Beyonce’s long

delayed Grammy for Album of the Year, how white GenX continues to disappoint of Black GenX.

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KENDRICK LAMAR’S ART

WENT OVER YOUR HEAD

by Myron J. Clifton

For people who Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl

halftime performance and came away saying they

didn’t understand him, the music, lyrics, or the

visual artistry and symbolism, that is to me a sad

indictment of their intellectual laziness.

There are people in this country right now who

have advanced degrees in obscure disciplines like

“master’s degree in the Royal Family, years 1785-

1793.” There are college educated people and in

professional careers who have demonstrated the

discipline to research, write and read essays, read

opinion pieces, and they understand complex

things because they take the time to learn.

One of the things we have in America is that too

often the majority denigrate black art as not being

worth the time to study and as being

oversimplified and therefore holding no real

value. Black art to them is so different from their

“norm” that it is not worth the time to investigate

and study. And what we see with Kendrick – and

there have been many others before him – Stevie

Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, MC

Hammer, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Lauren Hill,

Missy Elliott, and of course, Prince, Michael

Jackson, and Beyonce.

These are artists who have added not just politics

and culture but deeper meaning into their lyrics.

Too often Black music artists are reduced to a

thump, a beat, and a feel-good sound, that while

those aspects are true, there’s often a deeper

meaning to our art that isn’t often appreciated by

most white people, domestically and abroad.

Contrast that with the moment we are in where

every Black worker – from barista, retail, and

customer service, to teacher, manager, accountant,

lawyer, pilot… and even Vice President when it was

Kamala Harris are being insulted that we are not

qualified to be in any job we are in. Wherever we

are we are being told by republicans that we are

not qualified to be in that school, job,

neighborhood, or elected or appointed position.

And then Beyonce wins Album of the Year and

Kendrick performs at halftime of the Super Bowl

and these same intelligent people who tell

themselves they are the most qualified wherever

they happen to be, are loudly proclaiming – “I don’t

understand what his performance was about. I

don’t understand the artistry, symbolism, or

meaning...” of a rapper at a football game. What

they are saying is that despite their education,

learning ability, research skills they don’t have the

will or desire to learn what any of that means. But

they will tell you about the Royal Family from

1775-1775 because that them is what is important,

and Black art has never been important.

Only the feelings, never the meanings.


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LGBTQ UNDER ATTACK-

AGAIN.

by Jamie S. Bowen

I'm not sure how to explain what it feels like to

have the President of the United States, in his

inaugural address, name the community you are

a part of and people like you as a threat to the

country and level the entire might and force of

the federal government at you and your

community in an attempt to eradicate, to erase

you from existence, but, I'm going to try.

How do you describe the feeling that knowledge

engenders in a person? I'm not sure it's possible. I

can't think of a single word or even a short phrase

that captures it. Dread, hurt, fury, outrage, panic.

Words are, inadequate, insufficient.

There is a weight to the words of a President. They

have force & power. I can feel their weight even

now, more than a week later.

First, let's be clear, transgender, non-binary (NB) Because I believe that it's important to know

and gender diverse people comprise a very tiny exactly what a law or EO says that could affect my

portion of the US population, just 2-3%. There are life, I attempted to read all six EOs that mention

approximately 4 to 5 million adult intersex, trans people. I made it through the first and worst

transgender, NB or gender fluid people in the US. three a couple days after the inauguration and

Out of nearly 270 million adults. Just 4-5 million. had a panic attack. It was more than a week later

For perspective, the entire population of the state before I could bring myself to read the rest.

of Oklahoma is more than that!

In his inaugural address Trump said, "...we are

Again, we are a tiny community, yet, somehow, going to bring law and order back to our cities.

transgender people are both so important and This week, I will also end the government policy of

dangerous that the President saw fit to mention trying to socially engineer race and gender into

us in his inaugural address and on his first day every aspect of public and private life."

he signed not one, but six different Executive

Orders (EOs) that mention us specifically. In his Implying that not only are transgender people just

inaugural address he identified transgender by existing, an obstruction to justice, we're

people as a primary threat to all Americans. apparently, along with Black people, responsible

Wow. I'm kinda flattered that he's set up an for the destruction of law, order & all crime in

entire tacky-assed luxury apartment for us to live urban areas as well. Damn. I had no idea we had

rent-free in his head but, the attention is so much power!

alarming.


