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What’s on my mind: I am tired of rolling with the goddamn punches: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

News:

• Why making Juneteenth a holiday, improves nothing: https://www.fayobserver.com/story/opinion/2021/06/17/dahleen-glanton-what-were-getting-wrong-juneteenth/5293568001/
• Senate votes to confirm Biden pick for D.C. appeals court: https://triblive.com/news/politics-election/senate-votes-to-confirm-biden-pick-for-d-c-appeals-court/
• The Importance of Teaching Dred Scott: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-importance-of-teaching-dred-scott
• COVID Update – Man who declined COVID-19 Vaccine, tells others to get the shot: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-man-declined-covid-19-vaccine-speaks-undergoing/story?id=78321152
• Black artist’s work sells for $100 of thousands and he gets nothing: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/arts/design/-enslaved-potter-david-drake-museum.html

This shit is for us: Do Black communities still exist? https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/10272689/black-communities-around-the-world-black-history-month

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Jesus curses a fig tree because it was out of season: 

Closing: Memoriam and History Lesson – Martha White: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/martha-white-dead.html 

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What’s on my mind: Why the Democrats will always lose to the Republicans: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/16/us-election-democrats-republicans-trump

News:

• Senate Report Details Security Failures in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/us/politics/capitol-riot-security.html
• Televangelists say Satan gave them COVID-19: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/televangelists-say-satan-gave-covid-19-milo-went-ex-gay/
• COVID Update – The Dangerous Delta Variant: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/briefing/delta-variant-britain-covid-cases.html
• Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are a threat to Black Americans: https://thegrio.com/2021/06/08/joe-manchin-kyrsten-sinema-threat-to-black-americans/
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Becomes 2nd Fastest Woman of All-Time: https://www.theroot.com/shelly-ann-fraser-pryce-becomes-2nd-fastest-woman-of-al-1847054941
• Meet the woman working with Diddy to revolutionize buying Black: https://thegrio.com/2021/06/02/woman-working-diddy-revolutionize-buying-black/

This shit is for us: How to win when the game is rigged: 

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The story of Lazarus:

Closing: Wes Moore announces a run for governor in Maryland: https://www.binnews.com/content/2021-06-08-wes-moore-strives-to-become-the-first-black-governor-of-maryland/

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What’s on my mind: The Zig-Zag Project updated for Black People: https://zigzagpod.com/zigzagproject

News:

• Trump shuts down his blog, frustrated by its low readership: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/us/politics/trump-shuts-down-blog.html
• A Forgotten Genocide: What Germany Did in Namibia: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/europe/germany-namibia-genocide.html
• Ex-Priest Dies Just Before Facing Charges in 1972 Killing of an Altar Boy: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/us/danny-croteau-richard-levigne.html
• Sex abuse victims want AG to keep convicted Chicago priest locked up: https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/sex-abuse-victims-want-ag-to-keep-convicted-chicago-priest-locked-up/
• Black woman goes from Women’s Shelter to Full Ride Scholarship for Astrophysics: https://www.newsweek.com/man-found-dead-dinosaur-statue-barcelona-1594106
• Memphis woman accused of setting father’s home on fire: https://wreg.com/news/yall-know-im-crazy-memphis-woman-accused-of-setting-fathers-home-on-fire/

This shit is for us: What is Critical Race Theory and Why is it Under Attack? https://www.google.com/books/edition/Critical_Race_Theory_Matters/6MQtCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=critical+race+theory&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover, http://bostonreview.net/race-politics/david-theo-goldberg-war-critical-race-theory

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: You have heard of Abraham’s attempt to kill his son Isaac as a sacrifice to god but, have you heard of Jephthah’s daughter?

Closing: Kashe Quest 2-Year-Old genius admitted into Mensa: https://thenetline.com/kashe-quests-parents/

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What’s on my mind: The Art of War in the Fight for Justice: http://www.hottopicstalkradio.com/thejspot/predictability-why-sun-tzus-art-of-war-could-well-serve-the-african-american-cause, https://notesfromanaspiringhumanitarian.com/the-art-of-war-how-the-masses-are-convinced-to-be-complicit-with-oppression/

News:

• Tech company backs out of Arizona election audit: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/555403-tech-company-backs-out-of-arizona-election-audit
• Five men arrested in connection to shooting of BLM activist Sasha Johnson: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/us/politics/black-farmers-debt-relief.html
• Pastor arrested for secretly filming men using the urinal in the church restroom: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/pastor-arrested-secretly-filming-men-using-urinal-church-restroom/
• Pastor asks for money to help rapist: https://www.newsweek.com/man-found-dead-dinosaur-statue-barcelona-1594106
• Missing man found dead inside a papier-mâché  dinosaur: https://www.newsweek.com/man-found-dead-dinosaur-statue-barcelona-1594106
• US Coronavirus Update: https://www.wndu.com/2021/05/21/11-year-old-raising-money-to-pay-for-funeral-costs/
• The family of Andre Hill, has reached a settlement for $10 million: https://www.blackenterprise.com/andre-hills-family-award-10-million-settlement-a-gym-will-be-named-after-him/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow/

