Really?
Both Sides: Why we don't fuck with the GOP
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Remember, voting doesn't matter 
I don't see the play here 
Why cant mafuggas spell "bused" right?
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I know, I know, still not enough
By Philip Lewis
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00:06Harris At The Helm
Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled a list of policies aimed toward Black men, her latest attempt to engage a voting bloc former President Donald Trump and his campaign have attempted to court this election season.
Harris’ opportunity agenda for Black men includes a laundry list of policy proposals, including providing a million loans to Black entrepreneurs and others to start businesses, investing in Black male mentorship and training programs, protecting cryptocurrency assets, launching a health equity initiative focusing on diseases that disproportionately impact Black men like diabetes and prostate cancer, and legalizing recreational marijuana for Black men to participate in the burgeoning industry.
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The policies draw from stops on her nationwide economic opportunity tour, during which she listened to Black men during visits to predominantly Black cities like Atlanta, Charlotte and Detroit.
The policy rollout comes in the middle of a campaign swing focused in part on Black men. Harris met with Black farmers in North Carolina on Sunday and will participate in a radio town hall in Detroit hosted by “The Breakfast Club” host Charlamagne Tha God on Tuesday.
“Black men care about economics. A lot of African American men specifically care about the cost of inflation, health care, housing, all of those things,” said Quentin Fulks, the Harris-Walz campaign’s deputy principal manager. “When it comes down to it, another thing that’s always underlying data is: How do you create generational wealth? How do you begin to build? A number of these policies attempt to answer that.”
Durham, North Carolina, Mayor Leonardo Williams (left) takes a selfie with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrives at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville on Saturday.
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Harris’ plan to provide 1 million loans to black entrepreneurs, for example, would provide resources and capital for the historically marginalized group to pursue business ventures — an avenue for wealth-building. The proposals said the loans would be funded through the Small Business Administration and local partners like banks and would be forgivable up to $20,000.
The Democratic nominee also pledges to provide more financial support for Black farmers and ranchers, set a goal to double quality apprenticeships, and work with Congress to encourage businesses to limit the use of criminal arrest histories and credit scores when vetting potential employees.
The policy proposals come on the heels of much discussion concerning Black male voters. Former President Barack Obama sparked the conversation after he pleaded with Black men to “drop excuses” and support Harris’ bid for the presidency before his speech at a Pittsburgh rally last week.
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”Black men feel like [politicians] show up in the fourth quarter for them, or that there’s an underlying expectation of a vote and nobody does anything to earn it,” Fulks said. “But even beyond that, there are a lot of broken promises. This is very important to the vice president and this campaign feels that everything that you see here is achievable.”
A poll from The New York Times released over the weekend found Harris’ support among Black voters to be substantially smaller than estimates of the support the Democratic presidential candidates received in 2016 and 2020. She led Trump 78% to 15%, with only 70% of Black men saying they would vote for her and 20% backing Trump. That said, polls in 2020 and 2022 ended up understating Black support for Democratic candidates.
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Indeed, some political experts and organizers believe the hand-wringing over the Black male vote is largely overblown. Black men have consistently turned out for the Democratic Party. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll last month found support for Harris is solid among Black men.
“Black men do not vote much differently than Black women. This is a talking point being pushed that is harmful, trying to lay blame at the feet of Black men,” former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) wrote on social media.
Still, the Harris-Walz campaign has been working to prevent defections to the Republican Party, having hosted multiple events in battleground states.
Kamala Harris' New Economic Agenda Reveals What She Would Do To Help Black Men
This is the vice president’s latest attempt to engage a voting bloc that Donald Trump and his campaign have also attempted to court this election season.
By Philip Lewis
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00:06Harris At The Helm
Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled a list of policies aimed toward Black men, her latest attempt to engage a voting bloc former President Donald Trump and his campaign have attempted to court this election season.
Harris’ opportunity agenda for Black men includes a laundry list of policy proposals, including providing a million loans to Black entrepreneurs and others to start businesses, investing in Black male mentorship and training programs, protecting cryptocurrency assets, launching a health equity initiative focusing on diseases that disproportionately impact Black men like diabetes and prostate cancer, and legalizing recreational marijuana for Black men to participate in the burgeoning industry.