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Jamie S. Bowen

All jokes aside, the pairing of Black people with

transgender people, and identifying us both as a

threat, makes me worry that Black women will

be harassed entering bathrooms and other

single sex spaces in the name of protecting

women and girls from trans people. This is not

an unreasonable fear, it’s been common

practice among Republicans to denigrate

powerful or influential Black women as

transgender since before 2010. Whatever you

do, don’t google Michelle Obama and the word

transgender unless you need to evacuate your

stomach through your mouth really quickly.

shall issue guidance to ensure the freedom to

express the binary nature of sex and the right to

single-sex spaces in workplaces and federally

funded entities covered by the Civil Rights Act of

1964." and "..the Attorney General, the Secretary

of Labor, the General Counsel and Chair of the

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,

and each other agency head with enforcement

responsibilities under the Civil Rights Act shall

prioritize investigations and litigation to enforce

the rights and freedoms identified."

The language in the EOs relating to transgender

people is brutal and violent. In fact, I'd go so far

as to call them abusive. With those six EOs he

accuses us of being dangerous "Extremists" and

criminals, attempts to erase our existence by

refusing to allow us to use an X as a sex/gender

marker on identification cards or documents or

change our gender marker at all. He calls the

very idea that trans people exist "radical" and

an "anti-American, subversive, harmful, and

false ideology." In his EO on trans people in the

military he calls us mentally ill, defective and

further that "adoption of a gender identity

inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts

with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable,

truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s

personal life. A man’s assertion that he is a

woman, and his requirement that others honor

this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility

and selflessness required of a service member..."

So, we're liars without honor, discipline or

morals.

Under the guise of protecting Women and girls

from evil trans people and protecting the right to

free speech he ordered, "The Attorney General


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Jamie S. Bowen

So, what do we do about these EOs? Fight them?

It’s not possible for us to fight and win by

ourselves. We need your help for that. Comply? I

will not do it. I couldn't even if I wanted to, I'm

incapable of being anyone except who I am,

whole and complete, a human being. I have no

choice but to fight and I need you to stand up

with me. And now, coming back full circle, truly,

a Gender Outlaw.

---

In other words, he's giving federal employees

and anyone working at an organization that

receives federal funds the ability to say any

damn thing they want to trans people without

repercussion. Yeah, yeah, "binary nature of sex"

blah, blah blah. What that means in practice is

what I'm concerned about and yes, this gives

anyone the right to say any hateful thing they

want to trans people. Bet.

Now, does that free them from consequences?

No. In fact, all it does is make ensuring that

hateful people face consequences in their

personal lives more important. In fact, none of

his statements or orders changes the reality of

my existence. It only makes it more difficult for

me to live openly as a trans person. It was

already difficult for us. No state, county or city is

truly safe for trans people, only safe-ish. Those

EOs are pure unadulterated hate, no more, no

less. They endanger trans women and girls, deny

trans children appropriate health care, make us

more vulnerable to harassment and remove

protections in an attempt to coerce trans people

into denying their own existence.

Jamie Bowen is an artist, writer and gender

outlaw & elder queer based in Kansas City,

Missouri. They carve stone, play with Lego, create

political Lego scenes and write about what it’s

like to exist at the intersection of disabled, trans

and limited resources. They can often be found

on BlueSky serving up snark, encouragement

and humor through their art.

Bluesky: jamiesbowen@bsky.social

Twitter: @JamieBowen

Instagram, Threads & FB: @jamiebowensart

When I was in my 20s, before the word nonbinary

existed, my friends and I, jokingly,

decided to call ourselves Gender Outlaws. One of

my friends even wrote a song about it.


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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth --

THE MYTHICAL MAVERICK

by Brian Burke

Part 1 in 3 part series

As I write this story, Pete Hegseth was just

confirmed by the Senate to become the new

Secretary of Defense. In confirmation hearings,

news excerpts, and affidavits -- as sordid as an

episode of "Dateline" -- America is now riding in

the passenger seat of a driver who has a

documented history of alcohol and spousal

abuse and a bias against women in the

military, nuclear weapons within arm's reach.

I could complain about his lack of credentials

for the position while ignoring his accused

offenses, out of court settlements, and nondisclosure

agreements with his exes, which

forbid any negative statements against one

another. Instead, I'll explain my personal

experience with his type, which is common

knowledge for anyone who served in the US

Army, as he did. I did my job for eight years,

including combat as a noncommissioned

officer, a sergeant, in Desert Storm.

Types like Hegseth are commonly referred to as

"mavericks" in the military by their

commanders and comrades. They're

charismatic, clean up well, and appear to be

real "go getters."

