Published inThe Polis·PinnedMember-onlyFinally! Judge Threatens to Jail Trump if He Doesn’t STFU!But even this judge only responded after Trump’s threats got a little too close to “home.” — On Friday, Judge Arthur Engoron told Donald Trump’s lawyers that he and they had just about reached the end of their rope…and that it may soon be time to rein in Trump for violating the judge’s gag order in his New York civil fraud case. …Justice4 min readJustice4 min read
Published inThe Polis·PinnedMember-onlyWhy God Doesn’t Help Black PeopleHappy Birthday to Me! — For in the story of Jesus, believers found kinship and a promise. Jesus was a god made mortal, a wrongly captured man who endured torture and violent death. Forced migrants [black African American slaves] already knew what it was like to journey into a grave. …God7 min readGod7 min read
Published inThe Polis·PinnedMember-onlyDerek Chauvin’s Mother is the Epitome of White PrivilegeShe Wouldn’t Even Say George Floyd’s Name — Killer-cop Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 270 months, or twenty-two and one-half years, in prison for the murder of George Floyd. However, all experts agree that with “good behavior,” he will likely spend no more than fifteen years behind bars. Today’s (June 25) sentencing hearing opened with “victim impact statements”…George Floyd5 min readGeorge Floyd5 min read
Published inAfroSapiophile·PinnedMember-onlyStevie Wonder Gives Up on America — Moving to Ghana…PermanentlyIn 1976, after finally winning his first Grammy for “Best Album,” folk songster Paul Simon gave one of the most astounding acceptance speeches of all time. After thanking his fans, his producers, fellow musicians and singers, musical engineers… and even his parents, he then said: “But most of all I…Stevie Wonder6 min readStevie Wonder6 min read
Published inAfroSapiophile·PinnedMember-onlyAn American Coup is Nothing NewThe First One was the 400-Year-Long War and Not Quite Total Extermination of Native Americans — Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please. They do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing, already given, and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living. And…Joe Biden7 min readJoe Biden7 min read
Published inThe Polis·3 days agoMember-onlyTrump Praises Black GOP Governor Nominee: ‘Martin Luther King on Steroids’Ancient Ghetto Proverb: “All skin folk ain’t kin folk.” — As the slave of Colonel J.C. Prioleau, Peter Desverneys was a trusted house servant. Apparently the 32-year-old mulatto was contented with his status as property. …Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Published inThe Polis·Mar 21, 2024Member-onlyWho Built the Gallows on J-6?Videos show it under construction, but still no arrests after almost four years — Thus in the United States paradigmatically there is a long history of vigilantism and lynching at which white officialdom basically connived, inasmuch as hardly anybody was ever punished, though the perpetrators were well known and on occasion photographs were even available. …Politics7 min readPolitics7 min read
Published inThe Polis·Mar 18, 2024Member-onlyTrump’s Blood Poisoning and Blood BathChanneling the “one-drop rule” — The long history of hatred directed against immigrants from Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa has been a key mechanism for the creation and preservation of white advantage. Hating immigrants makes them easier to exploit. It serves as justification for paying them low…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Published inThe Polis·Mar 15, 2024Member-onlyJudge Saves D.A. Willis From Herself — One More TimeThis is her second strike. Will she go for a Third? — The Georgia Fulton County judge presiding over the sprawling election interference case against Donald Trump and eighteen co-defendants has finally ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may continue prosecuting this case — on one condition: Judge Scott McAfee ruled that either “special prosecutor” Nathan Wade, whose not-so-clandestine intimate…Trump6 min readTrump6 min read
Published inThe Polis·Mar 12, 2024Member-onlyWhy Trump Can’t Stop Defaming E. Jean CarrollHis lifelong ‘principle’ of never admitting a mistake is costing him millions — Despite being forced to pony up a $91.6 million bond last week, the quadruple-indicted, twice-impeached, one-term ex-president Donald Trump appears to simply be incapable of controlling himself. Or, is some other dynamic at work here? Trump has defamed columnist E. Jean Carroll twice within just the last twenty-four hours.Trump5 min readTrump5 min read