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Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: When our freedom is under attack, what do we do?  Stand up fight back!  https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2021/crisis-reform-call-strengthen-americas-battered-democracy ,  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1272137.pdf News: Republicans plan to block a 911 style commission to investigate the Jan 6th riot:  https://www.usnews.com/news/poli...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Preview of the 2022 Midterms – we are in deep shit!  https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections,_2022 ,  https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2021/04/26/census-count-reallocates-7-house-seats-could-affect-2022-midterm/7385392002/ ,  https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-already-have-slight-advantage-over-2022-election-...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Why misinformation is so prolific in America:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/world/asia/misinformation-disinformation-fake-news.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage ,  https://line.17qq.com/articles/qqhnqphgsy_p2.html News: Federal Grand Jury indicts four ex-officers in the murder of George Floyd:  https://www.nytimes.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: How it all ends, my take on the end of our civilization:  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190218-are-we-on-the-road-to-civilisation-collapse ,  https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-08-10/four-reasons-civilization-wont-decline-it-will-collapse/ News: The suspects in Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death indicted on federal hate crime charges:  https://w...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Are there always two sides to every story?  https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/158370601.pdf News: The jury reaches a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, now what?  https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/549609-chauvin-likely-to-face-uphill-battle-in-appeal Congress tries again to extend deadline for census results:  https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/98...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Inherent bias in law enforcement, does it exist? https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/research/pdf/SpencerCharbonneauGlaser. Compass.2016.pdf News: The trial of George Floyd’s murderer and the continuing saga of police misconduct: https://www.kxl.com/derek-chauvin-trial/ , https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/daunte-wright-was-stopped-expired-plates...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: What defines “success” in America?   https://www.blackenterprise.com/new-survey-shows-african-americans-possess-more-inner-peace/ News: Another Trump shill writes a book slamming his ex-boss, after kissing his ass for years:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/politics/john-boehner-trump-capitol-riot.html The story of Matt Gaetz just gets slimier:  h...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: The History of Racism (White Supremacy):  https://philpapers.org/rec/GIETCO ,  https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/aNT3q1HjY_MC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1&dq=race+in+the+bible ,  https://abagond.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/black-people-according-to-herodotus/ and  https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Scramble_for_Africa News: Trial of George...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: What to expect regarding the 2022 mid-term election: https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections,_2022 News: Another week another mass shooting: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/us/boulder-colorado-shooting-suspect/index.html Youth Pastor Sexually Abused Girl: https://patch.com/new-york/wantagh/li-youth-pastor-had-sex-girl-15-seaford-home-pd So...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: What do I stand for?  https://www.verywellmind.com/coping-with-existential-anxiety-4163485 News: Gunman kills eight because he says he’s a Christian and a sex addict and the victims were a temptation he needed to get rid of:  https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/17/us/shooting-atlanta-acworth ,  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-polit...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: What does Christianity stand for?  https://today.yougov.com/topics/philosophy/articles-reports/2018/04/02/most-flat-earthers-consider-themselves-religious ,  https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/capitol-christian-right-trump-1121236/ ,  http://www.appstate.edu/~ardoinpj/research/African%20Americans%20in%20the%20Republican%20Party.pdf  ...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Why optimism can kill you:  https://innovationandcreativityinstitute.com/stockdale-paradox/ and  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1169303.pdf News: CAPC 2021 what a shit show!  https://www.salon.com/2021/03/04/cpac-2021-a-school-for-indoctrinating-and-radicalizing-right-wing-extremists/ QAnon wrong again!  https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-elec...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Why do the dumbest people think they are smart? (Dunning/Kruger Effect): https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740 News: A Black Officer Came Face to Face With Racism:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/capitol-riot-harry-dunn.html Cherokee Nation Addresses Bias Against Descendants Slaves:  https://www.ny...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: What does the Republican Party stand for?  https://www.history.com/topics/us-politics/republican-party ,  https://ballotpedia.org/The_Republican_Party_Platform,_2020#cite_note-4 ,  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-postcivil-righ_b_10021960 , and,  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/there-is-no-trumpism-there-is-only-trump/2021/02/16/87a0ee...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: How religion destroys good and amplifies evil: News: Impeachment 2.0, second try, likely to be the same result:  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/feb/12/donald-trump-impeachment-senate-trial-defense-lwayer-republican-senators-coronavirus-covid-live-updates Biden’s Stimulus Package:  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/02/05/what-is...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Weaponized Lies, how to protect yourself: News: House voted to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments:  https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/03/us/biden-administration Microsoft halts donations to Trump supporting politicians:  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-donations/microsoft-halts-donations-through-2022-to-lawmakers-w...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback:  James is back... What’s on my mind: The Big Part 2, the original Big Lie. News: Update from Trump:  The Republican Party caves to Trump’s pressure:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/us/politics/kevin-mccarthy-trump-republicans.html?auth=login-email&login=email and  https://www.npr.org/2021/01/26/960774352/early-procedural-test-shows-where-senate-gop-may-stand-on-c...

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The Big lie, how to build a fascist state:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/magazine/trump-coup.html News: The 2020 Election update the (inauguration of Joe Biden & Kamila Harris):  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/biden-president.html The weak ass end to a destructive presidency:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/trump-preside...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: We are at an Infection Point and poised for accelerated success or substantial long-term failure. News: The 2020 Election update (inauguration):  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/lawsuit-aims-to-thwart-trump-legacy-of-vote-meddling and  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/exit-polls What we now know abut the attempted coup...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Changing the future requires us to change how we see the world News: The 2020 Election, where we stand: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-07/biden-win-confirmed-after-pro-trump-mob-storms-us-capitol GA Runoff election update: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/upshot/warnock-ossoff-georgia-victories.html?auth=login-email&login=em...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Changing the future requires us to change how we see the world News: The 2020 Election, where we stand:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/31/elections-protest-dc-police-brace-donald-trump-demonstrators/4097472001/ GA Runoff election update:  https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/politics/georgia-senate-runoff-early-vote/index.html The top 1...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: The past is prologue, what I learned in 2020 and what it means for 2021? News: Donald Dick's last ditch attempts to subvert the election:  https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-bonkers-oval-office-meeting-with-sidney-powell-was-even-too-much-for-rudy GA Runoff election update Trump pardons criminals and murderers:  https://www.npr.org/2020/12/23/949...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Republicans have tried to overthrow the government, what should happen?  https://theweek.com/articles/954673/constitution-answer-seditious-members-congress News: How Congress will count Electoral College votes:  https://apnews.com/article/congress-count-electoral-college-vote-5605532631a251ac8f902d1d1ca55428 GA Runoff election update:  https://www.newsw...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: This would be funny if it weren’t so serious:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2020/election-integrity/ and  https://scroll.in/article/979997/trumps-lies-about-fraud-in-the-us-election-highlight-the-dangers-of-disinformation-in-a-democracy News: Ex-U.S. Homeland Security intelligence official to give congressional testimony: https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Feedback What’s on my mind: Is it me that’s crazy or is it you? Hint, it’s you News: State of the Georgia runoff elections:  https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/528582-warnock-leading-loeffler-other-georgia-senate-runoff-race-deadlocked-poll Trump is out of his mind: https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2020/12/endless-lies-and-nonsense-trumps-46-minute-most-important-speec...