I'm reminded of a line about a fictional enlisted

maverick in a Vietnam war novel, "He was living

hell in garrison, but the best soldier in the field".

There's usually only one or two of these types in

most units, fairly uncommon.

Life in garrison, meaning "on post" at an Army

base, offers nearly all the comforts, and

temptations, of civilian life. Most soldiers

operate well in the somewhat boring

environment, but there's always a token

maverick who cannot control their instinct to

engage in illicit behavior.

In the "field" refers to combat exercises "off

post", and most often enough, in past decades,

deployment to an actual combat zone. This is

the area where mavericks tend to thrive, far

removed from alcohol and other enticing vices,

they stick their adrenaline into the mission and

can emerge as some of the best soldiers.

Leadership is often willing to turn a blind eye to

a maverick's offenses in garrison because that

same individual is a model soldier in the field.


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Brian Burke

I've seen most of the tactics a chain of command

can employ to try to ignore, justify, or rehab a

wild maverick or underperforming soldier in a

unit -- the questionable awarding of medals or

promotions, down to assigning them a small,

new responsibility -- all in hopes that the soldier

will mature and evolve into a good leader rather

than the "hell on wheels" example they are. It

rarely works but it's worth a try, by the time a

soldier reaches their first "permanent party",

after basic training and advanced initial training

for their job skill, the US government has

invested a sizable sum of time and money in

each individual.

This is the same kind of "rehab" and makeover

the GOP and conservative media are

"sanewashing" Pete Hegseth with. A common

saying among enlisted soldiers concerning these

types being rewarded is, "Fuck up, move up."

New soldiers are most often young,

impressionable, and can end up making a lot of

mistakes, I know I did as a bumbling private. Most

everyone in life deserves a second chance and the

military is a great environment to learn that in --

some things can be easily forgiven, some not,

while serious offenses will be dealt with by the

rule of law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

But how many "second chances" did 44-year-old,

seemingly repeat offender, Pete Hegseth deserve?

I guess we'll find out. Most of the past Secretaries

of Defense were appointed by an overwhelming

majority yet VP Vance had to cast the deciding

Senate vote in this round.

Enlisted personnel are the backbone of our

volunteer Army -- privates, non-commissioned

officers like sergeants, command sergeants major

-- who essentially serve as the skilled labor force

of the branch. We can also be kind of rough and

tumble high school grads who joined because we

wanted to get out of our towns, earn pay, and

prove to our parents that we were willing to work

hard, sacrifice, and make it on our own. Enlisting

is considered patriotic, but for the majority of us

the motivation was fueled by economics and a

career opportunity.

Hegseth was an officer, exiting as a major.

Commissioned officers are normally held to a

much higher standard than enlisted troops. In my

time I watched several enlisted soldiers get booted

for misconduct such as violence, drugs, DUI, but

also for just being overweight or failing tests. Only

once did I see an officer in my battalion forced

out, a pregnant female, and I don't know the

details. It's not that the military is more lenient

towards officers, quite the opposite, most just act

accordingly.

Pete Hegseth is not qualified to be Secretary of

Defense; he doesn't even maintain the level of

professionalism it takes to be an officer or

noncommissioned officer in the armed forces let

alone lead the Department of Defense over all

troops and the Pentagon. With his record, if he

was under age 35, the minimum for recruitment,

he would most likely be refused entry.

His type isn't limited to the military, I'm sure many

of you have had a maverick colleague that may

have performed impressively at times but had

substance abuse or conduct issues, one who may

have even tried to draw you into their own

recklessness. It's just less likely that your employer

was as tolerant of their behavior as the Senate

majority was regarding Hegseth's history.

Perhaps the most disturbing report of all is that

approximately 18 veterans die daily from suicide.


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Brian Burke

I've looked up a lot of these stories on social media,

reading posts by the individuals in a downward

spiral over domestic and custody issues often

combined with alcoholism. Many had a

documented history of violence or spousal abuse.

Pete Hegseth is the last person on earth who

should be in charge of our military, he has a

history very similar to a few problematic soldiers I

served with. As long as he manages to hold the

position, we should expect to see the GOP and

mainstream media singing his accolades in an

attempt to cover for his instinctive nature -- a

ticking time-bomb.

"Lead by example" is a core slogan of our armed

forces. Pete hasn't led a life of that, quite often he

displays what one shouldn't do. I don't know how

we can expect our younger, impressionable

soldiers to look up to a person like this.

