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Ol’ Glory Should Be Flown Upside Down This 4th – America Is in Undeniable Distress

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Respect is not silence. Patriotism is not obedience. No flag gets to demand worship while standing over that much unfinished business.

Upside Down for a Reason July in America arrives wearing Polyester plaid, borrowed honesty, historical amnesia, and a “Made in China” flag pin. Every year, this…

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MAGA’s Compensation to Trump for Taking Back America and Making It White Again… Any Thing He Wants

By Desi Cortez Columnist

America's oldest fear remains unchanged: not crime, not chaos, not corruption, but equality arriving at the front door without asking permission.

I devoured Iceberg Slim’s slightly iconic “Trick Baby” paperback when I was in, check this, junior high school. Not “middle school,” that soft little rebranding project…

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The Democratic Establishment Lacks the Fire, Fight, and Passion Born From People Who Can’t Afford To Lose

By Desi Cortez Columnist

Today's Democratic Party keeps telling itself it has a strategy problem, when what it really has is a lack-of-sheer-nerve problem.

An observation: The National Democratic Party’s deep-rooted, entrenched, velvet-rope “establishment” has more than enough top-shelf political résumés, gold-plated committee titles, donor-dinner polish, and framed certificates of…

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#1 Destination Spot for White Supremacist? America

By Desi Cortez Columnist

This is no longer about liberty. It's about legacy - White legacy.

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore…” Golly gee, you’re right - the…

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MAGA Derangement Syndrome Simplex 666

By Desi Cortez Columnist

MDS-666 patients become dog tired, drained by the ritual theater of performative America-love: the giant flags, the bald eagles, the truck decals, the AR-15 Christmas cards, and the "freedom" speeches from people who want to ban books, movies, shows, entertainers, and comedians.

I’m writing about MAGA Derangement Syndrome Simplex 666 because apparently, Trump shouldn’t get to have all the imaginary illnesses named after him. If MAGA can diagnose…

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No Political Representation, No Athletic Participation

By Desi Cortez Columnist

If they want to strip Black citizens of political influence, then perhaps Black athletes should strip those states of Saturday glory.

No political representation, no athletic participation. That ought to be the new calculation, simple enough for even the fat cat good ol’ boys in the luxury…

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Clarence Thomas Should Not Be Able To Get a Haircut in Black America

By Desi Cortez Columnist

He sits on the highest court in the land like a thundercloud over Black America's hard-won progress, using the robe not as a symbol of justice, but as camouflage for betrayal with a law degree.

Clarence Thomas has played the role of judicial undertaker for modern voting rights, standing at the edge of hard-won Black political power with a shovel in…

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Red Summer Reloaded: MAGA, Race, and the Fuse Beneath America

By Desi Cortez Columnist

U.S. history has a very predictable rhythm when white fear and unchecked power start dancing together.

Tragically, if a Black person assassinated Trump… “White America” would not wait for facts, daylight, or basic human intelligence. Before sunrise, MAGA-Land would be foaming at…

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The Pope Has Moral Convictions. Trump Has Felony Convictions

By Desi Cortez Columnist

The man who has yearned for the Nobel Peace Prize is now snarling at a religious leader for speaking the language of peace.

For many, many, many moons, Donald Trump has staggered through public life like a vain, overstuffed man-child pounding on the window of history, begging to be…

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Hawaii – Shameless American Exploitation Not Exceptionalism

By Desi Cortez Columnist

The strong-armed theft of Hawaii is a striking, graphic and disgusting example of conscience-less America - not a damn speck of shame, just counting moolah.

Hawaiʻi stands as one of the nastiest, most shameless examples of American exploitation ever doused in the bargain-bin cologne of “exceptionalism.” It was not sweet-talked into…

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