The moon will be blue tonight, because I am going to post an editorial from the Wall Street Journal as my blog post."Whether a former President ought to be subject to an impeachment tri… Read More

Donald trump's impeachment trial in the senate started today, and while I wasn't able to watch it live, I was able to watch later thanks to all the reruns on the nightly news shows. Whi… Read More

I have some thoughts about the Mark Robinson situation in North Carolina.To get you up to date, Mr. Robinson called an emergency press conference to condemn a cartoon in a local paper that c… Read More

I honestly believe that we need a kind of Truth and Reconciliation Commission similar to the one that was instituted in South Africa after Mandela came to power. It was necessary at the time… Read More

The worst thing that the American people can do right now is to forget what transpired on January 6, 2021, and then fail to hold ALL the people responsible for it accountable. There are… Read More

I must confess that I am not as bullish on America as most people. I am somewhat of a cynic when it comes to this American experiment and the whole "more perfect union" thing. I just don't b… Read More

There are just a few hours to go before America's long nightmare is over. The last four years have been pure hell for those of you who value democracy and believe that America might have bee… Read More

"We will never give up, we will never concede...."After this, we're going to walk down there, and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk down... to the Capitol and we are going to cheer… Read More

 I have been ringing the warning bell about Donald J. trump for the past four years. And, to be fair, so have many of the regulars who visit this website. We knew what we were dealing w… Read More

If you are surprised at what happened today in Washington, you haven't been paying attention to your country over the past four years.America elected a racist crackpot to the highest office… Read More

I think I can speak on behalf of the family of three hundred and forty four thousand dead Americans and say that 2020 can f**k all the way off. Hopefully 2021 will be better, but given… Read More

I'm out of pocket field hands. Enjoy the holidays with your loved ones.Stay safe, and if you happen to live in or around Nashville, Tennessee, be extra vigilant. These are scary times Read More

The following essay by Justin Worland was published right after the 2020 election for Time magazine. It basically outlines where we are in America when it comes to race, and why we haven't c… Read More

The grift goes on.Donald trump has now raised over 200 million dollars  thanks to his big lie that the election was stolen from him, and there was wide spread voter fraud throughout the… Read More

 "The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied'"That was the one sentence Order from the Supreme Court denying the ridicul… Read More

You can count actor Matthew McConaughey in as one of the folks who have been feeling sorry for trump supporters and declaring that folks on the left are out of touch because they don't care… Read More

"Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny, And in this judgement there is no partiality. So arm in arms, with arms, we'll fight this little struggle, 'Cause that's the only way we can… Read More

Now that Mr. trump is almost a private citizen again, it's time to seriously consider investigating him for federal crimes committed while he was in office.  I, for one,  don'… Read More

The republican party, led by Donald trump, have hijacked our democracy, at least for the time being. Can you imagine actively trying to disenfranchise millions of African American voters bec… Read More

It has now been 12 days since he lost the election, and the lunatic in the White House still refuses to concede. It is now becoming more than just a running joke and an embarrassment for him… Read More

The trump presidency is almost over, as over 75 million Americans decided that they have had enough of his madness. Of course, Mr. trump, in typical trump fashion, refuses to do the gra… Read More

Time to move on Mr. trump. You lost. Get over it. You will forever be remembered as a one term impeached president, who got his ass kicked by a man you called the "worst presidential ca… Read More

I remember watching a disappointing playoff exit by my battered and beaten Philadelphia Eagles last year to Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks. It was painful to watch, and I wish more… Read More

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If you think that Mr. trump and his supporter's political season of hate and division couldn't get any worse, think again.Yesterday, in what had to have brought flashbacks of the fifties and… Read More

Do you believe that the United States Supreme Court will ultimately decide the result of the upcoming presidential election? And, if they do, which state's ballots will it all come down… Read More

Peggy Noonan, for those of you who don't know, is a famous conservative writer and thinker, whose claim to fame is that she was Ronald Reagan's speech writer back in the day. Ms. Noonan is s… Read More

I watched portions of the debate last night. The Eagles were on so I couldn't give it my undivided attention. From what I could see it looked like Mr. trump was sedated for the first th… Read More

I was recently talking to a friend of mine from the majority population who happens to be a very educated liberal. He was going on about how bad trump is and how he has ruined the "American… Read More

 If you are a democrat and you are pissed off at how the republicans pushed through Amy (I have never tried a case) Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Do not look to one of your senate… Read More

It's nice to be able to come to my own website and be able to vent and write about current events happening in these divided states of America. I say that because @Jack and the folks over at… Read More

 I am starting a new feature, it's called question of the day.Here is today's question: If Donald trump said that he would resign today, but Mike Pence would have to pardon him and… Read More

“In a world that was not easy for Alice to bear or understand, flies were the final and malicious burden laid upon her.” ― John Steinbeck Poor Mike Pence mu… Read More

