"The conversation has to start with... what is your great fear about an America that becomes more Black, brown, Asian... because that is animating so much of this... it is animating a lot of the voter suppression" -
“I, too, wish that we were destined for the idealized future that some activists long for: an America that, as it becomes less white, also becomes less racist,” writes
As the U.S. becomes less white, white supremacy could simply be replaced by — or buffeted by — a form of “lite” supremacy, in which fairer-skin people perpetuate a modified anti-Blackness rather than eliminating it, writes
“The unfortunate reality is that anti-Black white supremacy is not confined to white people or to Republicans, even though they court it and coddle it,” writes
Breaking News: A woman who has said Herschel Walker, the GOP Senate nominee in Georgia, paid for her abortion in 2009 told The New York Times that he urged her to terminate a second pregnancy two years later. They ended the relationship after she refused. https://nyti.ms/3T6YBqw
“Christian Walker is young. He has a lot of living to do. But he’s an adult. And if he’s old enough to act in ways that harm others, he is old enough to be called out for it,’” writes
"They don't really care very much about what Walker is being accused of. They don't care how good Warnock is. They care about whether or not they will be able to prove that they still get to call the shots." -
“Herschel’s conduct, understandably, has touched Christian’s life for years, but Christian only spoke out with this kind of fervor after people started to question him — and doubt his authenticity,” writes
“This week, Herschel Walker’s 23-year-old son, Christian Walker, took a starring role in the elder Walker’s Georgia Senate campaign — to burn it to the ground,” writes
“Herschel’s conduct, understandably, has touched Christian’s life for years, but Christian only spoke out with this kind of fervor after people started to question him — and doubt his authenticity,” writes
“Christian Walker is young. He has a lot of living to do. But he’s an adult. And if he’s old enough to act in ways that harm others, he is old enough to be called out for it,’” writes
“And I’m not discounting any pain that Christian might feel. I am saying, though, that victims can also be villains. I am saying that one person’s trauma can spur another’s cruelties.”
“The wife of a Supreme Court justice has been actively engaged in trying to overturn an election, and the justice won’t recuse himself from any cases related to that issue,” writes
“The wife of a Supreme Court justice has been actively engaged in trying to overturn an election, and the justice won’t recuse himself from any cases related to that issue,” writes
“The wife of a Supreme Court justice has been actively engaged in trying to overturn an election, and the justice won’t recuse himself from any cases related to that issue,” writes
“DeSantis may pretend to be oblivious to the racial acts and statements of the people he associates with and appoints, but eliminating Black power and representation was a conscious act,” writes
“Media coverage — what is called ‘earned media’ — even negative and mocking coverage, is sometimes more powerful than paid ads. Look no further than Donald Trump’s victory in 2016,”
“It seems clear to me that Walker will inflate or deflate his intellect to fit a function. The truth is irrelevant. This is at the heart of Trumpism,” writes