The UPstander's Podcast with Dr. Omekongo

Trump just kidnapped a whole president of another country. This is just the beginning. He built the entire campaign on lies and America just went along with it. The world is just watching as a criminal administration conducts more criminal activities. What Trump is illegal, period. He has shown, once, again, that in the United States, there are only norms, no laws depending on who you are. America...

As we honor the brave people who fought to keep the democratic experiment possible, it's important to recognize that the #insurrection 5 years ago was not a one off. The insurrection is ongoing. It started after Trump lost, continued on January 6th, and continues to this day. #trump will succeed in taking over the country if more people stay complacent and don't engage in the fight for freedom and...

I was inspired by the late, great Dr. Joe Madison to record this video. We have to put our health first. I hope sharing this will inspire others to get out there and get this done! #coloncancer #colorectalcancer #colonoscopy #colonoscopyawareness #colonoscopyprep #colon #upstander #health #healthcare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy new year! Happy new YOU! You got this! 2026 is here! What will you quit and what will you fix? It's up to YOU! Don't just survive in 2026. It's time to thrive! Maybe you need to make a list of who you can count on and who you can count out. Maybe the fix involves money goals or relationship goals. Whatever it is, you have to tell yourself everyday that you're worth it and that you deserve th...

This is the subject of my next book "Trigger Words." The original term was created in 1952 as part of the Cold War terminology The Cold War ended. Now the term is used in a racist way to describe non-western countries in a way that looks at them as uncivilized as being worthy of coming to live in the western world. Just look at Stephen Miller's recent posts over the holidays to show how the term i...

On this #christmas there is no better time to reflect on what it means to practice the real values of #christianity. Under the #trump administration, we are seeing much evil dine in the name of christianity. Real Christians must take it back from the perpetrators and there is no better time to do that. How much longer will you let these evil actions in the name of YOUR faith? #christmas2025 #chris...

JD Vance used racist coded language towards Rep. Jasmine Crockett in calling her someone with "street girl persona." He would never say that about a White person. #jdvance has shown that he will do anything to try and take the #maga crown and we have to call it out and continue to fight it. Whether he will win the crown or not, his willingness to do anything to get it is dangerous for the rest of...

I've never looked at  @nickiminaj  as some Black revolutionary. I am mindful of the fact that she has also critiqued #trump in the past but for whatever reason, she has chosen to go full #maga, after her appearance and comments at the  @turningpointusa  conference. She has decided what she is going to do. What are YOU going to do? We give too many celebrities a pass when they say and do things tha...

I debated  @NewsmaxTV  former  @CNN  cotributor Jeffrey Lord about Trump's national address and his destruction of the American economy. We did manage to agree on one thing. Guess what it is! #trump #donaldtrumpnews #news #affordability #trumpspeech #economy #newsmax #dcnewsnow #capitolreview #markhall #upstander  @ivehaditpodcast  @TheDonLemonShow  @NativeLandPod  @TheJoyReidShow  Instagram | htt...

The media continues to try to normalize #trump by saying he was just like #biden as it relates to economic policy. Trump never had an economic message beyond tariffs. He ran on racism and misogyny and enough Americans were fine with that. Biden DID speak to issues related to #affordability. He did try to tout his economic success and it didn't resonate with everyone and that's true. Biden did howe...

The antisemitic shootings in Bondi Beach are tragic and we must condemn it in every way, shape, and form. Full stop. It is problematic to me that we use attacks against Jewish people to bring up Islamophobia. People like Senator Lindsey Graham are using the shootings in Australia to say that there should never be a Palestinian state. Many people are also failing (intentionally?) to mention the Mus...

Some called what #joyannreid said about  @stephenasmith  on the  @ItsCariChampion  show a "clapback." Is it a clapback if it's all facts? I'm just sayin. What did she say about #stephenasmith that wasn't accurate? She could have said alot of other things about him that some may find insulting or disrespectful but Joy stuck to the facts. What do you think? #joyannreid #stephenasmith #carichampion  ...

