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The biggest lesson I've learned over the past four years of doing independent media and using that platform to fight for what's important to us is that if you don't control your stories -- if you don't have decision making power to determine what is told, how it's told, or when it's told -- then someone else will, and it's a good chance that "someone else" doesn't have the concern and love for our community that we do.
BIG NEWS.
My good friend Shaun King and I are relaunching Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany's North Star with the full blessings and permission of the family of Frederick Douglas (which is pretty dope everytime I think about it). We're rebuilding it as a modern media company focusing on the stories that matter to us and the stories that are seldom heard.
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This conversation with @MediaStudied got real! Matt is a good friend of mine and I hate to see him this upset, but it's for good reason.
Imagine someone who thought your loved ones were going to burn in hell was sent to comfort you? Imagine if Candace Owens was sent to comfort the families of Mother Emanuel AME.
Listen in.
Again, white supremacy kills. Full episode on patreon.com/thebpshow
White supremacy kills. Full episode available on Patreon.com/theBpDShow
Stacey Abrams burned a Georgia flag that had the image of the confederacy on it. My friend Marcus Ferrell put it brilliantly: Anyone that has an issue with this was never going to support her.
I think that this statement can say a lot about the fight that I apparently refuse to let go of: Anyone who has an issue with directly fighting racism was never going to support a coalition that does fight racism.
So why should we waste time on them when there are tens-of-millions of people we CAN reach who never voted.
There is no progressive future without fixing the damage on the Supreme Court. In 2018 it is critical Democrats get majorities in the Senate (except Manchin, he can eat a ****). But in 2020, it is critical that we hold Democrats to a Court Packing litmus test.
IMPORTANT: This isn't a litmus test that says "I'm not gonna vote for Dems if they don't do what I like." This is a litmus test that says, "I'm going to check with the politicians from my district and state and if they aren't going to pack the courts, then I will run against them."
You don't have to vote for the lesser evil if you run to be the greater good.
Hey everyone! 661 is up.
Listen, there are no "moderate" Republicans. What they want is the complete destruction of what we want and they are willing to burn down everything to get it.
And I've extended an "olive branch" of sorts to the "misguided" Left. It's the same exact message that I've been giving over the past few weeks, but I try to do it without all the venom I'm fully aware that I dished out.
661 is a full episode so let's go!
Episode 661 | Radical Conservative Nikki Haley Resigns | Conservatism Is Extremist | An Olive Branch to the Misguided Left
The finale. Part Six.
Anoa made a statement in here that brings it all together. It is our mandate. Not only for media but also for those of you who are trying to find your way through being politically active.
Thanks for riding with me through this entire series!
- Ben
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