After all, "warfighters", a term he repeatedly uses

to describe service members in his pseudo "vet

bro" language, can become easily bored when

not in the field. Hegseth said if he was appointed

Secretary of Defense, it would be, quote, "the

most important deployment of my life".

Working in DC, with power, surrounded by a

myriad of temptations, isn't field "deployment" --

it's the ultimate moral and ethical test in

garrison, one that he's already failed several

times.

1. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth -- The

Mythical Maverick

2. From Military Maverick to MAGA -- A Soldier's

Story

In early 2016 I met up with the most famed

maverick of my old Army unit and learned about

his life and arc to MAGA.

3. Commander Debrief -- Pentagon Partisanship,

Mavericks, & MAGA

Months later, I met up with my old unit

commander, who discharged the soldier

mentioned above and was working at the

Pentagon. In a shocking twist, weeks later he also

revealed himself to be MAGA.

---

Brian Burke is an Army veteran who writes

articles concerning the military and current

events.

Twitter -- @brushmastery2


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AN IMMIGRANT

STORY

by Oralia Almanza

Since November 5, 2024, I have been trying to come

to terms with the fact that European Americans did

not want the United States catapulted into the future.

That they indeed want to go back to a country that

does not recognize equality, equity or inclusion.

This realization has been heartbreaking.

I am Mexican. I was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas,

Mexico. My parents spent years going through the

immigration process. This is where European

Americans tell us to do it the “right way”. What they

willfully refuse to understand is that there are quotas

for specific countries, there are costs involved for

these processes, and there is a toll it takes on the

people applying. First, there are immigration caps.

These are all expenses that are incurred throughout

the entire process. On a yearly basis you must have

updated information until you are finally able to get

your residency (green) card. The toll it takes on the

family is immeasurable.

I was without my father for years. The separation of

my family was hard on my mother.

Not hearing from my dad when he didn’t have a job,

not knowing if he would leave us in Mexico,

and the lack of money were all variables that exist

to this day for many families going through the

process.

If you have ever lived near the border, you know

that Mexicans call the United States, the other side

(el otro lado). For us, el otro lado represented

freedom, opportunity, and a better way of life. We

truly believed Christopher Reeve’s Superman ideals

about America and that it stood for truth, justice

and the American way.

My parents wanted a better life for us and that is

the reason my parents patiently waited to

complete the immigration process. At the time, it

was the beginning of the cartels in the border

towns. My father was afraid since he had 6

daughters and 1 son that we would end up in that

life, dead or both. Once we received our green

cards, my parents made sure to take us as far

away as possible from my hometown.

I have been in the United States legally since I was

seven years old. I was twenty-eight years old when

I finally got my naturalization citizenship. I helped

my parents fill out their forms for it as well. By the

time they called us to finalize our citizenship, my

mother had passed away. But my father studied

for the citizenship test daily. I made flash cards in

bigger font for him. Preparing for the test was not

easy for him like it was for me.


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Oralia Almanza

We have done everything that this country has

asked of us. My brother and I volunteered to be a

part of the “few, the proud, the Marine Corps”. We

served this country with honor and pride.

After graduating from college, I ended up teaching

at the local high school. I learned that education is

the great equalizer. Because this country was giving

us an opportunity, my father made sure to tell us

not to be greedy and take only what we need. I

went further and got my MBA degree. I ended up

being my father’s wildest dream. I was able to take

care of him, buy him furniture every couple of

years, take him to Walmart every Christmas so he

could fill up the shopping cart knowing I would be

happily paying for it.

It was with pride that my father told everyone that

my sisters were teachers, my brother was able to

meet the Pope and President Clinton because of

the Marine Corps, and that I was now in the

corporate world making it out of our poverty.

Trump’s second win triggered PTSD I did not even

know I had from childhood.

As a child I witnessed deportation raids in our rural

Texas town in the 1980’s. The community would

talk, and everyone would prepare. My mother

would make sure we were in bed early those nights

because even though we were legally here she

knew they would not know the difference. We could

hear the disruption those deportation buses would

cause in our Mexican neighborhood. The fear I had

as a child would express itself in tears as a grown

woman living in America.

I knew that Trump had been working on getting

rid of the naturalization citizenship in his first

term. I was indignant that no one was going to

drag me out of the home I had built or pull me

away from my family while doing mundane

chores like grocery shopping. I even told my

husband that I would leave, and he should stay.

