Tracy's Escapades

We are saddened to announce the passing of Lord Sear, legendary NY hip-hop voice and longtime Shade 45 host. From Kurious to the Stretch & Bobbito Show, touring on Eminem’s Anger Management, and 20+ years at Shade 45, he shaped the culture at every level. Rest in power, Lord Sear 🕊️

Carmen de Lavallade was born #OnThisDay in 1931. Growing up in Los Angeles amid the flourishing Black dance revolution, she was inspired by trailblazing artists like her cousin Janet Collins, the first Black prima ballerina to perform at the Metropolitan Opera.

The BBC gives a leading headline to nine people killed in Israel, while the 148 children killed in Iran remain what they were yesterday, a second-order story lower down the page.

“That’s the way it is,” says draft dodging president who called dead soldiers ‘suckers and losers’. How is the American public ok with this?

CNN when victims are Israeli: Iranian missile kills nine CNN when perpetrators are Israeli: A girl's elementary school was hit

Not even citing “Iranian officials” or “Gaza officials”. It’s just a mysterious “blast” or “strike”. Needless to say these outlets do not apply this standard to Official Enemy States who are deemed responsible under the previous rubric of common sense and statistical probability

Entire PhD theses could be written about the impacts of the crybully campaign Israel launched after the IDF bombed the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital on Oct 17 2023. Now NYT, CNN etc have a policy where they won’t ascribe blame to Israel until AFTER the IDF admits guilt. It’s madness.

Why the hell is there a banner of Charlie Kirk on the Department of Education? Why is CHARLIE KIRK’s face on the Department of EDUCATION. WHY IS CHARLIE KIRK ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION?!?!?!?

Political cicada Jill Stein is back a bit ahead of schedule.

#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: “Today, you know there’s this huge #blizzard on the east coast. Today, for some reason, Kristi Noem’s department decided to fly a real deportation flight into New Hampshire. They flew it into…New Hampshire at 1 am today, right at the height of the blizzard. The airport…said they had NO IDEA this flight was coming, had they known they would have told them don’t come, it’s not safe, but Kristi Noem’s department, in its INFINITE WISDOM, flew this plane full of people there, presumably shackled…and then they left the people on that plane on the tarmac for more than 12 HOURS in the middle of that blizzard.”🤦‍♀️

The fact that the BBC censored out Free Palestine during a winners speech by black filmmakers but kept in the racial slur used against fellow black creatives really irks me.

BREAKING NEWS from #RolandMartinUnfiltered: House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request from Democrats and the family of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. For him to lie-in-state at the US Capitol, citing a recent rule change that the honor only be reserved for former presidents. In 2005, Rosa Parks became the first and only citizen granted that honor in the Rotunda of the US Capitol. In this July 28, 2020 photo, Rev. Jackson pays his respects to Rep. John Lewis, who lay in state on the East Front steps of the Capitol. He was supposed to be in Rotunda, but that was changed due to COVID restrictions. He was the first Black lawmaker to lie-in-state at the Capitol.

Flags at half mast speak loudly about who a nation chooses to honor. When Charlie Kirk, a racist agitator who trafficked in division and grievance, died, Trump moved swiftly to lower the American flag, a symbolic gesture of national mourning. But when Reverend Jesse Jackson, a global civil rights icon, freedom fighter, and lifelong advocate for justice, dignity, and unity passed away, there was no such urgency. No national gesture. No unifying call to honor a man whose life’s work helped expand democracy and human rights for millions. Instead, the president took to social media to center himself rather than the legacy of a giant who marched with Dr. King, negotiated for the oppressed, and spent decades bringing people together across race, class, and nation. Let that contrast sink in. A figure known for stoking division is memorialized with the full weight of presidential symbolism, while a civil rights statesman whose mission was reconciliation, equality, and global justice is met with indifference. That is not just an oversight. That is a statement of values. History will remember who was honored, how they were honored, and who was quietly minimized. And it raises a sobering question: What does it say about the soul of a nation when a divider is mourned with national symbols, but a unifier is not? Talbert Swan

A century ago, a spark was lit. A week became a movement. A movement became a month. And for one hundred years, Black history has been claimed, protected, and passed on. This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate 100 years of honoring who we are: s.si.edu/4q6mzSB

While he's posting these vile comments, never forget: Alex Jones was found liable for defamation and emotional distress after claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a "hoax," and ordered to pay more than $1 billion to the victims' families.

Admin Officials in the Epstein Files: Donald J. Trump (President) Melania Trump (1st Lady) Howard Lutnick (Sec. Commerce) John Phelan (Sec. Navy) Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center) RFK Jr. (Sec. HHS) Kevin Warsh (Fed Nominee) Mehmet Oz (Admin. for CMS) Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE Appointee) Steve Bannon (Fmr Senior Advisor) Alex Acosta (Fmr Sec. Labor) Bill Barr (Fmr AG) Brett Ratner (Film Director “Melania”) …

(1/10 🧵) If you live in NY, you may see a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

@EdKrassen No it isn't. Please delete this.

Many of you may have missed this, but the little boy who Bad Bunny handed his Grammy to at the Super Bowl was Liam Ramos! Amazing!

JUST IN: Trump DELETES racist post depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, blames a "White House staffer." Karoline Leavitt previously defended the post and criticized the public outcry as "fake outrage."

Everything Trump does—every shot fired at an unarmed mother, every starving baby denied USAID nutrition, every racist tweet about the Obamas—was aided and abetted by every Trump voter. Trump never disguised himself. Trump has never surprised us & he never will.