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Douglas Andrews Iâm in favor of reparations, and itâs all whiteyâs fault that we donât have âem yet. Barack Obama might not have expressed himself quite so candidly. After all, heâs a man of great depth and nuance â or, as Joe Biden would say, âarticulate and bright and clean.â But this is the essence of his thoughts on the matter. He told as much yesterday. As Peter Heck writes, âOn the Renegadesâ podcast he co-hosts with Bruce Springsteen, Obama shared his views on race relations and the part reparations might play in improving them. The former president expressed that while office he considered pursuing reparation payments to black citizens as compensation for the [generational] wealth lost as a consequence of slavery, but ultimately decided it would be a fruitless venture. Obama said that while he has always thought reparations would be âjustified,â he knew that âthe politics of white resistance ....
On February 22, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis became the most consequential politician in America. That was the day America learned a majority of the justices serving on the U.S. Supreme Court are easily intimidated cowards whose refusal to even consider the unconstitutional machinations surrounding the 2020 elections has put this nation on the brink of complete lawlessness. In his dissent, joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, Justice Clarence Thomas highlighted the pusillanimity of his fellow justices. âThe Pennsylvania Legislature established an unambiguous deadline for receiving mail-in ballots: 8 p.m. on election day,â Thomas wrote in his dissent. âDissatisfied, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court extended that deadline by three days. The court also ordered officials to count ballots received by the new deadline even if there was no evidence â such as a postmark â that the ballots were mailed by election day. ⦠These cases provide ....