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What’s on my mind: Transversing Liminal Space:

News:

• Kentucky abortion decision:

https://aboutblaw.com/37B

• Officers charged in the death of Breonna Taylor:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-charges-former-louisville-cop-joshua-jaynes-who-lied-on-search-warrant-for-breonna-taylor-raid

• Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years:

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/04/1115541890/brittney-griner-russia-drug-trial

• Alex Jones is as dumb as his lawyers:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/mistrial-denied-jury-weighs-damages-against-alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-2022-08-04/

• The attempted murder of Awe:

https://webbtelescope.org/news/news-releases?Collection=First%20Images

This shit is for us: Pro Black:

https://calvinrosser.com/notes/turning-pro-steven-pressfield/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: What the bible says about the LGBTQIA+ community:

Closing: Melanated Campout brings Black joy to the great outdoors: 

https://thegrio.com/2022/07/18/melanated-campout-brings-black-joy-to-the-great-outdoors/

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What’s on my mind: We live in a racist Matrix:

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED503743.pdf

News:

• Mastriano goes on racist site to promote his candidacy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/us/politics/doug-mastriano-gab.html

• Black pastor robbed of the jewelry he bought with stolen funds:

https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2022/7/28/23282222/brooklyn-pastor-robbed-lamor-whitehead-lawsuit

• An avowed racist wins the GOP primary for Maryland’s Attorney General:

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pro-confederacy-anti-equality-christian-nationalist-extremist-michael-peroutka-wins-gop-primary-for-maryland-attorney-general/

• Conservative Christian pastor arrested for child rape:

https://www.rawstory.com/pastor-arrested-2657714022/

• Racism is bad for the relational health of Black couples:

https://aframnews.com/study-finds-the-everyday-wear-and-tear-of-racism-on-black-couples/

• This shit is for us: Brainwashed:

https://dreamwellresearch.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/brainwashed-challenging-the-myth-of-black-inferiority1.pdf

• Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Is morality given by god?:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/homo-consumericus/201204/morality-exists-despite-religion

https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/ethics-without-gods/

Closing: Return of Bruce’s Beach in CA to Descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce: 

https://goodblacknews.org/2022/06/29/return-of-bruces-beach-in-ca-to-descendants-of-charles-and-willa-bruce-receives-unanimous-approval-from-la-board-of-supervisors/

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What’s on my mind: The vicious spiral:

https://www.thenextevolution.com/spiral-dynamics/

News:

• Jan 6th Committee’s 8th Public Hearing:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1112323797/jan-6-hearing-recap-187-minutes

• Jesse Lee Peterson outed:

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/anti-gay-manosphere-pastor-accused-multiple-gay-sexual-relationships/

• Secret Service deletes texts from Jan 5th & 6th:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ohio-10-year-old-abortion-indiana-man-arrested-1382625/

• ‘I Shot That N***** 119 Times’:

https://newsone.com/4376863/racist-mississippi-police-chief-fired/

• Black News Channel is resurrected:

https://www.blackenterprise.com/byron-allens-media-group-acquires-black-news-channel-for-11million/

This shit is for us: How to win but still lose:

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/integrated-bus-suggestions

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Is Christianity Unique:

https://aeon.co/essays/theres-no-sharp-distinction-between-cult-and-regular-religion

Closing: Creating Black ‘food sovereignty’: 

https://goodblacknews.org/2022/05/10/economist-lisa-cook-confirmed-to-federal-reserve-board-1st-black-woman-governor-in-agencys-108-year-history/

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What’s on my mind: Political success is a long-term game, why the Democrats always lose:

News:

• Jan 6th Committee’s 7th Public Hearing:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/13/1111176134/jan-6-hearing-takeaways-oath-keepers-proud-boys

• Dumb Black Republicans:

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gop-congressional-candidate-jerone-davison-says-the-antichrist-is-being-birthed-and-manifested-through-the-democrat-party/

• 10-yo rape victim forced to flee to Indiana from Ohio to get an abortion:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ohio-10-year-old-abortion-indiana-man-arrested-1382625/

