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Nov 3, 2022

Color of Law

We Have To Talk About the White Supremacist-Adjacent, MAGA-Loving Black Folks

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

other cheerleaders for white supremacy such as Herschel Walker are powerful because they cape for white power and will toe the line because they are empty vessels with empty heads.

White supremacist-adjacent, MAGA-loving Black figures such as Kanye West would be dismissed as buffoons if they weren’t so dangerous. As they say in Philly, Kanye West…

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Pandora 45

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Pandora 45

By Mark Hurwitt

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Guest Commentary

Excelsior Springs, Missouri Horror Story

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

despite credible evidence and repeatedly being alerted of the situation several times, police officials adamantly denied the idea of a serial killer.

Unfortunately, horror once again gripped Excelsior Springs, Missouri, a community in the suburbs of Kansas City where a local church leaders claimed four Black women have…

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Guest Commentary

Elon Musk Plans to Profit From Twitter, Not Create a Town Square for Global Democracy

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

If Twitter is capable of influencing public opinion in order to help elect anti-tax politicians, why wouldn’t Musk pursue such a strategy?

The world’s richest man has bought one of the world’s most popular social media platforms. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, is currently worth about $210 billion,…

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Guest Commentary

Oz and Trump: Who’s Really Behind the Curtain?

By Dr. W. D. Ehrhart, PhD Guest Commentator

Ever since Oz won the Pennsylvanic primary confirming him as the Republican candidate for the US Senate, Oz has not made a single mention of Trump on Twitter.

Oz has changed his entire position on the political spectrum. First he’s 100 percent a Trumpster. Then, almost overnight, he turns his back on Trump. I…

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Guest Commentary

Time To Study War Some More

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

How are we to make sense and reach sound decisions about war if we refuse to study and understand it?

We sure could use honest and critical teaching about military history and war in America. I don’t mean celebratory BS. I don’t mean potted histories of…

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