SO honored that Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. joined the UPstander's podcast! You may know about the 30 years plus work as an educator but do you know about HIM? His story of adversity and addiction and overcoming and even becoming a yogi is a powerful story that will fully explain his commitment to the classroom. This is a man who should be in your schools today! Enjoy the story of the founder of the White...

The "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" documentary by @5 @50Cent rought up unexpected emotions for me as I relived so much of our trauma as #hiphop fans in the 1990s. It also had me reflecting on the pimpish nature of the music industry and lastly, it was a reminder of the things we will condone in order to be famous or at least not lose your status. We have to reckon with that! What do you think? #upsta...

Joe Scarborough said he feels like "wokeness" is dying on college campuses. He spoke to Harvard's Jon Della Volpe about his new survey. What Joe fails to realize is that in today's climate, people on the liberal side of the scale are more likely to be targeted for their views than conservative students. Liberals are being doxxed, fired, not hired, and even deported for their views. I am not talkin...

I am a supporter of #zohranmamdani and have expressed that throughout his campaign. I think that it is disrespectful, however, to call new candidates for office like Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George in DC "The Mamdani of DC" or Omar Fateh the "Mamdani of Minneapolis." It is disrespectful to the legacy of Reverend Jesse Jackson and others like former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. History matter...

The shooter of the National Guard soldier suffered from sever mental illness. That does not excuse the behavior, but that should be the focus rather than Islamophobic stereotypes. Rahmanullah Lakanwal was not some Islamic radical. He had a gun put in his hand by the CIA. He has a well documented history of PTSD and more. This country let him down. This is not about Afghan culture. It's about our A...

Trump and MAGA continually break the law every single day. They get pardons. They get richer. We have one tragic incident like the shooting of the National Guard soldier and now #trump wants to get rid of all people from Afghanistan? Now 19 countries have to be banned again? This happens after he pardons over 1500 insurrectionists who went out and continued to do more criminal activity. Trump has...

Don't rewrite history and don't get it twisted. In listening to  @msnow  today, there was a narrative spun that people in Washington, DC welcomed the National Guard. That couldn't be further from the truth. As you will hear me discuss and you can read in the articles below, we fought hard to prevent the  @nationalguard  from coming to DC. As the attention is rightfully placed on the 2 soldiers fig...

If you woke up today, that's the starting point! On this day, take stalk of the good in your life. It may be hard to find but once you find it, focus on it. #thanks #thanksgiving #thanksgiving2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am so tired of the whataboutism and "both sides" rhetoric about toning down the violent rhetoric in America today. It starts with Trump and works its way down. Furthermore, most of the violence comes from his followers. ALL violence is bad and NO ONE should engage in violent rhetoric but I have seen no other arena where the leader of a country, company, school, etc. is not looked at first as it...

It was sad to hear Nicki Minaj give a speech on Christian so-called persecution in Nigeria on behalf of the Trump administration. She had some good points but she was factually wrong and speaking on someone who practices NO Christian principles in any way, shape, or form in America and beyond.  @nickiminaj  needs to speak to researchers and experts on Nigeria and stop lending her credibility to #t...

At a press conference for Epsteins victims, one of the survivors that there were failures under Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, and BOTH #trump administrations, yet both democratic and republican lawmakers, folks in the media like #joescarborough and #stephenasmith want to bring up the Biden administration. This is dishonest at best and really indicates an ulterior motive. Furthermore, several democr...

What are we doing out in these #youtube streets? In these Black media and Black targeted media spaces, I'm seeing things that are making me feel like #hiphop beef and I think we have to be more responsible with our platforms. I think critiquing one another is fine but the takedowns and personal attacks serve others but not us, just as was the case with hip-hop. What do you think? #charlamagnethago...

​ ⁨@MegynKelly⁩  condones pedophilia in her recent interview on her show. She and her guest state that sex with 15 year olds isn't pedophilia. It's disgusting and it isn't being condemned strongly enough. If you support her show and don't call her out, you are part of the problem. Period. No one should support what #jeffreyepstein did in any way, shape or form. #trump #maga #epsteinfiles #megynkel...