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"We understand America as an aspiration but deal squarely with America as a reality. We do not have the luxury of myth." DuBois

If the #NBA is waiting for a 42-year old to decide his next move, that should tell you all you need to know about his game. 🏀

@JakeLiscow Why is this even a frickin’ issue? Should be a slam dunk for @Bengals front office. Honor deserving legends while you still can. #Bengals front office being goofy again.

This doesn't have to be complicated either! Get the guys in who deserve it, then it doesn't need to be an every year event if there's no one deemed deserving that year. Plenty of teams have 50+ guys in their Ring Of Honor. I get balancing the honor and moment and everything tho

@J_Tawney34 @TheFireMaan I know. I wondered the exact same thing.

@TheFireMaan I still don’t know why they didn’t just induct 5 for the first few years to get caught up.

Makes me sad that Bob Trumpy isn’t here to experience this ROH moment.

@KayTaray I see you, playa! 😀

@SenrabG 👋🏾 A 1 W

1, 4, Q

@1_jazzymom Thank you. 😀

@SenrabG Oh, you have redeemed yourself, good sir💃🏽😄

@1_jazzymom So, you’re a mint fan, huh? The only “mint” I like is Mint Condition 🎵 😀😂😀

@SenrabG 1, 4, Y

@onesedonia I’m always confused on fruit. People say “thump watermelons.” I just be in the store committing fruit assault. 🤷🏾‍♂️😏

Nectarines are getting their shine on right now…

@gerard4903 @AngelShedeway Try taking your brain off the loop it is on. #RyanClark offered takes you don’t agree with. Fine. Things can be true that you don’t like. Get over it.

@AngelShedeway Go back to grammar school . Who gives a fuck who leaked it, Clark got fired because he was a Racist .

According to sources, Burke Magnus, the head of ESPN content, leaked the Ryan Clark firing to Outkick (A MAGA sports site) before telling Ryan Clark during a live show yesterday. The goal was to humiliate Ryan Clark to the MAGA fanbase. Burke Magnus hired Peter Schrager too.

@JOhmer513 @pauldehnerjr It’s about #perspective, man. The older players being discussed are just as deserving, even if you didn’t see them play. #Bengals

@pauldehnerjr Congratulations old heads y'all got your guys in. Now we get to watch Geno get put on the back burner on the Roh and hof congratulations

Kudos to #Bengals fans who turned down the temptation to vote in wildly popular players from the more modern era to assure as many legends get thier due as possible before it is too late. Hopefully this will be the last posthumous induction.

Tart ass #peaches gon f*ck around and get replaced. These #nectarines are comin’ for dat ass. 😀😂😀😀

@HumanityCritic Facts. 👊🏾

When it comes to the Basketball GOAT debate, I'm a Jordan guy. But nothing has made me more sympathetic to LeBron than people's irrational hatred of him. I saw a clip of Olden Polynice talking shit. Man, if you don't sit your goofy ass down somewhere.

@PatrickJnmarie @NikkiBarnes @YourAverageJoeP The key is to stop listening to critics who don’t mean us any good. I know what my enemy thinks of me; I need invest no more time on that. We have always been a pragmatic electorate. Gotta continue so.

@NikkiBarnes @YourAverageJoeP All of this just so we can continue the “twitter wars” fighting against those who will still blame black voters when the real issue was and WILL ALWAYS BE apathetic white voters. The word accountability is not and won’t be a part of their vocabulary.

