In many instances, causation can be determined nearly perfectly by simply talking to people, or interrogating the narrative record.
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In many instances, causation can be determined nearly perfectly by simply talking to people, or interrogating the narrative record.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
I’ve shared elsewhere but please check out Actively Black for a different take on pro-Black fashion. bsky.app/profile/trev...
Please look into the Actively Black Reclaim line. They are sourcing from Black owned cotton farms and paying above market wages. www.facebook.com/share/v/1CV1...
They have a great line of athletic wear. The Black Panther line sponsored with Marvel is great. I’m glad more people are becoming aware of them!
I know @imbernomics.bsky.social has one!
NAVARRO: Are tariffs price hikes or tax cuts? I say they're tax cuts
EISEN: I mean, many economists would say they are tax hikes because ultimately a consumer will pay for some of those increased prices
NAVARRO: Most economists just don't agree with us. Who has credibility here?
For The Conversation, I wrote about how White Southerners are making sense of what it means to be White in these times.
In a nutshell, it’s complicated.
I hope you’ll read and share widely.
theconversation.com/its-a-compli...
How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.
The aftermath of the 2012 election left the GOP with two distinct options (remember the post-election diagnosis?). Trump came and showed a third, rhetorically populist and racially nationalist way, that took the party over. And everyone rolled over.
that Barack Obama did not simply hand the presidency to Mitt Romney - that he had the temerity to run an effective campaign against the man - is one of the most-cited reasons for the turn to Trump
the entire conservative ethos is Look What You Made Me Do
Shout out to the South Hill branch of the Pierce County Library System for having @victorerikray.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, and @hystericalblkns.bsky.social in the shelf.
What’s craaaazy to me is that a Minnesota state rep was ASSASSINATED and nothing even remotely close to this happened there
Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V, here in northwest DC. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped.
Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)
Sigh…