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On Monday, October 14, Vice President Kamala Harris told Black men, I see you, and I hear you.
The Harris/Walz campaign is on a mission to strengthen the coalition, specifically with Black voters, where, surprisingly, they lack in comparison to the 2020 Biden/Harris ticket.
Following a moment with former president Barack Obama addressing a small group of Black men directly during a surprise visit to a field office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had a “Black dad” moment and had some stern words on Black men on the fence about supporting Harris, and suggesting misogynoir is the culprit.
The fallout from Obama’s comments was immediate, with Black men reacting big time. The Harris campaign, which has been out in these political streets a lot lately, has been talking about that exact issue and releasing a new proposal that will provide Black men “with the tools to achieve financial freedom, lower costs to better provide for themselves and their families, and protect their rights.”
The Harris-Walz Policy Broken Down
Part of her proposal, which definitely has cheap Republicans clenching their butt cheeks, is the one million loans that are fully forgivable, up to $20,000, for Black entrepreneurs to start a business. Now, the million-dollar question would be how this would be possible; according to the campaign, the loans would be a product of a new partnership with the Small Business Administration with the addition of some lenders and banks.
The new Harris-Walz policy will also support education training and mentorship programs that lead to good-paying jobs for Black men, plus pathways to becoming teachers.
It also calls for protecting cryptocurrency investments made by Black men, giving them the assurance that their money is safe.
The policy also calls for the launch of a national health initiative that will focus on illnesses that affect Black men disproportionately and also the legalization of marijuana and create opportunities for Black Americans to succeed in the new industry.
The Fallout Continues
While Donald Trump, who has been president, has never come up with any proposals geared toward Black men, with his only claim to being an ally is issuing pardons to rappers, there are still some Black men scoffing at Kamala Harris’ attempt to let Black men know they have a seat at the table.
If you need a perfect breakdown of the discourse surrounding the new policy, look no further than Plies’ social media accounts, where he accurately broke down what
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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign staff reportedly asked Elon Musk to block links to the JD Vance dossier on the X platform before the action took place.
According to reports, members of Donald Trump’s campaign staff reached out to Elon Musk to request that links to a dossier on his running mate JD Vance be blocked on X, formerly Twitter. The request apparently came before X made the move to suspend Ken Klippenstein, the independent journalist, from the platform. Klippenstein had published a link to the dossier in his newsletter. The security account for the platform stated that their reason for the suspension was due to its “rules on posting unredacted private personal information.” Klippenstein had publicly queried why other press outlets hadn’t released the document after obtaining it. The Trump campaign claimed that it was leaked after an alleged hack by Iran.
Klippenstein would be reinstated quietly over the weekend just as the report from the New York Times broke. He wasn’t named in the article, but he would subsequently point out in posts on X, formerly Twitter, that Musk’s actions were contrary to his previous posturing as a “free speech absolutist” who had deemed actions by the platform in 2020 concerning the ban of stories about Hunter Biden and his laptop as “incredibly inappropriate” after acquiring the company in 2022. After backlash, former CEO Jack Dorsey changed the hacked materials policy to prevent the “straight blocking of URLs.”
The news comes as Musk has been more and more expressive in his support of the Republican presidential nominee, being described as “obsessive, almost manic, about the stakes of the election,” even appearing on stage with Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last week. He’s also expressed that fervor in a recent interview with former Fox News journalist Tucker Carlson, where he stated that if Trump didn’t win in November he’d be “screwed.” It has not gone unnoticed by many on the X platform, who have noted how much pro-Trump propaganda has been allowed to be published there. Trump has recently said that he’d consider making Musk a part of his administration, remarking over the weekend at a campaign rally that he was looking to make him “Secretary of Cost-Cutting.”
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Geraldo Rivera, a longtime television journalist and pundit, has chosen a side in the upcoming presidential election despite not falling in line with his political party. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Geraldo Rivera openly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris while taking aim at former president Donald Trump and referring to him as a “Sore Loser.”
Geraldo Rivera, 81, who currently works as a correspondent for NewsNation, took to X on Monday (October 13) to deliver a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump while highlighting his support for Vice President Kamala Harris. In his reply, Rivera did not mince words and made certain to lay out why he decided to vote against his party in this election cycle.
From X:
The last time President Trump and I spoke was Friday, November 13, 2020, when he called me at home. It was ten days after his narrow lost to Joe Biden. He was calling to get my take on the controversies surrounding the election, which appeared to have been decided by a handful of votes in several states. I asked him what he would do if the vote count remained against him. As I reported on Fox News that same morning, Friday the 13th, he told me he was a reasonable man and would do the right thing if that time came.
