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Since I'm starting over @Spoutible , I'm re-upping some of my essays in this thread. If you find my writing helpful/interesting/informative, consider subscribing to The Journeyman, my Substack on politics, the economy, and anti-Black racism https://thejourneyman.substack.com/?showWelcome=true
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Essays from the intersection of the American economy, politics, and anti-Black racism. Click to read The Journeyman, by Marlon Weems, a Substack publication with thousands of readers.

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What an amazingly bad look. The basic “Nazis are bad” gene is totally absent in tech bros
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09:09 AM - Dec 18, 2023
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My latest takes a look at last week’s elections, and why Republicans don’t care if they lose
https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/the-definition-of-insanity?r=3e2a&utm_medium=ios&a...
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So my latest is about a party straight out of Get Out, and white guys cyber-stalking me https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/why-do-white-guys-keep-googling-me?r=3e2a&utm_medium=i...
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Why Do White Guys Keep Googling Me? - The Journeyman

I’m just asking questions

12:29 PM - Oct 14, 2023
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Afro-Cuban artist Harmonia Rosales reimagines Renaissance art with Black people at the center
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Harmonia Rosales’ ‘Master Narrative’ exhibition reimagines Renaissance art | CNN

A new art exhibit at the Spelman College Museum of Art reimagines Renaissance-era creation stories with Black religions and history at the center.

04:26 AM - Sep 18, 2023
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This guy has been sleeping in his car in our parking lot the past couple days. I wanna ask if he's OK or needs anything..... but I'm also very cautious of randomly approaching men's cars with American flags all over it
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Truth🔥

#PovertyIsAPolicyChoice
#BlackSpoutible
#Resilience
#survival
#RacialWealthGap
💜 Callie 💜 @CallieSpeakz
“Far too many people see poverty as a personal failing rather than a systemic one.”— @queenie4rmnola
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Why So Many Black Americans Are Stuck in Survival Mode | by Allison Wiltz | Sep, 2023 | Medium

If you've ever lived in survival mode, you know what it's like to try to juggle competing interests, to wonder whether you have enough food to last until payday, whether you can afford utility bills…

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What the actual fuck
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Moving past "this does not bode well" to "biggest cosmic blunder imaginable," Kristen Welker will begin her tenure as host of NBC's "Meet the Press" by aping CNN's full-steam-ahead-into-the-iceberg town hall and welcoming psychotic Donald Trump's firehose of lies.
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When I wrote about Vivek Ramaswamy last October, I called the phenomenon of non-white influencers suddenly taking a hard right political turn “diversity arbitrage.” My latest:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/ramaswamys-diversity-arbitrage-is?r=3e2a&utm_medium=io...
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Ramaswamy’s ‘Diversity Arbitrage’ is Really Paying Off

Who knew running for president could be so good for business?

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Some have downplayed the SCOTUS affirmative action ruling, saying we’ll figure out workarounds to the decision. They may be right—just not for the reasons they think: https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/repealing-the-last-half-of-the-20th?r=3e2a&utm_medium=...
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Repealing the Last Half of the 20th Century

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority wants to return us to a past that never existed

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House Republicans plotting to weaponize their slim majority by interfering in the Fulton County probe into defendant Donald J. Trump with an “investigation” that will possibly be launched the same day as he surrenders to be arrested.
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Jim Jordan Plans To Potentially Commit A Crime By Investigating Fani Willis

Jim Jordan is reportedly planning to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for her indictment of Donald Trump.

10:37 AM - Aug 24, 2023
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This was the first time I heard Vivek Ramaswamy’s name
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10:29 AM - Aug 24, 2023
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“Since migrating from writing about the capital markets to essays on American culture and racism, the end product is sometimes genuinely depressing.” https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/musings-on-college-life-and-the-decline?r=3e2a&utm_cam...
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Musings on College Life and the Decline of a Superpower

A much-needed departure from the depressing grind of analyzing current events

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It's the most affordable student loan plan ever. And a promise kept in fixing the existing student loan program.

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Did you enjoy reading Chapter 5 of The 1619 Project?

Join #WEOC Tuesday, August 22nd at 6PM EST live on Twitter Spaces for a discussion about Dispossession.

https://x.com/i/spaces/1kvJpmbVbeMxE

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He's right it's hard to even get people to follow you let alone organize.

Everyone is everywhere and it's hard to find people.