These are real conversations immigrants from all

over the world that are in the United States today

are having in their kitchen tables. We went as far

as going to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to find

a place to live.

However, as we returned from our trip, I realized I

am not the felon. I have done nothing wrong. I

have played by the rules America forced on me. I

have come to understand fully that America will

bend, break, and at times completely ignore their

own rules for some Americans, not us.

We, Mexicans, have been on this land long before

the European Americans. We have named this

land. We have played by their rules thinking that

the rules applied evenly, which they do not. It is

evident by the 34-count convicted felon who is

currently running this country.

Americans love our food, our work ethic, our

culture, but they do not love us. I have been told

to go back to my country countless times.

Heartbreak barely scratches the surface of what I

am feeling as an immigrant. The fact is this is my

country too.

I seriously considered leaving the U.S. after this

past election.


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F e a t u r e d B u s i n e s s

Maurice Woodson

Maurice Woodson Began his career in the publishing Business.

He has written for Right On! Magazine, Black Elegance, Class

Magazine as well as ran Black Beat and Spice Superposter

music Magazines as Editor N Chief. In the early 200s he owned

The Suburban herald, a small newspaper in upstate New York.

He then ventured into the music industry managing artists and

briefly working as A&R and A&M records. Looking to be more

involved in telling stories he began writing screenplays and

also honed his craft working as a script consultant. His love of

creating and storytelling led to him writing Novels and

children's Books.

Woodson has been studying Black history and true History for

nearly two decades. He believes that if schools won't teach our

stories we must because we need to know how we got here in

order to know where we are going. "We must plant seed in

young minds, inspire. and empower." This has led to the

publishing of children's books including the popular "We Know

The ABCs Of Black History...Do You? and "I love What I See

When I Look At Me."

Woodson is also the owner of upcoming streaming service

NXS Entertainment, which will feature diverse and

inclusive movies, Series, Documentaries and more.


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Racism. Remix!

CAN I SAY SOMETHING

AS A GEN X?

by Myron J. Clifton

Growing up in schools that included white kids,

being friends and playing sports with white kids,

working and getting along with white peers,

bosses, employees and neighbors.

Despite all the “stuff” I thought our future, our

now would be better.

Most jobs I got hired to I was hired by a white

woman. In fact, most of my bosses have been

white women. All my CEOs have been white men

and I’ve always been welcomed by them when the

opportunity was presented.

Some were terrible managers but nice men.

I sat in a staff meeting where the CFO, an older

white man, told a story of another white man

using the n-word, hard r, at work. In telling the

story my new coworker used the full r n-word.

I was the only Black person in the room. It was my

first day of work. He was my assigned mentor.

I didn’t think racism or discrimination would be

eradicated. “Better” is relative but I believed it

because I saw things getting better, in small and

large ways, big leaps and incrementally, inexorably

we moved forward.

We constantly read how bad things are/remain,

but for every bad statistic one that shows

improvement can be shown: graduation, homes,

degrees, healthcare, so forth. There are positive

indicators.

Please don’t misconstrue this as me being blinded.

I’m not. I see. I saw. I recognize.

But we’ve gone from recognizing progress to

downplaying any and all progress.

I just think we were getting somewhere and now I

don’t. We’re not even treading we’re sliding back.

With energy.

What’s saddest to me?

I thought things would be better.

I worked with him for 6 years and he was a lovely

man. But our introduction was straight outta Jim

Crow. But I honestly thought we -our nationwould

be better.

The white folk I grew up, worked, and lived

amongst don’t seem to care.

Statistically, most voted republican the entire time

I was getting to know them and they stayed voting

that way in 2016 and 2024 despite it all.


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Despite knowing me. Oh, I converted a few but...

I just thought we’d be better as a nation and that it

wouldn’t be incumbent upon Black people to

convince white people that America is worth

saving. My best friend is a retired captain for a

major airline. He worked his way to the captain’s

seat. 38-year career and a perfect flying record.

But white people are being convinced that he

wasn’t qualified. That I wasn’t when I was in

management.

And you, if you are Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian,

and a woman of any race.

I’ve written how my grandfather knew and

matched with Dr King. Through him as a young

man I met religious leaders from every

denomination - Black, but also white. Men and

women. People who I know helped anyone.

And yet religious white folk are majority for Trump

and cosigning his attacks on everyone who isn’t

white, straight, male, and outwardly Christian.

I didn’t think we’d be here.

My podcast cohost is a white woman from

Wisconsin who had never voted when we met 25

years ago. Her family were diehard republicans

and nice people.