If you  didn't know that fascism was right around the corner, Mr. trump's balcony stunt yesterday (Dictators love balconies) should convince you otherwise. Not that they would listen to… Read More

Approximately two days ago (or three days, depending on who you believe) the president of the United States tested positive for COVID-19. Now, like the folks at Esquire Magazine, I have some… Read More

 There are some experiences and images that you never forget, no matter how hard Father Time tries to erase them from your memory.  For me it was seeing a horrific car acciden… Read More

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It's about that time field hands. Time to reveal my infamous list of the ten most influential and powerful House Negroes in America.  So without further ado, let's get to it. (Not… Read More

Mr. trump said the quiet part out loud yesterday, as he declared that he will not go peacefully into  the night if he loses the upcoming election. That's a scary thought, and one that m… Read More

The next few months in American politics will be turbulent and tempestuous to say the least. And rival political camps are now bracing for an all out war. The stakes have been raised ev… Read More

I don't want a caption for this picture, but I want to write a few words about what it represents.The picture itself might seem a little over the top, but what it says about your typical tru… Read More

 Today I am writing about allies. Having friends in the fight for  justice and for a better country is important, because without them we will all sink together. It's no longe… Read More

 At this point I have given up trying to warn the American people about the dangers of Donald trump and his presidency. Now that we have trump backed right-wing militia men beating… Read More

Mr. trump, the man pictured with this post was not a loser. He loved his country and his family, and he served to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. He was a part of my family, and we miss… Read More

 Donald trump constantly jokes (or not) about being El Presidente for life, or at least for a lot longer than the two terms that the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution allows. His… Read More

 The trump plan is almost complete. America is heading for a race war, and there seems to be nothing we can do to stop it. I watched trump 's speech last night, and as usual he was… Read More

Kenosha Wisconsin has been trending on twitter for the past couple of days, and it has nothing to do with cheese. Sadly, once again, another black man was shot and killed by a police of… Read More

 I was talking to a friend of mine today who happens to be black and works in law enforcement, and she told me in no uncertain terms that she was going to vote for Donald trump. Of cour… Read More

Now this from Oliver Contreras writing for Mother Jones:It's all about the birtherism stupid."President Trump is back on his birtherism bullshit.At his Thursday afternoon press conferen… Read More

After all the waiting and suspense, Uncle Joe gave us Kamala as his Robin. (I see you Bison Nation) As a first generation Jamaican, I couldn't be more thrilled that a yawdie, once again… Read More

Dear Field Hands, as we approach the 2020 presidential elections, we are being bombarded with poll after poll. And, as is to be expected, they are all over the place. Most of them have Uncle… Read More

Kevin McCarthy was bragging on twitter today that Mr. trump is not done yet, and that just like he did in 2016, he might have some more tricks up his sleeve.He might be right. I am sure that… Read More

Rest in peace Herman Cain. You have to feel for a guy who jigged so hard for Mr. trump that it cost him his life. Imagine having cancer and attending a trump rally in the midst of the c… Read More

Imagine being the president of the United States and giving a shout out to an accused pedophile and sex trafficker.Incredibly, that's what Mr. trump did at one of his press conferences this… Read More

A lot of people have been predicting that something like this would happen, but I have been holding out hope that they were wrong. I was hoping that fascism would never come to America. We k… Read More

If you are surprised to hear that President trump used the N-word and made anti -Semitic statements in the presence of his niece you haven't been paying attention to Mr. trump's actions for… Read More

I don't have a long post tonight, but as I do from time to time, I would like to conduct a little social experiment featuring a couple of videos that were recently in the news.Please tell me… Read More

The NFL has announced that before every game they will sing the black national anthem, the AP will now capitalize the B when referring to black people, food brands are changing their "racial… Read More

If you thought that we were winning the war against COVID-45 think again. The virus isn't quite finished with us just yet. There are spikes in new infection rates everywhere, and Houston is… Read More

These might be the last days of Donald trump. The way things are going  he just might resign before November. The guy hates to take an L, and it's looking more and more like one is in h… Read More

I need a caption for this picture.Image from You Tube/ World News.   Read More

From a marketing standpoint Black Lives Matter Too probably would have made more sense. Of course, when you are busy struggling for equal justice and fighting for your civil rights, you don'… Read More

These are interesting times in America. All of a sudden the Black Lives Matter movement is relevant, and white America is having a coming to Jesus moment when it comes to racism. Corporation… Read More

I have some thoughts on this Sunday--- the day the hashtag #ObamaDay is trending on twitter. Something about it coinciding with the birthday of the guy occupying the White House from his bun… Read More

I saw this letter and I wanted to share it with my well meaning white friends who want to feel like they have a role to play in our struggle.It was written by a young lady of color to her no… Read More

There are mass protests going on all over the country in support of racial justice, and we are all left to wonder if ten years from now we will be right back where we started. I mean haven't… Read More