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The policies draw from stops on her nationwide economic opportunity tour, during which she listened to Black men during visits to predominantly Black cities like Atlanta, Charlotte and Detroit.
The policy rollout comes in the middle of a campaign swing focused in part on Black men. Harris met with Black farmers in North Carolina on Sunday and will participate in a radio town hall in Detroit hosted by “The Breakfast Club” host Charlamagne Tha God on Tuesday.
“Black men care about economics. A lot of African American men specifically care about the cost of inflation, health care, housing, all of those things,” said Quentin Fulks, the Harris-Walz campaign’s deputy principal manager. “When it comes down to it, another thing that’s always underlying data is: How do you create generational wealth? How do you begin to build? A number of these policies attempt to answer that.”
Durham, North Carolina, Mayor Leonardo Williams (left) takes a selfie with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrives at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville on Saturday.
Steve Helber via Associated Press
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Harris’ plan to provide 1 million loans to black entrepreneurs, for example, would provide resources and capital for the historically marginalized group to pursue business ventures — an avenue for wealth-building. The proposals said the loans would be funded through the Small Business Administration and local partners like banks and would be forgivable up to $20,000.
The Democratic nominee also pledges to provide more financial support for Black farmers and ranchers, set a goal to double quality apprenticeships, and work with Congress to encourage businesses to limit the use of criminal arrest histories and credit scores when vetting potential employees.
The policy proposals come on the heels of much discussion concerning Black male voters. Former President Barack Obama sparked the conversation after he pleaded with Black men to “drop excuses” and support Harris’ bid for the presidency before his speech at a Pittsburgh rally last week.
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”Black men feel like [politicians] show up in the fourth quarter for them, or that there’s an underlying expectation of a vote and nobody does anything to earn it,” Fulks said. “But even beyond that, there are a lot of broken promises. This is very important to the vice president and this campaign feels that everything that you see here is achievable.”
A poll from The New York Times released over the weekend found Harris’ support among Black voters to be substantially smaller than estimates of the support the Democratic presidential candidates received in 2016 and 2020. She led Trump 78% to 15%, with only 70% of Black men saying they would vote for her and 20% backing Trump. That said, polls in 2020 and 2022 ended up understating Black support for Democratic candidates.
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Indeed, some political experts and organizers believe the hand-wringing over the Black male vote is largely overblown. Black men have consistently turned out for the Democratic Party. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll last month found support for Harris is solid among Black men.
“Black men do not vote much differently than Black women. This is a talking point being pushed that is harmful, trying to lay blame at the feet of Black men,” former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) wrote on social media.
Still, the Harris-Walz campaign has been working to prevent defections to the Republican Party, having hosted multiple events in battleground states.
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If you come across any FEMA personal during your '"hunt" wouldn't that mean they are where they are supposed to be doing their jobs as attended?
If they are there doing their jobs, what the fuck is the militia running around chasing them for?
They were told that if they accept Fema assistance, they would forfeit their home and land.
so shitting on a black woman is okay as long as she's a democrat?
The white people cheering this face tattooed man would call him a thug if he wasn't parroting the rhetoric they like.
Yup or pull their guns and unload bullets at him
SHE IS NOT A BLACK WOMAN!!!
Funny the Nation of Islam--you know the organization Malcolm X was repping--seems to acknowledge Jamaica as being a black country.
So wouldn't Brother Malcom and the NOI acknowledge Vp Harris Jamaican Heritage?
I mean they they often give praise to the NOI creator Master Farad Muhammad who they themselves acknowledge was mixed race.
Jamaican is a nationality.....not a race. You can even ask real Jamaicans on this board, like @Mr. Met , who will tell you that neither Kamala nor her father would be considered "black" in Jamaica. And there are other West Indians on this board who say there isn't even a concept of race in the Caribbean. Their words not mine.
Do you consider Sean Paul to be "black"?
Now, as far as the NOI theology is concerned, all the Black, Brown, Red and Yellow people of the world are variations of the original Black Man. But the reality is that Fard wasn't mixed race at all, but that's another discussion.
So back to Kamala. She's a mixed-race woman of Indian/Jamaican descent whose father himself was mixed race. She was raised by her Indian mother in Canada.
She is not a Black American/African-American/ADOS woman.
And there's no accent you can sell me.