It shouldn’t be so hard or take so long even now

but here we are. I honestly didn’t think when I

first voted for Mondale that’d we’d be here.

Clinton, Obama…the betrayal of Hillary and now

Kamala.

Honestly, I rotate between anger, more anger,

and sadness.

Our country could be so advanced, happy,

secure, progressive, prosperous, and equal with

equity. But we don’t and won’t anytime soon.

That makes me lament what could have been,

but which may well never be.

We can’t want it more than our white co-citizens

or other people of color. But we do and for

whatever reason our hope isn’t contagious or

transferable. All our wishing won’t make it so.

I’m sorry for young Black people that our

grandparent’s gains are being stripped away.And

that my generation’s clear progress appears to

be a catalyst for the energetic hatred and

jealousy of the white majority.

I just wished they loved the idea of America as

much as we do.

I got her to vote for the first time in 2012-Obama.

She got her parents and siblings to vote for

Kamala.

She cried when Kamala lost.

It took me years to get her and her to get her

parents to vote for democrats, but she did.


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THAT TIME I

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CHOSE DIFFERENTLY

by Myron J. Clifton

I once wrote that too many Americans believe they

are the main character of the world.

And that God follows their directions. They control

nature. That history is exclusively about them. And

their imagined future is all that matter

And now they have a government that proves it

all.

When whiteness goes after whiteness it shocks

and causes massive wars and deaths.

World Wars 1 and 2 were the deadliest examples

of how the planet and non-white people suffer

when whites can’t get along.

Those who think like that got the government they

wanted. Staffed almost exclusively with white men

and women, in charge of what they call history’s

most lethal military, and with the U.S. Treasury in

their personal pockets.

They have every social security number cross

indexed by name, address, job history, and all gov

benefits, expenditures, and financial largess… all

to use and abuse as they please.

They’ve captured what we were told was the

greatest national security stronghold-Wall Streetand

those captains of industry who we were

taught to believe were what made America great.

They’ve taken over science, turned their backs on

old alliances, and decided to rekindle the old

imperialist energies and unleash it on the western

hemisphere from Argentina through Panama,

past Mexico, and up through the great North of

Canada and Greenland.

Europeans waged thousands of years of war on

each other and exported war, disease, slavery,

hatred across the globe.

Then when they thought they were civilized they

started up again- the Balkans, The Troubles

between Ireland and England, Basque, France and

England, and of course the 3-year ongoing mess

of Ukraine v Russia.

America enjoyed its great distance from Europe

and picked its post WW 2 battles, mostly against

Asian, African, Caribbean, and Latin American

nations while the rest of the world left it alone as

it destroyed nation after nation in the pursuit of

regional dominance.

Now American supremacy is gunning for complete

control and subservience of the other local white

nation -Canada. It’s so emblematic of how racism

unchecked eventually harms white people.


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Myron J. Clifton

Just like the civil war and other vestiges of

American racism. But too many white people

can’t see their own injuries because they’re

gloating at ours.

Black Americans are always the first and worst

victims of racism but never the last. Canada and

Black Americans have a deep history going back

to the beginnings of this nation.

Despite the historical and current violence and

racism Canada directed at its Indigenous

population its relationship with Black Americans

have always been more a “qualified positive.”

But no matter the relationship, Black Americans

cannot help Canada. Or Mexico, Panama,

Greenland, or any other nation.

Trump’s biggest regret was not unleashing the

military. He’s going to get his wish this time

around with his drunk ass white supremacist guy

in charge, Pete Hegseth – the guy who said “Kill All

Muslims” at one point in his career.

The western hemisphere will never be the same.

Trade is always an entry point to war. Trump

believes he can wage multiple local wars

simultaneously. That dome talk means something

even if he’s incorrect in how HE’s talking about it.

Let’s hope this gets resolved quickly and not

devolve into those old euro wars.

Black Americans chose differently during the

election. We chose to be partners, good

neighbors, and good global citizens. We chose

fair trade, respect as equals -as Canada’s

Trudeau and Mexico’s Sheinbaum Pardo said.

We chose a future for us all.

Unfortunately, most other Americans chose

differently. Maybe one day the world’s nations

will repair their brains and prejudices and realize

that the real thought leaders in this country are

Black Americans and treat us thusly.

One day.


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APPEASEMENT IS

NOT THE ANSWER

by Andres Boland

In the wake of the victory of Donald Trump in the

2024 presidential race, many calls for

appeasement have come from various factions of

the Democratic Party and never-Trump

organizations outside of the Democratic Party on

both the right and the left.