This shit is for us: Black people are in a mental health crisis: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-people-are-mental-health-crisis-therapists-are-busier-ever-rcna1045, https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/4-ways-to-cope-with-racial-trauma-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: King David offers rewards to those who kill the blind and infirm: https://rarebible.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/god-discriminates-against-the-handicapped/

Closing: Kristen Clarke confirmed as first Black woman to run DOJ’s Civil Rights Division: https://bnc.tv/kristen-clarke-confirmed-as-first-black-woman-to-run-dojs-civil-rights-division/

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What’s on my mind: When our freedom is under attack, what do we do?  Stand up fight back! https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2021/crisis-reform-call-strengthen-americas-battered-democracy, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1272137.pdf

News:

• Republicans plan to block a 911 style commission to investigate the Jan 6th riot: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-05-19/house-to-vote-on-independent-panel-to-probe-jan-6-attack
• Banks Fight $4 Billion Debt Relief Plan for Black Farmers: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/us/politics/black-farmers-debt-relief.html
• Ronald Greene's family hasn’t had time to mourn: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/us/ronald-greene-louisiana-police-death-friday/index.html
• Marjorie Taylor Greene, accosts AOC, Stacey Plaskett comments: https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-plaskett-addresses-concerns-future-173328954.html
• Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Recall Horrors During Congressional Hearing: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tulsa-race-massacre-survivors-testify-congress_n_60a52ea3e4b014bd0cb3bcd4
• US Coronavirus Update: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-covid-19---18-may-2021
• North Carolina Jury Awards $75 Million to Black Brothers: https://www.theroot.com/north-carolina-jury-awards-75-million-to-brothers-who-1846920771

This shit is for us: Optimal Black Self-Concept: https://www.chrislford.com/blog/redefining-success, https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/57244_Chapter_3.pdf

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Jesus calls a Black woman a literal bitch: https://danielmiessler.com/blog/another-jesus-quote-youll-never-hear-in-church/

Closing: Gayle King Announces ViacomCBS' $1M HBCU Scholarship: https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/gayle-king-announces-viacomcbs-1m-hbcu-scholarship-a-1846894249

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What’s on my mind: Preview of the 2022 Midterms – we are in deep shit! https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections,_2022, https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2021/04/26/census-count-reallocates-7-house-seats-could-affect-2022-midterm/7385392002/, https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-already-have-slight-advantage-over-2022-election-in-new-poll/

News:

• House Republican’s oust Liz Chaney, there’s no room for the truth in the GOP: https://www.rollcall.com/2021/05/12/house-republicans-oust-liz-cheney-from-no-3-leadership-post/
• Black female Fort Bragg solider accused of murder: https://people.com/crime/fort-bragg-soldier-accused-killing-fellow-servicewoman-dating-ex/
• Two Black transgender women jailed in Cameroon: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/13/two-transgender-women-jailed-in-cameroon-over-homosexuality-law
• Black man accused of manslaughter after hitting a man that called him a racial slur: https://www.rawstory.com/dunkin-donuts-racial-slur/
• Black Homeowner in Indiana Files Discrimination Complaint: https://www.theroot.com/black-homeowner-in-indiana-files-discrimination-complai-1846846972
• Update on Breonna Taylor murder: https://www.bet.com/news/national/2021/05/10/louisville-police-investigation-finds-officers-should-not-have-s.html
• US Coronavirus Update:
• Black man jailed for 42 years is innocent: https://people.com/crime/kevin-strickland-jailed-decades-after-triple-murder-innocent/

This shit is for us: The global nature of racism: https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/hSwJKwwjVl0C?hl=en&gbpv=1

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Rapture: https://time.com/2938481/what-the-bible-really-says-about-the-rapture/

Closing: Know Your History! Juanita Craft: https://aframnews.com/know-your-history-juanita-craft/

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What’s on my mind: Why misinformation is so prolific in America: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/world/asia/misinformation-disinformation-fake-news.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage, https://line.17qq.com/articles/qqhnqphgsy_p2.html

News:

• Federal Grand Jury indicts four ex-officers in the murder of George Floyd: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/us/chauvin-george-floyd-civil-rights.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
• GOP doubles down on supporting Trump, Democracy be damned: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-05-06/liz-cheney-clings-to-gop-post-as-trump-endorses-replacement
• The family of Tamir Rice is still seeking justice: https://aframnews.com/tamir-rice-time-to-hold-someone-accountable/
• Church not surprised after pastor arrested for stealing a scooter: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/2021/05/church-not-surprised-after-pastor-arrested-for-stealing-scooter/
• US Coronavirus Update: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/obituaries/shelia-smith-dead-coronavirus.html
• Cult leader’s mummified body found wrapped in Xmas lights at Colorado home: https://globalnews.ca/news/7835607/cult-leader-mummified-love-has-won/

