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Rational Black Thought Episode #103 September 24, 2022 - In a failing democracy, justice is the first to go artwork

Rational Black Thought Episode #103 September 24, 2022 - In a failing democracy, justice is the first to go

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Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Marcia and Keith What’s on my mind: The gutting of the American judiciary: https://www.lawfareblog.com/everything-wrong-judge-cannons-ruling https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/the-supreme-courts-wrong-turn-on-constitutional-rights News: Tish James Smacks that ass! Files lawsuit against Trump:https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/21/nyregion/trump-fraud-lawsuit-ny-james MTG, childish fucking bully, caught on video kicking a teen:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/unhinged-marjorie-taylor-greene-caught-on-video-kicking-a-teen-activist/ar-AA11Ufxz?cvid=9fb09c9ecc1d437d8d93c8812aa867a8&ocid=winp2sv1plustaskbar Once Q adjacent, Trump is now Q embracing:https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-is-trump-openly-embracing-qanon-now Justice in America depends on the color of your skin:https://www.theroot.com/how-memphis-police-failed-a-black-woman-and-thus-all-w-1849565117 The queen’s dead, long live the king, but not his Black daughter-in-law:https://thegrio.com/2022/09/15/meghan-markle-is-still-taking-racist-punches-but-she-is-living-her-best-life/ This shit is for us: Working on the Chain Gang: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/walter-mosley/working-on-chain-gang.htm Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The problem of evil: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/evil/ Closing: Black woman breaks multiple glass ceilings: https://www.theroot.com/serial-entrepreneur-dawn-dickson-embraces-her-multitude-1849479746 Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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