This is exactly the wrong strategy for fighting the

cancer infecting America and the rest of the world.

In this context, appeasement means actively trying

to placate the demands of the Trump

administration or having undue confidence in

America’s political institutions to keep the

imminent administration in check. It is one thing

to say we will work with the Trump

administration, when possible, but trying explicitly

to placate them at the expense of your

constituents is something else entirely.

Appeasement in this context also means trying to

emulate populists.

If you want a picture of populism, think of the

Third Reich, the Soviet Union, or Mao’s early

regime. For today, think of Venezuela along with

Turkey and Russia. Trying to placate extremists

never ends well, no matter who they are. While

keeping a cool head is vital for the next four years,

so is understanding that this administration

cannot be bargained or reasoned with.

Fighting the Trump administration will take many

forms in the approaching years. Often that

strategy will look like letting the Trump

administration have its way in some areas to

create vulnerabilities while Democrats clean

house. It will look like Democrats refraining from

unconditionally bailing out Republicans when they

prove incapable of even the most basic forms of

governance. For example, should Republicans

prove incapable of passing a budget on time,

Democrats must not help them but instead

highlight their failures. Fighting the Trump

administration also means no unconditional

bailouts if/when he is unable to get some of his

nominees past the Senate.

I am not willing to collaborate or work with

anyone from Bernie World or the progressive left

(for the lack of a better label) for the exact reason

I will not give Trump a chance. I know how both

roads end, and I still have the scars from both

experiences. Waging war on Trump also means

encouraging any infighting found within MAGA.

We live in an age where voters frequently make

decisions based on what they see on social media

and TV, not the objective facts. Painful as this is

for me, we need to rely on political leaders and

figures who are good on TV and the media, at

least for right now.


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Andres Boland

Ergo, why I like California Governor Gavin Newsom

as a face despite my reservations about aspects of

his record as an early leader. But arguably the

most important part of waging war on Trumpism

is for the Democratic Party to clean house. This

means that any populists and Bernie World people

in safe blue seats need to be primaried. This goes

for other Democrats who complain to the media

about the Democratic Party as a whole. For

example, the Squad and Representative Ro

Khanna of the California 17th Congressional

District need to be primaried. I am sure there are

plenty more. I will work on expanding the list of

other Democrats in safe blue seats who need to

go. I am defining safe blue as any seats that went

blue by at least 15 points in the 2024 election.

In my home state of Minnesota, for example,

Representative Ilhan Omar of the Minnesota 5th

Congressional District is not only a part of the

Bernie World that has caused so much trouble

with no redeeming qualities, but she is also

sympathetic to Hamas.

I will be doing some homework on who is

challenging which Democrats who need to be

primaried. That means that when I find out who is

challenging who for control of certain seats at any

level, I will promote them here.

Democrats do need to correct courses on specific

governance issues around the country on certain

levels. But that does not mean trying to imitate the

inmates who have completely taken over the GOP.

From now on, any type of populist is my enemy. I

will never compromise with them.

Not even in the face of Armageddon.


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BLM-PD

BLM-PD

BLM-PD

BLM-PD. BLM-PD. BLM-PD. BLM-PD

BLM-PD

In the not too distant future, the US has been taken over by white nationalists, and the

institutionalized racism that has underscored the country’s entire history has once

again been codified. California has seceded from the US, and a band of strong women

plan to start the next civil war following the death of their friend at the hands of the

police. This is BLM-PD.

Vernon L. Andrews

Policing Black Athletes

Racial Disconnect in Sports

O R D E R

T O D A Y !

MYRON'S

HIT OR MISSlist

MISS

Pro-Hamas protesters suspiciously missing the opportunity to protest

Benjamin Netanyahu who visited with Trump as he said America will

kick all Palestinians out of Gaza and develop it with condos and

resorts. (This is called ethnic cleansing but pro-Hamas folk don’t

seem to care)


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HIT

Mexico and Canada letting Trump think he

worked out a border security deal that in fact

they had already worked out with President

Biden.

MISS

Netflix again raising prices.

MISS

Pro-Hamas protesters suspiciously missing the

opportunity to protest Benjamin Netanyahu

who visited with Trump as he said America will

kick all Palestinians out of Gaza and develop it

with condos and resorts. (This is called ethnic

cleansing but pro-Hamas folk don’t seem to

care)

MISS

Kansas City’s football team has a racist mascot

name and chant in 2025.