It never did. Instead, President Trump embarked on an increasingly menacing campaign to discredit the 2020 election. With a motley supporting cast of increasingly fringe characters, he careened from one bizarre theory to the next, offering no meaningful proof, that he had been robbed by the Democrats.
None exists. If you are a Republican, Donald Trump has made a liar of you. He has coaxed and intimidated tens of millions into pretending he was reelected in 2020, and that the election was stolen.
In furtherance of that Big Lie, on January 6, 2021, Trump incited and unleashed the violent attack on the center of democracy, the U.S. Capitol for which he was Impeached. As his followers trashed that sacred space, he was on the phone urging Vice President Mike Pence essentially to overturn the will of the American people. Pence refused to put Trump ahead of the Constitution. Trump stabbed the Constitution in the back.
Rivera’s lengthy post goes on to add that anyone supporting Trump’s assertion that the 2020 election was stolen from him are “adopting his big lie about the stolen election makes you a liar” and he clarified the reason he’s voting for Harris by saying “Trump is a sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution.”
A spokesperson for Donald Trump retorted to Geraldo Rivera’s X reply by stating “Who’s Geraldo?” although the pair clearly know each other. The Harris-Walz campaign has yet to respond to the endorsement.
Sore Loser
With three weeks to go until Election Day, Donald J. Trump stands a reasonable chance of becoming the 47th President of the United States. Despite assassination attempts, impeachments, special counsels, felony convictions and hundreds of millions in civil penalties,…
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 14, 2024
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Kamala Harris attacked Donald Trump for his refusal to release his medical records, as Republican politicians tried to cover for him.
With the presidential elections taking place 23 days from now, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is on the offensive. She called out former President Donald Trump for declining to release his medical records, which is customary for those running to be president. “He refuses to release his medical records. He is unwilling to do a 60 Minutes interview. He is unwilling to meet for a second debate,” Harris said at a campaign rally in North Carolina over the weekend. “Why does his staff want him to hide away? Are they afraid that people will see he is too weak and unstable to lead America?”
Vice President Harris’ medical records were publicized by the White House on Saturday (October 12), marking the first time that has taken place. “Harris remains in excellent health,” her doctor, Joshua Simmons, wrote in the release. “She possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief.”
In the past few weeks, Trump has come under scrutiny over his age and mental acuity, evidenced by rally speeches mixed with vitriol and rambling rants. At 78, he’s currently the oldest presidential nominee. Similar charges about age were levied against President Joe Biden, forcing him to drop out of the race and endorse Harris as the nominee. Trump promised to release his medical history in August, but this has not happened.
Republican supporters and politicians have worked to protect Trump amid this new situation. Trump’s campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung pointed the press to statements regarding his health dating back to last November. House Majority Speaker Mike Johnson blasted Harris as “desperate” during an appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday (October 13). “The American people don’t care about the cholesterol level of Donald Trump,” he added. “The medical records are irrelevant.”
“He doesn’t require as much sleep as the average person. He’s an unusual figure” — Mike Johnson lies that Donald Trump has released all of his medical records and lauds his health in cult-like fashion pic.twitter.com/7qjU5kQiBt
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 13, 2024
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Both comedy and radio lost a giant with Wanda Smith’s passing over the weekend. She was only 58.
The popular Atlanta radio personality passed away on Saturday, a d day after celebrating her 58th birthday. Wanda Smith was a beloved figure in ATL during her more than two decades in the radio business.
Atlanta’s V-103 radio’s Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Rick Caffey, announced the sad news in an Instagram post, writing, “Our hearts are weighing heavier today as we grieve the loss of our beloved Wanda Smith, someone who always made us smile and who was a big part of V-103 for years. We extend our deepest prayers and condolences to her family.”
Per FOX 5 Atlanta, Smith began hosting the Frank and Wanda in the Morning show in 1998 for V-103, previously known as WVEE-FM. She held that position for over two decades before being let go in 2019.
According to the Atlanta-Constitution Journal, her only year off was in 2013; she returned to co-host alongside Ryan Cameron the following year.
Smith also gained prominence as a comedian. She wrote for the Def Comedy Jam TV series and BET’s Comicview and had weekly comedy sets at the Atlanta Comedy Theater.
She also appeared in Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail and Madea’s Witness Protection.
Wanda Smith Was More Than Her Viral Moment With Katt Williams
For those who didn’t know Smith, she came across your social media timelines because of her interview with Katt Williams, which featured a testy exchange between the two comedians.
Fans took to social media to give Smith flowers and remind the world that she was much more than the Katt Williams moment; she was a legend.
“I think it’s totally fucked that Wanda Smith died and all people can do is talk about her interview with Katt Williams and how he roasted her. Disrespectful,” a user on X, formerly Twitter wrote.