This shit is for us: Civil War II - We are already in a Race war: https://www.salon.com/2021/02/09/were-fighting-the-second-american-civil-war_partner/, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/comingracewar.htm

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Religious Significance of Hats:

Closing: Identical twins score more than $24 M in scholarships: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/identical-twins-score-24m-college-scholarship-money/story?id=77535640 

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What’s on my mind: How it all ends, my take on the end of our civilization: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190218-are-we-on-the-road-to-civilisation-collapse, https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-08-10/four-reasons-civilization-wont-decline-it-will-collapse/

News:

• The suspects in Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death indicted on federal hate crime charges: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/us/politics/arbery-hate-crime.html
• Biden delivers his first address to both houses of congress: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/28/989120226/bidens-address-to-congress-annotated, https://www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/news/republican-%E2%80%9Cuncle%E2%80%9D-senator-tim-scott-%E2%80%9Cboss-is-we-sick%E2%80%9D.html
• Video shows Andrew Brown Jr. killed “execution style”: https://bnc.tv/execution-style-family-attorneys-of-andrew-brown-jr-react-to-body-camera-footage/
• The Death of Marvin David Scott III Has Been Ruled a Homicide: https://www.theroot.com/the-death-of-marvin-david-scott-iii-has-been-ruled-a-ho-1846791059
• US Coronavirus Update: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/obituaries/jeremiah-trusty-dead-coronavirus.html
• Washington, DC pastor accused of fraud: https://thegrio.com/2021/04/18/dc-pastor-accused-of-fraud/

This shit is for us: The Republican attack on “woke” culture has racist roots: https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2020/jan/21/how-the-word-woke-was-weaponised-by-the-right, https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: This week One Minute bible study; When god says fuck a bitch, he means follow through:

Closing: Nigerian-American historically joins Biden cabinet: https://aframnews.com/nigerian-american-historically-joins-biden-cabinet/

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What’s on my mind: Are there always two sides to every story? https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/158370601.pdf

News:

• The jury reaches a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, now what? https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/549609-chauvin-likely-to-face-uphill-battle-in-appeal
• Congress tries again to extend deadline for census results: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/984822577/after-a-disrupted-census-congress-tries-again-to-extend-deadlines-for-results
• Chad's President, Idriss Déby, killed in clash with rebels: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/989052863/chads-president-idriss-deby-reportedly-killed-during-clash-with-rebels
• The Tragedy of Harry Uzoka: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/magazine/harry-uzoka-murder-george-koh.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
• Black former female cop that saved Black man’s life, wins lawsuit: https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-female-cop-who-was-fired-for-trying-to-stop-chokehold-in-2008-wins-ruling-will-receive-pension-back-pay/
• US Coronavirus Update: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ and https://fredericksburg.com/news/local/local-pregnant-woman-33-dies-from-covid-19/article_38493489-82c5-5b1f-9988-f62623007596.html
• Poacher killed by elephants, good: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/africa/suspected-poacher-trampled-south-africa-intl/index.html

This shit is for us: Are Black people cohesive in their fight for justice? https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/african-americans-have-been-blocked-voting-black-vote-not-block

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: This week One Minute bible study; The Ten Commandments: https://www.christianpost.com/news/survey-more-americans-familiar-with-big-mac-ingredients-than-10-commandments.html

Closing: Hester Ford, the oldest living American, died this week: https://goodblacknews.org/2021/04/14/cbs-news-veteran-kimberly-godwin-to-become-president-of-abc-news/

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What’s on my mind: Inherent bias in law enforcement, does it exist? https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/research/pdf/SpencerCharbonneauGlaser.Compass.2016.pdf

News:

• The trial of George Floyd’s murderer and the continuing saga of police misconduct: https://www.kxl.com/derek-chauvin-trial/, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/daunte-wright-was-stopped-expired-plates-driving-while-black-may-n1263878, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/us/virginia-police-officer-gutierrez-pepper-spray.html
• House Panel Advances Bill to Study Reparations: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/us/politics/reparations-slavery-house.html
• Black High School Teacher killed while attempting to rob a drug dealer: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teacher-killed-old-western-shootout-after-trying-rob-mexican-drug-n1264151   
• Black family’s property taken during Jim Crow now worth $75 million: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/us/bruces-beach-los-angeles-county-black-family/index.html
• US Coronavirus Update:   https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/, https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9348081/wallace-roney-dead-coronavirus
• Prophet says earth to be hit by an asteroid carrying an alien zombie virus:    https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/04/09/preacher-in-2029-an-asteroid-will-hit-earth-and-give-rise-to-the-antichrist/

This shit is for us: What makes for a good ally relationship with Black America? https://thetoolkit.wixsite.com/toolkit/beyond-allyship, https://www.solutionswithsonya.com/news/allyship-framework

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: This week One Minute bible study: 2 Samuel 6 -10

Closing: Kimberly Godwin to Become President of ABC News: https://goodblacknews.org/2021/04/14/cbs-news-veteran-kimberly-godwin-to-become-president-of-abc-news/

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