John Blake: The myth is that many Black people oppose Thomas because they can't handle his stern calls for self-reliance and his admonishments to stop looking for free stuff from White people or government programs. According to the conventional story, Black people don't like Thomas because he is a Republican and a conservative"and because, according to Thomas in a fiery 1998 speech, he refused to be an "intellectual slave." But many Black people don't despise Thomas because he's a conservative. They reject him because they say he's a "hypocrite" and a "traitor" who hurts his own people to help himself. read more
he history-making Chandrayaan-3 mission, which landed on the lunar surface two days ago, has deployed its small, six-wheeled rover on an exploratory expedition to better understand the composition of the moon's soil. The Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, said in a social media post that the rover, which rode to the lunar surface tucked inside the lander, successfully exited the spacecraft on Thursday by rolling down a small ramp. The agency also released a short video clip from the lander, called Vikram, showing the ramp deploying and the rover making its careful exit. The space agency also said Friday that the rover, named Pragyan or "wisdom" in Sanskrit, traveled 8 meters (26 feet), and both of its scientific instruments were functioning.
Generation Z will be the last generation of Americans with a white majority, according to census data. read more
401 Arthur Delaney Updated Thu, August 3, 2023 at 3:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON A top Republican claimed this week that a former business associate of the president's son witnessed Hunter Biden being told to call Washington and get a Ukrainian prosecutor fired. It turns out that's not what happened at all. The former business partner, Devon Archer, spoke to lawmakers for several hours during a closed-door deposition on Monday, which Republicans billed as a major development in their quest to connect President Joe Biden to his son's foreign business deals. Archer sat on the board of Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company that also employed Hunter Biden. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday during an interview on Fox News that Archer revealed Burisma asked Biden to get his dad's help with a troublesome Ukrainian prosecutor named Viktor Shokin. read more
Ronald Brownstein: As the United States marks its 247th birthday Tuesday, questions about how many more the nation will celebrate in its current form have become ominously relevant. read more
The hypocrisy over right wingers cheering about the gun charges against Hunter Biden is overwhelming. First time in their lives they have ever wanted anyone prosecuted for firearms possession.
I, on the other hand, applaud the charges and hope it starts a trend of actually charging people who possess any firearms outside the specific letter of the law.