Another user wrote, “please don’t diminish Wanda Smith’s LENGTHY career to THAT moment, she is a radio icon and always will be.”
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Her cause of death has not been revealed, she leaves behind her husband LaMorris Sellers and her three children
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Donald Trump loves to talk out the side of his trout mouth at a rally, but when it comes to the logistics, that’s a different story. The MAGA fateful who attended his rally in Coachella on Saturday evening (Oct. 12) learned this the hard way when they found themselves stranded due to a bussing snafu.
As for the rally itself, it was standard nihilistic fare (Trump even seemingly co-signed putting hands on a woman for daring to distrupt), and even actor Dennis Quaid spoke. He’s once again getting cooked for his Trump support, but that’s nothing new.
But after the rally is the real struggle. Apparently, in order to attend, you had to be bussed into the private ranch that was just outside of Indio, where Coachella is held. Getting the people there seemed to go off without a hitch. But getting the people out turned into a circus that included buses unable to find gas or just showing up late, if at all, to take people back to Indio or wherever it was their blessed MAGA-loving hearts had as a final destination
The Twitter user Billie Nelson below hilarious recapped the folly.
He bussed people in.He did NOT bus people out.At Calhoun Ranch.In between Indio & Coachella.In the desert, stranded at night, with no way out.He squeezed out what he wanted, got his sound bite.He got his photos.He got his propaganda.He left.He left MAGA in the desert to… pic.twitter.com/GnVE2dIG23
— Billie Nelson (@Mamabenergy2) October 13, 2024
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The Xitter massive witnessing another MAGA fail in real time and the aftermath had a field day piling on the slander. Reportedly, it was a 5-mile trek, through the desert, to get back to their cars.
This is your Orange King, eh? Even MAGA couldn’t help themselves, bullying one of their faithful who detailed the shenanigans to take down his post because it made their Orange Chieftan look bad.
What a time. Plenty of X users were encouraging those stranded to consider that this is exactly what Trump thinks of them. But we wouldn’t recommend you hold your breath expecting the cult members to have a come to Jesus moment.
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Bronny James’ parents are opening up about his cardiac arrest for the first time ever.
LeBron and Savannah James couldn’t help but get emotional about almost losing one of their most prized possessions, their son, Bronny James.
The emotional moment was captured for Netflix’s new sports docuseries, Starting 5, which follows LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Domantas Sabonis, Jayson Tatum, and Anthony Edwards throughout the 2023-24 season.
“I think at the end of the day, it was just about us supporting each other and just being super grateful for the outcome,” an emotional Savannah James said in the episode.
The episode also shows LeBron and his mother, Gloria James, meeting with Erin, a USC medical staff member who immediately responded when Bronny collapsed on the court, saving the young hooper’s life.
“Shout out to the man above,” James, 36, said during the confessional segment as footage of Gloria and himself meeting Erin is shown. “And to the whole coaching staff, training staff, members of that program,” LeBron continued, calling Erin a “lifesaver, literally.”
“Erin performed CPR on Bronny when he went down,” LeBron said to his mother during the meeting.
LeBron said the university’s medical staff is “the reason Bronny is alive now and smiling and thriving and doing what any 19-year-old should be doing, and that’s living out their dream.”
What Happened To Bronny James
Bronny, who is now about to make his regular-season debut alongside his dad as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, was diagnosed with “an anatomically and functionally significant congenital heart defect.”
He underwent successful surgery in August before beginning rehabilitation. He worked his way back on the court to make his collegiate debut, where his dad and grandmother watched and cheered him on.
During the episode, LBJ admitted to being nervous watching Bronny take bumps and run up and down the court, but the best moment for him was watching Bronny walk off the court after the end of the game and not be carried off on a gurney.
Starting 5 is now streaming on Netflix.
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The 2024 race for the White House is coming down to the wire, and while Donald Trump is still out here churning out conspiracy theories, divisive rhetoric and racist dog whistles, former President Barack Obama is doing what he can to ensure America doesn’t fall into an autocratic nightmare come 2025, even if it means taking a jab at the Cult 45 leader.
This past Thursday night (Oct. 10), the 44th president of the United States hit the campaign trail in support of Kamala Harris and gave a speech for the ages in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reminding everyone that democracy is literally on the line in this year’s election and that Donald Trump knows nothing about relating to the average American. Well, except in maybe one way in which Donald Trump can relate to senior citizens.
While praising Kamala Harris’ proposed policy to grant parents of newborn babies a $6,000 child tax credit, Obama recalled his early days as a dad who could’ve used such a tax break back in the day. Speaking on how he learned how expensive diapers were during those days, Obama said, “I remember changing diapers. Do you think Donald Trump ever changed a diaper?” With many people in the audience laughing and saying “No,” one person in attendance could clearly be heard saying, “His own!”