HIT

Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter winning Album of The

Year at the Grammy’s. A stunning, but overdue

win, and one that came on the heels of the

Country Music Awards ignoring the most

successful country album of the year. It is an

embarrassment and indictment that she is only

the fourth Black woman to win the award in

Grammy history.

MISS

In many ways drug addict Robert F. Kennedy Jr

is the natural outcome of a nation where

millions are addicted. Where the “war on

drugs” that focused on Black people gave white

Americans cover for their addiction problems

And where big pharma remains the biggest

drug dealers in the world

MISS

Big Media is giddy that Trump gives them

nonstop quotes and batshit crazy content …

mad at Biden/Harris for being boringly efficient

and effective… Now sitting idly by as Trump

starts trade wars, attacks European Union,

threatens Mexico and Canada, and allows Elon

& some 21 year olds steal all our data.

MISS

All the pundits who doubted Philadelphia

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts really look dumb.

MISS

I wish I had somehow gotten millions of dollars

of PPP loans and had it immediately forgiven

like all those elected officials, celebrities,

athletes, and evangelical preachers.

Would have been like getting social security

early as opposed to now maybe not getting it at

all.

HIT

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl handle show was

the most watched in history with 135M viewers.

The performance was an eclectic, challenging,

and in your face statement on what Black

America is and can be. The performance

topped of an incredible year for the rapper,

artist, Pulitzer Prize winning artist that saw him

win 5 Grammys, hold the number 1 spot for 7

consecutive months, and see his streams top a

billion views.


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HOT TAKE

#1

Guess what? The time to prevent trump cabinet

picks from being confirmed was on Nov 5th,

2024

#2

In many ways drug addict Robert Kennedy Jr

is the natural outcome of a nation where

millions are addicted. Where the “war on

drugs” that focused on Black people gave

white Americans cover for their addiction

problems And where big pharma remains the

biggest drug dealers in the world

#3

Leftist pro Hamas and non-voters are mad

saying establishment democrats should not call

them out for helping Trump get elected. Nope.

You dumb dumbs spent 107 days of summer,

and 3+ years disparaging Biden/Harris. We’re

just getting started calling you fools out

#4

Put the bat signal in the sky so those pro-Hams

protesters can know it’s time to start protesting

again. Netanyahu was in town and next to

Trump when he said America will develop Gaza

and move out every Palestinian. But barely a

peep from those folk who spent the summer

protesting VP Harris. Break time is over, losers,

get to protesting Trump!

#5

Target, Coca-Cola, Aldi, and other companies

quickly backtracked after initially capitulating

to Trump’s demand to drop Diversity, Equity,

and Inclusion initiatives after Black consumers

boycotted and those companies say their sales

and stock prices tank.


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Monuments to the US War between the States romanticized the notion of the

Confederacy. While these monuments came down in the twenty-first century, it did not

signal the end to the romantic ideas people held about the war, nor the existence of

white supremacy. In the near future, Civil War reenactment events are still held, and,

other than fist fights and drunken brawls, have been mostly violence-free.Until

now.When Jenn’s employer is granted a contract at the country’s largest Civil War

reenactment, she and the other managers, Paul, Jack, Mari, and Clarence, have to make

some tough calls. Across the country, the event’s promoter and his main sponsor, a

popular evangelical preacher, make plans for an event no one will soon forget. Thrown

together, along with unlikely girlfriends, a doting congregant, and an unstable redneck,

the characters are in for a deadly day of monumental terror.

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Within Dig Deep lies practical language, developed to help the reader grow the relationship with themselves,

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establish their own 5×5 Side by Side Guide through life. Dig Deep was written following a series of extremely

challenging life occurrences, including the suicide of the author’s brother, Iverson; divorce; and war

deployment. From this place, the author engaged in the process of self-discovery, self-awareness and

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Netflix: Cassandra.

A limited series from Germany about a family

terrorized by the former resident of their home.

The former resident is a robot.

Prime: Invincible Season 3

The series continues as Mark growing in his

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back together, and Mark’s superhero father out

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Disney/Hulu/ABC: Paradise

A political thriller with a touch of science-fiction

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Section 31 is a movie that might turn into a series.

It stars Michelle Yeoh reprising her role from Star

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The agent returns and now he’s not only on the

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Disney+: Spider-Man /Animation.

Taking Spiderman back to his street roots and

using an animation style that is reminiscent of

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and will certainly gather a new generation of the

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