Keith Hood

"12th Street Normal" was just published @forge_litmag. Thanks to editor, Sarah Broderick, @sebroderick for working with me on this essay. Make sure to click the link for Sarah's interview with me at the end of the essay. forgelitmag.com/2023/09/04/12t…

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True! True! True!

offering this in case it’s useful to anyone: when I’m especially scared, it helps me to remind myself that probably all of my women ancestors had harder lives than I’ve had. & their strength is in me, is part of the fabric of who I am & what I can perhaps do

Looking forward to continuing to live and raise children as a Black woman under the leadership chosen by people like this

@JRubinBlogger Yes, she matured & we need to remember that as Senator she was elected to REPRESENT the interests of a liberal electorate. As VP she represented the country. She's running for president of the USA, not president of California.

Let’s start with the big one: “Biden should dump Harris.” Millions of pixels, gallons of ink and hours of airtime were spent explaining why she was a drag on the ticket, why Biden would do better with someone else a heartbeat away from the presidency. The reasons for the anti-Harris animus were flimsy at best. If one wanted to be generous, these voices reflected a refusal to look carefully at her political maturation. But in many cases they reflected a double standard for women and women of color. She had in fact ably served Biden and become the most effective voice in opposition to Dobbs (which may prove the most decisive factor in driving women into her camp). She could boast of numerous overseas visits and ease on the world stage. Removing her from the 2024 ticket would have created a firestorm (properly so) among the Democrats’ most loyal constituencies (Blacks and women), and, moreover, deprived Democrats of a superb candidate who would step into the top spot. wapo.st/4hBeUsp

@cborkowski Biden misspoke. Vance did not.

Watch "JD Vance you just f'ed up in a way I've never seen in my pollical life and I worked for Sarah Palin" - Nicole Wallace JD Vance just called Kamala Harris TRASH at his final rally in Atlanta, Georgia.

@row_ie_argument And stay away from open flames. Do not strike matches or use Zippos.

I found the perfect way to summarize the 2024 election

@ThirdWayMattB @ThirdWayKessler @BulwarkOnline Trump's mini-me, little dictator at work. wired.com/story/elon-mus…

Yesterday, the Trump campaign leaked a memo claiming they're winning. It's important to understand it as part of setting up the Big Lie 2.0. The memo is bullshit and we are bullish on Harris. From @ThirdWayKessler and me in @BulwarkOnline thebulwark.com/p/dont-buy-the…

@JRubinBlogger Good for Barbara Bush. How about Laura Bush?

Liz Cheney Tells George W. Bush to Endorse Kamala Harris: ‘It’s Time’... don't know that he has the spine thedailybeast.com/liz-cheney-tel…

@ambernoelle Two of my favorite performances: Assignment Earth episode of the original Star Trek and in The Black Stallion.

I had no idea that Olive was a popular name. Am I in a weird bubble? The only Olive I'm familiar with is Popeye's Olive Oil. In real life, I've never met anyone named Olive. I've encountered thousands of names in my customer service experience but no Olives that I can remember.

@ShandersWrites I guess. The headline game can be so misleading & MSM often gets it wrong. This headline in WaPo got it right.

@gatster I guess it’s a way for them to confirm their readers’ opinions while technically reporting on the truth?

I somehow accidentally started getting a far-right newsletter in my inbox (😡). Today the top headline was the terrifying CDC SOUNDS THE ALARM ON VACCINES but then if a person cared to actually scroll and read it the article said the exact f’ing opposite:

@ThisWeekABC @RameshPonnuru @MarthaRaddatz But he's still surging in the polls. WTF?

“Trump is declining. He is exhibiting less control. He's always been meandering, but it's gone to a new level … You see a decline there and it is I think related to age,” National Review's @RameshPonnuru tells @MarthaRaddatz. trib.al/RaSFEUb

@JRubinBlogger This is what I'm seeing in Inkster, MI (a mostly black community) near Detroit. Handmade signs and official signs. In 2020, I saw nothing even though I'm sure people voted for Biden. I have a feeling these folks are not being reached by pollsters.

if so then -- shocker -- a great deal of press coverage has been wrong and plain misleading. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o…

Take "selfishness, vanity, & self-deceit," & add "cruelty" to the mix and you have the GOP candidate for POTUS.