The fascism we all feared.  Read More

Hi field hands, I'm currently unavailable. If this is an emergency please contact your local field Negro education office.But seriously, I will be back soon. Stay safe during these crazy tim… Read More

Black rage is now manifesting itself in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and there has been protest all over the country due to the latest televised state killing of another black man on one of the n… Read More

Today while folks are focused on the other racially tone deaf candidate and his white liberal racism, they are forgetting about the unapologetic racist in the race for president, and his eff… Read More

    America, admit it, your president is insane. I know it's a hard pill for a lot of you to swallow, given that you voted for him and all, but it has become painfully obvious… Read More

Thanks to COVD45 and the incompetent administration whose job it is to protect the American people, we have now lost almost 86,000 Americans (as of 8:08 AM on 05/05/20). That's kind of a big… Read More

Paul Manafort is being released to house  arrest today , in order to serve out the next four years of his sentence. The reason given is that there is a COVD19 outbreak at his prison.Thi… Read More

The vigilante style killing of an unarmed black man in Georgia has stirred all kinds of ugly memories for black folks.From Emmett Till to Travon Martin, we have seen this movie before. Sadly… Read More

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 * So the NFL draft is behind us. As an Eagles fan I am not a happy camper. I am still trying t figure out what our GM was doing with the picks for my birds. Still, it could h… Read More

The following is an essay from the New York Times by Matt Flegenheir.  "President Trump’s self-assessment has been consistent.“I’m, like, a very smart person,&rdq&hell…Read More

While a deadly pandemic was heading to the Unites States, the trump administration wanted to fire one of the leading officials at the CDC, because her sounding the alarm about the pandemic w… Read More

"@jmjafrxSomeone on here said, these protestors don't just want freedom. They want the access to other people's labor; services and pleasures they think they are entitled to. Mastery at any… Read More

It's not so hard to figure out why trump and his supporters are suddenly pushing to open up America. It just happens to coincide with all these new studies saying that blacks and other minor… Read More

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I think it's safe to say that these daily coronavirus propaganda briefings from the White House are doing way more harm than good for the country. The president holds these briefings at leas… Read More

This is day... I'm not sure, I lost count....let's say day 14 of my "shelter in place". Social distancing is clearly working here in America, because according to some of the experts thousan… Read More

“The code of the con is to know just enough about everything so you can lie about anything." ~E. Tancarville~ I know I shouldn't be watching Donald trump's nightly liefest and pro… Read More

 The following is just the latest in a growing list of articles documenting Mr. trump's mishandling of this coronavirus pandemic. It's from Frank Bruno writing for the New York Times, a… Read More

Imagine being the leader of a country that could possibly have 200,000 of your people die from a pandemic, and in an address to those people you brag about being number one on facebook.&nbsp&hell…Read More

"There's a sucker born every minute" ~ P.T. Barnum~In keeping with my effort to educate you about trump's handling of this coronavirus, I give you the following article from S.V. Date writin… Read More

If you watched Mr. trump's daily propaganda "Dear Leader" hour yesterday, you were treated to quite a show.I think it's safe to say, that given all that's at stake, yesterday's performance w… Read More

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The following article is from Aaron Rupar writing for Vox."One moment during President Donald Trump’s Fox News appearance on Tuesday served as the starkest example yet of how much he d… Read More

The next time you see right-wingers getting on their soap-box to preach about the value of life, and the pro-life movement, and true believers shout with righteous indignation against the pr… Read More

I am watching yet another trump press conference that is supposed to calm our fears about this virus, and once again I am left wondering how we elected this man to be the leader of this coun… Read More

America is now firmly in the grip of the coronavirus and all the trouble that it brings.The president of the United States finally stopped lying and pretending that there was nothing wrong… Read More

Remember  when a lot of you thought that it was funny (and deliciously disruptive) when Donald trump beat a despised Hillary Clinton to become the president of these divided states of A… Read More

Tonight is another democratic party primary. And then there were two. Ironically, even with all the talk of diversity in the democratic party, we are down to two old white men fighting to ta… Read More

Here are a few excerpts from some popular publications regarding the trump administration's handling of the corona virus outbreak in America."Larry Kudlow, Trump's top economic adviser, went… Read More

Now that we clearly have a real clusterf**k on our hands with this coronavirus, I think it's a good time to revisit an article I read a few  years back about the president of these divi… Read More

In case you haven't noticed, the DOW has dropped almost 2,000 points in two days. We can blame that damn Coronavirus for this one.  The president of the United States says that it is un… Read More

If you are a Mike Bloomberg fan I hope you didn't watch the debate last night. It was ugly.Elizabeth Warren acted like he stole her first born and lit into him from the get go. Imagine spend… Read More

The following is the last article you will see by David Frum on this site. We are not exactly ideological soulmates, but when it comes to the dangers of this presidency we have found some co… Read More