• Pastor arrested for trying to overthrow the government:

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/08/colorado-pastor-tyler-ethridge-jan-6/

• Justice is not blind, nor is it fair:

https://www.theroot.com/white-man-makes-over-100-racist-threats-and-gets-only-4-1849164825

This shit is for us: Authenticity and Integrity in the Black Community:

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144510879.pdf

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Religion versus Cult, is there a difference:

https://aeon.co/essays/theres-no-sharp-distinction-between-cult-and-regular-religion

Closing: Lisa Cook Confirmed to Federal Reserve Board: 

https://goodblacknews.org/2022/05/10/economist-lisa-cook-confirmed-to-federal-reserve-board-1st-black-woman-governor-in-agencys-108-year-history/

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What’s on my mind: The necessity of a grand alliance:

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/GordonLenhardtpaperNov30.pdf

News:

• A Comparisons of police interactions:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/us/jayland-walker-police-shooting-video/index.html

• SCOTUS members prayed with an organization that argued cases before the court:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/roe-supreme-court-justices-1378046/

• Cult members lets little girl die because…Jesus:

https://www.newsweek.com/girl-death-cult-diabetes-medicine-crime-police-1721790

• We live on planet Earth, and there are no borders for pain:

https://www.reuters.com/world/cost-of-living-crisis-driving-breathtaking-surge-extreme-poverty-undp-2022-07-07/

• Update on a racist, murdering cop:

https://newsone.com/4368074/timothy-loehmann-killed-tamir-rice-joins-tioga-borough-police/

This shit is for us: We are being “Frightened by hope”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/reclaiming-chagos-islands-british-colonization/638444/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Church/State separation:

https://advocatesfortruth.com/blog/does-the-bible-separate-church-and-state

Closing: Black nerds celebrate: 

https://thegrio.com/2022/07/07/you-can-be-a-nerd-and-keep-your-black-card-and-find-your-tribe-at-blerdcon-2022/

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What’s on my mind: The larger impact of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/supreme-court-roe-v-wade-clarence-thomas-contraception-same-sex-marriage-sodomy

News:

• Jan 6th committee’s public hearings:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/28/politics/january-6-hearing-day-6-takeaways-hutchinson/index.html

• Gini Thomas is a lying piece of dog shit:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ginni-thomas-lawyer-wants-better-justification-giving-testimony-jan-6-rcna35901

• How religion distorts everything:

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/paulding-county-house-fire/85-360d8674-8ebc-4d66-b7a2-9c53fb59ed9f

• Atheist fired for not coming to daily prayer meetings:

https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/atheist-sues-company-that-fired-him-for-not-coming-to-daily-prayer-meetings/

• Update on Brittney Griner, unfortunately, it is not good:

https://newsone.com/4363240/brittney-griner-biden-administration/

This shit is for us: A new Black renaissance Part II:

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/n/negritude#:~:text=N%C3%A9gritude%20was%20an%20anti%2Dcolonial,Tate

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The bible’s view on prostitutes, good as(s) fuck:

https://medium.com/belover/prostitutes-in-the-bible-7d6404f0efe8

Closing: Black teen earns 4.0 GPA his first year at Stanford: 

https://www.blackenterprise.com/oakland-teen-earns-4-0-gpa-his-first-year-at-stanford-as-he-expands-his-science-education-non-profit/

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What’s on my mind: The distortion of patriotism:

News:

• Jan 6th committee’s public hearings:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/january-6-hearing-day-4-takeaways/index.html

• The police are educated by avowed racists:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-extremism/

• Indiana Man is the new moniker for stupidity, replacing Florida man:

https://www.waaytv.com/news/us-capitol-rioter-who-carried-weapon-loaded-with-hollow-point-bullets-pleads-guilty/article_7c49972b-7a36-5d5e-985c-5af8fe9456a0.html

• This IS the Republican Party:

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/lauren-witzke-says-uvalde-shooting-was-a-federal-operation-to-prevent-hispanics-from-supporting-the-gop/