That's the reason I didn't last there.
Christopher Bouzy @cbouzy
This was tried already and failed because of the decentralization and complexity of Mastodon. Part of organizing on social media is also recruiting, and Mastodon makes that problematic. How can someone organize and recruit on Bluesky when it is still invite-only?
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
I found Mastodon to be frustrating and non-intuitive.
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This was tried already and failed because of the decentralization and complexity of Mastodon. Part of organizing on social media is also recruiting, and Mastodon makes that problematic. How can someone organize and recruit on Bluesky when it is still invite-only?
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On what basis do you say that Dems can’t organize on Mastodon (or other apps)? I don’t follow the premise.

It’s entirely possible that one or more Dem party orgs could create 1/more Mastodon instance. Some news orgs doing that. Or just establish presence there on existing server.
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"From the days of COINTELPRO to designating Black Lives Matter protesters as “Black Identity Extremists” the process has never been more efficient"

My latest on Substack.

https://extremearturo.substack.com/p/elevating-law-enforcement-office
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Elevating Law Enforcement Office to the Office of DHS Secretary is Worrisome

From the days of COINTELPRO to designating Black Lives Matter protesters as “Black Identity Extremists” the process has never been more efficient

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One of my favorite Substack reads Oldster Magazine by @saribotton , a publication about the phenomenon of aging. The magazine’s latest edition features responses to a questionnaire on aging by yours truly:

https://oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-65-journeyman-marlon-weems
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This is 65: "Journeyman" Marlon Weems Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"In a way, aging is all about wisdom and time. Aging allows you to accumulate one in exchange for losing the other."

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My latest long read is a true story from my past:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/starting-an-investment-business-nearly?r=3e2a&utm_medi...
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Starting an Investment Business Nearly Got Me Indicted

A wild, true story of finance, racism and international money laundering

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My latest long read is a true story from my past:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/starting-an-investment-business-nearly?r=3e2a&utm_medi...
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Starting an Investment Business Nearly Got Me Indicted

A wild, true story of finance, racism and international money laundering

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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority wants to return us to a past that never existed. My latest:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/repealing-the-last-half-of-the-20th?r=3e2a&utm_campaig...
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Repealing the Last Half of the 20th Century

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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority wants to return us to a past that never existed. My latest:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/repealing-the-last-half-of-the-20th?r=3e2a&utm_campaig...
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Repealing the Last Half of the 20th Century

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Since I'm starting over @Spoutible , I'm re-upping some of my essays in this thread. If you find my writing helpful/interesting/informative, consider subscribing to The Journeyman, my Substack on politics, the economy, and anti-Black racism https://thejourneyman.substack.com/?showWelcome=true
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The Journeyman | Marlon Weems | Substack

Essays from the intersection of the American economy, politics, and anti-Black racism. Click to read The Journeyman, by Marlon Weems, a Substack publication with thousands of readers.

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We don't have an energy shortage
We don't have an insulin shortage
We don't have a housing shortage
We don't have a teacher shortage
We don't have a labor shortage
We don't have a food shortage

We have a billionaire excess who buy politicians to deny us our basic human rights.
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Nailed it https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/its-time-to-admit-donald-trump-is?r=3e2a&utm_medium=io...
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My latest is about the demise of a Harlem bank founded by Jackie Robinson and how the FDIC treated its failure: https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/not-all-bank-failures-are-created?r=3e2a&utm_medium=io...
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Not All Bank Failures Are Created Equal

Remembering the bank founded by Jackie Robinson, and how regulators dealt with its demise

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Here’s an unlocked piece I wrote a few years back on my random encounters with racism
https://open.substack.com/pub/thejourneyman/p/racism-is-often-the-lowest-common?r=3e2a&utm_medium=io...
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Racism is Often the Lowest Common Denominator

Sometimes when you eliminate everything else, it's the only thing left.

11:59 AM - May 07, 2023
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I see a lot of new people asking questions. Here’s a friendly cheat sheet to recirculate.

Credit to @MarkRubin
Spoutible cheat sheet.
08:58 PM - Apr 21, 2023
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In my latest, I spill a little ☕ about the time I sang in a Christian rock group with Mike Huckabee
https://thejourneyman.substack.com/p/that-old-time-religion
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That Old-Time Religion - by Marlon Weems - The Journeyman

How a meeting with a country preacher-turned-politician and the Southern Baptist Convention’s stealth church introduced me to Bible Belt politics

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