Not being one to pass up an opportunity to crack a joke, President Obama smiled and pointed to the man who yelled it saying, “I almost said that but decided I shouldn’t say it,” much to the delight of the crowd.
Obama: Or diapers. I remember buying diapers. Do you think Donald Trump ever changed a diaper?
Supporter: His own!
Obama: I almost said that, but I decided I should not say it. pic.twitter.com/iaUj89I2DD
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
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For those who don’t know, it’s been said that not only does Donald Trump wear adult diapers, but that he involuntarily farts and actually sh*ts himself on the regular. There were also rumors that his lawyers could smell his dirty diapers during his hush money trial in New York City earlier this year. Even as early as yesterday (Oct. 10), when Donald Trump gave an “economic” speech in Detroit where he bashed the city for basically being a slump in his opinion. People say that Don-Old might’ve sharted himself on stage.
I’m seeing posts alleging that Trump suffered from an involuntary gas/fecal discharge during this portion of his remarks. pic.twitter.com/y2sDatoAhg
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
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Yeah, that’s not a good look for someone running to be president, but his cult followers will never abandon him no matter what he does. The man is an adjudicated rapist for God’s sake.
Interestingly enough, Donald Trump took to his struggle social media site, Truth Social, to say that he thinks President Obama will ultimately vote Trump because, well, Donald Trump is mentally challenged. That’s as best as we can put it at this point, and there’s nothing worst than a mentally challenged racist/rapist who has a bone to pick with anyone who doesn’t worship him.
Vote accordingly, y’all.
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Former President Barack Obama firmly called out undecided Black male voters, asking them to support Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump.
On Thursday (October 10), former President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to a field office for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He used that appearance to talk with the volunteers gathered about Black men who are undecided about the upcoming election and those leaning towards supporting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “We have not seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running. Now, I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers,” Obama began.
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“And you are thinking about sitting out?” he continued, referencing those who have considered not voting at all in November. “Part of it makes me think — and I’m speaking to men directly — part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.” Obama then spoke about Black women continuing to be highly supportive of Black men in the community. “When we get in trouble and the system isn’t working for us, they’re the ones out there marching and protesting,” he added, highlighting the difference between Harris and Trump to show who they should vote for. “On the one hand, you have somebody who grew up like you, knows you, went to college with you, understands the struggles and pain and joy that comes from those experiences,” highlighting Harris’ focus on policies that will benefit Black communities. “And on the other side, you have someone who has consistently shown disregard, not just for the communities, but for you as a person.”
The campaign office visit left some on social media taking offense to how the former president was addressing Black men, but others backed his approach as a much-needed move. Recent data shows that while there is a growing number of Black men under 50 who have warmed to Trump, a significant amount are planning to back Harris at the voting booth. “Very rarely do I go into a barbershop and I hear people say, ‘Democrats have failed me,’” said Philadelphia Councilmember Isaiah Thomas in an interview. “People might say the government has failed Black people, but not Democrats.”
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Kanye West is a very paranoid guy who allegedly dabbles in conspiracy theory land.
Spotted on Variety, a former “director of intelligence” claims that Ye, the artist formally known as Kanye West, sued his former boss on Thursday, claiming the rapper gave him the job of investigating his ex-ex-wife, Kim Kardashian’s family of alleged sex trafficking.
The man, who goes by the name John Doe, also claims that he had to hire private investigators to tail his soon-to-be ex-wife, allegedly Bianca Censori, while she was visiting her family in Australia.
The unnamed former director of intelligence also says that the “Jesus Walks” crafter “blew up” at him after he shared a report of alleged child abuse going on at West’s not-shuttered school, the Donda Academy, with leaders.
“You’re fucking dead to me!” West allegedly said and then played a “recording of scary voices” threatening to inflict harm upon him.
More Details On The Lawsuit Per Variety:
The lawsuit alleges retaliation and infliction of emotional distress. The man claims that the experience affected his mental health, triggering his PTSD from his military service and causing panic attacks and anxiety. He also claims he is owed unpaid wages from the last several pay periods of his employment.
“John Doe was also tasked by Ye with investigating the Kardashian family and supposed various criminal links Ye believed they had with criminal enterprises, including alleged sex trafficking,” the lawsuit states.
According to the suit, the plaintiff would also handle various other problems that came up, such as seeking to retrieve items that were lost or stolen.
“It was common for Ye to lose expensive cars or fail to pay people for services rendered at Ye’s direction,” the suit states.
John Doe alleges he was hired in December 2022 by West to be his “deputy campaign director and was later moved to director of intelligence. According to the complaint, his job in the summer of 2023 was “brainstorming ideas to keep Ye in the news.”
If that was his job, he did a fine job because Ye stayed in the news.