• Police 'more churchlike than the church':

https://anabaptistworld.org/caveys-arrest-contrasts-with-churchs-failures-former-colleague-says/

• This shit is for us: A new Black renaissance:

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2021/08/19/steve-biko-philosophy-of-black-consciousness-theology-south-africa-bio/
https://hoodcommunist.org/2019/11/07/consciencism-an-african-world-view-studies-in-quantum-philosophical-thought/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337058797_The_Reality_of_African_Epistemology

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: King David, a man after god’s own heart:

Closing: Black girls are champions in the competitive world of Irish dance: 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/irish-dance-become-diverse-decades-rcna19312

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What’s on my mind: There is no reason to listen to ignorant liars:
https://eari.uv.es/index.php/Metode/article/view/10005/11896

News:

• Jan 6th committee’s public hearings:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-committee-hearings-day-3-pence-trump-eastman-luttig/

• He’s Back a racists’ grand return:

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/paul-lepage-maine-governor/

• Herschel Walker is a lying piece of shit, duh!

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/politics/herschel-walker-son-georgia-republican/index.html

• Republicans building an ‘army’ to fight made up voter fraud:

https://onlysky.media/aherrold/combat-voter-fraud-republicans-destabilize-democracy/

• MAGA Pastor Makes Triumphant Return Home, Gets Arrested Immediately:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/canadas-maga-pastor-artur-pawlowski-arrested-at-calgary-airport-after-us-misinformation-tour

This shit is for us: A history lesson, what we can learn from the life of Hubert Harrison:

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hubert-harrison-jeffrey-perry/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Did politics ruin religion or did religion ruin politics:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/06/evangelical-church-pastors-political-radicalization/629631/

Closing: Carl Bean, singer of gay pride hit ‘I Was Born This Way’, dies at 77: 

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What’s on my mind: Stupidity reigns supreme: https://www.alternet.org/2013/03/human-stupidity-destroying-world/

News:

• Peter Navarro (Trump sycophant) claims he’s broke:

 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-advisor-peter-navarro-contempt-congress-hurdles-hiring-lawyers-2022-6

• Enrique Tarrio, former head of the Proud Boys indicted on seditions conspiracy:

 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/us/politics/proud-boys-charged-sedition-capitol-attack.html

• Police given vacation after standing by and watching a Black man drown: 

 https://newsone.com/4349838/tempe-town-lake-drowning/

• Blacks in Ukraine:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/06/ukraine-refugees-warsaw-polish-border/629630/

• South African pastor convicted of plot to kill Black people: 

https://www.blackenterprise.com/south-african-pastor-found-guilty-of-plot-to-slaughter-thousands-of-black-people/

This shit is for us: Rot from within:

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/1637/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The dumbest man in the bible:

Closing: Black Women want to start a city for Black people:

https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/meet-the-three-women-laying-the-foundation-for-a-new-pro-black-city-in-central-georgia/

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What’s on my mind: The Dangers of a Mythology Mindset: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/202110/the-maddening-inconsistency-human-rationality

News:

• Trump expressed support for hanging Pence: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/25/trump-expressed-support-hanging-pence-capitol-riot-jan-6-00035117
• A Trump counter offensive fails, as does everything else he does: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-jury-finds-ex-clinton-campaign-lawyer-not-guilty-lying-fbi-2022-05-31/
• The Overton Window is moving in the wrong direction: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/neil-kumars-congressional-bid-isnt-about-winning-its-about-peddling-the-replacement-theory/
• Even her kids don’t want her in congress: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/gay-teen-dont-send-my-anti-trans-anti-abortion-mom-to-congress/
• Black man missing for 49 years: https://www.theroot.com/michigan-state-s-first-black-drum-major-still-missing-a-1848997718

This shit is for us: Black Philosophy versus Black Theology: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2020/08/12/black-theology-an-introduction

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The First Family: http://www.berenddeboer.net/sab/gen/1.html

Closing: Black-Led Race Team Makes History: https://blacknews.com/news/force-indy-black-led-race-team-2nd-indy-lights-race-birmingham-barber-motorsports-park/

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