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(ThyBlackMan.com) When Doug Jones announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in a 2017 special election, he was considered a long shot as a Democratic candidate running for statewide office in the deeply Republican state of Alabama. The special election was held following the resignation of Republican incumbent Jeff Sessions, who stepped down to become the U.S. Attorney General in the first Trump administration. As a former U.S. attorney for the […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The news that civil rights icon the reverend Jesse Jackson was hospitalized ignited an avalanche of media and public commentary, speculation and tributes to him. Jackson is battling a rare neurological disorder that most people had never heard of. And it has often proved fatal. This prompted the intense look at Jackson’s history, accomplishments, and place in the civil rights battles of the past half century. It also raised […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) “This project is befitting of the legacy of greatness that so many Black New Yorkers have built here in Harlem. It is Black-owned in a time when we are being taught as if the words DEI are that of a slur, when in fact what they are is a representation of the fulfillment of the ideals that make so many proud to be New Yorkers.”  — New York City Mayor-Elect […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Eddie Murphy is one of the most influential entertainers of the last half century, a figure whose work has shaped comedy, film, music, and pop culture in ways few could ever match. His sharp wit, global reach, and unparalleled ability to evolve make him a unique cultural figure whose words often reveal more wisdom than his audiences expect. Beneath the jokes is a man who has studied fame, family, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor set off — for his fan base, anyway — great expectations of a more “affordable” city. But the Democratic Socialist hasn’t even been sworn in, and some of his marquee promises are already history. Start with free buses. For a city dependent on public transportation, free buses are a nice idea but also a bad idea. Fares pay for […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) For the first time in my thirty-five years in Washington, DC, something historic is in the air when it comes to small business. What is happening reminds me of the famous quote from the movie, “Field of Dreams.”  “If you build it, he will come.” In a similar manner, the Trump administration and the U.S. Congress have challenged me to build a field of dreams for small business.  “If […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is something we should understand when it comes to President Donald Trump’s tax policies based on his two previous tax cuts, they have not worked out to be in the best interest of working-class Americans, so far. Nevertheless, by advocating for a $2,000 consumer tax cut to boost the economy, which is completely opposite of his previous two tax cuts, which resulted in outsized benefits to billionaires, millionaires, and corporations, Mr. […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Modern humanity is obsessed with fighting. We seem to see and filter virtually everything through the military paradigm one way or another. There is scarcely a film coming out of the studios, whether from Hollywood or elsewhere, that does not have a lot of fighting or else runs the risk of being called dull, boring or not very exciting. Across the world there is so much fighting going on […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Trump Derangement Syndrome prevents those who dislike President Donald Trump from giving him credit for virtually anything. In the first nine months of Trump 2.0, his detractors fail to credit him for: securing the southern border in a matter of weeks; gas prices now at a four-year low; the steep decline in the price of eggs; a stock market hitting record highs, benefiting the nearly half of American adults […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.” This was one of thousands of newly released emails that about Trump’s sleaze relationship with documented pedophile, sex trafficker, business dealing con artist Jeffrey Epstein. Tens of thousands more will be released by the House before November is out. But there are three problems with this email release that again seems to point the finger squarely […]