Can we have an honest conversation? Can we tell some honest truths? Of the Black voters who turn out in Texas, James Talarico will likely win north of 80% of them. Probably closer to 84% when you combine Black men and Black women. So let’s be clear: the problem is not necessarily his percentage of the Black vote. The problem is volume. James Talarico is not going to win a majority of white voters in Texas. His campaign entered this race selling the idea that his theology and religious background could help him convert disgruntled MAGA voters. That was always a questionable theory, and I have seen nothing to suggest there is some massive population of Republican voters waiting to cross over and elect a Democrat to the United States Senate. Then there is the Latino vote. Latino voters may have overperformed for him in the Democratic primary, but that does not mean they will overperform for him at the same level in a general election. So do the math. If Talarico gets north of 80% of Black voters, somewhere around 53% to 55% of Latino voters, and loses white voters overall, where does the additional margin come from? Volume. He needs more Black voters in the electorate. Not simply a high percentage of the Black people who were already going to vote. He needs Black voters who typically do not participate in midterm elections to actually show up. That is what some of us have been saying from the beginning. And that is why I find it interesting that so many people are suddenly tagging Jasmine Crockett and expecting her to jump in and mobilize Black voters. What happened to the strategy of winning over disgruntled MAGA voters? What happened to the coalition we were told could win Texas without centering the expansion of Black turnout? Now some of y’all want Jasmine to become the Negro wrangler because you finally understand what she brought to the equation: volume. That is the frustration. Talarico had a two-month head start before Republicans even settled on their nominee. That was precious runway that could have been used to build an intentional operation around expanding the Black electorate, not simply securing a respectable percentage of the Black voters who were already going to show up. Now the runway is getting shorter. And this is why some of y’all need to start listening to Black people when we talk about candidates, coalitions, turnout, and who needs to be at the dance when the ballots are counted. We have been navigating American politics for centuries because our survival has depended on understanding exactly how power works in this country. We understand the difference between winning a demographic and expanding an electorate. Those are not the same thing. And if you need Jasmine Crockett now because you suddenly realize you need more Black voters in the electorate, then perhaps the people who told you that from the beginning knew what the hell they were talking about.

Small-minded, insular thinking is irritating AF. We gotta be better fam. Kill that “crabs in a barrel”mentality. We’ve carried it too long. #Family #Community

@Top5ive709 @IamDwayneWayne Exactly. Deion Sanders put his own money in to upgrade Jackson State athletics facilities. Dude coached a game from a wheelchair on the sidelines. He’s just as much #HBCU as anybody. #Family is as family DOES.

@IamDwayneWayne You just complaining for nothing it’s never gone grow

And THIS is why I don’t like non-HBCU people coaching at HBCUs.

@Dnt_TestMe 😀😂😀😂

@SenrabG No way.!!

First of all, kill all them chocolate chips. That’s the FIRST thing you do.

@DrBLK00 @MOneill225 @NewsHour Exactly. The racist mentality of America may ironically destroy it, but it will not destroy an indomitable legacy of #AfricanAmericans. If you’re going to tell #history, tell it all. 👍🏾

@MOneill225 @NewsHour Uh-huh. Riiight. Well now, since you want historical accuracy, don’t forget how Rs abandoned the formerly enslaved by renouncing reconstruction which facilitated and allowed for southern white supremacists to implement a multitude of discriminatory policies/practices…

Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., said Black Americans are “outraged at what is happening now with these efforts to do away with the African American museum and all of the Smithsonian,” during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday. “If you erase it, we will replace it,” Mfume said. “It’s that damn simple.” In his comments, Mfume quoted former President Abraham Lincoln and said “history taught us and still teaches us that we can't keep making the same mistakes.” Mfume said he sat at the hearing “as a Black man who grew up in segregation, who wasn't allowed to go certain places, who drank from a water fountain that said colored, who found his mother and his father unable to do anything other than basic day work.” “We will not let you destroy that museum. No matter how long it takes, how many battles are required, how much effort is needed, we will not allow that to happen,” Mfume said. “Unless you find a way to kill all of us and walk over our bodies to change history.” The hearing focused on the way the Smithsonian Institution presents scholarship on U.S. history. In announcing the hearing, the Republican-led committee claimed that the “Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is promoting a narrow, politically tendentious agenda instead of seeking to instill in visitors an appreciation for America’s unique history as a beacon of liberty, democracy, and opportunity.” In President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has sought to clamp down on how American history is framed in public spaces, removing exhibits from national parks on slavery and violence against Native Americans.

God is always able 🙌🏾🙌🏾

@peteo0v0 @Thechat101 Because you apparently don’t understand basic comprehension. This had nothing to do with a regular guy working two jobs. This has to do with executive vindictiveness. It was crass and unnecessary.

@Thechat101 What a bunch of whiny bitches. It’s called real life world. I don’t hear anything for the guy with 2 jobs making $50k a yr and gets laid off. WTF grow a set of balls

mike florio calls out espn for bush league behaviour on how they treated Ryan Clark by firing him on air . He says someone in that building leaked that story to the press to curry favour’s with reporters